This
was more of a work week.
I need to step up the pace as I have things
to do on and in the RV before we go to Pismo Beach next weekend followed by
our trip to Florida the 1st week in October, (non RV
trip). When we return from that trip, I only have 3 days to finish
everything before the start of the desert trip.
This
week I ordered 4 new shocks from Amazon for the RV as the last time
they were replaced was 2010. I had pulled one and there really wasn't
much “shock” left. They had been checked last year when all of
the under carriage was replaced and I was told at the time that they
still had some “life left in them”. Of course, the mechanic
didn't know at the time that we were planning to drive to the East
coast of Florida.
Replacing
the shocks is not a hard job if you don't mind laying on your back
with a wrench in your hand for an hour. Job done!
The
next thing was to replace the bathroom ceiling fan with a Fantastic
fan that my friend Budd gave me. Originally, I started to replace the
fan blade last summer on our trip to Lynden, WA but every blade I bought blew air in not out. I now have 3 or 4 fan blades, all wrong,
and one new fan motor because I thought I could run the motor in
reverse to use the fan blades I had already bought. WRONG!!! The
motor ran for 10 minutes then quit.
I
was about to order a Fantastic fan from Amazon but during a
conversation with Budd he reminded me that he had one which was
removed from the bedroom of his RV when an AC unit was installed in
the opening. Perfect!
So
today I removed the old fan and vent and replaced it with the
Fantastic fan. It really went in fairly quickly after about 10 trips
up and down the ladder to check the fit. Even the old screw holes
lined up ok. I still need to put in the ceiling trim piece inside but
I need to remove some of the edge on one side as the roof of the RV
slopes in that area.
I
used a butyl rubber strip under the fan flange on the roof to make
sure I have a good seal to keep out water and then I used Dicor Self
Leveling caulk over all the screws and around the flange. I will
recheck the caulk tomorrow to make sure I have no problem areas.
Some
before and after from today's project.
Fantastic fan and trim piece.
Old vent cover. Really dirty because the Max Air cover made it hard to clean.
Old vent and all caulk removed.
New fan with self leveling caulk applied.
Thanks Budd for the fan.
