This
will be a somewhat technical post so if that doesn’t float your
boat, just check back later.
I
have heard it said that “taking your RV down the road is like
having an earthquake at your house every day."
I
do think that is true, for instance, the first day of our trip Clyda
said, “Don’t look now but you lost the cover to the water heater
again." That is the second time this year that we have lost the
cover. Not only is it a pain, it also cost between $65 -$75 to
replace it. Mine happens to be a 10 gallon water heater which means
it always comes with the frame around it which I do not need. I throw
it away as it is of no use to me.
I
bought a new door today and added a clip so that the door if it
should come open can’t get loose from the RV. Problem solved, I
hope.
We
have had a problem with our slide creeping out as we drive. It only
moves out a small amount but in a rain storm it would be significant.
I usually stop occasionally and run it back in but it soon comes out
again.
Talking
to local RV repair persons gets me not much sympathy as they really
don’t want to work on it. There is a multitude of possible problem
areas, so where do you start? They and I think it might be in the
pump valve area which is leaking back into the reservoir when the
rooms are in. The cheapest possible fix is to remove some of the
hydraulic fluid from the reservoir and replace it with Sea Foam
Transmission Fluid which may clean up the valve. It is worth a try.
It is also the simplest fix. We shall see.
Hydraulic pump on left and reservoir on right.
Seafoam
Today,
the park started mowing the lawns around the few RV’s remaining
after the holiday. I went out and put up our steps and moved the
truck so the kid could do a better job around our RV. As I stepped
out of the truck I heard a loud ping as the mower threw a rock. Clyda
yelled at me to come see what had happened to the window over the
sink. The rock actually came through the window and shattered all the
glass. I talked to the kid who had just started this job and was very
sorry for the rock. It was just an accident. I
let the park know.
So,
I called a local glass company and they came out this afternoon and
measured for a new glass. I need to take the RV to them on Friday
morning so they can install the new window. I think I will ask them
to wait until Monday as we leave on Monday and can take it by on our
way out of town. That way I don’t need to move the RV twice.
I
also need an oil change in the truck so will have that done tomorrow.
I take it to an Express Oil Change place here which also has the oil
I use, DELO 400. It is the first time I haven’t had to go to NAPA
or someplace like it to buy my own oil to have it changed. In fact
there are two oil change places in Lynden which have DELO 400. Small
world.
We
have a full week of things to do with our few remaining days here in
Lynden.
