What Did You Do To Your RV TODAY?

[SeventyGTX]

Originally Posted by Big1

Wow, you have got to be kidding, I should go to a rv dealer and work.

I'm betting their techs get a small fraction of that. I'm guessing in the $20-$25 per hour range. It was recently bought out by Camping World, so don't know if that's why the super high labor rate or not.

But they got mine done and I pick it up in a couple of hours. The bill is $635 and not sure exactly what they did and will find out when I get there. At least they didn't have to tear into walls or pull the roof off for mice damage. That was my biggest fear. I am impressed with how quick they got it done though.

[RAurand]

Had my Good Year Endurance tires balanced.
Made the appointment yesterday afternoon, Had it done at 9:30 this morning.

[RPR]

That made me feel old remembering when we use to tru and balance the pre radial tires.

[AKRUEBBE]

Originally Posted by SeventyGTX

I'm betting their techs get a small fraction of that. I'm guessing in the $20-$25 per hour range. It was recently bought out by Camping World, so don't know if that's why the super high labor rate or not.

But they got mine done and I pick it up in a couple of hours. The bill is $635 and not sure exactly what they did and will find out when I get there. At least they didn't have to tear into walls or pull the roof off for mice damage. That was my biggest fear. I am impressed with how quick they got it done though.

Lug centric?

[Big1]

Originally Posted by SeventyGTX

I'm betting their techs get a small fraction of that. I'm guessing in the $20-$25 per hour range. It was recently bought out by Camping World, so don't know if that's why the super high labor rate or not.

But they got mine done and I pick it up in a couple of hours. The bill is $635 and not sure exactly what they did and will find out when I get there. At least they didn't have to tear into walls or pull the roof off for mice damage. That was my biggest fear. I am impressed with how quick they got it done though.

And that's the main thing, if you are happy I hate mice they were getting into my fiver but I search and did see where they were coming in at so I plug the hole with razor brillo pad.

I haven't seen them since I plug the hole but as you know that there are so many places they can come in at. Glad you got it back before the camping season end.

[Big1]

Originally Posted by RPR

If mounted on the rear will the vacuum in the air pull it open? If mounted on the side will air make the little flaps flap around?

Don't know for sure since all of the ones I have seen are on the side there is a cover over that so I want to say that it will not. The washer and dryer location is in the bedroom so I didn't want to have to run to the back location.

[RPR]

Half the repair bill was the cost of hiring a barn cat to get rid of the mice/rats!

[ttavasc]

Making progress again on my DC-DC charge setup. Got my Temco welding cable today so was able to get everything inside the fan-cooled compartment hooked up. I used 6 awg for this side of things as that is the largest cable the lugs on the Victron would accept. The truck side is using 2 awg.

Next up need to find some time to mount it on the tongue, connect the cables to the battery and finish off the umbilical with the Anderson Powerpole connector. Then I can move over to the truck and run the cable there to complete the project.

[LuckyDuck]

With my son’s help, threw the cover back on it for a few weeks until the next trip. Easy enough and I figure even a little protection from our 110* days helps.

[madmaxmutt]

Put it back in the parking spot after 8 days at Chapman.

[Woodworker]

Tried to tear up my EAZ-Lifr anti sway bar set up. Not sure how I did it but I think I succeeded

[AndyO]

Originally Posted by Woodworker

Tried to tear up my EAZ-Lifr anti sway bar set up. Not sure how I did it but I think I succeeded Attachment 60587Attachment 60588

Yikes! That looks like a metal fatigue issue, not a sudden failure. I'm no expert, but the rust leads me to think that. St least it looks like a bolt on replacement. Good luck!

[Woodworker]

Originally Posted by AndyO

Yikes! That looks like a metal fatigue issue, not a sudden failure. I'm no expert, but the rust leads me to think that. St least it looks like a bolt on replacement. Good luck!

I'm just hopin none of those screws snap off while I'm tryin to remove them. My luck isn't always that great

[AndyO]

PB Blaster will be your best friend, and it may take a day or so to work through. Just be patient, if you have time to. If you can spray, let it marinate, hit the bolt heads squarely a few times, respray, let soak, I'd bet they come loose. That stuff is amazing and is available at almost every parts/ hardware store around.

[Woodworker]

Originally Posted by AndyO

PB Blaster will be your best friend, and it may take a day or so to work through. Just be patient, if you have time to. If you can spray, let it marinate, hit the bolt heads squarely a few times, respray, let soak, I'd bet they come loose. That stuff is amazing and is available at almost every parts/ hardware store around.

Thanks. I have some commercial stuff I got from a buddy that works like PB I'm goin to try that an see what it does. Patience grasshopper, that's what I'll keep tellin myself, patience grasshopper

[Marcm157]

I replaced my toilet with a porcelain bowl type.

One of those upgrades that was not too high on the priority list but we were passing an RV store on the way home from a recent trip and decided to stop in for a simple leg stretch and walked out with a new toilet!!

At least it wasn't a new RV...

[ratalerico]

My hot water stopped flowing yesterday, after much research I found that there is a winterization valve that can stick and cause this problem. Shut down the city water to thew house and actuated each of these valves and when I went in and turned on the hot water it was available again! Thank God, at my age Lord knows I dont need to be taking cold showers!

[ttavasc]

Was able to make good progress the last two days on the DC-DC charger. Finished up the component box and got it mounted between the battery box and the propane tanks. You can see the new umbilical with the Anderson Powerpole environmental boot next to the 7-pin cable. Today I got most of the F-250 cabling done and tested. Engine box cables were easy. Running the length of the truck not so much. In spite of the nice clearance underneath routing the big cable was quite a chore. Came up a couple feet short on the wire loom so had to order some more. While I wait for that to arrive I'll get my ground lug going and figure out how I'm going to mount the Anderson Powerpole environmental boot.

[havnfun]

All I could do in the 96 degree heat was top of the water in both batteries and rewire my TPMS booster repeater. Whew!

Happy RVing,
Jeff

[ttavasc]

Got the rest of the wire loom and completed the DC-DC charger project. Everything tests out good though I'll need to run the battery down a bit in order to fully test the charging performance.

Here are a few more pics showing the Anderson Powerpole connector mounted to the underside of the hitch below the 7-pin connection along with the cabling under the rear. Also a shot of both umbilical cords connected and a couple screen shots of the VictronConnect app connected to the Orion-TR. One shows the remote activation disabled and the other shows it charging in bulk mode.