Cross Country trip Seneca trouble list

[Clayduster71]

I started driving across country on my 2012 Seneca and these are the issues I have had so far:
- Freezing up rear AC unit. Evidently something internal (per Coleman) replaced with new unit.
- Rear Slide Schwintek rail eat up and skipping. Slide will not fully retract. Repair kit had to be made by manufacture. I will have this tomorrow morning in Colorado where I am at.
- Alternator charging issues. Replaced with new alternator from Freightliner on the road. Make sure you are at a truckstop with a shop if you attempt doing this yourself. The pulley is impossible to get off manually without a puller.
- Hot water heater working sporadically. Not fixed yet
- Door covering LP tank hinge pin snapped this afternoon in Durago CO. I have the stuff to fix it with me and will do it later tonight.
- Yakima bike rack on rear collapsed downtown Nashville TN at intersection of I-40 and I-24. The people blowing their horns at me finally got my attention...lol. No damage to bikes, I drilled new holes and repaired bike rack beside the road. These RV's amplify the leverage on the rack. This was a top of the line Yakima that started sheering metal due to the added force.
- Generator losing prime on fuel for some reason if it sits a day without using . It takes some time to prime out the air and get it started. It runs great afterwards. Anyone else had that issue? No, I am not running the fuel low for it to not be high enough for the pickup tube.

Lucky for my wife, kids and in-laws I can fix just about anything. I was not expecting it to be a full time job while traveling though.

Alan

[ALJO]

Alan, you just can buy an 12 volt auxiliary inline fuel pump for the generator.
So who said traveling and camping is no fun....lol. Well at least you are not bored.
Good luck with future days!

[Clayduster71]

Door and generator fixed. Slide out repair kit in transit right now. Its going to be fun replacjng the rails on the rear of my rear slide today by myself. A guy that works for me and I took it off before I left TN then realized the kit I ordered was the wrong one. Its not a hard job, but will be precarious alone.

[norty1]

Sure makes for an interesting trip. The bright side is hopefully you can spread your knowledge around here.

[Jagiven]

Glad your handy; I have had trips like that in the far past, and I hope to keep it that way.

Good luck and safe journeys