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I presume you get hot water out of the bathroom faucet. If it were mine I would replace the entire faucet with a new one with a pull out nozzle. I did that to my current coach and am happy with the way it works.

You are lucky you found a good shop. Its a rare find.

Make sure that there is no other wires hooked up on the wrong side of the battery switch. The fridge is 120volt so no battery drain there. If you batteries are wet and not AGM scrub the cases with baking soda water mix and rinse with water and thoroughly dry. Moisture on the tops will draw current.

Looks good, hope it works as planned.

Thats good you found someone you can trust. Unfortunately that is very rare in this day and age. Gaffney raised their rate last year from $75 to $100, still not too bad considering I think the national average is around $140 with some as high as $200.

I think we have a better chance of getting a group together at Gillette rather than scheduling a get together that everyone has to travel to.

I agree 100%. I was in the service industry for 52 years, working on boats and RVs, the last 40 years in my own shop, middle son now running it, basically doing boats only. When I am home I go into the shop to piddle around just to see whats new. Still somewhat involved. I taught marine repair at the local community college for 7 years and It was tough to find students with the dedication needed to be sucessful in the business. I was at the Freightliner rally in Tucson a month ago and was disappointed at the level of skill by the techs there. The one that looked at my coach had no clue as to what my problem was. Like I said in an earlier post I would drive across the country to Gaffney to have service work done that I couldn't do myself.

I was looking forward to a meet and greet at Gillette.

Watchman in Zion has electric and if you are close to the drinking fountain I used a long hose to fill my water tank.

It does sound like the reservoir is too full. If not you might put a pipe extension to raise the vent a couple of inches.

Thats a little scary. Haier was the brand of refrigerator I installed in my last coach. The compressor failed in 7 months and they said their products are not warranted in an RV. When I told them to listen to the phone recording earlier in the year when I talked to the tech dept about putting a switch on the auto defrost because it was installed in a motorhome and could be running on batteries, they reversed their mind and gave me my money back. I wonder if that is the same policy with the other brands they own.

I went on their site and couldn't find rv tires.

Is this a new problem? It might be the fill valve is open.

We Boost works for me.

Having been to Gaffney last August I would not go anywhere else for chassis service. Those guys know what they are doing. Its worth the drive across the country to get it done right.

You might want to check the angle of your tow bar. It should be as parallel to the ground as possible. The forces increase a lot when it is not, leading to increase wear on the pivot points.

That small of wattage does not require a controller and it is only good for maintenance charging. If you want to rely on solar to replace used electricity you would need several hundred watts and 4 or 6 6 volt deep cycle batteries. I have 800 watts with a MPPT 40 amp charge controller and 6 AGM batteries and a 3000 watt Xantrex inverter. With bright sun light this system will charge 38-40 amps with low batteries and taper off as the batteries are coming up on the charge.

I would run a charge line from the coach.

I replaced mine in a 93 Coachmen Santara with 2nd row Tahoe seats because they had arm rests on both sides.

It depends on how and where its damaged and of course the price. You will have to find a buyer that is not scared of it because it has a salvage title and the repair work has to be flawless. The price when you sell it has to be cheap enough.

Be sure to use a air dryer on the air line.

If you are going to use cinder blocks that is the weakest way. The better way is to rotate it 90 degrees and put a 2 x 6 on the block flat and then the jack.

The reason I carry a spare is in the event I need it I have it. Usually if you have a spare part with you it is never needed. I've traveled over 400K miles in 42 years in about 10 different motorhomes and had to change about 12 tires. I always carry a fire extinguisher but fortunately have never needed it.

One time I did have an issue with seating the bead because the tire was stored laying flat on the floor with other tires on top of it. The beads were to close to each other. With the bottom bead in place I used duck tape between the loose bead and the wheel and it worked. I have used a ratchet strap with limited success because the tire is pretty stiff.

The 22.5 wheels don't need a bead seater, just line up the bead evenly on the wheel and minimum air volume will seat it. Aluminum wheels are even easier. I've done it a number of times on the side of the road as well as at home.