Repairs and a Surprise!

The last few days have been really busy here in Elkhart at Recreational Specialties.  Ron and Dan have been working hard building, diagnosing, and repairing!  The first two items on our list were our AC (making a funny noise) and our furnace (stopped working altogether).  Dan removed the furnace and found that the burner and igniter wire needed to be replaced.  The AC took a little longer.  It was 60 degrees out and we were running the AC full out trying to get it to start making "the noise"!  It finally cooperated somewhat, but Dan couldn't really see anything wrong.  Next thing, the furnace starts acting up again.  Dan, after a little more testing, decided our problem now might be the new thermostat we installed last year.  He did a direct wire on the furnace and it functioned perfectly.....so that left the thermostat...Bill reinstalled the original thermostat, which we still had cause Billy never throws anything away, and so far so good.  Dan even thinks the new thermostat may have been the problem with the AC as well....something about only having a low fan setting and OH heck...I don't begin to understand his theory, but the guy is usually right!  Time will tell.  It was a really confusing day....one minute the AC is on, set to 45 degrees and next thing the furnace is running set to about 80 degrees!
Here are a few photos that tell the "rest of the story"........

Isn't that a beautiful sight.....no more unsightly tire blow damage.....all good as new!

Dan added a new receptacle and a new "cubby" for storage.  The receptacle is a dedicated outlet for our little fireplace.  This plug is connected to a marinco 20amp power connector as seen here.......

 

Now Billy can plug an electrical cord from this outside connector to the 20amp plug available on the power pole at most campsites.  Now our electric fireplace will no longer interfere with coffee brewing and hair drying....LOL!  

Here you see the inside of my new little cubby.  I have my griddle, a large pan, and my little pink Christmas tree.

And now for my surprise.....can you guess what Dan is doing here.....you bet ya.  Dan is prepping for my new washer and dryer.  "Dan is the Man"!

 

Almost ready...this is a photo of the bracing for the shelf where the dryer will rest.  Rather than stacking one on top of the other, Ron suggested we put the dryer on a shelf.  That way, should the need arise, we don't have to remove both units to work on the washer.

 

Here is the "hole" for the dryer vent and now....without further ado......drum roll please....

BIBBITY...BOBBITY...BOO!

Aren't they the "cat's meow"!  I am so proud of these and so surprised that Billy gave the go ahead, after all we spent a fair chunk of change over at Mor/ryde for our new suspension.  But he knew how much I had been wanting these....he is such a good hubby!  Mama is sooooo happy!! 

Tonight we are in Richmond Indiana and tomorrow we head to Ohio....

Finally! We moved out of the “pet friendly” hotel Thursday morning. Headed over to RV America to see how things were progressing on our fifth wheel. The carpet was done and boy, does it look great. I’ll post some photos soon. Unfortunately, it was not time to go home.....yet. DH had some items on his “to do” list that they still needed to work on. So, the furballs and I had to entertain ourselves.......and let me tell you there is not a whole lot to do when you are on foot and “furry”. LOL! Around 2pm the “to do” list was complete with the exception of the microwave repair. While waiting for a decision on that, we headed over to Cequent to have our Fifth Airborne Hitch looked over. We have been having some minor adjustment issues with the hitch. DH called Cequent and they told us just to hitch up the fiver and bring it over and they would take a look at it. Cequent is located in Goshen.....only about 30 minutes away. We did......they looked......they adjusted the hitch......and we were on our way back to the repair shop.

Arrived around 5pm, and man we couldn’t believe all the new arrivals at the repair shop. It seems everyone decided to show up at the same time. There were fifth wheels everywhere. We had just about decided just to go over to Wally World and spend the night.....BUT, Ron (owner of the repair shop) wanted us to stay on site cause the microwave was going to be picked up at 8:30am for repairs. Good news, they wanted us close and we got a prime spot on the concrete. That was a good thing cause the grassy areas were pretty soft from all the rain they had been receiving. Now, there is much more to this story, but you will have to stay tuned..........for the next ever entertaining chapter of, “ The Goode, The Bad, And The Ugly of RV Repairs”.......