Daily Archives: January 28, 2013
As Roseanne Roseannadanna says . . .
“It’s always something.”
Just about the time I’m getting a handle on my rig repairs, the fan motor in our bathroom Fan-tastic Vent fan quit. The cover will still open and close, but the fan will not run in either direction.
It died when I wanted to change the fan’s rotation from OUT to IN. I turned the fan off using the rotary speed switch and then changed the Direction switch from OUT to IN. When I turned the fan back on, it didn’t start.
So I turned it back to OUT and tried again – still nothing. No matter what I tried after that, nothing got the fan running again. Hopefully I’ll get a chance to give a Fan-tastic a call today.
Next up, I’m stepping in it once again . . .
Recently the Government announced that women were going to be allowed in front line combat units, including Special Operations Groups, i.e. Delta Force, Navy Seals, etc.
Personally I think this is a really, really bad idea, but here’s someone a little closer to the situation who also doesn’t think that women in front line units is a good idea. Be sure and check this out.
I have a bad feeling about this.
Next it was time to squirm under the rig (and I do mean squirm) and replace the rubber bracket on the air bag proportioning valve.
The broken bracket looked like this.
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After loosening the clamp I pulled the old piece off and slid the new bracket on. And after tightening the clamp, it looked like this.
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Scrunching over a bit, I loosen the bolt holding the other piece of the broken bracket, and reattached the new one connected to the rod.
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It ended up looking like this on the lower end,
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and this where it attaches to the valve.
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Job done. I think it took me longer to get under the rig and back out than it did to do the actual repair.
I’ll probably wait until tomorrow to crank up the engine and confirm the rig comes up on the air bags.
Two tools I got for Christmas really helped with changing out the bolt holding the rubber bracket. There was not a lot of room to maneuver up there, even to get a socket/ratchet combo in position.
But these Channelock Ratcheting Wrenches made it easy-pezy.
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To hold the other nut without rounding off the edges, these Kobalt Magnum Grip Pliers really fit the bill. Wide open or completely closed, the jaws always stay parallel. Nice.
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After cleaning up, I headed out for a few errands, with my first stop being the Dickinson Police Station to see about getting Jan’s fingerprint card redone.
After she had it done the first time last April at the Sheriff’s Office in Floresville, TX for her gate guarding Security Guard’s License, the state waited for almost 4 months to tell her the fingerprint card needed to be redone.
So I checked with the Dickinson Police and they said she could get it done there. Another thing on the schedule for later this week.
Next up was a stop at Taylor Automotive on Hwy 3 in Dickinson to follow up with them about getting the rear wheel seal replaced on our RV.
When I was under the RV last week looking at the air bag problem, I saw the passenger’s rear wheel had some oil leakage, so I wanted to get it fixed before we hit the road in 3 weeks.
I talked to them last week about having it done this week, but in one of those ‘doh!’ moments that wives are known to give their husbands on a regular basis, Jan suggested that rather then packing up and taking the rig in, and then coming back to the park, and then leaving in 3 weeks, we should just get it done on the 18th as we’re leaving here.
Sounds good to me.
So after confirming that it was OK if I went ahead and got the seal ahead of time, I told them we’d see them on the 18th of February.
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Last it was a quick stop at Kroger’s to pick up some fresh vegetables for tonight’s Homemade Chicken Vegetable Soup. After checking out the selection I ended up with broccoli, cauliflower, carrots, and snow peas to go with some of the chicken breasts we poached last week.
Put it all in the Crock-Pot along with some Chicken Stock and a few hours later, soup’s on.
Hmmm, hmmm, good.
Getting home I went on the RVChassisParts website and ordered the wheel seal from them for $55, not a bad price.
While I was online ordering things I also ordered the 26” Denso wiper blades for the rig. Fleetwood sells them for $40 each, but Amazon has them for $18, so Amazon it was.
I never got to the Day/Night Shade reinstallation today. Maybe tomorrow. Also never got a chance to call Fan-tastic Vent. Again, tomorrow.
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Thought for the Day:
“You can ignore reality, but you cannot ignore the consequences of ignoring reality.” – Ayn Rand
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