Friday, November 13, 2015

Wow - what an amazing amount of things got done!

We arrived at the farm in Virginia late on November 1 with a long wish list of things to get done. Amazingly, we got almost all of them done! In fact, I think we got EVERYTHING done that required Jimmy's expertise. Ricky also helped. We still have a few things that we need to work on, but that will always be the case...

A list of what was planned / completed - I am amazed!!!!
  • Purchase / install Parker Racor air filter - completed
  • Install Cole Hersee switch - completed
  • Determine why alternator not charging engine batteries when driving - completed
    • Also installed 3 new engine batteries - we don't know for sure that the old batteries would not eventually have charged up, but decided that it was more prudent to replace at this time.
  • Purchase / install or rebuild Gast aux air compressor - rebuilt the Gast aux air compressor (also have spare air compressor (purchased at auction) if needed in future) - completed
  • Install tire minders - as part of this activity, installed Cross-Fires on duals and turned the valve stems on tags to be more accessible. - completed
  • Wet carpet by the bed - not yet debugged - may be issue with awning attachment
  • Reglue chrome panels - completed one; know process and can do others as needed.
  • Check all lights. Make sure all working.  Also anything that DPS inspector would fail us on when going to take driving test. Note that one of the rectangular glass sealed back up lights on passenger side does not illuminate when backing. - completed - required correction on ground on the landing lights  
  • Purchase and install 3 lever mechanism to drain water from air supply reservoir. - completed
  • Check/replace air dryer cartridge - completed
  • Check bushing? driver side steer tire.- determined not to be a problem
  • Check oil? leak under battery compartment.  May be hydraulic fluid - determined to be a "nuisance" leak
  • Hook up central vacuum - not yet done
  • Install  passenger side front porch light.  - completed
  • Check passenger side tag wheel, rock-able - did not find issue
  • Look into toll tag - think we should get E-Z Pass for traveling on toll roads in Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern states
  • Drill out and replace lock on safe - completed
  • Finish step well.  Dwayne to do
  • Figure out why we cannot hear radio/CDs - Ricky corrected - there was a device behind the dash that was not working
  • Front TV mount replace with one that allows access to wiring. - Ricky determined that front TV did not work correctly, so we moved the back TV to the front and may eventually replace the back TV.
  • Test CO detector, test Propane leak detector. - Still to be done
  • A/C drains from top of bus need cleaning. - think we have a plan to help with the draining
  • Door wind noise.  Replace seal. - still to be done
  • Air bags adjustment for ride height  - completed, also corrected the shock absorbers to help dampen the "porpoising"
  • Check fittings for air leaks - completed
  • Light switch (slider) near passenger chair.  - completed
  • Fuel gauge fix - still to be done
  • Verify that other gauges are correctly registering - still to be done
I suspect that there were other things corrected that we don't have documented - but I find it amazing how much got accomplished!!!

2 comments:

  1. Hi, ya, Patti, love the photo of you driving the 'bus'. Safe travels and good fun. --Vivie

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  2. Hi, ya, Patti, love the photo of you driving the 'bus'. Safe travels and good fun. --Vivie

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