Hydraulics Fixed

The main activity for the day yesterday was to have the mobile tech guy complete the hydraulics repair on the fifth wheel. He arrived right on schedule at 3 PM, and didn't leave the job until almost 7:30 PM. In the middle of the job, he had to leave for about an hour to pick up some hydraulic fluid (Automatic Transmission Fluid is used) which was only available a half hour away. Can you imagine doing a hydraulic pump replacement without having any fluid to run the thing? I would think that the fluid would be a standard item he would carry in his truck. Oh, well.

It took quite awhile for him to get all the hydraulic lines to work properly. The in/out buttons on the slideouts were reversed, and the stabilizing jacks were reversed. When we tried to raise the jacks, they lowered, when we tried to bring in the slides, we had to use the out switch. It took him at least an hour to figure out the problem. When he came out to do the original repair of the leaking rear stabilizer a few weeks ago, he replaced the line with a new one. To save some labor and costs on that job, he left the old line in which would have been difficult to remove because it was woven through the RV sub floor. Anyway, he inadvertently connected the one end of that old line to the new pump which caused the whole system to operate unpredictably. Once he figured out the problem with the old line, it worked fine.

We still have to get one of our slideouts fixed (the bedroom slide) that doesn't open completely. He has already cleared that problem through our warranty company and we just need to schedule an appointment with an RV dealer to get the work done. That requires a lot more detailed work with the slide mechanisms that he isn't able to get to without a possible removal of the slide. The dealer we will call is the Orangewood dealership in Surprise that we used to go to all the time for parts and other RV supplies. It is only a few minutes away from where Josie works at the production center, and we would be able to stay in the rig during the time that they aren't working on the problem. We are sure glad we have the extended warranty, as we saved almost $900 yesterday, and the slideout problem promises to be even higher.

One more day before we go back to the spring training games. Josie is still suffering from allergy like symptoms that don't seem to want to go away. I hope today brings some relief...