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Saturday, August 29, 2009

MOTOR HOME MAINTENANCE

The reason I didn't post anything yesterday morning, is we were up at 5am, on the road at 6, for a 7am appointment, 20 miles away in Harrisburg, PA, at Cummins Coach Care. Over the years, I've had good service at Coach Care facilities in Oregon and Indiana. The main purpose for the visit was to have the Dometic Refrigerator checked, because it wasn't working very well, when switched to propane. We've had so much trouble with this refer, this was just another chapter in the ongoing attempts to keep it working properly. When we were in Indiana, we had some work done to it, but there was still something else that was keeping it from working the way it's supposed to. This time, the tech found a turbo baffle in the gas chimney, that was burned and had partially disintegrated near the bottom. According to Dometic, this could be the reason it wasn't working right. So, the old baffle was modified and put back in, a new one ordered, and it should be here the first of next week. Patty and I are keeping our fingers crossed, that this will be the problem solver. While at Cummins, I had the chassis lubed, the oil & filter changed, and had the cooling system flushed with new coolant added. While there, I was going to have new shocks installed, that were supposed to be shipped from a company in Michigan. They were ordered on Monday, and should have been there for our Friday appointment. When we arrived, no shocks. I called the company, and they said your credit card didn't go through, so we didn't ship the shocks. When asked why they didn't call me to confirm the card number, the response was that they should have but didn't. I ended the conversation by telling them that a simple phone call could have saved them a $654 sale. Turns out they transposed 2 numbers, thus, the card didn't work. It's not hard to see why so many business's just don't make it.
It's rainy and overcast today, so not sure what's on the agenda for the weekend.

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