Comments on: The Glamorous Life of a Full-timer

By: Kat

Kat — Mon, 20 Mar 2017 04:56:49 +0000

In reply to Mike and Gerri. Thanks! We were surprised about the bypass valve so we're glad that the knowledge can help other folks. No kidding about the googling though! It's amazing how much info you can find on the internet, after you sift though all the bad information.

By: Kat

Kat — Mon, 20 Mar 2017 04:55:30 +0000

In reply to Laura. The camera used to make us nutty. In really bad traffic, the navigator would have the hit the switch 2-3 times to get it to switch back to the rear view after turning on the signal. This way is SO much nicer! I'm sure Mike would be happy to give Kevin exact directions on how to make the change. Hope the water pump issue isn't too bad though. HA, I'm so glad we can break our stuff to help you. :-P

By: Kat

Kat — Mon, 20 Mar 2017 04:53:18 +0000

In reply to Cindy. That's a good question. We think it might be due to age, we don't think the valve has loosened, but either the diaphragm or switch inside the water pump has become less flexible with age and so the valve needs to be adjusted.

By: Kat

Kat — Mon, 20 Mar 2017 04:51:19 +0000

In reply to Timojhen. Seriously, that man hasn't lost his touch! If something needs to be researched, Mike is right there and doing his thing. I agree with you about moving the house though. Since all of our stuff goes through an earthquake every 1-2 weeks, I'm guessing a lot of our stuff reaches problems much faster than most homes. The good news is that we have a lot less stuff to break in the RV than in a regular home!

By: Kat

Kat — Mon, 20 Mar 2017 04:49:19 +0000

In reply to Steve Lowe. Even though we had to wait a while for service, that just gave us more time to chat and catch up! I agree with you though, meeting on weekdays is so much nicer in general. We'll have to do that next time we cross paths. I hope Mona Liza is feeling better and it was great to see you two again!

By: Mike and Gerri

Mike and Gerri — Mon, 20 Mar 2017 02:58:28 +0000

Great job on all the repairs, it’s amazing how a little googling can assist in those repairs. I found the information on the water pump very interesting and most helpful.

By: Laura

Laura — Sun, 19 Mar 2017 21:37:10 +0000

This is a really helpful post. One of Kevin’s biggest pet peeves is that camera that switches when you put on the turn signal. He was planning on dealing with it at some point, but it’s nice to know it can definitely be done without too much aggravation. And we’ve also had some weird issues with our water pump. We’re not sure it’s exactly the same thing, but it might be related. We’ll check into it.

I’m so glad you guys have the same coach and can practice these fixes for us and let us know what to do!! :)

By: Cindy

Cindy — Sun, 19 Mar 2017 16:00:20 +0000

I read the explanation of the water pump fix with interest. Really. It’s amazing how many repairs can be completed with a thorough read-through of the product manual. I’m wondering why the need arose to adjust the bypass pressure though. Do you think the valve on the pump loosened, or that the overall system pressure has changed?

By: Timojhen

Timojhen — Sun, 19 Mar 2017 01:57:42 +0000

So relieved Mike continues to find ways to exercise that mechanical aptitude and troubleshooting skillset.

Loved the update – interesting to consider how much (I’d guess) moving your house around creates new challenges. Maybe I’ll look at our 13 year old screen door (which is definitely dead) and relish that I got more than a couple of years out of it! :-)

By: Steve Lowe

Steve Lowe — Sat, 18 Mar 2017 21:13:24 +0000

Great description of all your repairs, and very ingenious! I especially liked the information about the water pump settings.

Great seeing you guys recently. Next time we’ll try to pick a place with faster service, although if we hadn’t postponed it probably wouldn’t have been a problem – our bad. We prefer to do those get-togethers on weekday afternoons!

Take care –
~Steve