The big cleaning day

Some of you who are following this Blog about fixing up Smokey, know that the inside was kind of............OK it was very dirty.  So today after a morning of flying RC planes with the "Old Guy's" and lunch with some other friends, Sophie and I picked up a Rug Doctor carpet cleaner and started on the inside.

It might not look cleaner but it really is.

I can't wait until the morning and see how clean it looks when it is dry.

Our house is now home to cushions from the couch and dinette drying.
And I hope to buy the new electrode for the furnace and see if it will work.
I sure hope so.  The list of things that are not working is getting shorter.

I'm in hot water now

So today was a great day with hooking up the water hose and turning on the water heater.  No problems it just came on and did it's job.

Then I cleaned the fridge burner and it is working good, at least until the weather gets warm and it has food in it.

This might be plugged up HUH?

Unplugged it works much better.

And I opened up the furnace to find that the end of one of the electrodes was broken off and laying under the burner.  I called a local RV parts place that has helped me fix my older Bago and they have a new electrode so maybe tomorrow I will have time to fix the furnace.  Then everything will be working out of the main systems. The burner looks like it was replaced once. 

We spent time vacuuming again, it will be the second time to vacuum and the plan is to rent a carpet shampooer and clean all the seats, cushions and carpet Thursday.

The missing gas solenoid

Have you ever figured something out and know exactly what the problem is only to find you are wrong????
Well I figured out that my gas detector has a gas shut off solenoid and that must be why the fridge has a bad flame and the furnace does not light.  Sounded good but someone has already removed the solenoid so back to start again.
I removed the bed platform from the bedroom and now when we get to shampooing the carpet and seats we can clean all the carpet.

You can see where they added carpet where the old beds were.

And I spent some time looking for oil leaks around the bottom of the engine.  Boy the 460 is a large engine.

And I drilled a hole in the right front leveling jack mount, since the weld is broke and it is easy to bolt on.
So that's it for today.

The fridge is working

I love it when things work and today I left the SC plugged in and the fridge turned on to AC.  While waiting to see what happened Sophie and I drove over to the Coast for lunch at the Casino.  And what would a trip to the Coast be without a short walk on the beach and a long time to shop at the outlet mall.
So while Sophie did some shopping, I went to the library and resurched some RV repair books and surfed the web.  You know this modern  RV is getting me thinking of what those people that drive those big RV are thinking.  Maybe I will either like it or love it.

So tonight I turned on some of the lights and took a few pictures.

There are mort lights and some of them really work.

This is the convection/microwave over the range hood.  I think it will work but haven't warmed anything up in it yet.

The power center.  No labels on the breakers but I will work on it.

The gas detector.  Nothing lights up so this might be why the furnace doesn't fire up.

So that's it for today.  I was really happy about the fridge.  It is a 1999 model Norcold and there are no recalls on it yet.

The Superchief....... 1 week at home.

Can you believe it has been a whole week of working on the SC? I am kind of bonding with Smokey. I like him and we have only gone for a 10 mile drive.

Today was my day of a board meeting and then the annual owners meeting for the resort where we own a time share in Newport, OR.  If any of you have any interest in spending time on the Oregon Coast you should contact me.  For a Gold Crown Resort I can get you a deal.  No I am not selling my weeks but there are weeks available.
So as far a work on the SC I plugged in the shore power and turned the fridge on to AC.  The LP flame is so bad that I probably need to replace the burner and it is only $35.00 but I want to try the AC part first to see if it will cool down.  But today being a cool day it might not be much of a test.
Here is a link to cleaning the Norcold fidge burner.

A light in the fridge, WOW just like home.

I did look around and clean the shower floor because the sky light had leaked before and left spots.

The floor looks cleaner now.

Does your shower have a skylight and a wall light?  Yea right in the shower, imagine that.

Then I have been looking into changing the overhead fluorescent lights to LED lights.  Some articles I found were,
http://www.thewanderman.com/2012/05/convert-fluorescent-lights-to-led-dual.html

http://www.irv2.com/forums/f115/inexpensive-fluorescent-to-led-upgrade-139025.html

People are buying 5 meter strips of LED lights on ebay and cutting them into 16" strips and mounting them in the old fluorescent fixtures.  Sounds like a great idea and cheap too.

An easy day but I am still waiting to see if the fridge cools way down tonight.

The gen set works

I started the day with a good nights rest but it was WW day.  That's Weight Watchers day.  Sophie and I have been doing WW now for 32 weeks and I am down 36 pounds.  Of course this last week with all the scrubbing and working on the SC I was down 3 pounds.  So enough of WW.
I made a trip to the auto parts store for new wiper blades.  I did read some articles on the IRV2 site that said people couldn't find new blades but the Knechts auto parts store had new ones.

Something I wanted to try was the power output of the generator so I plugged in the power cord and started it up.  No problem with the power.  I ran the AC but it must not be warm enough for the compressor to come on so I ran the heating strip in the front one. Hardly a big load for a 6.5KW gen.

I also checked out the couch today.  I really wasn't sure if it was a sleeper but it does pull out and makes into a rather nice place to sleep.

Then I tried the furnace.  The other day when I turned up the t-stat nothing happened, no fan nothing.  So today I turned the temp up and moved it around for awhile and the fan came on.  I did smell some propane on the outside so I think the spark is not happening.  Back to the manuals and I will check it out another time.
Oh a big thing that happened today was we took a ride in Smokey.  Just a 20 minute ride but still had a chance to warm it up.  There is still some oil on various parts from the drive home but its getting burned off.  I did use some more engine cleaner and will drive it some more another day.
The drivers outside mirror glass was inside a cabinet so I glued it on, after the short drive.  I have this thing about seeing whats behind me and so the mirror will be nice.

Something I noticed when we drove it home was it turns over slowly after it is warmed up so today I tried the MOM switch after it had warmed up.  It turns over much faster with the extra batteries so I might really have to buy something for this MH.

The rains came and I was ready

Being Friday and I have been hard at work since Monday on the SC I took it easy today.  Last night I remembered that the fridge vent roof cover was not put back on after I was sealing things on the roof so the day started on the roof putting that back on.  I think the thought of it blowing off and breaking probably kept me from sleeping good last night, but it is now back in place.

Then I did go inside just to look around and see if there were any leaks.  I am happy to report I did not see any drips but then again if it is going to leak it will be when we are out camping,  if you can call this camping.
And this afternoon my brother and SIL stopped by.  They really wanted to see Smokey but my SIL spent a very short time inside,  I think she is afraid of the dirt.  She should of seen, or even worse, smelled Wilbur when he was delivered.  That was a mess, this is dirty.
So a while ago I was out in the SC and turned on the TV and watched the DVD that was left in it.  Just looking around and took some pictures.  Take a look.

This is not the way the bedroom was built. 

The drivers side.

Plenty of cabinets around the bedroom.

The toilet and vanity are on the drivers side.

A rather large shower is across the hall.

The shower even has a sky light and a wall light.  Oh it will good.

I'm not sure why I took these pictures since I have junk all around.

The lower grill will not always on the dining room table.

Then there was this locking box in the main closet.  What's inside????

Nothing.  It was empty.

And then I took a picture of the city water connection when I first saw this SC.  And then one after I did some work on it.

Before.

After.  I didn't get a chance to clean up the old black caulk and the color of the coach is even nicer but it's not a gaping hole.

And for things I found to work would be the front AC heater.  I didn't try the AC since it's cold out but the heater really was putting out heat.  And then the big thing was I let the genset crank for awhile and guess what..........yup it runs.  Of course I didn't go out in the rain and plug the power cord into the genset but let's hope it puts out the power.  Did I tell you it's a 6.5KW Onan.  That should power up the whole camp.

And I called the insurance Co. today.  If I want just the liability like on Wilbur it will cost me $19.00.  And that would be for a whole year.  So then i ask about full coverage and a no deduct windshield replacement and the total will be $139.00 a year.  So I got insurance and liscence and probably new wiper blades tomorrow and go for a drive.  Then keep the wife and kids off the sidewalks.