Sadly, today’s post comes from the motorhome repair shop.  I did write a draft there although am posting from my home office.

The service writers and staff at Loren’s Auto Repair are used to me bringing my computer and today offered me a desk!  I’ve downloaded PDF’s for them while there so I guess got semi-official status today.  I had a quiet corner, my iPod, a good cell signal for my aircard so work as normal.

That’s the good news… I was there in the first place because when I went to run the jacks down prior to some final trip preps they were not working.  Slide rooms work fine so the new electric motor is fine.  I checked everything I knew how to check. 

The shop got them working but not by a method I was willing to go home with.  After checking all power to and from the switch they started thumping things and then the jacks worked.  I’m not up to writing the entire ugly scenario but by end of the day it was determined that the problem is a pump relay – the relay that sends power to one of the room solenoids or the jack solenoids.  Hopefully they will find one tomorrow and get it replaced.

Meantime, I cancelled the trip – I’ve now spent a day and a 1/2 of time and not sure about the $$ and it just put me over the top with the motor, transmission service and playing catchup with work.  Disappointing but part of the RV thing. 

“Wild Thing”…spending the night away from home…