Tag: maintenance
member name: Rich Luhr
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May 24, 2008 01:36 AM EDT --
One advantage of using our trailer frequently is that we get to know it very well. We know exactly what to expect from it, and when something is not right it’s usually very apparent. We anticipate . . .
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May 29, 2008 03:36 AM EDT --
The past 48 hours have reminded me of the difference between good and bad service. We brought our Safari into Colonial Airstream to have a leak repaired on our front compartment. When we tow in wet conditions, . . .
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July 03, 2008 01:48 AM EDT --
If you walk past your fridge compartment and see this yellow stain, what should you think?
I’ll give you a hint. The yellow stuff is the refrigerant that normally circulates through the . . .
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October 26, 2007 12:59 AM EDT --
If you believe that all things must be scheduled and everything must fit the schedule, you may not be well suited for a full-time travel life. Likewise if your fear of the unexpected paralyzes you into . . .
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March 28, 2008 12:00 AM EDT --
For the past month I’ve been opening the windows in the house to let the afternoon air seep in and warm up the cold stone floors and adobe blocks of the house. In February and early March there . . .
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August 11, 2008 12:12 AM EDT --
A quick blog entry tonight because our Internet is spotty tonight …
We left Lou & Larry’s with some regret today, and lots of apologies for not planning a longer stay. We always . . .
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September 22, 2008 08:24 PM EDT --
Leaving the Grand Canyon’s north rim to Page AZ is one of those spectacular roadtrips that can only be found in Arizona or Utah. From Grand Canyon you cruise along Rt 67 to Jacob Lake, a small . . .
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October 20, 2007 12:49 AM EDT --
Time seems to be passing very slowly in the northwet, um, I mean “northwest”. Has it been two days? Three? Is this a mild winter or a cold fall? . . .
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October 25, 2007 08:58 AM EDT --
About a year ago we had a tough series of malfunctions, starting with a balky cell phone and failed hard drive, and culminating in a wheel coming off the trailer. At the time, it seemed like . . .
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October 30, 2007 12:08 AM EDT --
The Airstream is moving again. This morning we towed it about two miles over to Skipanon RV & Marine to get the dead brake actuator replaced, and all went well. Joe the service guy shoehorned himself . . .
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November 02, 2007 01:38 AM EDT --
The idea was to start heading south today but I decided to book another night here at Valley of the Rogue State Park, for three good reasons. First, our friends the McDills had decided . . .
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November 03, 2007 01:40 AM EDT --
 The bleeding has stopped, momentarily. With Robert’s help I managed to finally bleed air out of the brakes to the point that they are responding much better than before.
As with . . .
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March 08, 2008 12:36 AM EST --
For the past few days there has been a mysterious drip under the Airstream’s water heater. At first I thought we just had a bit of condensation, but when it didn’t go away I realized . . .
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April 06, 2008 03:24 AM EDT --
There is something about our trailer tires that seems to attract sharp metal objects. Over the past couple of years we have had four or five tires damaged by nails, screws, and other miscellany. Most . . .
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April 10, 2008 04:24 AM EDT --
We made it to Balmorhea State Park in west Texas, and that’s the good news. It’s 80 degrees here at 7:30 pm Central Time, and the trailer is rocking in the extraordinary strong winds. . . .
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May 25, 2008 02:00 AM EDT --
I’ll get the maintenance item out of the way first. The forward right-hand bolt on the receiver hitch that I spoke of yesterday is not broken. It threads into a “blind . . .
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July 16, 2008 02:48 PM EDT --
After the Jam I had planned to get some maintenance done on the Airstream up at Colin’s shop in Plattsburgh NY, before returning to home base in Vermont. The cost of taking the trailer across . . .
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August 04, 2008 05:00 AM EDT --
We can’t seem to escape the rain, even when the sun is shining. A big thunderstorm showed up around dinnertime, and it never really stopped. I had hoped for a letup overnight so that . . .
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August 11, 2008 04:24 PM EDT --
Things start early at the service center . At 7 a.m., anyone who is ready to go will get hitched up to a green John Deere tractor and hauled into a service bay — it’s first-up, first . . .
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September 02, 2008 01:00 PM EDT --
I mentioned in a previous post a couple of weeks ago in Ohio that we had a valve stem go bad on us suddenly. We were driving up I-270 in Columbus in moderately heavy traffic when suddenly the Doran . . .
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