Category: Motorhome Maintenance
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Mountain Passes in a Heavyweight RV
I’ve finally managed to break free from work in California to head east towards the Continental Divide. The heat wave has yet to break, and my motorhome complained to me on the way up CA-20 towards Grass Valley yesterday. For the first time in almost ten years, the temperature gauge moved off the middle and…
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Motorhome Maintenance… Springs, Brakes and Driveline
Part One: Springs I’ve been traveling with my 2006 Fun Mover since 2015 and apart from oil changes and two sets of tires, I haven’t had to do much work on the chassis side of things. The house side is another story… there is always something that needs fixing. When I bought the rig in…
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Home Renovations for 2021
This April marked the beginning of my sixth year living out of this 2006 Funmover. They really don’t build these things for full time living, and it actually voids the warranty if you do so. Some of the cheap materials and poor construction techniques are really shockingly bad. Chipboard held together with staples, for the…
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The Joys of RV Life, Norcold Edition
The first time I set off in my new-to-me Funmover Motorhome, I had no experience with the world of Recreational Vehicles. Apart from the prior two months I had spent fixing all of the problems that I’d found with my new home, that is. (water damage, wiring problems, broken bits and bobs.) It wasn’t a…