At the Repair Shop

The people at the repair shop are really nice. We were a little bit concerned in the beginning, since there are some employees leaving, new ones coming int, but they have taking care of us well. Monday morning was spend with looking at the metal damage and getting an estimate for fixing that. Around noon time it dawned on the new guy that we could not use any water and they pulled the rig into their shop to start taking the belly apart.

It took the technician about an hour to find a break in an elbow pipe and it got fixed pretty quick. We had to let the glue dry, so no testing the tank until Tuesday. Spending the night in our rig inside a big repair hall is the weirdest experience.

There is a small 5th wheel parked behind us and a bigger one across from us. We are actually able to receive some channels on the TV, which really surprised me.

Tuesday morning was the water test. I ran a rinse cycle in the washer, they put water through the kitchen sink and shower and everything held up well. The gray tank is OK. That was a really big relief. The afternoon was spend taking off the metal damage from the kitchen slide.


We are only replacing the piece that really got damaged and will see if they can't buff out some of the other scratches. I know it is only cosmetic damage, but it still looks horrifying to me. The new piece of metal was supposed to arrive yesterday, but the vendor did not come through. Now we are being told that the metal piece should arrive today. We will see what happens.

It is gray outside and is supposed to rain later. We will not be able to tell, since we are still sitting inside the repair hall. Elkhart hosted a Holiday Rambler rally last weekend and RV Master Tech participated in it. By yesterday afternoon four Class A's came in and by this morning they have pulled three of them inside the hall. There is no way that they could pull us outside right now, but then we are still waiting for parts, so we will stay in here until the repairs have been finished. We really can't complain; they have restrooms and a shower in here, so we are saving our gray tank for emergencies. Yesterday, we went to the RV Museum and I will post pictures about that later. We are trying to stay busy and keep up our spirits.