We managed to get a new water hose put on the powered water hose reel. This would be a five minute job if Monaco would have given access to the reel. Instead it was entombed behind a thick plastic panel. We ended up hacksawing an access hole in the panel big enough to reach our hands in and disconnect the old hose and reconnect the new one. We also found out that the old water hose was 35 foot. Of course, it is impossible to buy a 35 foot fresh water hose, so we had to chop the ends off of a 50 footer and make our own. At least that project is done!
Next up on the list to do is to obtain our yearly state inspection sticker. Normally, for a regular passenger automobile, this is easy, but for a 43 foot passenger vehicle (The RV), this is very hard. I dread this process every year. We ended up getting the inspection at a Midas in downtown Midland after trying a couple of places that could not help us or were too backed up. We parked right in the middle of the parking lot on the managers' direction, and no customers or employees could leave or enter the parking lot until we were done.
Since we first bought our Motorhome last September, we have noticed that one brake light was dimmer than the other. The mechanic who performed our state inspection noted this as well, and also noted that when the lights on the motorhome were on, the right side bulb did not get brighter when the brake was applied. HMMM.
When we got home, I started thinking about the problem and figured it was either a bad ground that was sufficient for some current to pass, but not the high current needed to power the bright brake light, or the taillight itself was miswired.
Turns out the taillight was miswired from the factory. I spliced the wires where they should go and everything worked properly.
Only one more week, we can't wait!.
2 more work days! Oh, so close ;)
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