Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Closer, Closer, Closer.......Waiting, waiting, waiting

We are now in the "holding" area next to the service facility here at Lazy Days, after a busy day of diagnostics, discussions and decisions. 

Lets see: 

The tire problem has been addressed:  turns out it was the right front tire and man was it rivered!!! There was a big knot in it, which was the thumping we heard at 63 mph.  No danger, just a worn out tire, or on the way to being way worn out.  Lots of cupping too.  The diagnosis was that it was from underinflation-  Seems I had them at about 100 psi, they should have been 115 or so. 
We will replace the 2 front tires with new Michelins.  They were 5 years old anyway, so within the range of replacing.  The rear tires are still in good shape. 
Relieved to discover that is wasn't a shock/alignment problem.   

Learned an embarrasing lesson today, I thought we were equipped with a PSI tire monitor on my dash, turns out it was for the air tanks!  Note to self, invest in a tire pressure monitoring system, which we will get this afternoon perhaps.

The door scissor has been changed out- the gasket is still on order, to be here soon.

The Inverter replacement has been approved by the warranty company, and it is on order.  We will invest in a surge protector also. 

The board for the air conditioner repair is on order, and is on the way. 

Soooooo, they moved us this afternoon to the Holding Tank area for parts arrival, which is just outside the service area.  We have 50 amp electric and water, so we are good to go. 

I authorized 2nd day air shipment for the parts, so they think they will be here by Friday, but we are fully expecting to not start the work until at least Monday, may do the tires tomorrow or Friday if they come in. 

We cancelled off our reservation at Voyager, where we were booked in until the 24th.   Far as we know now, they are fine with us staying here until then, which is a super courtesy to us.  They are very casual here about "hanging out."  They don't mind at all if you stay with the coach in the service area, leave the dog in the coach, etc etc etc.  They are for sure customer oriented here! 

Weather warmed up a bit today, high in the mid 60's.  Lows will be in the mid 40's. 

Bette went over to Voyager today to help Jerry with a stepping stone, and will go shopping with Judy tomorrow-  I am headed north to Casa Grande Ruins National Park, and Pichico State Park for a De Anza stamp. 

Basically lost one day of travel-  which I will make up on Sunday I believe, so we're good to go. 

Found out there is a huge rodeo being staged while we are here-  for sure will check that out. 

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