When we bought her the last owners had said that they could not get the stove to spark but since they ate out alot they never thought to fix it. Fixing the spark problem was no real problem but the thing that we never checked (and yes we are laughing and kicking ourselves) is the propane does not seem to go from the tank to the stove. We know the propane has been on for the fridge while we were on the first trip to the Grand Canyon and then to the spot where it's at now so we have to check it just for the stove. Since we were plugged in over the weekend we just turned the tank of propane off since it was not working in part of it.
We know that one of the air bags is not holding the air that it should so we need to find the part number and change it out. They may still be the original air bags so if thats the case we may just change out all 4 to be safe.
We have an ice maker on the fridge at the S&B (sticks and bricks = house) and where we are at now there is no ice maker. You don't realize how much ice you use, or like to use, until you no longer have access to unlimited ice. There is a rather large ice maker in the MH which we have been letting cycle thru to see whats in the lines, if anything. The last owners never used it they said. Even after several days of cycling water thru the lines there are still black things in the ice. Thom thinks that we may have to replace the lines and do some rebuilding of it. We want it to work, lol.
The Suburban heater parts were in a box so we knew that was of course not working. There is another heater in the MH so if we need to replace this one we have something to fall back on till its done.
Yes I know it seems like there are things that would make some people walk from getting an older MH / RV but as you see some of these things just have not worked for a while and was not a problem for the last owners. We happen to want everything that should be working to actually work and work right so we are spending the time to get it right before taking off cross country. Even if you buy a brand new one you will still have things that are not working right. Alot know that they will still spend up to 6 months working out the bugs and going back for service. The only difference between the new and old is how much money to spend.
Depending on what you want in size, gas or diesel, slides or none, floorplan, etc is how much you will spend. We wanted a DP (diesel pusher) instead of gas, no slides and even thou we tried to stay under 40 ft ours is 40 ft. A new 40 ft DP also depends on the maker, ours brand new back in 1993 was over $200k. No we did not pay that and it was way less for us. Money wise we have not put lots in because we are doing all (or most) of the work ourselves so no labor costs for us right now. Thom also knows motors and electrical stuff so that helps in figuring things out. So for us an older DP was the best choice. Doing the work ourselves also helps in knowing when and if something is starting to go wrong and a better idea of the problem to fix it.
(Yes I know these pics are on the small size. I will take new ones and put them up soon of the interior)
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