We had to move sites for our last week in Cartersville and when we did after parking we noticed a leak under the steps, yeah another leak:-( The hydraulic pump, tank and manifold that operate 3 of our 4 slides lives under the steps. Sure enough we found the leak, tried to tighten the fitting and when we did we found out it wasn't loose, but that the fitting was failing instead.
So after much research and talking to various hydraulic repair companies, then contacting the manufacturer, HWH, we found out that virtually all hydraulic hose repairers and fabricators are happy to replace the hose, not just add a new end. What complicates this somewhat is there are perhaps 8 hydraulic hoses, numerous air lines, and tons of electrical wires that are all tied up in a huge bundle that goes rearward, over and through the wheel well and into the coach itself, so to try to find one hose and track it to its end is more than we want to do. So our new plan now it to visit an HWH specialty shop in Elkhart, IN in August where they say they can put a new end on it. It means limping along with this leak until then, but it is only under pressure when actually activating the slide outs.
We tried a new to us sushi place, Sushiology in Kennesaw that we enjoyed.
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| Awesome Korean pork belly Bao buns |
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| A shrimp roll and a soft shell crab roll |
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| Masago on top, a chopped California roll and interesting tuna poke "tacos" |
Then as if we didn't have enough issues with our leaks, we woke up on a 35 degree morning and it was absolutely freezing in the front of our coach! I switched the heat source over to our front heat pump which did okay, but at 35 degrees it really can't do too much until we could take a look when the sun came up. I figured it had to be a stuck check valve on our AquaHot. So after it warmed up to 45 and the sun was up, out I went to take a look. Amazingly the circulation pump for the forward area wasn't working, so to make sure it wasn't the board I took the electrical plug out of an operating pump and stuck in it in the offending pump and still nothing. So at least it is a pump and not a much more expensive board. But what is really irritating us is we replaced all of our pumps in December of 2023, and already one is dead!! You can review if you want HERE.
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| I have the offending pump circled |
So we ordered a new pump to be delivered to Ellijay and as soon as it gets there we will install it as we are anticipating more 30 degree weather in the upcoming weeks.
On one of our many house and land searches we found a new restaurant, Downtown Eats in Dallas, GA, that was excellent, in fact we even went back a second time.
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| Incredible shrimp and crawfish hushpuppies, and Korean BBQ |
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| Fried green tomatoes with whipped goat cheese and onion jam |
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| Pork belly tacos with blue cheese slaw |
We did make one decision though. We decided to have the microwave/convection oven installed and the old one taken away. We learned Lowes and Home Depot won't do it, seems odd, but they use third party installers and for liability reasons, I guess they will not install an over the range microwave unless there is at least 30 inches of clearance. Our coach and I would venture to say any other coach doesn't have that much room and never has. Seems weird, but they wouldn't budge. So we made numerous calls to see if someone would deliver and install here in Ellijay, price isn't an issue because it is fair traded so everyone charges the same for the unit. Finally we found a place in Blairsville, about 40 miles away that could do it and thought we had it all set up until they called back and said, whoops, we thought you were closer, we'll still do it but we'll have to add another $175 to the deal. We compromised and we have it set up to drive the coach over to them and they will install the new one and take the old one in their parking lot. So that's happening in a week or so. That's all for now:-)
