On Monday, July 9, 2018 at 12:05:56 PM UTC-4, John H wrote:
On Mon, 09 Jul 2018 11:32:08 -0400, Wayne.B wrote:

On Mon, 09 Jul 2018 06:23:28 -0400, John H.
wrote:

On Sun, 08 Jul 2018 16:16:24 -0400, Wayne.B wrote:

On Sun, 08 Jul 2018 13:35:48 -0400, John H.
wrote:

And, most importantly, didn't break anything on the RV. But...I think a wheel bearing seal is
leaking so will get the bearings repacked (or replaced) and resealed tomorrow.

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Heh, why should land cruising be different than boat cruising? The
definition of boat cruising is fixing things in exotic places. And of
course "BOAT" stands for Break Out Another Thousand.

RV's aren't quite as bad. But they do require a fair amount of maintenance. A new member of our
camping group had just bought his 5th wheel trailer and brought it to a campout for the first time.
He'd bought a rig that had been sitting on the dealer's lot for a few years. His refrigerator wasn't
working. I asked if he had the manual and he had to go look. When he came out he said he wasn't
'mechanically oriented'. I told him he'd better get mechanically oriented, or rich, or an automobile
and stay in motels.

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That goes double for boats. We just had to pay a mechanic to fix a
minor but annoying oil leak on the port engine. It required special
tools, parts and skills (two new high pressure hoses) or I would have
tackled it myself. After waiting in the job queue for several weeks
we finally got it fixed. Total tab? About a boat buck.




Boat costs are ridiculous. Since I've owned the truck, two 'modules' have gone bad - the
transmission module and the glow plug module. Parts and labor in both cases was almost a boat buck.
Unreal.

I 'spect if Tim lived close enough, he could have fixed 'em!

My 1989 Chevy 1500 yard truck recently lost a transmission at 165k miles. Local shops were quoting around $2800 to install a rebuilt 700R4 tranny.

I did it on the concrete pad in front of my shop up on 6 ton jackstands with a 3.5 ton floor jack. Half a day to pull it, most of a day to put the rebuilt one back in. A couple of days and a few ibuprofen to recover.
Around $900 all in.

Next time I'll probably pay the man.