Tag: maintenance

Our Keystone Cougar fifth wheel came with an internal black tank flushing system. It’s done a decent job for many years now but recently has become plugged. I’m not …

Last year I noticed the shelf area on our Cougar fifth wheel’s passenger side storage bay was sagging a bit. On closer inspection, I discovered the particle bottom sunken on …

For a little while now I’ve noticed water dripping from the RV water heater’s outside access panel. Not completely abnormal since the units pressure relief valve does this on …

In my last blog post, I told you how we prepare for our annual snowbird adventures down south. I thought I would go into a little more detail on prepping …

For several years now we have been coming down to Palm Springs in December to spend a few weeks in one of the many RV resorts. During these visits, …

Recently we went through some typical socked in rainy west coast weather. Day after day of drizzle, rain and sometimes pounding rain. It’s the tradeoff for living in the …

Cleaning the Awning the Easy Way Our large 21 foot Dometic 9100 RV power awning is made out of vinyl and has held up very well after 4 years …

Over the years through the RVers grapevine I had heard a product called Simple Green mentioned over and over. Almost any time a question was posed asking for cleaning …

Our RV Batteries All the batteries in our rig are of the lead-acid (wet cell) variety. There are other types commonly used in RV nowadays such as Gel Cell, …

Introduction I like to do most of my own repairs and maintenance on my RV. I also enjoy making many modifications and upgrades to it. So, being a sort …