Well here it is Saturday 4th December 2010, and guess what it's stop raining..........well today at least.
Before we get into the weekly up date on the chariots, we will be at this property now until end January 2011. The new resident managers, will not be taking over till Feb 1st, so we offered to stay. A couple of reasons, obviously the costs associated with the repairs of the Val and also the RetroLiner, and it is a nice property to work. Sure we are getting tired, but hey a few extra bucks in the bank won't go astray, as I do not know the cost of repairs....yet!
Okay the Val first. New brake booster fitted this week, rear brake cylinders, hand brake adjustment, re tune, head lights fixed. However still not all done yet, however I brought home the Val for a bit of a kiss and a cuddle. It was feeling quite lonely at Rosses.
It is good these weekly home visits, gives me a chance to take the Val for a run. Still goes like the clappers, however the brakes were real spongy, the hand brake didn't seem to be adjusted, and the idle speed was miles to high. So when it goes back to hospital next Tooooosday, those items need to be attended too.
Still on the agenda.....fuel pump and air bag repair. Hopefully all will get done by the 17th of this month as that is when Ross closes down for the Christmas break. Hopefully Friday may be all done and dusted. The fuel pump is an issue, that is a suck it and see what happens.
Now I was really dreading the phone call to the repair man for the Retro Liner. But I was pleasantly surprised. Part of the frame issue where the fridge, freezer and air con has been fixed with new vents. The fridge which we thought was consigned to the scrap heap, seems to be alright. Just needs a new Pizarro lighter thingy, and an element. The repair man said the fridge worked like a Trojan.
That is a relief of our mind as I really didn't want to buy another fridge, cause you are looking at $1500 bucks for these absorption jobbies, and they really don't work all that well in hot climates. By resurrecting the old one, we use it for non perishables anyway. We have the full freezer as well as the Engel. The repair man also said he has taken the door out and although feared the dropping the door was a frame issue, it is actually a chassis issue. He will try to straighten the door up as much as possible...however I will need to ge a welding type man to break the chassis just underneath the door and re weld. Not a big job as I understand it. I can live with a door out of whack at the moment.
The next little piece of work is fixing the frame that has fallen off the front, which was all part of the drama with the rotten frame that was discovered at Winton.
So all going well I may have the RetroLiner home at the motel hopefully at weeks end or early next......time will tell. Once I get the Retro Liner back here in the grounds of the motel, I will be able to get some things done ad well.
Once again sorry no pikkies
Stay toooooned for the conclusions.....hopefully
Cheers & beers
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