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Slideout Kludge

In our last RV outing in Fall 2024, our Living Room slide failed to extend/retract electrically, so we had to manually extend/retract this large slideout (see https://rvseniormoments.com/2024/11/16/powergear-slideout-repair/). A real PITA.

Now, while preparing for our Spring shakedown trip, our Bedroom slide out failed. Great.

Since we’re leaving in a few days, there was no time for extensive repairs . . . so kludge time . . .

In order to get to the Bedroom slide motor, we had to lift up the mattress platform. However, it can’t be raised while the Bedroom slide is closed. The platform is too long.

Solution: saw off 2 inches of the platform . . .

Minus two inches of mattress platform, the platform now can be lifted . . .

We also ran wire from the RV batteries to the bed. The wire gets rolled up when we’re not moving the slide . . . and the wire is fused for safety.

Rear Cap Finally Fixed

Back to RVing . . .

In July 2022 while on our way to Jalama Beach County Park, we stopped the RV suddenly and our attached Jeep reared up and smashed into the rear cap of our Sea View:

One year later after removing and repairing the roof ladder, we rough fixed the great open fiberglass wound:

Finally, in April of this year, we had a local auto body shop finish the repairs and paint the rear cap:

YAHOO !