RV relocated

It took a little effort, but I relocated our Class C, 25' 1986 Yellowstone Cavalier a short distance, from the back yard of our previous rental space to my mother in laws, where I can make some repairs and get it ready for the move South to NC.

After sitting Idle for about a year and a half, and almost as much time before I moved it to the rental from another parking space, I replaced the battery (by the way, I hate side post batteries!) or I should say, I installed a battery as I had taken the one from the RV and used it on an Astro van just after I moved the RV the last time, and then used about a half a can of starting fluid to finally get it running on it's own again.

Only about five miles, but with the fan belt squealing, everything inside rattling around and the lack of air in the air shocks had the rear suspension bottoming out agains the bushings every pot hole and bump I hit, sure made it feel like it was a lot farther.

But it made it, without any major issues...  now it's a matter of making myself get to work on it.  To fix all the little stuff, to get it ready to roll again.  I'm hoping I can fix the water leaks, replace or repair some rotted wood and moldings, check the water system, to see what might have frozen (before I bought it, as it had sat for five years, after the previous owners blew the engine.

After I bought it, I pulled the engine with the help of a buddy (technically, I guess he did it with my help, but reguardless, it got done) we replaced the crank, oil pump, two pistons, water pump, fuel pump, had the alternator rebuilt by Fulton Armeture and re-installed the engine.

After replaced one front brake caliper and both flex lines, charging the rear air shocks and replacing one inside rear tire and rim which had the holes worn and ovaled, I took it for it's first drive, and found another problem.  The reason for the blown motor in the first place, the transmission wouldn't shift into third gear.  It was aggrevating in one since, "one more thing to fix, another expense I wasn't counting on" but, had it not been messed up, chances are, they wouldn't have blown the motor five years earlier and I would have had the chance to buy it (cheap)

So returned to parking place in a Alley by my buddy's house and we unbolted the transmission and pulled it and took it to Atlas Transmission the next day.  I dropped it off around 10 AM and they called around 2 PM and said it was done...   I picked it upa little after 4 and we had it installed a few hours later.

Since then, it went to Virginia for a family reunion and a short drive down to Southern Ohio for a prospecting trip, where I found my first few specks of gold and was told that the few tiny specks, smaller than glitter, were good for Ohio.  That pretty much made up my mind not to waste my time prospecting in Ohio anymore... it was ok for a first time, and it gave me a chance to see "in person" how gold acts in the gold pan.

Now I just need to get back to work on the RV, doing some repairs to get it road worthy again. The first step will be fixing the alternator, so the belt doesn't squeal when it's put under a load, either excellerating or turning on electrical devices, lights or heater blower) and then changing the oil, which only has a little over a thousand miles on it, but it has been three years since it's last oil change.  Then checking air pressure in all the tires and air shocks and then starting on the leak repairs, and the awning that I installed after stripping it from another RV, will need to be removed, it seems to be pulling the side panel off the RV, so I guess the screw I used, didn't hold it as well as I hoped, but I had found that the wind had pulled it open a few times and whipping around, maybe the was what caused the problem, but I'll figure out something, eventually.