On The Hoist

July 28, 2009

Today was our day off so we went down to Bismark to see our motor home. Lo and behold, it was resting comfortably on the hoist at the Silbernagel Auto Shop. The two sets of legs you see under the coach belong to the mechanics who were removing the transmission, which has to come out before the engine comes out. We also saw our new engine which arrived last Friday.

We were told that it is very likely that we can get our motor home by the end of the week. That was very good news.

We left a set of instructions in writing and asked that they be taped to the ticket. They were as follows:
1. Make sure the serpentine belt on the new engine is the correct one.
2. Use regular oil [not synthetic] because several oil changes will be required during the break-in period.
3. Check axle fluid and top them off.
4. Use new transmission fluid.
5. Lubricate the chassis.
The manual calls for these items and, as long as the RV was on the hoist, it was a good time to get this all done. The only thing they couldn’t do, was rotate the tires, so we’ll take care of that when we get back to Florida. From our visual inspection, it appears the tires are wearing evenly and we are about halfway through the useful life of the tires.