Oh look what I found...

[MNtraveler]

In the water pump compartment of all places . . . the two controllers for the slide-outs! Conveniently installed upside down just to make them easier to read and use!


Also a 10A fuse is there and the wires are looped onto the water line so I'm presuming that's a fuse for the water pump?

[MNtraveler]

Also a lovely array of parts that _might_ come in handy, on the floor under the couch, back behind the rubber flange.

[GloNDark]

I wish had taken a picture of the lower fridge access hatch on my Rockwood. It was full of saw dust, wood chips, wire nuts, wires, zip ties and styrofoam pieces. My project this weekend is to go thru all the compartments and clean them out. Amazing what we pay for these things and they leave crap like that laying around especially in fire hazard areas like the water heater or fridge.


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[elchilero53]

What? No tools?

[rockfordroo]

My slide controller is behind one of those things that looks like a cabinet door, but has hinges on both sides. I opened it just to see what the heck might be behind it, and there was the slide controller!

At least mine was installed right side up!

[Mars]

It incredible what you find behind some of those panels. After 8 years of ownership on our last camper I was still finding saw dust and wire clipping after every trip.
So far I have only found wire clippings and about eight black painted sheet metal screws that do not seem to have a place anywhere on our unit.

[fella10]

Originally Posted by rockfordroo

My slide controller is behind one of those things that looks like a cabinet door, but has hinges on both sides.

ours was supposed to be behind that fake door, but it was placed too far to the right side that I couldn't get to it when the slide was out, which is when you are most likely to need to get to it,......I moved it to the left into the area where the photo shows, also took the left hinge apart, removed the pin and replaced it with a small bent steel wire(allen wrench like), pulling the wire out to open the "door" makes getting to that area much easier and quicker than having to remove the hinge altogether,.....did that on all three of my fake doors,......

[cgotto1204]

While filling the tow vehicle at the local gas station, noticed that the radio was on and connected to the out-side speakers. Went into the camper and turned off the radio. At the next stop, again the radio was on. At the campsite, removed the stereo system and found extra screws in the cabinet and one bounced into the stereo system, shorting it out. Removed the screws and everything is fine now.

[rockfordroo]

Originally Posted by fella10

ours was supposed to be behind that fake door, but it was placed too far to the right side that I couldn't get to it when the slide was out, which is when you are most likely to need to get to it,......I moved it to the left into the area where the photo shows, also took the left hinge apart, removed the pin and replaced it with a small bent steel wire(allen wrench like), pulling the wire out to open the "door" makes getting to that area much easier and quicker than having to remove the hinge altogether,.....did that on all three of my fake doors,......

Wierd. Mine's right where you moved yours to. There's no door on the right hand side. (The "new kid" must have installed yours!)

[fella10]

Originally Posted by rockfordroo

Wierd. Mine's right where you moved yours to. There's no door on the right hand side.

there's no door on my right side either, just a blank panel, that's why I had to move it, because it was installed over there and when the slide was "out", I couldn't get to it if I needed to

[Ray and Ann]

Originally Posted by rockfordroo

Wierd. Mine's right where you moved yours to. There's no door on the right hand side. (The "new kid" must have installed yours!)

My observation is that there is ZERO configuration control on these rigs; models with the same number can be significantly different from each other.
We have at least one place where there is a construction staple driven right through a wire. I can see it with a scope; haven't yet taken things apart to correct it.
Since we have all adults, I removed the extra hinges and installed normal knobs and cabinet latches. It was stupid to have to unscrew hinges in order to get in to pump antifreeze for winterizing.

[saltyman]

At least you Guys got spare parts, what did you expect for 80K dollars

[MilCop4523]

I found cable ties (bag of them) and wire cutters in mine when we purchased the trailer new...
u win some u loose some - its a trade off.

[ependydad]

Be happy, my slide control is firmly buried behind the slide it controls. I couldn't get to it if I wanted to.

[PenJoe]

Here is a video of how to over ride the slide controller:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGL4...tQg2DdfRf5Grmg

[Mewcasa]

On my vibe, the panel that hides the electrical converter/fuses/circuit breakers/etc. was full of sawdust. There's no telling how much debris was sucked into the converter by the cooling fan. Vacuumed up as much as I could get to, then noticed 2 spare screws lying next to the buss strip.
I love the way they install screws with a screw gun. It wouldn't be any fun to remove the screws if ALL of them weren't rammed in and stripped (NOT)!
...AMATEURS!...

[grumpy0374]

You guys are all wrong. The "droppings" and "found stuff", stripped screws, staples into metal framing, loose water connections, are not "extra's". There included in the purchase price, and are pretty much standard equipment.
I'm sure in the rv trainee employee classes, that must be at least 2 hours long, the trainees are taught to do this stuff, cause no "normal" worker would do it. Nor would any company that cares about quality, let it happen.
Grumpy

[EdnKat]

Originally Posted by grumpy0374

You guys are all wrong. The "droppings" and "found stuff", stripped screws, staples into metal framing, loose water connections, are not "extra's". There included in the purchase price, and are pretty much standard equipment.
I'm sure in the rv trainee employee classes, that must be at least 2 hours long, the trainees are taught to do this stuff, cause no "normal" worker would do it. Nor would any company that cares about quality, let it happen.
Grumpy

"Cares about quality?" It's "out the door, can't see from my house." Bottom line is all they care about.

[HikerBob]

Watched an episode of "How It's Made" or some such title a few months ago and the subject was travel trailers. The speed that those kids work at is incredible, so it's no wonder that there's stuff scattered throughout and apparently no instructions of lack of supervision as to where things are supposed to be mounted. It's all about the bottom line for Warren Buffett and his stockholders I guess. Quality will return to the manufacturing business when robots take over!

[kenenn]

So much for construction inspection and certification. So sad