Tuesday, September 23, 2014

Extended Warranty Work, Elkhart, IN - September 22-23, 2014

We stayed one extra day at the Goshen fairgrounds and watched almost everyone pack up and move out. Then first thing Monday morning, we packed up and headed to Elkhart, IN to Master Tech RV
 Service. We had made arrangements just before the rally started to get some work done on our RV.

Master Tech was just 14 miles away. A nice easy drive.


They have parking spots for customers. Some have electric and water. They were all taken, so we parked in a row and boondocked it.


That evening, I turned on the inverter and we watched some of the new shows that are just starting this season. Big Bang Theory and Scorpion. We shut the tv off at 10PM. Batteries showed 75 percent. All is good.

That night it got down to 50 degrees in our house. Where did the summer go? I checked with the office, and a space opened up that has power. We jumped into it.


Now at least we will be able to use our fireplace and our portable space heater.

That morning, the techs came over to diagnose our issues. We have a bedroom air conditioner that will not come on... when in auto.


And our awning opens, but struggles to roll back up.


And then our steps into our rig. There has been several rivets that had broken, and almost caused a fall. Also a broken weld that I tried to jerry-rig to hold things together.


After the tech checked it all out, he determined the thermostat and/or circuit board in the AC was bad, the awning had a bad tension spring inside, and yep, we need new stairs. They will submit everything to Xtraride, our extended warranty company that we got when we bought the Bighorn 2 years age.

And now we were just notified that our warranty will cover all of the repairs. Cool! We do have to pay some diagnostic time and some shipping costs, but the bill will be over 1700 bucks and our share is only $214.00. Life is good!

We don't know how long we will be here, but we are in no hurry. We have hookups and there is another 2 couples here from the rally too. And staying here is free!

Later.....

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