Chores and Repairs

I took Umarang, the VRRV to the shop to have an O2 sensor OBD code which sprung up just before I got to Elephant Butte, NM last month.

The Bank 1 Sensor 1 O2 sensor was diagnosed as faulty, causing sporadic "too lean" fuel mixture errors.  The sensor was replaced, Uma got an oil change and filter and a lubing of the underside grease zerks 

The weather has been quite cold here in the cesspool known as the Denver Metro area.  Spent the last week or so on chores such as chasing down a water leak which had caused discoloration in the ceiling of the house's main floor.  It proved to not be drain pipe related but instead it was coming out of the corner of the shower stall!

The holes I cut into the ceiling for access:

The temporary panel (extra false ceing tile from basement) I used to cover the unsightly holes while troubleshooting and waiting for next leak.  I'm glad I used a temporary panel as a leak showed itself a day or 2 after it was installed!

The water would pool and slowly drain into the wall and then on to the openings used by the hot and cold water pipes for the shower:

It took several tests before we could easily replicate the leak.  A lot of caulking work later, I'm cautiously optimistic it won't leak again.  We'll see.

Today, Thursday, December 4

I rode Scarlett to the RV storage yard at Buckley Space Force Base where both the VRRV and the Sammy are in storage until Spring of next year.

The plan had been to disconnect the POS terminal on the Sammy's battery so it won't discharge much before Spring.  Forgot the darn keys so it'll have to wait a couple of days 

I saw a camping rig at the nearby FamCamp, with a Sammy parked behind it!  I was tempted to knock on their door and see if they wanted another one!  But no.

Feeling a bit under the weather with some bug, hopefully it won't hang around for long.