NEXUS TRIUMPH – Water Pump Replacement

NEXUS TRIUMPH – Water Pump Replacement

Water Pump Replacement for NEXUS TRIUMPH Most RV owners assume their water pump will either work or it won’t—that it’s a binary switch, and when it fails, they’re looking at a dealer service call and a $400+ bill. That assumption costs them money they don’t need to spend. The reality is simpler: a Nexus Triumph … Read more

GULF STREAM BT CRUISER – Roof Leak Repair and Resealing

GULF STREAM BT CRUISER – Roof Leak Repair and Resealing

Roof Leak Repair and Resealing for GULF STREAM BT CRUISER I’ve got a workbench photo from last spring—a BT Cruiser sitting in my bay with a ceiling that looked like a topographic map of water stains. The owner had bought it sight-unseen, didn’t climb the ladder during inspection, and by the time he called me … Read more

NEXUS TRIUMPH – Roof Leak Repair and Resealing

NEXUS TRIUMPH – Roof Leak Repair and Resealing

Roof Leak Repair and Resealing for NEXUS TRIUMPH Pull the ceiling panel out of a Nexus Triumph that’s been parked for three years and you’ll find what I find in half the used rigs I walk through: the rubber around the roof seams has chalked and cracked, water has been working its way through the … Read more

WINNEBAGO VIEW – Water Pump Replacement

WINNEBAGO VIEW – Water Pump Replacement

Water Pump Replacement for WINNEBAGO VIEW “Drew, my View’s pump just died — I turned on the faucet yesterday and heard nothing. Not even a hum. Tank’s full, battery’s good. Am I looking at a service call, or is this something I can handle myself?” That’s the question I got from a fellow full-timer outside … Read more

WINNEBAGO VIEW – Roof Leak Repair and Resealing

WINNEBAGO VIEW – Roof Leak Repair and Resealing

Roof Leak Repair and Resealing for WINNEBAGO VIEW I’m standing on top of a View’s rubber roof right now, one boot on the air conditioning unit, running my fingers along a seam that’s wept stains down into the galley below. The old factory sealant is chalky, crumbling away in pieces when I press it with … Read more

COACHMEN FREELANDER – Water Pump Replacement

COACHMEN FREELANDER – Water Pump Replacement

Water Pump Replacement for COACHMEN FREELANDER $187 and forty-five minutes in a cramped compartment—that’s the difference between a Coachmen Freelander owner calling a mobile service and handling this repair themselves. I’m on my knees with my head tilted sideways, flashlight in my teeth, staring at what looks like a hairline fracture running across the pump … Read more

COACHMEN FREELANDER – Roof Leak Repair and Resealing

COACHMEN FREELANDER – Roof Leak Repair and Resealing

Roof Leak Repair and Resealing for COACHMEN FREELANDER I was three weeks into a late-spring loop through the upper Midwest when I pulled into a rest area outside Madison and heard it—that soft, persistent drip coming from somewhere above the dinette. The forecast had dumped rain on us overnight, and I’d woken to that smell: … Read more

THOR GEMINI – Water Pump Replacement

THOR GEMINI – Water Pump Replacement

Water Pump Replacement for THOR GEMINI A Thor Gemini water pump failure will cost you $800 to $1,200 in dealer labor alone — if you can get an appointment before your trip leaves in three weeks. That’s the math that changed my mind about doing this work myself. The water pump on the Thor Gemini … Read more

THOR GEMINI – Roof Leak Repair and Resealing

THOR GEMINI – Roof Leak Repair and Resealing

Roof Leak Repair and Resealing for THOR GEMINI Most Thor Gemini owners don’t realize their roof leak started years before water ever dripped onto their interior ceiling. By the time you spot a stain on the overhead cabinet or smell mold creeping in, the sealant has already failed, the substrate is already compromised, and you’re … Read more

ENTEGRA ACCOLADE (Super C) – Water Pump Replacement

ENTEGRA ACCOLADE (Super C) – Water Pump Replacement

Water Pump Replacement for ENTEGRA ACCOLADE (Super C) I was making coffee at a boondock spot outside Moab when the faucet just … stopped. Not a sputter, not a weak trickle — nothing. Turned the valve handle full open and got dead silence from under the RV where the pump should’ve been humming. That’s the … Read more