| This is why we need to know and understand our vehicles. [message #258228] |
Fri, 08 August 2014 21:20  |
thorndike
Messages: 406
Registered: January 2011
Location: Conifer, Colorado
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Over the past few years I have been slowly working on the GMC trying to get it in a reliable condition. When I bought it in 2011 I was assured that a tremendous amount of work had been performed by a known GMC shop. On the surface it sure looked like it and that went a long way toward convincing me to write the check and drive it home.
Some of you may remember my trip reports from my trip from New Mexico to Northern Va. and the subsequent issues that I discovered on the way.
Well, recently I went through the paperwork that came with the coach and discovered several receipts documenting the work that had been 'done' and paid for.
- I found that the PO paid to have the fuel lines replaced but it appears that only the easy to reach fuel lines were replaced. The hard to reach lines were not touched but I would bet that the PO believed that all the lines were done.
- I also had a strange ridge appear across the floor of my coach just to the left of the door after I replaced the body pads. I have been under the coach thinking I had either torqued the coach when jacking it up causing the floor to buckle or misplaced a couple body pads which lifted the floor out of line. Upon reading the receipts I found, it turns out that the gmc shop charged nearly $600 to have the floor leveled with a plywood sheet from the left of the door to the rear. Exactly the area that is raised now. So if the shop had found the cause of the floor problem, they would have replaced the pads instead of charging more money for a job that didn't need to be done.
My takeaway from all of this is that nothing is more important than knowing your coach inside and out. This will allow you to know what work you can do yourself and what needs to be paid for. If you do have to pay for work to be done, you will know what to look for to verify the quality of the work.
Bob
Robert Peesel
1976 Royale 26'
Side Dry Bath
Conifer, Colorado
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