Sounds simple enough but it is a pain in the butt to replace some of these old hoses. Particularly the ones going to the air compressor head. Mine were hardened. Lower radiator hose was bulging and soft and finally the hot start engine heater hoses were original and had scars from road debris. Took me a while to cross reference the new part numbers for those. 24 gallons of coolant removed as of yesterday. Today it is over 115º so I can only do a tiny bit of work which was to remove the bottom hoses and rinse out what I could of the radiator. Inside doesn't look too bad. Not going for a full recon with this just making it reliable from a blown hose on the road. I'll crawl back inside the engine if it cools down after dinner. This job requires multiple showers a day from dripping coolant in my hair to dirt on my arms. I am hoping to reinstall the double lower hose as one assembly. It was difficult to remove it and the new hoses are stiffer. Can't imagine doing this job laying on my back. Fuhgettabouttit.
Simon that's oil riggers work in that heat but getting all that done will save you from the side of the road in those temps or freezing down the road. Thumbs up.
You ain't kidding about oil riggers. Unrelated, or is it? but bear hugging the transmission to reach some tight spaces I noticed I missed alot of cleaning! This will require a scraper to remove 30 years of caked on dirt. it's only me that will know but now that I seen it, I can't let it go... More to my list.
Simon, You're doing a great job. The trouble with preventative maintenance is you rarely get to experience working on the roadside with traffic whizzing by. Do you have a swamp cooler in the pit? They make a huge difference even when the humidity reduces their efficiency.
Thanks Jim, I do not have a cooler in the pit but it's not too bad under there. I am going in and out so it wouldn't help. Aside from that, I am mission oriented and take care of tasks as quick as I can. This will take a few days to complete at this pace, but I have no where to go. In life I have come to expect that with all the work I have done on this coach, something unexpected will leave me stranded on the side of the road anyway. I'm never that lucky otherwise
