One Little Victory at a Time

Yesterday Jan and Paul took Bella to G&S and showed the owner the damage that had been done when someone clipped the back end, damaging two locks and basement doors.  Gary was very gracious; there was no question about fixing it especially since he found the place where it had been damaged and the missing pieces laying on the ground.  He sent Jan and Bella up to Diamond RV to get a price for replacement doors.

Surprise... (well, not totally)... since Damon is out of business, the parts are no longer available and the doors would need to be custom made at about $130 each and the color would be bright white; Bella is an aged beige.  So instead of that, Gary is having his autobody guy repair the doors; Gary himself ordered new hinges and locks.  Meanwhile, Bella has plastic over the open basement compartments while we wait for a call that the parts are ready; it should only take a day or two.

While at Diamond RV, Jan asked them about replacing the propane tank.  Two service guys looked under Bella and both decided they were reading the same hard-to-read numbers.  The tank has been special-ordered and should arrive within a week.  Then, hopefully, they can install the tank before we want to go camping the following weekend.

When Bella returns to have her propane tank installed, the service guys will put a load test on the batteries which seem pretty much kaput.  They're in a really difficult place to get at -- we have to remove the mattress and unscrew the 5/8" plywood base in order to get at the battery compartment.  I guess that's the price we pay for "compact RV".   We may be buying new deep cell batteries, too.  Also, not totally surprising.