Thursday, September 29, 2016

Cleaning and maintenance

I'd like to be able to brag that I have a regular schedule for cleaning and maintaining the Rolling Steel Tent. It would make me feel so superior. Or at least less shameful. But I put it off until I can't stand the grime anymore. Which happened to be today.

I like having the window open when I drive. I like to have the doors open when I camp. That lets a lot of dust in. And it collects everywhere. So I started with cleaning the windows and mirrors, then moved on to the dashboard and door panels. Then the fridge exterior and cabinets. And the floor. I changed the fitted sheet and pillow cases. I rearranged some things in the cupboard. Yay, clean.

Then it was onto repairs and maintenance. I spray painted over the spots on the hood where the factory paint tends to peel off. I sprayed some scratches in the rain gutters where the original ladder rack had scratched the paint. I checked the oil and transmission fluid (which had been changed a few weeks ago). Yay, fixed.

Finally, since the radio had done that thing again where it stops working, I pulled the perfectly good fuse and replaced it. Yay, music.

All this before lunch. Yay, me.

7 comments:

  1. Congrats. for the efficient work & the tasks accomplished !

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  2. I'm more of a clean-as-you-go kind of guy (My father drilled it into us!) but I also drive with windows down and park with doors open so I too am constantly fighting the dust (That corian counter-top always seems to be gritty again just as soon as I've wiped it down!!) and keep a supply of those Swiffer duster pads on hand for touch-ups. (No handle, just the pads.)

    You've reminded me that the radio in my 2010 Sprinter based Sportsmobile quit working once and the fix was pulling and reinstalling the fuse. I just figured it was a lot like a hard reboot.

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    1. Yeah, a car stereo guy told me something is causing an occasional overload. Pulling and reinserting the fuse is like a reboot. He said I might have get a momentary power interrupt switch wired in so I wouldn't need to mess with the fuse panel, which is a beast to open up.

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  3. Vanholio's pretty much a pig. But two things I love about living in a van are: 1. I gotta keep fairly organized, so it don't get too messy, and 2. When I finally get to scraping the funk off, it don't take long.

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  4. Vanholio's pretty much a pig. But two things I love about living in a van are: 1. I gotta keep fairly organized, so it don't get too messy, and 2. When I finally get to scraping the funk off, it don't take long.

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