6. My Kingdom For A Mechanic XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX Back After years of taking this RV to NUMEROUS INCOMPETENT MECHANICS & spending a ton of money on them, I began doing as much of the mechanical repairs myself. And in that process I learned how stupid mechanics are. 1. Regarding that 100V house generator that would stall out- I took it to another mechanic who again rebuilt the carb & then claimed I needed a new fuel pump for it, because the fuel pump was pumping gas too fast and flooding the carb. After looking at it myself, I discovered that the automatic choke was freezing up, just like the engine choke that the Medicine Man had fixed. 2. Regarding that reserve gas tank switch over valve- I discovered that the dash board switch that operated the electro-magnetic valve switch was not hooked up. And there were numerous other quirky things that any knowledgable mechanic would have & should have found & fixed properly. I have yet to find a competent mechanic. (To be continued) |