I had one problem with the RV that needed some attention and I successfully fixed it last night. The problem was that I had no keys for the locks on the entire RV. I had a couple of Chrysler products in the past and they all had the same type of keys, one pentagon shaped key for the ignition and one oval key for the doors and trunk. Well, when I got the keys to my RV I noticed that there was no oval key for the van doors and no other keys to the RV portion of the vehicle which include the door and all the exterior hatches. Luckily all the hatches are unlocked so I can access the various bits and pieces. This is not a problem because the locks used are just the very common type used in cabinets. The door presented a problem because the lock is built into the door lock set. So I pulled it out and carefully adjusted the tumblers to fit a key that I have. So now I can lock the RV. As for the van doors, I could buy a new set with keys and replace the old ones or, and this is what I did, just leave it alone. I have a key to the RV door and I can just unlock the van doors from the inside. It will stay this way until it annoys me enough to change it.
I also fixed the hood. The problem here was it didn't latch down with the lock it just caught the safety catch. It was a little dark last night when I got to this but I was determined to fix it. I slowly raised and lowered the hood so I could get a look at the mating of the latch and catch. I couldn't see anything because there was an anti theft plate around the catch so I removed it and tossed it in the woods*. Then I repeated the raising and lowering again. What I saw was the catch sliding into the latch but it was way off to the back of the catch. So much so that it wouldn't let the catch swing into position. And there is no adjustment for this. I suspected that the van had hit something and pushed the radiator support in about an inch. Why should the front be different from the back, apparently this RV was used in a demolition derby.
At one point I was getting frustrated with it and wasn't paying attention and I let the hood slip out of my hands and WHAM! it slammed down. And locked. There, another problem fixed, all I have to do is slam the hood. Again I will leave this be until it annoys me enough to fix it properly.
i like the repair process....don`t fix it unless it annoys you. i am, however, surprised that the slamming of the hood hadn`t occurred to you earlier. i also want to offer you, again, the small fridge i bought for my permanently parked camper. it is 110, battery (like, for solar) and propane powered. holds lots of beer, soda or three gallons of chocolate milk.
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