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RV Repair : How to Empty RV Shower Water

There are three tanks on an RV or motor home, and these tanks are the first water tank, the gray water tank and the black water tank. Avoid clogs and plumbing problems in RV shower water tanks with help from an experienced RV specialist in this free video on RV showers. Expert: Vince Preston Contact: Bio: Vince Preston is a graduate of ATI Technical School, and he has worked on rvs for 20 years. He currently works for Metro Mobile RV in Dallas-Forth Worth, Texas. Filmmaker: Kevin Haberer

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RV Refrigerator Repair Maintenance

www.pedatarvcenter.com — A walk through on how to fix your motorhome refrigerator. Learn what to look for when fixing your RV refrigerator along with simple steps to keep your RV out of the dealership repair bays. A few simple do it your self repairs that just might save you thousands. What you want to look for is a small compartment that looks like a vent on the outside of the unit. Turn the screws and the door comes off and you will be able to see the back side of your refrigerator. Common problems with your refrigerator are improper cooling. This is caused by a “Dirty Burner Assembly”. Looks like a small metal box usually to the bottom right hand corner. Before you start repairing on this you need to be sure that the power is unplugged, that there’s no 12 volt power and that the gas is unplugged. The gas can be turned off by a knob on the bottom left hand side, turn it so that it’s up and down. Next thing you want to do is go back to the Burner and take out the screw and slide the box out. The burner is located all the way to the back. What happens is that when it burns rust fills up inside the fluid, and it falls down on top of the burner assembly. Even though it is lit and still produces heat, it’s not enough heat to keep the cooling unit cooling all the way it needs to be. So what you need to do is take some canned air and blow out all the dust and rust in that compartment, tap on the compartment above a few times to get all the excess out as well. Keep repeating …

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RV Water Heater Maintenance

Some good tips on how to maintain and extend the life of your RV water heater by Mark Polk, owner RV Education 101 www.RVeducation101.com

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RV Preventative Maintenance

www.pedatarvcenter.com Preventative maintenance, basically what you would be checking is the fluids for your engine, belts, and hoses exc. So when you go out on trips you are not going to have an accidental break down because you forgot to check one simple thing. So the first thing you should check is the windshield washer fluid, which is located where the engine is depending on what type of unit you have. There should be a white medium sized tank to the left or right of the engine, you can look at it and usually see how much liquid is on it. You just have to pop the top lid off to refill and then re-seal it. Next thing you should check is the brake fluid. You just open the cap on top of the brake fluid tank; make sure there is fluid on the top of the cap which means that the reservoir is full. There could be a total of two reservoirs’, one in the back of the tank and one in the front. Basically just check them both if there are two, that there is liquid on both of the caps. Next is the power steering fluid. Should be located on the bottom of the engine compartment. When you remove the lid, it should be connected to a dip stick. Take it out and wipe it off, put the dip stick back in and remove again. The dip stick should have levels on it that can read add, low, full exc. That is how you will know how much liquid is in there. If it is at the add line, you should start up the engine, let it warm up and then check it again to see if the fluid rises. You should then full up …