Pleasant surprises

[Ralph L. Fullenwider]

Greetings to all:

Most of us, I think it is safe to say, detest surprises due to the fact
that those seldom bode well. Working on the '84FC today, a surprise of a
frozen bearing in the A/C idler was one such. You can imagine the moan that
came forth, because I was just knowing that there was not a swing radiator
mod done on this Coach. So with a low "want to" effort, off came the front
panels, my eyes thought they espied some sort of hinge, and with great
anticipation hurried to remove the rest of the bolts. Standing there
blinking to be sure the eyes had not gone south, a wide grin emitted as,
sure enough a hinge!!!! Woah,, is it beer thirty yet? Not only that but
the radiator had recently been re cored as well with all new hoses
attached! Yep, beer thirty for sure now. The mind set automatically went to
the word "UPGRADE" while I have this beast open and deep within the bowels
probing around. So surprises are not always so bad as I saw the belts, all
green stripe, were new. Charolette came out of the house about that time,
and with the big grin on my lips, she asked "what was up?" I asked her to
order pizza and stop for a 6 pac to chase it with, a celebration was in
order! So standing there in front of the Coach, I murmured to her ( the
Coach not the wife) "Lady, you just saved yourself from being named "butt
ugly!"

Last week, I had the Coach into a local shop to replace a broken lug nut
stud, so new seals were in order and all parts were in my hand is I drove
her in. While this was taking place, I checked the inner break drums and
pads, the pads were about 95% and no visible heat cracks on the break drum.
Then at that time another surprise came to pass, the separate sensor for
the cruise control had been added at some time in the past.

I am of the opinion that this Coach will be one very dependable unit when I
get all the systems on line and modifications that are planned, done. Yep
fellow Bird owners, am starting to gain a respect for this Lady.
Ahhh beer and pizza time I see!

Safe travels,

Ralph and Charolette Fullenwider
84FC35
Ralph's RV Solutions, Duncan, Oklahoma