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To: HiJinx
HiJinx, you are NOT going to believe what I did today! :(( I thought I would go out and do some small maintenance stuff to the motorhome...you know,put a new air filter in the generator, vacuum out the water heater thingy, clean the back of the refrigerator.....you know, little stuff!

Well, the generator wouldn't start so I decided to change the oil, put new spark plugs and air filter, and check the batteries to make sure they were ok. I changed the plugs, put in the new air filter and then loosened the oil input cap and tried to loosen the plug underneath to drain the old oil. It was stuck solid so I went ahead and checked the batteries. Well, the batteries didn't have water in them so I decided it was time to get new batteries. My husband went and had two brand new batteries installed. He came home and I fired up the generator! It fired right up! I went around the back side of the motorhome to turn on the refrigerator and noticed there was oil flying everywhere! I hurried and turned the generator off, opened the compartment and there was oil everywhere! I had forgotten to tighten the oil input cap down! What a mess! I have spent the afternoon cleaning yucky oil from everywhere! Talk about making work for myself!

519 posted on 07/28/2002 9:18:07 PM PDT by MistyCA
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To: MistyCA
hi misty
520 posted on 07/28/2002 9:19:02 PM PDT by RadioAstronomer
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To: MistyCA
Oh no!!! Would a dozen of these help make you feel any better?


524 posted on 07/28/2002 9:21:25 PM PDT by HiJinx
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To: MistyCA
Don't you just hate it when that happens?


529 posted on 07/28/2002 9:29:08 PM PDT by WVNan
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To: MistyCA
Oh no, Misty. You are really going to need your new souped up car to catch up now.


534 posted on 07/28/2002 9:35:07 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska
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