by Mike Wendland | May 13, 2019 | Trips, DIY & Gadgets
“Not all those who wander are lost,” so wrote J. R. R. Tolkien in The Lord of the Rings. It is so true when it comes to traveling across the continent in our motorhome.. We love to meander, to take roads less traveled, off the Interstate. But...
by campskunk | Apr 9, 2019 | DIY & Gadgets, Campskunk
I know many of you Roadtrek owners are feeling a bit apprehensive now that the company is no longer in business, worried about getting repairs done, but take heart. There’s a surprising amount of things you can puzzle out yourself and save big bucks on repairs....
by campskunk | Mar 17, 2019 | Campskunk, DIY & Gadgets
I tended to “accumulate” things as I swung by the factory periodically, and one of the things I got was a new set of seat upholstery for my two (and only) seats. A year ago I bought some aftermarket foam-backed cloth covers that go over the original seat...
by campskunk | Jan 29, 2019 | Campskunk, DIY & Gadgets, How Tos
I had an eventful day solving a problem I always dreaded – a water leak in my Class B Sprinter campervan. The water pump was coming on briefly every 15-20 seconds, no matter how much I tried to get all the air out of my system. It could have been just a bit of...
by campskunk | Jan 25, 2019 | Campskunk, DIY & Gadgets
OK, I admit it. I am just too rough on these plastic faucets that come with the SMEV/Dometic sinks in some Sprinter galleys. I’ve just broken my third one in four and a half years of fulltiming in my 2014 CS Adventurous. The last plastic one I put in came...
by campskunk | Jan 6, 2019 | Campskunk, DIY & Gadgets
This is an easy repair that I did as part of my over-the-winter maintenance work while I’m driveway camping in Florida. I had ordered the motor last July so it was sitting here waiting for me when I arrived. I had been having problems with the original fan motor...
by Mike Wendland | Jan 3, 2019 | DIY & Gadgets, Videos
As many of you know, we have a new RV, a 2018 Roadtrek CS Adventurous XL. We call it MAJOR for Mike and Jennifer’s Other Residence. And we’ve been spending the last few weeks outfitting and personalizing it, I thought I’d share this video of two...
by Mike Wendland | Dec 14, 2018 | DIY & Gadgets, Videos
As I continue working on outfitting our new RV with the gizmos and gadgets I need, my next major task is getting the right WiFi and Cellular Booster installed for reliable Internet connections. And the most challenging part of that is trying to figure out how to...
