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kands · Account Deactivated

Hi all
Our Rockwood, which we have owned for a few weeks, started to show one or two problems, mostly around the steering. There is a fluid leak around the area of the steering box and one of the front air bags is defunct. The RV drives like a pig, requiring constant concentration and lots of steering input just to maintain a straight line. I understand that the P30 chassis is not the easiest to drive but this was ridiculous. The coolant low warning light came on just before we left to go to Warwick at the weekend and required about a pint of coolant but the light stayed on???
I contacted a company called Logical Automotive Solutions to seek advice, and they are quite close to us, and they suggested taking it over so they could have a look and quote for any work. When I arrived and John (the proprietor) was crawling around underneath he saw water dripping from the radiator, in the area of the bottom hose. I was not keen to drive it home so it stayed there and will get sorted out.
The initial list is:
Brake booster is leaking and requires replacement.
Possible new radiator required to fix leak.
Possible new bottom ball joint required as steering is awful and drivers side wheel appears not to be totally upright.
New airbag to be fitted.
Genny is coming out to be fixed.
A full chassis and habitation service will be carried out first off to establish what all the faults are, then we will know what we are really into.
I doubt the final bill will be modest, however once all the items are done we will have a very nice RV that should be a joy to drive as well as use.
The quote for a full chassis and habitation service is around £500 + parts + VAT, which I thought was a good price considering some of the prices I have seen quoted, and for this they seem to check everything including the fridge, both air con systems and the electrics as well as all the other bits and pieces.
The guys at Logical inspired me with their knowledge and seem to know everything about RV's. They had quite a few large RV's on site that were being worked on including a beautiful 2 year old Monaco Windsor (which we fell in love with), so I guess they have the confidence of a good many RVers already.
I will report back on progress and my thoughts about Logical as work progresses. I do hope they can get it all sorted out quickly as I am missing it already, and I only took it over yesterday.

Keith

Drummer

I tell you what Keith, when you sell 'em on, they are fixed good! Laughing

Good job there are no pockets in shrouds, I've no money to put in them! Rolling Eyes

badger

Keith
I hope you and Sharon will be reunited with your Rockwood real soon (and I hope it dosn't hurt too much)

olley · Campsite DB Admin

Hi kands, logical are the people that did my gas conversion a few months ago, they did a full service as well, as you say they do seem to know what they are talking about. even greased the battery terminals.

After picking it up we drove up to the peterborough show where found out that the genny wouldn't run, so had to return to them a week later. Rolling Eyes

now its going in monday after we go to santa pod because one of the lpg tanks will not fill properly Rolling Eyes

going to have to leave it and pick it up next weekend.

Their workmanship seems ok, although the welding for the lpg tank carrier is a bit pigeon s--t

We used to get radiators on lorries refurbished much cheaper than a new one, but if its a plastic one its a no go.

hope yours is fixed ok and doesn't break the bank

Olley

ScotJimland

Sounds expensive Keith, hope Rocky makes a full recovery and is ready for the rally, George is looking forward to getting acquainted .... Wink

Best of luck..

Jim

johnsandywhite

Sorry to hear about the BAD news Keith. I did say I had bought from the same place and have lived to regret it. I hope your problems are not as bad as mine turned out to be. Crying or Very sad

kands · Account Deactivated

Hi all
Thanks for all your kind words.

Update
We got a call from John at Logical to say the radiator was fine (phew). The leak was down to a bad hose, so that has saved us some cash. On the other side of the equation though, both the Power Booster and the steering box need replacing as does the steering damper...... Not so good news, still I should be able to steer a straight course now.
The genny needs a part that we appear to have (it was sent to us by the dealer we got the RV from) so that's a bit more cash saved.
So far that is all we have to report and the service is going nicely.
I will keep you all posted as we progress.

Hope you are having a great holiday John, take care mate.

Keith

johnsandywhite

Hi Keith. Glad it is not as bad as it appeared to be. We have just got back from the auctions. Laughing

Just bought a 1996 Newmar Mountain Aire 37ft with slide-out. Laughing

For ........................................Wait for it............................. $28000

Laughing

Will post some photos when we can get a Wifi card for the laptop. It appears the tri-mode NEC card we bought is not functioning correctly on a regular basis. Sad

I am using our friends Computer in the meantime. Wink

kands · Account Deactivated

OK things are confusing now. I contacted the dealer who said he was shocked at the problems we were having. He said that some friends were leaving the USA on Thursday evening to come home and he asked them to stop by at a chevy parts shop and pick up a repair kit for the steering box. He also said he would contact logical to try to help out. He called me early on Friday morning to say he had the repair kit in his hands and would send it to logical for them to fit. He then calls later to say that he had a less than favourable response from logical and was very disappointed.
I have also tried to claim for some of this failure through Lumley Auto who provide warranty on used vehicles. Their response was that the fault must have existed when we bought the RV and so they have washed their hands of the matter. I wish I had called them before handing over my cash and they could have diagnosed all the faults over the phone and saved me a lot of money and aggro. What marvelous folk they are, I've given their policy pride of place in my toilet now....

Saga continues, and I will update you all as work progresses.

Keith