When the 5th leak happened in the motorhome, it was right above the kitchen table where I had the laptop. It was leaking from the plastic surrounding the front roof hatch. So, I place the laptop on a towel with the keyboard upside down because that was what got wet. Shortly then after, a second leak from the roof hatch started pelting down on the table where near where the laptop was and got its underside wet. So, I not only had to keep in on the towel for 24 hours... no, I put it on a towel in an unaffected area for 48 because I had to change it's resting position to make sure that any water inside the laptop either left out through the keyboard, or on its side through the CPU's breathing gills.
Suffice to say that I tested all the keys except for the "F" ones. I couldn't test the F keys because I'd probably have to go through about 5 different applications just to test them.
I just replaced the oil valve gaskets and I'm in the middle of finishing up the gromets. My tool kits contain just about everything that has ever been needed for my 2008 Chevy HHR LS. And I don't usually miss not having a small, thin, flat screw driver. But today, I was having to use a razor blade to cut the old gromets off, then fitting the new ones around some flanges with my fingers. There are 15 of these and they have given my hands a workout.
The coil for spark plug #4 is showing a little antifreeze. It looks like I'll be doing a cylinder head gasket replacement in the near future? But tearing down the oil valve cover wasn't a big deal, it just took the better part of today and this was my first time doing one. I've looked at the procedure regarding the cylinder head gasket and I'm comfortable now with doing it myself.
With certainty, I'm sure that my clutch master cylinder is gone. My clutch pedal goes to the floor and doesn't come back. That might have been one of the leaks that I observed when I changed the car's oil about a week ago? And I also noted proper brake pedal pressure, which is something I haven't had in a long time.
When I last did the oil change about a week ago, I used a couple ounces of sea foam to try and solve some idle problems. But I wasn't getting a dip stick reading after I turned the car on. I had it up on ramps and when I saw it spitting what I thought was oil, I immediately shut it off and waited about a week, which is today. The problem is that I'm not sure what the Seafoam has done with it sitting. I was using it to temporarily seal my gaskets. It really hasn't gone through the system, so, I'm going to replace the oil again just to be on the safe side.
If I just had an hour more, I could have finished the job. I got a late start today because I had a medical appointment this morning. My AC powered battery charger has not been up to the task of charging my motorhome's auxiliary batteries, which are dual marine deep cycles. So, I did what I've done before, which is hook them up to jumper cables, attach those to the motorhome's cab batteries and run it for about 90 minutes. I had ever breaker on my converter switched off and my interior lights came on using the batteries.
My car has a 50amp fuse for my batteries and it's alternator is smaller. But seeing if the motorhome's amperage is similar, my AC charger only puts out 8amps. Currently, it's charging both deep cycles and is reading as "LO" or low. I'm content to leave it connected to the marine batteries over night and see what it does?
It wouldn't do them when they were dead. All it read overnight was a moving "8," which is when the unit is initializing. But with them jumped, the charging light is on.
All in all, everything that's going on alright. Even if I have to do a Oil Valve, Cylinder Head Gaskets, and a clutch, it's just things that have been put off since my back was messed up. But my therapy ended 3 weeks ago and after a day of working on it now, I feel great.
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