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Channel: Bish's RV · 2016 · Autos & Vehicles

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This show covers external preparations before you leave on a camping trip in your RV. 

RV Pre-Trip Check List - External Preparation (Part 1)

Wiper Blades
Engine Fluids & Generator Oil
Tires
Batteries
Compartment Doors
Tail Lights
Propane

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G-Live Presents: RV Pre-Trip Check List (Part 1)


Marshall:  We air live every Friday morning at 9am Pacific daylight time. My name is Marshall White I’m your host today.

Quin: Cause without the engine we don’t go anywhere. So we are gonna check our transmission fluid, we are going to check all bodily fluids in the engine first. So head over there if you are ready Marshall. We are going to check all of our terminals for corrosion, and then we would check the water by popping these caps. As long as you can see water basically you will find a little dip stick kind of thing under these caps, as long as you can see water in those cells you are good, and we are good to go. The next point of interest is going to be our transmission fluid, so we are going to check that just like any other dip stick you’ve ever used. You’re just going to make sure that the fluid is in line, and were going to do all this cold by the way folks. 

Don’t ever do it with the engine running or warm, it’s going to skew your findings. On this side we’ve got another dip stick, this is our oil dip stick. You’re going check that make sure that, that’s all up to date or up to the proper levels. Then believe it or not almost one of the very important fluids is our washer fluid. I really like for that is a 2 in 1 Rainax, not only is it going to clean the windshields it’s like an anti-freeze after the winter time, so you can keep that windshield nice and clean. So while we are at the front here, we are also going to take a quick look at our wiper blades, taking about the windshield. So we want to make sure that that wiper blade is nice and supple, that’s a nice new wiper blade. 

Thank you Marshall. What you don’t want is obviously any blade that’s got any kind of damage to it. This is off you can feel that’s a little dryer than other blade. You want to change your wiper blades probably once a year, really no matter what condition you think they are in.  We would want to make sure that windshield is clean; a squeegee will help with that process. Obviously that’s a pretty tall windshield, so you’re going to need to be able to reach the top of it to clean it effectively. Of course the overall vehicle can always use a nice wash before we head out. This is a soft brush but you’re going to want to check your owner’s manual. I know for example Newmarc says that you have to use a lamb’s wool mitt on their vehicle, just for the clear coat protection. 
A lot of vehicles now have acrylic windows, which require a special cleaner and special procedure, so just check your owner’s manual and any time if you have any questions check your owner’s manual. Or you can call us here at Guaranty and we can probably tell you how that will work out. 

Marshall:  That’s particularly important just because you are in the North West. The volume of rain that comes down at one time if you don’t have a well oiled machine, well operating wiper, that can cause some safety concerns, or at least scare the living daylights out of you. I think that’s probably true across the country, when we get these we need to make sure the windshield wipers are working correctly. So what else do we got here Dr. Q?   

Quinn:  We are going to move on to tires. Tires probably being the second most important component. Obviously if the engine is running but we have no tires, we are still not going anywhere. RV tires are a little different animal. Your thread life is almost never an issue with an RV tire; obviously these are brand new tires.  But I’m just going to check my thread life, I can do it with my finger, I can do it with a penny. They make a fun little tool that tells you, but this is just a visual inspection. I’m also at this point looking for dry rot, so what I would be looking for is if there is any thread separation. I’m going to come down the side wall here see if there is any cracks, any crevices. Dry rot often starts right here at the rim line. What happens is they sit so long and then if they are exposed to the sun, the sun basically just removes all the moisture from the rubber.  So the tire looks good to me, visual inspection. It passes the visual inspection. If you are ever concerned about the age of your tires, find your DOT number and these 4 digit numbers here are going to tell you a lot of information on when it was built. The first 2 digits 47 tell it’s built in the 47th week, the second 2 digits 15 tells us it’s built in 2015. So this tire is less than a year old.   The next thing we are going to do is we are going to check our pressure.

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