Not the Best Day

When we were on our way to Vancouver last week, we had stopped at a rest area and I noticed that the slide on the passenger side was sticking out about an inch. Forry let it out a few inches and then retracted it again and it was fine. Today we left 99 RV Park on our way to Uhlmann RV in Chehalis to have a couple of things taken care of before we leave for points south.


When we parked at Chehalis, the slide seemed to be fine, but by the time we unhitched the toad and the crew drove Auntie Violet to the back side of the shop, the slide was out a couple of inches again! When Lew (one of Uhlmann's crew) saw oil dripping, he opened the slide and oil just poured out!


Lew and Forry emptied the bay and Lew crawled in trying to figure out where the oil was coming from --

He couldn't see the source, but he ended up with a pretty good pan full --

It took some checking inside with a flashlight and some moving the slide in and out, but Lew finally spotted shiny oil on the hydraulic lifter on the side behind the cover. It seems the seal on the lifter had blown out.

Forry had seen a few drops of oil in the bay earlier this summer, but couldn't figure out where it came from -- and then never saw any more. We are extremely thankful that when it finally totally gave way, it happened right at the repair shop! Someone is watching over us!

We had planned to meet my Sister Roxy and her husband Rich for dinner tonight. When I told her what had happened, Roxy invited us to come and stay with them at their home in Olympia while we wait for parts to arrive.