To add to Bill and Sonjia's repair list....we bought our '82 in March of 2008. The first 2 things I noticed that weren't working was the panel A/C, and the cruise control. The panel A/C required a new belt driven compressor which cost less than $800 including labor. The cruise control was a Dana, which is no longer in production with no parts available so I had a new one installed and love it. Cost was around $1200 including labor. The next thing that came up was the need for 4 new rear tires after the left front blew out on I-10. The right front had already been replaced by the prior owner, so I just had the 4 rear ones replaced. Cost $1300 including labor. Turned out the date codes on those 4 tires ranged from 7-9 years old! There have been elective things we have done like replacing the carpeted floors with wood floors.....cost around $1800 including labor. My brother, who does this for a living, did it for us. The other elective things have been relatively inexpensive. Everything else works...both roof A/C's blow ice cubes. All three gas furnaces work great (using them this morning in Indio where overnight temps got down to 35). All three electric heaters work great, and so does the block heater. The genset runs like a champ. Both the interior Dometic refrigerator/freezer and the basement Norcold refer work great, as well as the original gas only water heater.
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