Monday, March 16, 2009

New Shocks & TV Antenna

Today was a productive day. After lunch, we unhooked the coach and took it about a half mile down the road to Alamo RV. This is a service and parts place that was recommended by our park owners.

A couple of months ago, Doug bought some Koni shocks and wasn't able to install them himself. He didn't have the correct tools or the air compressor necessary for the tools. Alamo RV told us that they could install them in about an hour and a half. And best of all, their labor rate is waaaaay under everyone else's in the big cities.


These are the worn out, beat up, no good, old shocks. Good riddance.

At the same time, we discovered that the batwing tv antenna on the top of the coach had quit working. Doug removed it so we could take it to Alamo RV and check if they had a replacement. They didn't. But, in the catalog, we found a much better one. It was ordered and installed at the same time as the shocks.



The white disk on top of the coach is the new antenna. It looks so much nicer and will find the stations available automatically. No more cranking up the batwing and turning and turning, trying to find a signal. We are now able to watch local news instead of just New York and Los Angeles as well as make use of the digital cable box we bought months ago.

These were the greatest people to deal with. We can hardly recommend them enough. Funny thing, later in the evening after we were settled back in the park, the owners of Alamo RV showed up to do some work for another person in the park. After they finished, they stopped by and visited with us. Talk about customer service!

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