2023 modifications

Happy New Year! 🎉

As we begin 2024, let’s look back at 2023, as I did this time last year.

I will have a series of blog posts reviewing topics from last year. I schedule my posts following a pattern: Modification Mondays, Travel Tuesdays, Whereabouts Wednesdays, and To and Fro Thursdays and Fridays (okay, those last ones are bit of a stretch). So I will post my annual summaries in that order too, starting with modifications today.

We have done a number of modifications to our 2017 Tiffin Allegro Bus 40SP motorhome, to make it more comfortable as a full-time home, to improve the features, or to repair issues. This is a summary of some of the changes done in 2023; also check out the changes from 2022 and 2021.

For each modification topic I include a link to the corresponding blog post, and a sample picture; see the post for details. (Tip: you can click or tap on either the link or picture to go to the corresponding post.)

You can see all of the modification-related blog posts via the modifications category, with the earliest posts at the top, or the latest posts at the top.

Upgraded TST TPMS display:

Old and new units

New mattress:

Mattress

Slide topper bracing to reduce flapping in wind:

Cord and bungee

Micro-Air EasyTouchRV smart thermostats:

New units

Improved tow bar pins:

Tow bar pins and brake controller pins

Govee smart thermometers:

Living room sensor

Replaced more recessed lights:

Replaced lights

Replaced carbon monoxide detector:

Wires connected

Dryer magnets:

Door and dryer

Water softener regeneration and backflush hoses and adapters:

Regenerating

Professionally cleaning gray and black tanks:

Flushing

Water filter bag:

Filter and bag

Adding a bedside Spyder touch panel:

Panel

David’s lap desk:

SideTrak screen

Jenn’s movable height-adjustable desk:

Jenn's desk

Ceiling fan motor replacement again:

Motor mounted and connected

Phone holders:

Phone holder

Engine compartment door stop replacement:

Door stop

Hat hooks:

Hat hooks

Fridge latch repair:

Catches and latches

A bubble level helps us check when leveling our coach:

Bubble level

Extended cup holders:

Cup holder extender

Fresh tank flush:

Fresh tank drain

Replaced chassis batteries and more at Oregon Motorcoach Center:

New chassis batteries

Tire covers:

Tire cover

Dryer vent padding:

Dryer vent

Flagpole for Starlink dish:

Starlink on flagpole

15 amp to 50 amp power adapter:

Extension cord

Truck canopy, slide tray, lift kit:

Slide tray

Basement subwoofer:

Subwoofer

Replacing bathroom faucets and soap dispensers:

Old and new faucets

SnapPads:

SnapPads

Replacing wiper blades:

New and old blades

Fixing windshield washer hose:

T-junction

Fixing black tank flush:

No-Fuss Flush

Fixing bathroom vent lid motor:

Wires

360 camera mount on truck:

360 camera on mount

Replacing fuse for solar controller:

Working solar controller

Replacing fridge drawer cover:

Replacement part

Braking: Bad:

Brake repair

I hope you found these posts interesting and useful.