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Its now the ILOVHER sign!

I guess I assumed the light functioned as a brake alert. Mine is definitely an LED strip. I will test when I hook up to go home to see if the light is illuminated when lights are turned from Auto to ON.

OK, good to know!

I posted a brief reply in one of the other threads but looking for anyone with tips on troubleshooting the rear upper brake light assembly. I removed and resealed the outer lense due to water leakage and of course now it doesn't work! I realize we can tackle from the inside and it probably shorted due to water intrusion but besides a voltmeter..any tips on where to look are greatly appreciated!

So if anyone is still following this thread or is remotely interested...after all that fuss and muss over the lens install, on my state park shakedown trip, just 10 minutes from my house, my husband noticed that the brake light is not illuminating! Holy smokes, I'm irritated! I realize we can troubleshoot from the inside of the trailer but still! I imagine something got wet and shorted.

I love your mud flap install and have studied it. Sadly, its out of my wheel house. Maybe someday I'll find someone willing to duplicate and fabricate them as I think it is a much worthy mod! For now, I'm not planning much off roading (although thats more my style) with ILOVHER. As far as a blowout, I've had one in ten years and my opinion is the fiberglass in that area is more at risk for serious destruction. At that end, my fittings are the least of my worries.

To put the sealant conversation to rest, we had a significant rain all day yesterday and the sealant held well! No leaks.. So far! Here is the silver lining in all this ~ The land yacht got a name!

These are the products I used but the quick connects can be purchased anywhere. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07SKKV4GB/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_glt_fabc_6AHW2GN7VSF5S5HBG8PZ?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1 And https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08MY68JKD/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_glt_fabc_05TBWQ6KRM244F20J1B3

This is the way to go! I like the 3M Perfect-It line of cutting compounds too!

I don't know about you, but my back isn't what it used to be and I'm not keen on bending/kneeling for longer than necessary. Attaching water hoses on the Ollie is a little awkward at best. I'm sure this is not a novel idea but I thought I'd share my new mod that will hopefully be faster and also save that crick in the back. I found a pack of 3 hose quick connects on Amazon and covers/dust caps for all of my hoses. The covers/plugs are actually for tractors or skid steer hydraulic fittings. It took me a few (let's say many) returns to get the right size ordered but I'm pleased with how they fit. We'll see if they stay on to keep the road debris out. The original chain caps can be used to plug the female ends of your basement stored hoses!

Welcome to the forum! I too am an Oliver newbie. I recently scored with a LE2 not an hour and a half away from home! I'm not new to fiberglass or RVing but one of the things that makes owning these trailers, as I'm sure you've researched, is the resale value. If you end up not liking your Oliver, you can almost certainly get all of your investment back! The camaraderie and knowledge of this forum has already proven itself to me in my quest to fix minor things on my new ILOVHER! I owned my previous FG camper for ten years and I didn't know a thing. I now consider myself pretty knowledgeable and many times, travel alone. The empowerment is huge and when you have desire to learn, the sky's the limit! I figure if I mess it up, I only have myself to blame! This forum will be a handy tool in your quest to figure things out. Again, welcome!

I never thought I'd ever own an Oliver and last year we bought a 2020 Tundra TRD Sport 4x4 1/2 ton. I really thought it was overkill for my Casita but since Ive owned three 4th generation V8 4runners , I couldn't bring myself to go back to a V6~5K towing capacity. The truck performed beautifully on our trip out west with the Casita. It will remain to be seen how the Oliver does. The main issue will always be payload now as I'm limited with all of the hardware/suspension that they put on this thing. Thankfully, I like to travel light. I can always put the hubby on a diet, right?

Thank you. This is why I pushed the egress window out and thoroughly cleaned all the tracks. I even lifted the rubber up and cleaned everything and toothbrushed the weep holes! Now you can understand the reasoning behind naming my Casita 'OCD' ~ Obessive Casita Disorder! I'm hoping that I don't get too much dust now that I finally figured out how to pop the screen back in. Looks like such a poor design to use those metal clips to hold it in. I had no idea that screen is stationary which is why I couldn't figure out how to put it back. There's at least a quarter inch gap and a dust collector there. Certainly something to keep an eye on. Now ~ On to installing the MaxxAir Window Vents that I purposely took off my Casita before selling her to use on the ILOVHER!

I did in fact use the Loctite Marine from HD in the big caulk tube. I won't be buying it again as it was a bear to get flowing and it was not particularly easy to work with. I'm sure it's a great product, just wish I would have bought the smaller hand held tube.

So after struggling and cursing at my caulking gun and the stupid thick expensive marine sealant above.. Ive had success! Used the sealant as the adhesive and the outer caulk line. A little more detailed cleanup and I will be golden!

Thank you , very helpful except mine are tight and together. I've cleaned that entire track!

I imagine the VHB tape is used just to hold the lense in place while the sealant is applied. I'll probably do the same and use this to do the caulking:

For those of you reading this thread.. I've been documenting my progress here:

So, this is where I'm at. This took about an hour and a half total. I used a box cutter to break the sealant and then a putty knife to drag along the edge to pry the lense off. The lense did hairline crack in one spot about 1/2'' long but I think I can use flexseal tape to mend it... otherwise I'm probably out a week or so before Oliver will send me a new one. My lense is held on to the surface opening by 3M double sided HD tape and then caulked all around. I'm not entirely sure if this is where my leak is stemming from as the caulking looked fairly plyable and contiguous. Do I need to caulk those marker lights up there? They look completely void of any caulk. Now, the arduous task of cleaning all of the remaining sealant and try to get that tape off!

Thanks. I saw this earlier but I thought a simple hose bib would be cool!

Ha, that didn't occur to me to use the outside shower! I guess having a garden hose fitting there would be nice to run the water away from the trailer, but I see your concern. Could be quite low hanging.

Has anyone installed a Sharkbite or equivalent garden hose valve for the pex fresh water drain? I'm used to getting water for my dogs bowl from a fitting I added to my Casita. Is there any harm in installing one and leaving the inside valve open?

How did you cut the epoxy part of the lense? I'm dreading having to cut it out!

I'm not sure I'll be able to get it out in one piece. There's no going back now! I've already removed the sealant on 70% of it.

Since I'm dealing with a number of messy issues with my new to me LE2, I wanted to shift my attention and share with y'all a couple recent mods that I'm proud of. Some were the genius of others on this forum that I copied and some are my own.