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Boy Howdy ... your rig brings back a memory or two. We traded a Sportsman for our first brand new 2000 Montana ... 2850RK like yours. That was the second year of production of Montanas, so Keystone was still figuring a few things out. The frames were not a real I Beam, but strips of metal welded up to form an I Beam. The main slide was cable driven, but nothing like the cable sides used now. Just keep it lubed. Yes, the tanks were small compared to today's units, but the 2850 was about 10' shorter than most today. Make sure you cushion kitchen related items in the back cabinets as that is where the ride is the bounciest if that is a word. Our 2850 served us well, but it seemed just a bit too cozy for our comfort, so we up graded in 2005 and again in 2011 to increasingly bigger Montanas. It was the Montana with the fewest build or failure issues of any of the three we've owned. As for your fridge ... 18 years is a long life for a gas absorption fridge ... if you see any tell tale yellow stains in or behind the box or smell ammonia, figure on getting a new one. The single 13.5 A/C unit may not handle the desert heat as well as you'd like this summer.
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