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RE: RV Exterior Cleaning
I have found that the first step (before driving through bugs) is a coat of NuFinish. When stopping at a campground with bugs all over the front cap, I wet down the cap with plain water and let the bugs soak for a while. Then I use plain water with Jet Dry (the dishwasher product) and scrub the bugs with a combination bug scrub sponge, rinse and then squeegee, with the combination bug sponge and squeegee. If you have the bug scrub sponge and squeegee on an extendable pole you don't even need a ladder. This procedure is pretty quick and easy. Does it do a perfect job? No. But then it doesn't take a lot of time away from cocktail hour and the things I'd rather be doing.
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tgobob
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05/15/12 07:53am |
Class A Motorhomes
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RE: Florida Trip; Campground Suggestions Please
During race week in Daytona people are scattered over a 50 mile radius from Daytona. That includes RV campgrounds, hotels, motels, etc. Obviously, the closer to Daytona you are the more you're going to pay. The track is just off I-95 and is also close to I-4. We live in Titusville (45 minutes south of Daytona on I-95) in The Great Outdoors, an RV resort community which has transient RV sites. One big advantage to being away from Daytona is that rates aren't raised during race week. Have fun, but count on spending a lot of money in Florida!
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tgobob
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05/04/12 07:47am |
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RE: Camping Resort
I live at The Great Outdoors in Titusville, FL and agree wholeheartedly with all the good things said about it. If you haven't visited TGO you owe it to yourself to do so. By the way, TGO is not affiliated with any other campground or resort.
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tgobob
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04/01/12 01:12pm |
Class A Motorhomes
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RE: So where's my air reservoir?
I don't agree with Vintage Racer. I have a Class A CDL and, in the United States, there is no requirement to manually drain air tanks on a daily basis. I also don't agree that automatic drain valves are prone to failure. They often do freeze open in the winter, but this isn't really valve failure. The automatic air valve on my air tanks has performed flawlessly for 10 years and I have never been able to drain water manually.
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tgobob
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03/31/12 08:23am |
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RE: To flap or not to flap, that is the question........
I have towed a 2000 Honda Accord for 92,000 miles and driven it an additional 134,000 miles. I have mud flaps behind rear wheels and also a full mud flap across the entire rear of the coach. At one point I also had a brush in front of the full flap but removed it because it was causing more problems than it solved. I'm convinced that the front ground clearance of the toad has a lot to do with how much damage you will get when towing. My Accord sits very low in the front end and this has caused a lot of pit damage on the front bumper, but almost no damage to the hood and front fenders. The Tow Guard gets very good marks from most users, but I doubt if I could use one because of the limited height of the tow bars above the ground.
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tgobob
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03/27/12 08:20am |
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RE: Brake Master 9160
If you already have an air chuck on the rear of your motorhome, I'd suggest you look into the M & G braking system. There isn't anything to hook up or remove from your toad brake pedal and it's simply a matter of hooking the air tube from your toad to the coach air chuck. Disconnecting is just as easy. System gives you proportional braking on the toad. I've been using the M & G system for 9 years and 93,000 miles with virtually no problems.
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tgobob
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03/23/12 09:18am |
Class A Motorhomes
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RE: Why is there a valve under the driver seat of my class A?
I drove a school bus that had an air valve under the driver's seat. It was used to raise or lower the seat height. If you can't figure out what it is, try pushing it or pulling it and see what happens.
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tgobob
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03/20/12 01:18pm |
Class A Motorhomes
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RE: After Market LED Turn Signal
I installed sequential LED turn signals on the rear of my 2003 Allegro Bus when a friend who was following me on the highway said my OEM turn signals couldn't be seen in bright sunlight. The LED turn signals are highly visible in any kind of lighting and have made a b ig difference in how traffic around me reacts when I use them. They are available in many places. Just do a Google search on automotive LED lights.
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tgobob
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03/09/12 08:13am |
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RE: Serv Writer messed up my Odometer
Last summer I had to have my fuel lift pump replaced and a second fuel filter installed. The work was done by Cummins Coach Care on I-81 near Roanoke, VA. When I went to pick up the coach after the repair I noticed that the odometer reading was not right. It wasn't zero, but it wasn't reading correctly either. I told the mechanic about the problem and he was somewhat puzzled. He made a call to someone for help, came back to the coach, did something and voila - problem resolved. Unfortunately, I have no idea what he did to fix the problem or what specifically caused the problem in the first place, but it was fixable. Is it possible that your problem is related to the work you had done and not to the service writer pushing the button on your odometer?
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tgobob
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03/09/12 08:05am |
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RE: Are today motorhomes underpowered compared
I'm a bit puzzled by the original question concerning higher horsepower in motorhomes years ago. In my experience, it's just the opposite. Higher horsepower is the norm today compared to years ago. For example, look at a 40 foot Allegro Bus circa 1998. Then look at a 2003 Allegro Bus. My Bus is a 2003. The standard engine in early 2003 Busses was 300 HP. Optional engine was 350 HP. These were Cummins ISC engines. In later 2003 Busses the standard engine was 350 HP and the optional engine was a 400 HP Cummins ISL. Today you can get 600 HP engines in some high line coaches. Years ago the highest horsepower you could get was 500 HP in a Detroit Diesel engine in a Prevost.
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tgobob
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03/09/12 07:48am |
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RE: Exhaust brake operation
Wolfe 10's comment about constant breaking and downshifting on rolling hills would drive me crazy too. However, I have a Brake Switch installed on my coach and I can coast to my heart's content with the exhaust brake in the "on" position. The exhaust brake only activates when I step on the brake. This is also true when using cruise control. I'm even able to kick off cruise control without activating the exhaust brake. With the Brake Switch I leave my exhaust brake in the "on" position all the time.
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tgobob
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02/26/12 07:41am |
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RE: Fuel tank on Revolution
I believe that the only fill to 80% of capacity pertains to propane, not diesel or gasoline. First, fuel gauges are notoriously inaccurate. Second, you have no way of knowing how far above the lowest point of the fuel tank the pickup tube is. You could easily have 15-20 gallons left in the tank when you "run out of fuel". I have a 150 gallon diesel fuel tank. My low fuel light comes on when I still have 43 gallons left in the tank. What I don't know, and am not likely to find out, is how much of that 43 gallons I can actually use.
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tgobob
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02/13/12 07:29am |
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RE: Replacement for Onan/Generac gensets
There's no guarantee that you'll get what you pay for, but there is virtual certainty that you'll get no more than you pay for!
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tgobob
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02/03/12 11:03am |
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RE: Suburban Furnace Problem
Your problem could be something as simple as something (like bugs) blocking the flow of gas to the burner. I had this problem with my furnace. Blowing the bugs out of the gas tube cured the problem. My symptoms were like yours - I could hear the igniter sparking, the furnace blower would come on, then the furnace would shut down. Another clue is smelling gas outside the coach. My problem wasn't intermittent like yours, though.
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tgobob
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01/26/12 08:24am |
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RE: Just some opions please
You say the unit was a demonstrator with 6,000 miles on the odometer and that they're offering a full warranty. Is the full warranty from the manufacturer or from the dealer? If it's from the dealer there will be severe restrictions. For instance, do you have to take it back to the dealer for warranty service? There are so many different warranties on a motorhome that "full warranty" is pretty much a meaningless term. For example a Cummins diesel has a 100,000 mile or 5 year warranty from Cummins. On the unit you describe do you think that Cummins would extend the warranty to 106,000 miles? No way.
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tgobob
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01/23/12 08:56am |
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RE: Destination - Savannah - tips?
Another vote for the KOA in Richmond Hill, but a car is a must. It's about 30 minutes into Savannah. Would also warn against Paula Deen's. A total rip-off. Tiny buffet at lunch and $23 per person. The tourist traps down by the river are a much better bet. Suggest a trolley tour to start - then go back and do what you want.
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tgobob
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01/21/12 06:51am |
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RE: Am I crazy?
We lived in Northern Virginia suburbs of DC. The DC area is one of the least RV-friendly areas in the country. Outside of Cherry Hill RV Park in College Park, MD (a great park, by the way) there's almost nowhere else to park an RV in the DC area. There are virtually no other places within 30 minutes of DC. There are quite a few long term tenants at Cherry Hill, such as contractors working in the DC area on a temporary basis. Other comments re size of motorhome, challenges of tongue weights, heating in cold weather, etc. are all valid. I would recommend visiting Cherry Hill RV Park and talking to them about long term rental as a starting point in addition to contacting this forum, which you've already done.
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tgobob
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01/19/12 09:09am |
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RE: Overhead Lights dimming in coach
I experienced this same problem and it turned out to be caused by my water pump. Apparently the water pump had a leaking internal check valve which caused the pump to cycle even when we weren't using water (the pump was "on", but shouldn't have been pumping). To very simply rule out this possibility just turn your water pump "off" while the lights are on and see if the lights are affected. By the way, a new water pump solved my problem.
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tgobob
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01/19/12 08:30am |
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RE: MH Parking Surface Prep
I live in an RV community with over 1500 sites. Virtually all of them have concrete "pads", whether they're just pads or whether they're stick built homes with motorhome ports or garages. There must be a reason this is so. Certainly cheaper construction methods would appeal to a lot of people if they were a viable alternative.
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tgobob
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01/10/12 11:08am |
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RE: Can the water tank overflow create a vacuum?
I'm having a bit of a problem understanding how water can siphon from a fresh water tank. On my coach I have 2 ways to fill the fresh water tank; I can fill through the "city water" fitting or I can fill through the fresh water fill which also serves as an overflow when the tank is full. Unless the fresh water fill has a tube connected to it inside the tank which runs down below the water level in the tank, it can't possibly siphon. Even if there is a tube connected to it, the siphon would be broken as soon as the water level in the tank got below the level of the tube. Relative to pressure building inside the fresh water tank; this is only possible if the tank vent is completely plugged. Fresh water tanks must be vented or you couldn't pull water out of the tank without collapsing the tank.
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tgobob
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01/10/12 10:54am |
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