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RE: Compartment Lights
Our 2007 Bounder 35E has a switch in the entry labeled "Luggage Light" - turn that on and then each light fixture in each compartment has a switch that also has to be in the ON position.
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Alan_Hepburn
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11/10/23 10:59am |
Class A Motorhomes
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RE: Robot Tolls - At My Limit!
Never, EVER, leave the plates on a vehicle that you sell.
That depends on the state: in California the plates are issued to the vehicle, not the owner, and remain with the vehicle when sold.
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Alan_Hepburn
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10/26/23 01:04pm |
General RVing Issues
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RE: HAZY windows in South Caroline
Suncoast appears to be the closest to you - the other option would be twice as far away, in Searcy, Arkansas.
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Alan_Hepburn
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10/18/23 10:54am |
Class A Motorhomes
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RE: Do it yourself Oil Change on Newmar class a gas motorhome
It cost me 300.00 for 7 qts oil and filter. That is what got me wanting to do it my self. Last time I had it done it was 375.00 because of disposing the oil and everything else they could tag on.
Just recently did our motorhome - it's on a Workhorse chassis, with the 8.1L engine. it takes 6.4 quarts of 5w/30 oil at around $50 depending on sales, and an AC Delco PH454 filter at around $5 depending on sales. And about 30 minutes of my time.
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Alan_Hepburn
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10/08/23 11:17am |
Class A Motorhomes
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RE: Electric Water Heater
Looks like he’s decided to find a good rv service center in the Bay Area and have them go through the entire rig…seems to be a number of little things going on, and it’s his first rv.
Tks
Depending on where in the Bay Area he's looking I would suggest Leale's RV in San Jose - they do great work.
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Alan_Hepburn
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09/07/23 10:16am |
Class A Motorhomes
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RE: Towing a toad
Are you certain about this? Nearly all Wranglers have a transfer case that can be shifted into neutral for towing, which lets all 4 wheels spin freely, disconnected from the transmission. That being the case, I don't see why a Wrangler couldn't be towed on a dolly, if you wanted to. That is, assuming its not one of the (very rare) 2WD only Jeeps.
The way it was explained to me many years ago was that the way the transfer case worked was that shifting from 2H to 4H connected the front and rear drive shafts together; then shifting from 4H to N disconnected everything from the transmission, but did not disconnect the front and rear driveshafts from each other. I've never taken the time to investigate it further: the manual says don't do it and that's good enough for me!
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Alan_Hepburn
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09/05/23 11:52am |
Dinghy Towing
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RE: Thinking about going to 2024 Calgary Stampede
Check out Fantasy RV Tours - they do a couple of Stampede rallies. For their fee you get several different shows, meals, and RV reservations - a no-hassle way to do the Stampede!
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Alan_Hepburn
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08/20/23 10:54am |
RV Parks, Campgrounds and Attractions
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RE: directv dish
I installed a Winegard Trav'ler myself and have not needed any parts or repairs since installed in 2012. Both the Winegard and the RF Mogul units are good products. There are very few RF Mogul dealers so you need to be handy enough to fix them yourself or look far and wide for a dealer. Winegard usually requires dealers to repair and/or return to factory for repairs. Neither is a perfect solution.
We recently had an issue with our RF Mogul dish: forgot to lower it and smacked it on a tree branch! It looked fine, but would not lock on to the DirecTV satellite - it tried to lock on to something about 100 degrees farther west. I contacted them via their website and in return got a phone call from the owner of the company who ran me through some diagnostics - we determined that the reflector (the dish part) had become bent so that it was no longer able to receive the signal. He had a new reflector shipped to me and I replaced it easily by myself with just a screwdriver. Of course I had to pay for the new reflector because we've had the system for over 2 years, but I expected that.
TLDR: RF Mogul customer support is first rate!
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Alan_Hepburn
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07/24/23 08:24am |
Technology Corner
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RE: Mexwanderer
If you'e interested in paying a small fee for an email account you should check out the folks at Hover - I've had my account with them for over 30 years now and it works well. You can access your account through their web-based system, or you can download your email to your own client (I use Thunderbird) using eith POP3 or IMAP.
It's completely independent of any other company so you aren't required to find a new provider when a company decides to no longer offer email, or you change internet providers. They have plans available for about $20 per year and up - I'm paying $65 for a family plan that gives us a total of 6 email addresses: we're all using our [email protected] addresses and have been for over 30 years now!
I have no financial interest in them - just a happy customer!
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Alan_Hepburn
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06/20/23 10:59am |
Around the Campfire
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RE: Drive shaft lock out
I believe Remco is the only one making them.
Remco is no longer in the drive shaft disconnect business...
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Alan_Hepburn
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06/20/23 10:46am |
Dinghy Towing
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RE: Sonic Boom
Went down to Edwards AFB back in August 1982 to watch the Space Shuttle Columbia land after its last test flight - the double sonic boom created by the shuttles when they were landing was pretty impressive!
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Alan_Hepburn
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06/11/23 10:40am |
Around the Campfire
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RE: When impatience hurts!
Yes, the video shows the truck in the left lane overtaking the truck in the right, but it certainly wasn’t at a very rapid pace. The delta between speeds seemed pretty small.
Well, how long was the truck in the left lane? If he had just pulled out to pass before the video started then it's going to take him a while to gain some speed to complete the pass. It's takes a lot to accelerate 80K lbs of truck/trailer...
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Alan_Hepburn
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05/31/23 11:54am |
General RVing Issues
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RE: Brake system for 2021 Jeep Grand Cherokee
What kind of tow bars do you have? We have the ready elite tow bars with integrated mechanical brake. Nothing to install in the car and not invasive to electronics.
The Ready Brute Elite does require the installation of a cable from the brake lever on the tow bar to the brake pedal on the vehicle, but other than that it's a great system: we use it on our 2020 Jeep Gladiator and our 2022 Jeep Wrangler.
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Alan_Hepburn
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05/27/23 11:20am |
Dinghy Towing
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