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Posted By: Leeann on 04/28/08 12:49pm

eyeteeth wrote:

There was talk at one point about consolidating all the information to a web site. did that ever happen?

My trials and tribulations - more info spread elsewhere.

'73 Concord 20' Class A w/Dodge 440 - see profile for photo

Posted By: ALnCORY on 04/28/08 12:56pm

LeeAnn,,,
I just remembered I was going to tell you this.. As I mentioned I live in Idaho where one of the Champion plants was located. I had noticed an old motorhome parked near where my daughter lives in town and was thinking "that looks alot like LeeAnn's rig" and sure enough I looked closer and its an old Champion about the size of yours... but looks pretty rough right now... so if you get yours all done and want to resurrect another one I know where you can get it...

I don't think anyones dying statement ever contained the words "I wish I had spent more time in the office", so lets go somewhere!

Posted By: Leeann on 04/28/08 01:21pm

ALnCORY wrote:

Al, I think I can only stand doing this once (besides, the bf would KILL me) [emoticon]

Posted By: ALnCORY on 04/28/08 01:25pm

lol... my tongue was firmly in cheek when I wrote it... I am enjoying fixing mine up, BUT... I think I will get one more ready to go next time... take care

Posted By: Leeann on 04/28/08 01:31pm

Posted By: D&Sluv2fishandcampMN on 04/28/08 03:11pm

Kendas wrote:

D&Sluv2fishandcampMN wrote:

...I just wanted to let you all in on something that I discovered with my old MH. You might want to check the little plastic bushings that hold the windshield wiper linkage together. Mine have fallen apart twice and left me with a difficult drive in the rain with no wipers! After the second time this happened I finally got wise and fixed them all so hopefully this never happens again.

And you found the new bushings where? I "stole" (with owners permission) an old set from a '76 that was rotting at a camp ground in the White mountains and hope they last. Be nice to have an "extra" set when this set "goes way"

What Griff said would be the best way to go but i fixed mine by making the bushings out of Nylon at work on a lathe. Then I fastened everything together with a washer and an e-clip.

It would be nice to be able to fill a tackle box with the needed parts and tools in case of a major malfunction. The only things I can think of are obvious ones like fuses, extra wire, bulbs, a spark plug or 2, duct tape, and if you are only going to carry 1 screwdriver, make sure it is a standard head. I doubt there are any phillips head screws anywhere on these machines unless they were put there by a PO.

Our Camping History:
Variety of tents
'72 Lionel pop-up
'76 Dodge Jamboree Motor Home
'98 Sportsmen 28' Travel Trailer
'93 Coachmen Catalina 23.5 ft 5th wheel
'98 Palomino Pop-Up
'01 Wildwood Lite Travel Trailer

Posted By: Leeann on 04/28/08 05:43pm

I don't know about yours, but my rig came with those square-bit screws. Exclusively. Except for the few the PO put in, which are an ugly mix of slotted and Phillips.

But yes, glass fuses and a fuse puller are very important to have, as are stop/turn/taillight bulbs. I like to have one long spark plug wire, as wires can go bad or melt at any time, along with Griff's suggestion of ballast resistor, voltage regulator and ignition module.

And, thanks to experience, I insist on having at least 2 lug nuts on hand as well.

Posted By: D&Sluv2fishandcampMN on 04/29/08 06:59am

I forgot about those square bit screws! I know that I have come across some of those on my rig but I think they are on the more cosmetic items of the coach conversion and I was thinking more motor and chssis stuff.

I do keep one of those screwdriver kits with a bunch of different tips that I have recieved as a present at one time or another over the years. Along with at least the bare essentials like, crescent wrenches, vise grip, pliars, wire stripper and crimper, and such

Posted By: ALnCORY on 04/29/08 10:24am

Like LeeAnn's, mine has the square bit screws all around. Any time I work on something, ie: drip rail, windows, vents etc. I am replacing them with hex head (or phillips on the interior stuff) and I have been useing larger sizes, 8 or 10's instead of 6's for example. I figure as long as I am replacing them I will go with stronger stuff when I can....

Posted By: Leeann on 04/29/08 01:12pm

Well...reporting apparently works.

The troll's post is gone.

Yes, that is the claim, eyeteeth. It's just a pain 'cause the bits wear out faster than phillips or slotted [emoticon]

* This post was edited 04/29/08 01:31pm by Leeann *

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