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Posted By: dreed on 07/03/19 03:30pm

Replaced the coolent recovery tank. Looked like a crack was starting to happen.
Dave 04 P/W Excel TD

Posted By: AsheGuy on 07/04/19 04:47pm

Vent fan quit working on our 2005 LTV. Suspect it was the switch that stops the fan from running if the cover is not open since it wasn't the fuse or a circuit breaker. But since it had seen a lot of duty and needed a thorough cleaning I decided to just replace it.

It's a pretty straight forward process:

Pop off the four screw caps and remove the four screws on the inside fan trim and take the trim piece off.
Remove the 16 screws on top that hold the fan to van roof.
Use plastic/steel putty knife to break the bond the adhesive has between van top and fan and take off the old fan, remove all remaining adhesive around the fan opening so new fan adhesive will make a proper bond.
Cut the wire to the old fan, attach wires on new fan with crimp connectors.
Place adhesive strips around the fan opening using a nail or something to note corner screw holes.
Place new fan in place being sure screw holes in fan base match up with marked corner screw positions and put in 16 retaining screws.
Place special caulk (Dicor 501LSW-1 Epdm Self-Leveling Lap Sealant-10.3 Oz. Tube, White, 10.3 Fluid_Ounces) on top of all 16 screws and around the base of the new fan.
Replace inside trim piece with four screws and screw caps.

Unfortunately, the descriptions of the process didn't emphasize how difficult step 3 was (at least for me). I had the tools (both a plastic and steel putty knife) and the plastic putty knife was usable to remove the caulking from around the base. But getting the adhesive holding the fan to roof to release the fan was something else. I went around it pushing completely through the adhesive (with strong resistance) all the way around the fan and then tried to separate the fan from roof. No movement whatsoever.

After scratching my head, I remembered a comment I had seen to use denatured alcohol to help remove the adhesive from hands/tools/etc as it could be a problem. So luckily I had some denatured alcohol and decided the best way to use it was to use an empty Windex spray bottle to get the liquid where I wanted it. I sprayed it around the old fan base and immediately could detect that the putty knife went through the adhesive much easier so I pushed the putty knife through the adhesive all the way around the fan base again with plenty of denatured alcohol. I was then able to pull the fan off with no problem. Removing the adhesive on the roof was also doable by spraying on plenty of denatured alcohol and rubbing with a sturdy rag and a lot of elbow grease.

See photos below:

Old fan separated from roof.
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Adhesive remaining around fan opening.
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Opening cleaned of all adhesive remains, old fan still attached to 12v power leads.
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As mentioned above, a straight forward project except for the adhesive removal effort needed.

David & Margaret - 2005 LTV 210B 3S
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Posted By: goreds2 on 07/08/19 11:15am

Gave it a wash for the first time this year.

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Posted By: magicbus on 07/09/19 03:57pm

Well, better late than never... drained the gray and black tanks after our late-March return from Florida, winterized the otherwise drained water system, ran the generator and A/C... and exercised the stereo.

As our travels dictate, we always come home with a day of two of tank usage and no easy dump site. I bought a 6 gallon boat toilet and dump into the bottom half then down the stick-house toilet. Takes me back to my early boating days.

In the next day or two we will go for a ride to get the rust off the brakes, find diesel so I can add a bit of biocide to the tank and wash it down. Then the coach gets a bath and goes into its new home, a barn with a 12 foot ceiling.

Dave

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Posted By: goreds2 on 07/25/19 06:32pm

For exercise, drove it on a 60 mile round trip to work today. Plan on taking it around town tomorrow.

Posted By: magicbus on 07/26/19 07:44pm

Taking a ride and adding biocide and a gallon of fuel to wash it down before finally parking in my new barn I noticed the check engine light came on. Took the coach to my local guy and he read a stuck EGR. He reset it and I made it home without a recurrence. If it happens on the next 6 week exercise trip I’ll have him fix it but hopefully it won’t happen until I get near my Mercedes dealer in Florida next winter where I can get warranty service!

Dave

Posted By: debandi on 07/29/19 05:40pm

We are getting our New to US Roadtrek ready for a shake down 3 day camp out to make sure everything works so when we head to RI, MA, NH, ME and some of VT trip. This will be our first trip in a 22 foot MH. Wife says it drives like a Pick-up.

John Spear RMCS(SW)USN RET '88
Debra is my 'nagagator'! She tells me where to go.
Enjoying our 2006 Roadtrek Adventurs RS

Posted By: debandi on 08/04/19 12:59pm

Shake down went wonderful. Everything in '11' worked great....there was one problem on the way home it,rained and the drivers side windshield wiper worked fine going up but when going down the wiper blade would jump and not wipe the rain off. After getting home we discovered the arm was bent just enough to cause the blade to jump and not wipe the rain off. A couple Cresent wrenches is all it took to bend the wiper arm back to where it was supposed to be and now just waiting for the next rain shower.

Posted By: magicbus on 08/04/19 04:23pm

Can’t beat a “MacGyver” fix. [emoticon]

Dave

Posted By: JimBollman on 08/09/19 05:27pm

Discovered on our last trip that the overhead cabinet doors have screws that go all the way through. The way they were discovered was we decided to roll a days worth of clothes up and stuff a weeks worth in the overheads so we could just pull out everything to get dressed in the morning. I think the first day my shirt got snagged on a screw. Got through the rest of the week with no more rips by being extra careful. The idea worked well accept for the exposed sharp pointed obstacles. So now I have thin strips of wood above each cabinet to use up the extra screw length. Can't imagine why I never noticed the screws before.

Second project was a dripping Shurflow faucet when running. Didn't look repairable so was planning to replace. In doing a search online I found that Shurflow has a online chat service for repairs. After I posted the model number and that it was leaking at one of the joints and wondered if it was repairable, they asked a bunch of dumb questions like when did I service the hoses and what RV I had, I finally got forwarded to someone to answer my question as soon as I gave them my credit card number, I left. Found a comment in one of the reviews of the product that there was an o-ring in the joint that was leaking that you could get to by pulling harder. Figured worse case it would break and I would have to replace it. Came apart and I found replacement o-rings at Lowe's 10 for $2.50 that with a little silicon grease fixed the drip. Maybe just the grease would have fixed it.

The rest of my B projects for now are longer term but I hope to get to before our next long trip but are only niceties, not priorities.

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