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Posted By: tismark on 06/21/11 01:13pm

Exercising the generator as I type this. It's taken most of the time the generator needs to exercise just to get the inside temp halfway acceptable. Whew, hot!

Early in the day next time!

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Posted By: 1775 on 06/21/11 10:07pm

Put non-slip shelf liner on the shelves in the cabinets...

Maybe the weather will cooperate and life's little obligations will get out of the way soon so that we can actually take a trip...

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Posted By: jvanoyen on 06/22/11 12:33pm

I glued on my windshield mirror and started the installation of a color
backup camera. I had to quit when the rain started. If I can find out how to remove the day/night shade from the back door, I can mount and wire the camera. Any one know how to do that? Just got the coach House 192 and it had no manual. Thanks, Jerry

Jerry Van Oyen

Posted By: Davydd on 06/22/11 01:56pm

I am already modifying my GWV Legend after our first lengthy trip. The sliding door night curtains that came with the B were in two pieces. One snapped in and one velcroed to the screen enclosure over the kitchen counter like this...
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I modified it to one piece that stored behind the passenger seat and slid across on a track like this...
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Great West Van is installing them this new way and sent me the modification kit.

Davydd
2021 Advanced RV 144 WB 2500 Class B
2015 Advanced RV Ocean One Class B

Posted By: Papawrigsby on 06/24/11 08:48am

Well, Wednesday, I finished hanging and sizing all the blinds, Nana has curtains being sized/hemmed. Finished the bathroom walls and caulked the seams, hung the medicine cabinet, towel racks, tp holder, and installed the new shower hose and fixtures. REMOVED ALL TOOLS (yaaayyy,, im done inside) and put away, vacuumed everything, and then,,,,,,,the unenviable task of dumping the black tank,, went to Love's Travel mart, paid the 5 bucks, got ready to dump the tank, and crap, the valve handle came out of the gate valve,, wont open.........this is not going to be pretty from here on out...

Ive bought a new gate valve, now have to find someplace in an open field to take out the bolts (clamp the things first to hold in place) and hopefully get into a position, to hit it with a hammer and knock it off, without getting the contents all over me.. lol shouldnt be anything in the tank, but fluid,, not sure how long it set before I bought the RV.. Ive ran the toilet, to test after putting in new toilet. and it still has the winterization fluids, and some sanitation treatment, that I DID put in.. figure if I can find a field and get it done, and no farm animals around, or streams, should be okay.. dont know any other option, and certainly cant do it here in my HOA housing complex. besides,, wouldnt want it going into my lake,, lol

Im thinking, this may be like Robin Williams, in the movie RV,,,,,,,like I said, this isnt going to be pretty..

may fire up the genny today too, and test the a/c, I know it works off the shore power, just to make sure the generator is working as suppose to..

Enjoy your weekend,, If I can scrounge up 40 dollars, I may take it for a test camping weekend.. lol

Papaw

Posted By: omjones on 06/24/11 11:49pm

Hi Papaw
Instead of an open field maybe use one of those galvanized washtubs like they have at Tractor Supply.
john 'I am Canadian'

Posted By: Papawrigsby on 06/25/11 08:06am

Ive already gotten it dumped now,,, went to brother in laws, where he is building a house,, was able to clamp the valve and remove the bolts, got the heck outta the way, and unclamped it,, it held, then hit it with a hammer and let er go... lol,,, whew, only thing in it was the anti freeze, and sanitation liquid I put in, and not as much in there as I figured,, plus,, gray tank is hooked to the black tank, so Im good there too.. was wondering how to dump the gray tank..

I had the new valve to put on, along with new cap, but they forgot to give me new seals, so stopped and picked them up.. and will install new valve and seals/cap today..

Now the tools can go back in the box, and Im finished on the inside and out, cept for minor things,, but Im ready to use it now..
Kinda silly, IMO,, to go camping with this, and for now, taking all the other camping equipment and using it (tent, stoves, coolers, mattresses etc) we were set up to primitive camp when needed (like at the Vietnam Veterans Reunion, in Kokomo Indiana, in September) The stove works, havent tried the hot water heater yet, toilet will come in handy for that event, refrigerator doesnt work on 110, or dc, unless it possibly wasnt level in my driveway,, slight grade there,, wouldnt think that was enough, but could be,, but still for sure didnt work on dc or 110,, need to check LP and see next... also try leveling.

hoping it warms up enough today, to test generator with A/C hooked up, to see if that will cool. A/C does work on 110, just need to check it with the generator 110..
May see if Nana wants to go to a park in it today, for a picnic..

Have a great weekend

Papaw

Posted By: yizit on 06/26/11 04:18pm

Arrived home today from a weekend trip to my sisters for a graduation party. Nothing real exciting today, but yesterday was interesting. We arrived at my sisters and was directed to park on the lawn. Before anyone realized what was going to happen, it was too late. After several days of rain the ground was soft, too soft for a 9000# vehicle. We were stuck up to the running boards. To make matters worst, we drove down a slight slope and the back end was buried up to the trailer hitch...YIKES!! We were just sick and thought the worst. There was no going forward or backwards. We did a little digging around the back tires and my brother-in-law got his truck, we hooked a strap to both trailer hitches and hoped for the best. Unfortunately, there just wasn't enough power or room for him to pull us straight back. After a few minutes of discussions of what to do next, and several prayers, the local farmer with his tractor showed up. He hooked us up and out we came with no problem. YEA!!! No damage to anything underneath...double YEA!!!. I wish I had a picture to post, it was sickening to see our "Roada" buried up to the running boards.

Jim & Darlene
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2013 Roadtrek RS Adventurous (aka..Roada)
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Posted By: goreds2 on 06/26/11 08:50pm

Cleaned the inside and outside of the van. I am bushed but it was worth it. I am going to a RV camping get together at a friends farm in Johnstown Friday then going to my sisters in Circleville for my mom's birthday on Saturday. I may go back to Johnstown on Sunday. I wanted the van to look extra nice for the holiday weekend.

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Posted By: Atlee on 06/26/11 10:16pm

Gave it a bath. Especially the awning. It really needed cleaning. We used a solution I read in an RV How To book by Bob Livingston.

1/4 cup of dish soap plus 1/4 cup of bleach mixed in 5 gallons of warm water.

We soaked both sides of the awning, and rolled it back up and let it sit for a couple of hours.

It looks pretty nice right now.

Yesterday, I exercised the genny.

Erroll, Mary
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