B+ motorhomes
I just bought a Trail Lite B+ 211s with 8.1 Chevy engine. This is my fifth motorhome (others range from an old 20' Vagabond, and three Winnegagos, from 19 to 32'. This vehicle is fantastic. I am...
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gkreutzer wrote:
I have a problem a mechanic says is prevalent among Chevy Express 3500 based RV's and wonder if anyone else has encountered it.
The smell of gasoline in RV house started as whiffs occasionally on short trips...
Thanx, Gary
Have not noticed gasoline smells.
Snowman9000 wrote:
I'm still working like mad on my TL, taking care of manufacturing shortcomings and 7 years of deferred maintenance.
I have started cleaning and inspecting the caulking used at the seams to see where I have to touch it up or re-do it. I did find one thing that you all should be aware of. They used something like this on all the body seams and protrusions, except the roof:
http://www.geocelusa.com/oem-mfg-housingrv.html?page=shop.product_details&flypage=flypage.tpl&product_id=55&category_id=14
Maybe they used that exact product, even.
Well the problem is that they used it on the two seams where the EDPM roof meets the upper side molding. And the product doesn't adhere to EDPM. Read the description at the product page.
I am pretty sure that on ours, where the rubber roof (is it EPDM or TPO - it has never been verified to me) goes under the two horizontal seam moldings along the top of the sidewalls, there is no caulk, and none is needed.
I say none is needed as a Camping World roofing guy explainded this at a Louisiana Good Sam Samboree Tech session on (EPDM or TPO?) roofs. I think I remember this, and it made sense to me at the time he explained it.
Maybe someone other than TL put those beads of caulk . Maybe you can ignore them and not risk a roof membrane tear.
