Gas to diesel

crasster wrote:
One thing to CONSIDER is that from gas to diesel is finding people to work on it. Almost any auto shop will work on a gasser as they are dealing with "familiar" gas engines like V-10's and such. Not a big deal to them, and they follow the same "rules". When you get into diesels AND RV's some of the smaller shops will pass on working on them. I've rarely seen any small auto repair shop refuse gassers. It's just one thing to think about. I do like Diesel Pushers though and if you have the bankroll, they may be well worth it.

Not to be contrary but this was not my experience. Most auto shops will NOT work on a gas RV. Even worse most Ford dealers wouldn't work on them either. I had to travel to a different city to go to a Ford dealer that would handle the Ford medium duty trucks. The cost was much higher than for a regular vehicle. The reason I was given by most shops was that they didn't have the bays or equipment to handle an RV. It didn't matter that it was a standard Ford V10 gas. As to my DP I haven't had an issue other than I do have to take it to a Freightliner or other truck shop to work on. However, I have discovered that those shops have excellent hours. They are open from 6 am to 2 AM every day. This makes scheduling service very easy. Usually they can take me in the same day. Bottom line is if you have an RV gas or diesel you will need to find a shop that can work on it and few regular shops can do that. I called and called just to find one that could handle my gas RV. And then their hours of operation were not as convenient.