path1 wrote:
Thanks for the heads up on fuse. I also changed my plugs today. What a hassle, if I still have it the next 70,000 miles I'm paying to have it done. Book calls for 2.90 hours but sometimes they break a few plugs depending on what year you have. Both my "power port" and cig lighter work. Maybe I lucked out on mine. I changed the rear end grease and it was almost new but still put in new. Still over $100.00 bill doing it myself. Royal purple 75w-140 is 20.00 a quart! Clue to the newer diff oil was newer gasket stuff and a brand new shiny axle tube. And noticed the rubber bushing for the sway bar was not put back on after axle tube replacement. And something I have been putting off is a coolant change and I understand that is real important for the triton type design engines. That will be next.
Check the condition of your brake fluid. Your MH may have seen some very hard driving. I had all of the fluids replaced at the same time - coolant, brake, lube oil filter, transmission fluid and filter, fuel filter, differential (it was black sludge), and genset oil and filter change.
You saidI will be looking to buy a cigarette lighter dummy plug to protect the socket.I have found a new use for mine. I saw a cheap (under $10.00) a gadget that plugs into lighter socket and gives a reading if alternator is charging and condition of chassis battery, just little LED lights and sticks out about 2 inches but what a perfect knob to hang the litter bag on.http://www.harborfreight.com/12-volt-battery-alternator-tester-66842.html Read the reviews, seems pretty good for price.
Thanks again
That looks nice. I wish it had an ON/OFF switch so that I could leave it permanently in the socket without it drawing power when I'm not using it. Now that I have a live, exposed socket I want to put a dummy plug in it as insurance against a liquid spill while driving. Getting a cigarette lighter would probably be the easiest route, but I don't smoke and am not keen on the idea.
