What did you do to your Class C MH today???

Enjoy Rich! I am in Mill City right now and have been for 2 months. Doing volunteer work for the BLM and Marion County. Have really enjoyed it/meeting new people this summer.

This past week I have performed some maintenance to my 2000 Minnie 324V:

Drained/refilled the cooling system. I was only able to drain 16 quarts of the 30 quart capacity. The rest must have remained in the heads/water pump/heater core. I used Prestone green to refill. (so a bit more than 50% change out)

Bled the brake system by removing as much of the brake fluid from the reservoir with a turkey baster and refilling then bleeding the four individual disc calipers til clear fluid emerged.

Drained the 4R100 transmission and torque converter fluid and changed the transmission filter with a Motorcraft replacement. Refilled with the NEWEST formulation of Motorcraft MerconV ATF. I was only able to recover about 14.25 quarts of the 16 quart capacity. The rest must have been in the Transmission cooler/lines/valve body.


At 10 years old now and 32.5k miles I am pretty sure that none of this has been performed before since there are now previous records indicating such. I am 2nd owner. Feels good to have it behind me now.

BTW, we're about halfway through our 3 week trip from SoCal to Vancouver, BC. We'll be staying in the Bend/Sisters area of Oregon for the next 4 days then to Redwood Forest in Northern CA for a couple of days. Then off to San Francisco for 3 nights...then home!!!

Spent some time this morning repairing the window covering over the dinnette. While on the road, it suddenly came crashing down. After further inspection, when we had the day/night shades installed last year, the techs mounted the largest one with two wood screws!!! After a little modification, we're back on the road.

....I stared at my Freelander for about 10 minutes this morning wishing I had more vacation time left....damn..!..

Went to the storage yard intending to bring the Beast home for a
cleanup however when started up a loud groaning noise was heard under
the hood, which got louder when applying the brakes. Nursed her to
the shop around the corner where my reliable mechanic when he heard me
coming into the yard told me the power steering fluid was low. Topped
it up and the noise disappeared. The fact the noise got louder when
applying the brakes kind of confused me but he informed me the power
brakes get their boost from the power steering pump. Learn something
new every day. Anyway he is going to check tomorrow to see where the
leak is. Hope whatever it is will not be too expensive.

installed a 10ga wire from the serv,panel to the outside of my shop and it works like a charm . I can plug the house cable rite in to this three prong 125v 30amp receptical,, now no voltage drop, no more hot wires and the appliances work great,,thanks to all of those who advised me on this project.... Im sure my appliances will last a lot longer tks Terry

Installed three of the 3M adhesive hooks in the bathroom. We're always hanging wet towels on the shower door, no more! The hooks are metal and had a dark finish to them. They almost match the rest of the cabinet hardware in the coach.

Received the Tire-Man Tire Valves. Made appointment to have them put on tomorrow am. Finally, I can air these tires easily and I feel safe running these without tire failure with valve extensions. The tire store that is going to put them on was very impressed with these. He said he was going to start carrying them as he gets requests for valve extensions all the time. They first said their policy was not to install valve extensions, then the owner looked at these and said that actually these are no more than valve stem replacements.

Tire-Man

When installing the transfer switch the other day, I noticed how much open area there was under the cabinets, etc. I still had insulation left from the front cap project, so I insulated the outside walls under the cabinets and behind the jack knife sofa. That was a particularly hot spot this summer as the fresh water fill port perforates the wall there. I also insulated the drain and supply lines in the rear bath. Should be warmer this winter too!

just picked up a 93 fleetwood tioga arrow, great shape! While i detailed, detailed, detailed, the wife went out and spent, spent, spent!!!! good thing this has a kitchin shink, cause she would have probelly went out and bought 1 of them 2. will probelly stay in it before it leaves the driveway! What have i gott myself in 2 ?????