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- Derf1303ExplorerI pulled all the vent covers on my roof off and CLEANED them. Wow, what a difference! Unit looks new from inside and smells much better without all the dirt and dust.
derf - 4EddieleeExplorerCharged the engine battery and checked the water level of the house battery. Replaced all the tools and kitchen gadgets that migrated into the house over the past few months. Still planning the attack method of determining why the RR jack will tip down but will not extend (worked fine until I repaired the leak).
- Mammoth-SnowmanExplorerWash and Wax... the old RV took on over 350 inches of snow this winter and made it through a ok!
- MordistExplorerFixed a big whole in the rooftop carrier that the previous owner must have backed under something with.
- Jtroop1ExplorerBought a 25' 30 amp extension cord in case we ever need it. Almost bought a set of camco gutter extensions but wasn't sure if they are universal and fit my rig. Anyone use these gutter extensions?
- johnbhicksExplorerScraped off as much of the old goop/putty from the front top seam as possible; someone apparently thought that if some was good lots, lots more was better. Then painted with Eternabond primer. Next I'll lay down a strip of EB webseal, then lap over it with two strips of white EB.
- jrdr653ExplorerAfter a great 4 nights at Roosevelt Lake with great friends I came home and backed into a tree...:( Cracked the roof trim piece. Oh well thats part of the fun of RV'ing repairing your fun!!!!
- John_HExplorerHarvey51 & others, In reading your deli ma and if I read it wright, on these multiple wire hook-ups to your battery or batteries there is something in the marine world that will help solve this problem & make you chooses & eliminate all of you tendency's for the mistakes in one fell swoop............http://www.basspro.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Product_10151_-1_10001_5203____SearchResults. Believe me here if you radio in on when you reverse polarity on your hook-up it will fry it !!! Unless you install a one way current flow, a diode, in the connecting wires behind the radio, but all of this is solved with this from BPS.
- Harvey51ExplorerI put the house batteries back in. Just about bungled it, assuming the black wire was negative. In fact black is positive and white negative. Used some red electrical tape to change the color on that black wire.
- Dutchmen95ExplorerInstalled front and rear Helwig sway bars today on my 1995 Ford Dutchmen. The front sway bar was 1 3/8" compared to the 1" stock bar and installed in approximately one hour without any issues. The back sway bar is 1 1/2" in diameter on a new installation as the E-350 did not come with a stock rear bar. I had to grind a few of the frame rail brackets for a good fit and of course two holes had to be drilled for these brackets. Probably took me three hours to install the rear. Helwig makes a great product with easy installation on my Ford. Can't wait to see if this 30' MH rides a little better around curves and when 18-wheelers pass me. The new Blisteins installed recently have also helped a bunch.
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