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

About two weeks ago I finished repairing the exhaust manifold. So this last weekend it was time to do a road test. A friend of mine bought some land that he plans to live on north of Barstow, California in the Mojave Desert. He helped me prepare my exhaust manifold so I decided to go up to his new property to help him do some work out there. And we took a little time out to do some gold prospecting in the area. The Golden Rabbit Coach purred like a kitten for all the 350 miles, there and back.
I even got my front wheel stuck in the sand going down the wash road.
It was definitely driver error.I was going downhill so 10 min. of a shovel and I was back on the road. In the real good news is I went from 6 miles per gallon to 8 miles per gallon. Here's a few pics from the trip.










It was a cold weekend but clear. The high was 42°, the low was 20°.
Back on the road again.

Cleaned out the inside and the bays. It's now ready for a buyer.

I took pictures so I know what to buy to replace missing parts and to repair the broken ones! Convinced my mom to make new curtains for me as the old ones were a gastly pink, and these ones will be thermal and sun blockers!

rbutton,
Yes, it sure is nice doing a job when you have the right tools. Nice work on the front end.. I also have lots of tools but from the sound of it, .....YOU WIN.....Saved yourself lots and lots of money. Had mine done at a truck front end shop and the ball joints, tie rod ends, and misc other parts and an alignment came to $1600.00.:E Four Aleve and the cost of parts was minor compared to what you would have paid a shop... Nice job. Glad to hear that it stabilized the rig. It made a world of difference in mine too. :B

Hope you enjoy Daytona. I was there two years ago. It was great. My first time. Bring lots of money. Florida needs the cash. ;)

Bob

Mine came with the Guardian, Generac, generator, and yes, it does have a CB near the start switch on the genny. Today I checked it and it was off. Turned it on and it worked fine. Ran it for about a half hour under load.

My excuse is the day I first tried it there was over a foot of snow on the ground, I had to dig out the exhaust pipe. I didn't get down low enough to see the CB. We are now in the January thaw and the snow is down to about 6" and its almost 50, so its much easier to work outside. I know, excuses, excuses, excuses.

Hi rbutton, welcome to the forum. To the world of rving. I know what you mean about your aches having aches. Sounds like you have a nice shop. We are very happy with our 30'er. Plenty of room, been doing some add ons planning, waiting for warm weather to get here we are about 35 miles sout of St.Louis. Daytona sounds like a good spot to be in a couple of weeks.
Have a good time.
Bill

Most Onan Gen's have a breaker switch in the same area as the manual start switch on the Gen it self. Mine is just to the right side of the start switch and not easy to see if not looking for it.. Easy to wipe down the gen and turn off the breaker. Like all breakers it should be turned on and off at least once a year..

Still looking for it.

snowdance wrote:

tenbear wrote:

crawford wrote:
did you replug in your power cord in receptacle inside you compartment?

Oh yes. Checked the fuse too. Later while checking the instructions I found a CB that I didn't check. I'll do that in the next few days before it turns cold again.

Thanks for the suggestion tho.

Did you check the breaker beside the start switch on the Gen????

I missed that but I will do it. Thanks

I finished the front end suspension rebuild! And now I remember why I no longer "wrench" for a living! I ache all over, even my ache's have ache's!
We got a 31ft 2004 Jayco Granite Ridge - on a Ford E450 chassis - a short while ago with 25,000 miles on the speed-o. When we bought it I suspected the front end was going to need some "love" as both tires inside edges were worn.
Road test confirmed that the steering wheel had a bit too much play and as I used to race sports cars I could almost feel the ball joint moving.
So ordered all 4 ball joints and set of front and rear Bilstein shocks.
Bought a 100 foot air line to deliver air to my tools out to the MH... ya see I have a shop with all the kool guy tools ( you know the rule the guy with the most tools at the end wins! :) ) but the door will not allow for the MH to even PEEK in the shop hence the long hose!
LOVE the leveling jacks!!! Drop the leveling jacks in the front, throw some jack stand under - would not want OSHA to come after me! And started on one side. After the wheel was off you could move the wheel hub assembly about 1/8" with a single finger... and watch the upper ball joint move!
ok flat rate job.. pull off the brake caliper, disconnect the ABS wire at the frame, remove tie rod end, upper ball joint pinch bolt removed, jack under assembly, after removing the lower ball joint nut almost all the way - a smack with a hammer to the top of the upper ball joint dropped the entire assembly free. Note: said ALMOST all the way on lower ball joint nut... ya see by not removing the disk brake rotor - we flat rate the job, BUT the entire iron assembly is in the range of 60-70# and .... drop it on your toe is going to result in pain instantly all the way up to your eye balls!! Jack then lowered the assembly out from the MH where it was loaded up on a shop cart to be taken into garage for pressing ball joints out on my bench press.
Before reinstalling the wheel hub assembly I did the shocks - and this is where I would like to find the Ford Engineer that designed the front end sheet metal as it takes small hands and very specialized tools to get the upper nut off the shock!! Scraping the back of the Ford Engineers hand with a wire brush would be too good for him! I suspect he was an RPI grad as no Cornell Engineer would have done that! ;)
I have portable steel turn tables which I dragged out of the garage and with the Longacre Digital camber and caster gauge - told ya I have the tools - from the old days of racing! :D I did the alinement.
After a full day of work, 4 Aleve's later I have a MH that cruises through the corners! The ball joints - Moog grease-able ones - made the front end solid and tighter, the shocks reduced the body sway!
We're ready to head out to Daytona in a few weeks!

And that what I did to my MH yesterday!