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Stopping Wind Noise

I think this will apply to many coaches beyond just Fleetwood products. After insulating the underside of my Fleetwood Flair class A doghouse with a dyna-mat type material, The lessened engine and fan noise made wind noise an issue. At first, I thoug...

eternabond

we are in process of resealing the seam of our coach, we removed all old calking, sanded smooth the area 2-3" each side of th seam, wiped it down with acetone and applied eternabond tape, This has got to be the best sealing tape I've seen, when the a...

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'94 TT Complete gut - Oh my, what did I get into...

So we bought a '94 Dutchman 20 foot TT.I knew it had a water leak in the front portion of the trailer, and once I pulled it down, it lead into more pulling and then thinking...So, next thing I know I have gutted the whole trailer, which is good becau...

Reinstall AC - bolt torque

I put the AC unit back on the roof and tightened the bolts enough to make a decent seal and mush the gasket just a bit. Is there a torque spec for these bolts that I should be shooting for? I didn't want to go too tight to start with, so I temporar...

RVcircus by • Explorer II
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tackling the H2O system this fall

A goal I have this fall is to work on my on board water to quiet the pump down. I've read on doing the various things to make the pump a little more quiet. One obvious thing I see is that the line coming up from the tank was cut a little short and it...

0rion by • Explorer
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Charging Station mod

I took advantage of some unused, empty space in my entertainment center to address a growing problem within our RV, which was a place to charge our many devices such as phones, iPad, iPods and GPS watches. I installed a 4 gang cut in box which has (...

mielock by • Explorer
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Sat Dish Install

Good day today. Got Dish installed, well mostly...finished washer/ dryer install and started back splash. This was our way of getting Sat Dish up on the roof. More steps toward full timing next March. Woo Hoo!Moderator edit to re-size picture to for...

Tape roof sheathing seams-pre-EPDM?

I'm hoping to glue down my new roof tomorrow and read that you should take the seams with fiberglass tape. Is this fiberglass drywall tape? That's the only thing I could think of, but I can't find where I read it. I'm now starting to think I'm mak...

RVcircus by • Explorer II
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Satellite dish installation

We are former full timers who recently downsized from a 36' Alpenlite fiver to a 24' Dutchman Aspen Trails TT. Our Alpenlite came equipped with a hook up for a satellite connection but our TT only has a connection for cable TV. Since we will be tra...

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