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Hydraulic leveling jack replacment

Well, I dinged a curb with my leveling jack... Destroyed... Found a replacement online for a couple hundred less than LCI was charging.Follow my tips in the video if you have to replace an LCI Level Up hydraulic jack. Or is you haven't clipped a jac...

Torklift GlowStep

I rent a storage unit for my RV. When centered into my spot, I could not lower my prior solid steps without hitting my neighbor's boat. I could not access the interior of my RV without moving over significantly and possibly causing problems for my ...

Harbor Freight 1720 lb trailer

I have been trying to purchase a Harbor Freight 1720 lb trailer for about 6 months. I keep emailing HF but I guess Eric Schmitt is too busy to respond as to why they are no longer in stock,

2015 Keystone Cougar TT Slide-out Floor Construction

I have a 2015 Keystone Cougat TT 27RLSWE and want to screw table bases to the slide out floor. I'm told this trailer has 2 layers of 3/16 luan and tubing. Not sure what this means for screwing into to mount table bases.Can I screw table bases into ...

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Wire gauge for Solera power awning?

I'm upgrading my manual pull awning to power and need to know which wire gauge to use. I haven't been able to find any amps or wattage for the motor.Any ideas?

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Stuck in yard, ruts. Install driveway? Ideas please.

Not exactly RV DIY, but DIY for the RV.- 2023.02.12 Calhoun Falls State Park, campsite 74, 5 days.11am Sunday morning, everything loaded up and ready to GO! OMG! EXACTLY ON TIME! Put it in gear and NOTHING but spinning tires! The rain we had yesterda...

Generator box

I am ready to put a box on my new to me 2002 Roadtrek for a Honda 2000 generator. I have used the Honda on RV's for years and am happy with them. I also have installed a LG 9500 inverter AC which runs very well with the Honda 2000.I have also built ...

jjrbus by • Explorer
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Kwikee Level Best Control Panel

A few years ago, a member here (vwlovr on 06/03/10 03:45pm) posted an article where he fabricated a replacement control panel for the Level Best hydraulic levelers (which is obsolete and no longer available except from salvage yards who think they ar...

New (large) Kitchen Sink

We bought and had installed a farm sink (Lippert). It is basically the same, outside dimensions but without the middle divider there is so much more space. This makes cleaning large items and veggies so much easier. We do have some hospital plastic (...

Water saver for shower.

Some time ago, maybe a few years, there was a series of posts about saving water when running hot water for a shower. Someone had made up a system whereby hot water would divert back into the fresh water tank until it got hot than you could open the ...

Decals/Graphics

Anybody replaced the decals/graphics on their RV themselves? Mine look horrible and would love to replace them. Some of the old adhesive though is so dried out and baked on by the sun that Goo Gone and heat gun doesn't phase it. And then once you wou...

d1h by • Nomad II
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Rewiring water heater

I want to rewire my water heater to have the on/off switch inside my trailer. Currently the switch is in the water heater housing which I don't like. The easiest way is to run a new switch wire from inside to the heating element and keep the switch...

Easy lighting upgrades

I added an small license plate style light for lighting up the area just inside the door. It could serve as a night light, or more importantly, lighting up the inside when going in to grab something and I don't need all the lights on. I got this i...

Pnumatic car jacks for leveling?

Yes I have lots of hare brained ideas and quite proud of some of them! Has anyone tried the bellows type air jacks for leveling? I have a 02 Roadtrek class B and it seems like anyplace I park the front is too low. No suspension issues, just the n...

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