1st motorhome - 2000 Fourwinds 31z
Hi all! We just bought our very first motorhome and had to share my excitement here! We've been camping all our lives and have owned many RV's. Since 2004 we've been camping in a Laredo fifth wheel...
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We had a 2000 Four Winds 26Q for 5 years, and put around 15K miles on it over that time. What a blast from the past:
Even though we sold it to a friend in October last year, it still sets in our barn. He and his family took one trip in it last summer, while we took 5 trips in our new Sunseeker:
There were several things I disliked about the Ford - and the 4 speed tranny was one of them. It needed a gear between 2nd and 3rd. The engine was noisy at higher RPMs, and the steering was horrible. I threw a lot of money and time at it and made a pretty decent rig, but desired something a lot better.
While Ford generally builds a solid product, given my experiences with this Ford and Ford dealers in general, I'll never own another Ford product. I'll have to say it never let us down on the road (save the front end disaster in Arches National Park):
E-350 alignment experiences... .
We had hard start issues occasionally, and it did die on us once but restarted w/o issue. These all went away after replacing the fuel pump: Fuel Pump Replacement.
Do an advanced search on "brucemc" (That's me!) on posts older than 12 months - enjoy the stories!
Even though we sold it to a friend in October last year, it still sets in our barn. He and his family took one trip in it last summer, while we took 5 trips in our new Sunseeker:
There were several things I disliked about the Ford - and the 4 speed tranny was one of them. It needed a gear between 2nd and 3rd. The engine was noisy at higher RPMs, and the steering was horrible. I threw a lot of money and time at it and made a pretty decent rig, but desired something a lot better.
While Ford generally builds a solid product, given my experiences with this Ford and Ford dealers in general, I'll never own another Ford product. I'll have to say it never let us down on the road (save the front end disaster in Arches National Park):
E-350 alignment experiences... .
We had hard start issues occasionally, and it did die on us once but restarted w/o issue. These all went away after replacing the fuel pump: Fuel Pump Replacement.
Do an advanced search on "brucemc" (That's me!) on posts older than 12 months - enjoy the stories!
