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Gene, I have noticed cupping in my front tire. Did you just replace the fronts or all six. I don't really notice any bad swaying in turns and very few trucks ever bothered us with their draft. The few times trucks affected us caught me by surprise and I think it has to do with relative wind direction, differential speed and terrain.375Views0likes0CommentsRe: B+ motorhomes
dancefan, your problem sounds electronic, especially with the security light. When my chevy blazer had problems starting ( turned out to be the fuel pump ) one of the scenarios was the security system not allowing it to start. Try searching chevy express 5.7 intermittent starting and you'll probably get some hits.534Views0likes0CommentsRe: B+ motorhomes
Posted a few weeks ago about a check engine light. Gene suggested a SCAN Gauge OBD II tester which I had read about. Finally scored a used one on EBAY for less than $100 and read it today. It was a PO442 code which concerns the evap system. May be difficult to locate but at least I know it is a fairly common problem with lots of internet assistance and not an expensive engine fix. The gauge also lets you monitor four engine readouts in the gauge mode in addition to being an OBD II tester.529Views0likes0CommentsRe: B+ motorhomes
We just finished a week long NY & PA trip with the HappyJack2 researching the wife's ancestors ( last name George.) Got the dreaded "check engine light" on the way home. Oil pressure and water temp were fine, no external engine probrems and we pulled the mountains at 65 with no apparent power loss so I hope it is not going to be a major hit. It just turned over 60K so we have put about 27K in the last four years of our ownership.355Views0likes0CommentsRe: B+ motorhomes
Gene, Our burner controls face out like a regular stove and are not covered by the stove top. They have a detent to set to light and a sparker like a outdoor grill has to ignite. My two gransons and a neighbor boy also were in the camper at one time and one of us must have moved the control to the light detent. The boys know not to touch things so I assume it was an accident as the narrow space between the sink and stove we could have brushed up against it. Burl, Yes, it was a close call. My neighbors there said a camper blew up last year at the camp when the owner opened it up for the season.353Views0likes0CommentsRe: B+ motorhomes
Almost blew up HappyJack 2 this weekend !!!!!!!:o We were at our new seasonal site near Colonial Beach VA for the Independence Day weekend and I must have bumped and accidently turned on one of the stove top burners while moving stuff inside the rig. We were watching the campground fireworks show on Saturday nite from a nearby dock and someone said the had heard an "alarm clock" beeper for a while then realized it was an alarm from inside our camper when they smelled propane. It was closed up with the A/C on at the time. I ran into the camper( dumb move ) and turned of the burner. I shut off the valve at the tank then killed the power at the switch on the pedestal. With the front doors and rear door open it took thirty minutes for the alarm to stop beeping. With the fan on high and all the windows open after the alarm stopped, it was an hour before the smell had cleared enough to sleep. The rig had almost a full tank of gasoline and was parked in a park with 400 nearby rigs. I figure if it had went up we would have been the lead story on the evening news on saturday nite.408Views0likes0CommentsRe: B+ motorhomes
You got me. From Winchester I can drive to places in WV,MD,PA,DC all in an easy day. Most of the states in my visited states map were one day drives. Left coasties have a whole different distance thing. I remember driving to San Diego for duty and TX was almost a thousand miles long from Texarkana to El Paso and I drove it in a 100K miles car. That's all I had. Wouldn't do it again.:E411Views0likes0CommentsRe: B+ motorhomes
150K is a lot of miles on a RV. Our 03 now has 57K and it only had 33K when we bought it in 2007. I was thinking we were putting a lot of miles on ours. The rig you are looking at has three times as much and a year newer. Do you have any maintenance records on the rig? At the least I would have a trusted mechanic give it complete going over. The 6.0L / 460 LE tranny are a great drive train but that would be an expensive replacement if they fail. The nice thing about the T/L is their light weight ( ours is 9K ) so the drivetrain should not have been abused like a big class C with the same set up. If it way below book and I was going to stay local ( a few states in any direction ) it might be a great deal. I would really wonder about a cross country trip with that high of mileage. I would definately look into emergency break down / towing service if I bought it.412Views0likes0Comments
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