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Re: What did you do to your Class C MH today???
Took out the old shower doors - those three part sliding doors with a VERY narrow "gap" to get into the shower with a new extend-A-Shower rod! A LOT more room in the shower now! It just took some careful measuring to cut the center tube so it will fit in a 31 1/2" wide shower stall. For the record I cut the middle tube with a plumbers tubing cutter to a length of 13 11/16" long to fit the 31 1/2" opening. Ran some white outdoor Velcro up one side to hold one side of the shower curtain and a couple of smaller Velcro patches on the other side. The extend-a-rod we used IF you get one use the directions on Camping World web site to describe how to cut the tube! Those directions are WAY better then what comes with the rod! PDF for how to fit the rod413Views0likes0CommentsRe: What did you do to your Class C MH today???
Finally said it's time to fix the speed-O on our 2004 Jayco! So off came the dash. The chassis is an E450 so it took a bit to figure out how to remove the trim panel. Two screws in the top of the dash, then carefully pulling the dash trim off. Move steering wheel to lowest position, and shift lever to the lowest shift point. Four more screws to remove the instrument cluster... then remove the shift indicator first followed by reaching behind cluster and unplug the three wiring plugs. Out comes the instrument cluster. Summit now supplies rebuilt instrument clusters. They are actually shipped from Dorman. As long as the dash was out and I wait for the replacement instrument cluster I now have installed a new flat screen radio with GPS, XM radio feed, and rear camera. A little trim in the dash framing and it slipped right in. And even pull out the old tube TV and replaced it with a Flat Screen ... and JUST as I finished the TV, UPS dropped off the new instrument cluster to it's all back together now. All ready for a road test tomorrow!362Views0likes0CommentsRe: Class C steering response
I agree that you need to check the ball joints. I bought a used 2004 Jayco 31ft Granite Ridge. When we bought it I noticed the inside edges of the tires were a bit more worn. It only had 24,000 miles on it. Test driving the MH the steering was really loose - too much play in the steering. Found the upper ball joints badly worn. I pulled the ball joints and replaced the OEM joints upper and lower. As long as I had it apart also installed new shocks, steering dampner, and upgraded the sway bar. As long as I was under the MH also replaced the rear shocks - hardest part of all the work - and installed a heaver sway bar in the rear. I did an alinement - am lucky as I also race sports cars so have heavy turntables with an alinement system. We also pulled all 6 tires as they were the OEM's and installed all new with valve stems - half of the valve stems were leaking! We have been out on an extended traveling with the MH and after about 15,000 miles, I find the driving easier to manage now. Yes I still get a bit of push when trucks go by but the steering easily manages it. No play, in the steering means a more relaxing drive now. It's what I call comfortable to drive now and the wife is happy to share the driving.398Views0likes0CommentsTime for the old indash radio to go!
I have a 2004 Jayco Granite Ridge motorhome based on a Ford E-450 chassis, which has/had a Magnadyne radio installed in the dash. It has sort of worked - could play the Sirus radio through it, listen to the FM radio only if the station was already tuned in as the tuner will not tune to new stations, no cd, dvd or any disk will play in the cd player. Clock did not work. In short it's taking up space! All the sites say the opening is not exactly a double din and you will have problems installing a double din into the old dash opening. I found a deal on ebay for a double din with the display as part of the radio not a display that has to open, or display above the radio! This one has bluetooth to connect to my cell phone - and a nice feature can play tunes, etc off my android bluetooth cell phone. It also plays dvd, cd's, and has a usb plug in to play off it. A rear camera input. and aux audio input for the sirus radio, gps as well as a few more fancy features. Our truck has a "standard" double din radio so my plan was IF this could not fit into the RV it was going into the truck. I got the hard wire U tool to remove the old radio out of the dash. To my surprise the dash opening only needed a bit of "modifications". Using a sheet rock saw - Lowe's tool - I sawed off about 1/8" off the top plastic and about 1/16" off the bottom plastic. All these cuts were done well into the back of the opening in the dash. Nothing was done to the Jayco "wood" looking dash insert. The radio normally is recessed into the dash anyway. The original opening is more than wide enough, it's the height that is really tight. Once the cuts were done the new double din radio fits in nice and tight! I converted over the plug wires to the new radio wiring - seems all the wiring color codes are the same for the speakers which made my job a bit easier. It's all working great! I have dvd, cd player, gps, reverse camera, aux input for Sirus radio, clock that works AND even a radio FM & AM tuner that works! SO don't be afraid to remove the old in dash non double din radio to replace it with a more modern one.1.5KViews0likes3CommentsRe: Good Sam Extended Service Policy on original parts.
This is similar to your auto insurance when you total a vehicle that is older, you will not be provided with similar but brand new vehicle, you will be paid the value of the insured vehicle, not the value of a similar new vehicle. Most insurance companies have been offering coverage to replace a car completely with a new car - as an example Allstate offers New Car Replacement as an additional option with its Your Choice Auto® insurance plan.. Like so many companies it's what you are willing to pay for and the insurance companies are happy to accept the $$ if you want the additional coverage.0Views0likes0CommentsRe: TireMinder
I also bought the TireMinder for our class C. It works great! It's just quiet until one of the tire pressures goes out of the range it's set for, then it beeps at you and flashes a red light. The rest of the time the screen dims. Give you a sense of confidence that you can monitor the tires while traveling. I had a blowout on the inside rear of our class c because the valve stem was leaking. With the monitor I could have caught it and switched to the spare. I still carry a tire pressure checker and check them manually at the start of every trip. Bought it at the CW store.179Views0likes0CommentsRe: Any experience with Camping World extended service contract
Sandra booked me in for the appointment and worked with the extended service people. I think it is Brenda that helped manage all the scheduling of the service tech's to get the work done. Between the two ladies they got the job done very well! The company is relocating me to this area so will be visiting often as it's nice to have a great Camp World location to come to for service.0Views0likes0CommentsRe: Any experience with Camping World extended service contract
I had been considering canceling my extended service contact on my 2004 Jayco MH I had bought at Camp World. I was unable to get service done on a couple of items on my class C. I had a ref not cooling well and a dash radio that could no longer play cd's or even tune radio stations. I replaced the cooling unit in the ref and ordered a new radio with all the cool options. My extended service contract was about an extra $5,000 I think it's 4 or 5 years total. We went off on a cross country trip with zero problems till we arrived at the camp grounds. We parked and I started setting up the RV using the hydraulic levelers - then a loud bang and the RV dropped back down on the tires! YUP busted high pressure hose going to the rear levelers! Took the car and went over to a nearby Camp World in Statesville, NC to see how long it was going to take to get the MH in for repairs. To my surprise they got me in 8:30AM the next morning. After some back and forth with NAPA - the NAPA people could not make a new hose - they did not have a hose that could hold the kind of PSI needed. So the service writers made a number of phone calls to find where they could get some hoses from. They got them from the manufacture and had them over nighted in to the shop for me to come back with the RV the next day. They choose to replace both rear hoses, figuring if one blew the other was not long for this world either! When the work was done all I paid was the deductible and the over night postage. Those hoses, fluid, and labor was NOT cheap either!!! Like any company the face of the company is the staff at the stores. I was having problems with a specific store not answering phones nor returning service messages. It was only the service department, the rest of the store was great - very helpful when we came in shopping. This Camp World, in Statesville, NC fit me into their busy schedule - and they are a busy shop! I got the work done, the extended service contract worked just like it was suppose to.0Views0likes0CommentsRe: Wandering Nightmare
I pressed the ball joints out using a Harbor Freight tool Ball Joint tool I did what I called flat rated the job as I left the disk attached - rather heavy but I have a tool cart the allowed me to pick it up and roll the assembly into my shop to work on it. Air tools really help "pressing" the ball joint out and in with the HF tool. I used MOOG parts throughout, ball joints and sleeves for the alignment - even Amazon sells them at a very reasonable price! For alignment specs... I have a really heavy set of (weight wise - about 80#) turntables that I used for a while now on my race car. They have all the angles on them. Some searching around I have mine set for, currently - PLEASE do not accept this as how it has to be as I am still 'tinkering with it' as I watch tire wear and I have an infrared thermometer gun to check across the tires with! I have mine set for 1/8" toe in total, camber 0 (this is th one I'm watching the most, as I may set a little neg camber in later) and caster 5.5.687Views0likes0Comments
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