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Roadster20 wrote: Excellent. I am not a first time buyer but I sure found it informative. How can I cut and paste to word program to pass to some friends? I just open a new Word doc from the "Start" menu. Then I go back to the window where I have the Open Roads Forum up. Using the mouse I highlight the text of a post only (takes a little practice but it's worth it). When I have it highlighted I "right-click" on it and select "Copy" from the drop-down menu. Then I go to that new Word document and left-click on the little 'clipboard' icon at the top. Hope that works for you.522Views0likes0CommentsRe: Breakdown Information
Captainblue, unless by chance you've added a driver's-side door and a fire-suppression system, approach that troubleshooting with care. Lot to like about those, but old Mopar 8-holers have open fuel-systems even when they're right & tight--and there's only one way out of an old Superior unless you've fixed that. I wish you success.522Views0likes0CommentsRe: Breakdown Information
On that '76 Dodge, look for the ballast-resistor somewhere near that coil. They usually open, but if something has shorted yours (or some hammer-mechanic has eliminated it), that could be what's making your coil run hot. That resistor is not hard to find and not much money to buy, so you might just want to have the new one in hand and look for the thingie in your engine-bay that looks like it only older. If you find you've been feeding your coil the full 12V up 'til now, you might want to replace that after you've corrected the resistor-issue. It's probably toast inside; failure-any-mile-now, maybe with fire included. Wish you success.426Views0likes0CommentsRe: Breakdown Information
aemmett wrote: This looks like a good place for my question. My husband and I will be leaving soon for a two week trip. I just opened my mail and found that my insurace on the motorhome is being canceled because the company no longer writes these policies. We were careful to get a plan with breakdown coverage. Does anyone have a suggestion as to what company we should try next? Sounds like a typical low-blow from the 'Gecko.' They pretend *you* failed to inform them your MH has Duals, perchance? If you aren't comfortable telling us who pulled the rug out from under you--I hope one day you reconsider. Poor, persecuted insurance companies that suddenly wish to be relieved of the burdens of RV coverage have feelings, too. The more of us who know them, the faster they can be given what they asked-for.427Views0likes0CommentsRe: Breakdown Information
"...Chassis battery's runs down. Outcome: Replace battery's (less than a year old, Interstate batterys, would not hold a charge.)" Batteries less than a year old not holding a charge? That's a symptom, not a cause, even if it caused something else in turn. You'll be doing this in about a year (or less) again, unless you can isolate & correct what causes it.522Views0likes0CommentsRe: Breakdown Information
IIAFFI wrote: Thursday, April 14, 2005 I took my '95 Bounder to our mechanic and asked him to change all the belts on the motor (Chev 454) "I am headed to Vegas thru the desert next week and don't want any surprises". Done. April 17, 2005 while driving to Vegas from Los Angeles on I15 at Yermo, no power steering, no alternator voltage, etc) pulled off the freeway and (SURPRISE!) found the alternator belt broken. $391 to tow it to Barstow, $120 to replace the belt and a seven hour delay in my trip to Las Vegas -- it was Sunday afernoon and I figure I was lucky to get it fixed even if it did take 7 hours. I'm contemplating doing NO PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE FROM NOW ON. I noticed you've already been told "if it ain't broke--don't fix it." I respectfully beg to differ. To my untrained ear this sounds more like a case of "you get what you INspect--not what you EXpect." I have read it opined here (by many) that doing the belts on a 454 in a MH isn't an entry-level job. That may be. But, it's obviously a job there's a way to do *right* and several ways to do wrong (while taking somebody's money for it anyway). Might it pay you to acquire the proper tools and educate yourself how to do this one right, yourself? I wish you success in straightening it out--tools in hand or otherwise.522Views0likes0CommentsRe: First Time Buyer...Updated 03/06/2006
JohnnyT, you've put together something outstanding here. Annie43, "...Because it has no slides, we expect it would not be easy to sell in future and we would plan to keep it for a long time..." Slides fail. Old slides are more likely to fail than new ones. There are plenty of people out there who don't want any slides and will not buy a MH that has any. Don't let anyone talk-down the value of your MH because it has no slides--except to your back as you WALK AWAY from that so-&-so. tx_maniac, methinks that salesman has a gasser he wants to sell--badly. You're already experienced with Diesel. That's quite a leg-up on aspiring MH-owners who only know what they've heard or read. Periodically, Nanny Fedgov runs out of fingerpaints and modeling-clay for Thaa-CHIL-drun© in GovtSchool, and lets them entertain themselves designing new "Clean-Air®" additives for gasoline. The results are often quite unpleasant unless you're in the business of repairing major fuel-system subassemblies. For obvious reasons this does not happen to Diesel nearly as often. Go with Diesel if you can swing it. I plan to, as soon as I can; I know what I've read about them. I'm metalmangler and I approved this message :B558Views0likes0CommentsRe: Breakdown Information
CHOCOLATEART, and anyone else who read that Fleetwood Horror-story--I trust you've now got a grip on it, that a 10-hole 19.5x6 rim is *not* a custom or even terribly rare item. My project-vehicle wears 6 of them; my first experience with anything bigger than stamped-steel 16.5s. I learned to translate "That's a rare tire-size, you'll never find one around here," too. It's a tire-salesman-dialect expression, meaning: "I have none of those in stock." For the rest--AAAAAARRRGHHH. (an expression of solicitude).574Views0likes0Comments
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