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Re: Narrowing down my search for a Class A gasser
3 dog nights wrote: Thanks! Checks all of the boxes, I'll look into it. Anybody else? : Just know that the new low end Newmars are not all the nice. One has to go to the top of the line, one with a Diesel to get a nice Newmar today. Peter629Views0likes0CommentsRe: Ford EFI V10- any issues?
timmac wrote: maddawg46 wrote: Just st bought my first Class A. It's a new coach with the Ford V10. Kinda doggy going uphill, but I'm retired so not in a big hurry. It's not a Deisel so it's going to rev out. That motor has been around a while, so I assume major bugs have been worked out. I have that new 6 speed transmission that is suppose to be Fords answer to the Allison tranny. Just wanted some feedback on people that have had this motor for a while. Well since you said its your 1st class A than you should understand even if it was a diesel it still would not fly up the hills, pushing or pulling 25,000 lbs {motorhome & toad} up a hill will never be fast. Do not over work it in the hills and it will last for many years. : I still like my 350 Chevy and my 351C Ford's but I now like this Ford V10 we have put 40,000miles on er in last 4 years so 10,000 a year. Only problem we had is one of the plugs popped right out of it's hole and landed on top of motor sounded like we blew head gasket. Got er fixed up with tow truck and a good Mechanic from Good Sam on the road within 24 hours, did I mention that tow truck towed us and the Trailer attached to us which was a U haul with a heavy 1962 Studebaker Car on board weight 4800#'s we hardly new it was behind us climbing up to 8600' into Montana Mtn's with a fresh snow storm. We hit hill and when she hits around 40mph then we just sit in around 30 mph going up and not much faster going down if large hill. This helps cool engine down, just look at all the RIgs on the road when going up hill they do the same slow down and stay there with 4 ways on cool engine then pick up speed on downhill. We have climbed some pretty big Mtn's in Colorado area 12,000' or more and not one ounce of problem right now were in Forest CIty doing the Winnebago Tour, going to a great car show in Clear Lake,IA been traveling for 4 weeks now and all is well except what my wife keeps trying to do to get better WIFI service by installing a new roof top antennae, one of these trips to the roof will work as she just does not give up. My worry were a 26'MH with the V10 tow a 2400# tow'd and will one of these days own a Winnebago V10 30'3" Vista 29E with one slide down the drivers side and you can walk from front to back with it in. Main thing this time around Electric Awning no more putting it away and losing my arm. Stude542Views0likes0CommentsRe: Ford EFI V10- any issues?
n7bsn wrote: Early production, like 98,99,2000 have issues with spark-plugs. They really didn't have enough treads in the engine. That's about it. You didn't mention what model year you bought, there are minor differences between model years. : yes your right but it was the 99 to 2003 Class A and the 97 to 2003 Class C, plus same problems with the Ford V8's then in 2004 problem fixed. 1999 to 2003 also only have 305HP just like the Class C's but in 2004 Class C stayed with same HP and Class A moved up to 362HP. It has changed again starting in 2016 All Ford Chassis's have now met the EPA standard of 320HP that means if you have a V10 CLass C or A they have 320HP no more 362HP. Stude542Views0likes0CommentsRe: to buy or not to buy.....
Thanks for the information on the various hp's of the V10. Yes, Canada is metric, but my brain is still imperial. My recipes are all in cups and ounces, I buy fabric by the yard, I measure distance travelled by the mile. Doesn't hurt that the mh speedo is in miles. :) I convert litres to gallons and figure it out from there. I've never been able to wrap my head around the 'litres per hundred kilometers' measurement. Judy382Views0likes0CommentsRe: to buy or not to buy.....
So it's been suggested that my inquiry is a bit misleading as I didn't specify that the gas mileage quoted was based on Canadian gallons, not US, and that there isn't a V10 on the planet that will do that kind of mileage. Over the past three summers we've travelled over 30,000 miles, so I'm pretty confident that the figures I've quoted pretty much cover what we get, from no tow, little tow, to flatdeck carhauler tow. I've read one account (elsewhere) of a Fleetwood averaging 6mpg with a little tow, doing 55mph, but I think it's considerably longer than what we're looking at. I certainly don't want to drop to 6!! Judy381Views0likes0Commentsto buy or not to buy.....
We spent 3 months on the road in our 99 Rexhall Vision. This unit is 25' with no slides. There are a lot of things we love about this rig, but over the course of the trip one of the running conversations was "In our next rig, I'd like to have....". We've looked at the Winnebago Vista 27N which addresses just about everything but the solar panel on our wish list. But it has slides (and heavy Corian countertops). Wondering how this will affect our gas mileage. We currently cruise at 55mph and on average get 10-12 mpg, with a car in tow. Both rigs have the Ford V10 which we are happy with. Any thoughts? Judy2KViews0likes9Commentsbattery tender?
We've just returned from a 12,000+ mile journey, towing our little Suzuki X90. Wasn't paying attention one day, the radio must have inadvertently been left on in the tow'd and drained the battery deader than dead. I plan to get a Brake Buddy battery tender installed and was wondering...whenever we parked for the night I would turn off the car and unplug the BB. If I have a battery tender installed, would I be able to just leave the car in accessory overnight, or would this drain the coach battery?1.3KViews0likes3CommentsRand McNally GPS
So we pull into the campground at St John's and the GPS starts screaming like a banshee and fades to white. It won't turn off. It won't shut up. Had to hit the reset button. I expect anything of interest that was in there (like our gas and mileage for the last 6,000 miles is lost), not to mention any saved locations from along the way. WTF?? The unit is barely three years old! Is this fixable? Should I scrap Rand and replace with a Garmin?? Just so annoyed.1.1KViews0likes3Comments
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