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Front furnace not turning on

Hello all my is Santos Hernandez and this is my first time chatting on here. My wife Kathy and I travel around in our 2008 Fleetwood Discovery 40x we call him Big Blue along with our 2 dogs Guardian and PJ this is our first year RV living so we are s...

Sankat by Explorer
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interior trim replacement

Ok, so I live in a area that is very hot and dry in the summer, and over the course of 33 year this has tanken its tole on my edge banding (if thats what it is called)  in my camper, so I would like to replace it, but I am not sure on the proper name...

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Resolved! Dometic Servel RGE400 fridge too cold

Well it's been almost a year now since I revived my RGE400 fridge for a second time.As I mentioned in my last post about the fridge when I put it together the controlrods were messed up and I didn't want to spend too much time with them.I was also mi...

GuyCanRV by Explorer III
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Dometic fridge exterior door latches.

I recently had to replace the propane valve on our Dometic fridge. All went well but I mangled the latches getting the exterior door off. I thought, since they had a slot in their heads, that I needed to rotate them 90 degrees to open the door. They ...

Flatfive by Explorer III
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Better/brighter interior bulbs?

Long time ago replaced interior incandescent bulbs with SMD LED boards with 10mm wedge base, ~20W equivalent, ~320 lumens. Was happy, now want something brighter but can't find anything more powerful in this form-factor. Here is a typical offer, sc...

Almot by Explorer III
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87 Honey 421S

I have a 87 Honey 421S 454 Engine and I need information on What batteries I need to put in it because it has none in it

Water Heater will not shut off

I have an older Atwood Water Heater on my fifth-wheel. It has not been shutting off when the water reaches temperature. The relief valve opens as it should and the hot water gushes out until I turn off the w. heater.1. The water heater is working gre...

padredw by Nomad
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Wheel bearing repacking

How often do you repack the RV wheel bearings? I'm getting many different opinions on this question. 

Ljava by Explorer
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2005 kz sportsman (old RBW SLIDE GEARBOX)

    I think my gears are stripped on my old RB W. slide on my 2005KZ Sportsman the slide would grind when trying to bring it in my friend tried to fix it. He oblong drilled the holes to bring the small gear tighter which didn’t seem to work waste of ...

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RV wall/floor separation

Hi, I am wondering if anyone has experienced this or something similar to this or has any idea what is happening to my RV. As far as I know, the wall separation started along the wall by the front door and stairs area. Here, it appears that the wall ...

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TV cabinet with TV lift mount

I want to relocate My TV to a cabinet in the slideout of my motorhome. I am looking for a lift mount for a 39 inch TV. I can build the cabinet. Anybody know of a source?

3d Printed Stinky Slinky Fence Cap

My new (to me) trunk camper did not have a proper storage for the sewer hose. So I got a chunk of 5" pvc fence post and designed my own ends to secure the hose- uses a 1/4" inch bolt - but can be opened quickly - but secures it without concerns.If yo...