Bill
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Thank you guys for the advice. I will be sure to head all the ideas shared especially driving south ASAP . I will be sure to turn on heat as soon as possible to be sure it works . As to keeping the fresh water filled that will not be possible as we will be using it . I just hope I’m not there for another Polar Vortex . Thank Again and Happy to be a member of the community .
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Hi Al and welcome…
We don’t do alot of boondockingboondocking and have a Country Coach conversion, but some things are pretty universal.
As Jon has said, keep the fresh water tanks full as much as you can. And don’t be in a hurry to dump your gray and black tanks. You should usually let them fill to at least 1/2 – 3/4 anyway before dumping, but lean towards the 3/4 to full mark for the same reason you want to keep your fresh tank full – the huge heat sink that Jon mentioned. Make sure your Webasto /Aquahot quahot is in good condition, as well as your genset, and you know the proper settings for your thermostat and circulation pumps. If you were fortunate enough to receive an owners manual with your new to you coach, read the section regarding cold weather operation, then read it again. Plan to run your genset the entire time you are not connected to shore power or driving. Your Webasto/Aquahot and the associated pumps will pull a significant load, and even if you have new batteries, in extreme cold they won’t last long. Leave your water heater on. Obviously, do not leave any water hoses connected for any length of time, don’t leave a sewer connection deployed, and try to minimize the number of times you access basement storage items. Lastly, head to warmer temps as soon as possible!!
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Whew………that’s good news. A shower of sparks from electrical posts sitting on top of your valve cover is never a good thing.
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Davy,
Maybe I am reading it wrong, but I got the sense you said the entire rear electric box has fallen down, or perhaps is so loose it is dropping.
If that is the case do not drive the coach unless you can secure it back into its original position. A few years back several of us had rear electrical boxes come loose and drop down onto the engine. Apart from the obvious problem of having a loose electrical box sitting on a running engine, the issue was really worse because on the bottom of the boxes are three electrical posts for 12, 24 and ground connections. I can only imagine the excitement available if those electrical terminals start to short out on top of the engine.
Definitely make sure the box is secured in its original position. The problem is the rivets used to secure the box when the coach was manufactured are aluminum and they corrode and fail. All owners of coaches should be making sure the rear electric boxes are secure.
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Al, what would be your take on polishing and waxing the slide surfaces that the rubber comes in contact with?
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No shoes beyond the entry step. Not a solution, only a reduction in the amount of work required on a daily basis.
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That has to be a joke.
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Priceless, Jon can’t even get the link to work….Worked fine on my iPhone…
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Tom I guess we need to start a Go Fund Me page for Jon, if he is having to grow his on food and eat squirrels and turkeys out of the back yard.
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My experience on overlength (I’m 74.5′) is nobody much cares outside of California. When I was involved in a major accident in Utah, the officer looked at my rig, asked how long and immediately followed with: Don’t answer…get out of here.”
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I doubt it. Probably has cruisair condensing units up there like my bus and many others.
I’ve owned many coaches with the genny up front on hyd slideouts. They were very quiet. When your sleeping in the back, you want any noise as far away as possible.
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Curious, has it always used oil since rebuild?
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What do the folks say that rebuilt it?
If its not leaking any, the 3 places I can think of are: 1) turbo bearing oil seal, 2) valve guides/seals, 3) piston rings. If its piston rings you should be seeing a lot of crankcase gas/mist coming out the crankcase breather/slobber tube.
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I will research the name. Thanks for the tip.
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We’ve been coming home from Corolla NC and are in Louisiana just west of New Orleans right now. On one on-ramp a car came down and I couldn’t make room for them because a car on my left was passing me – slowly…. as is always the case in this situation. The car came into the on-ramp merge lane right about my door. And then hung out there the whole merge lane – didn’t speed up (I’m going 62 in the 70 testing out Jon’s fuel economy speed) and then finally hit the brakes at the end of the lane…. not before. My wife and I looked at each other and said “dumb 4 wheelers” and that was that.
Another on ramp I saw a pickup coming down and again, I couldn’t move over… this one started slowing mid ramp…. and paced themselves around what we were doing. I noticed it… but, many might not have because in a way, they just appeared to simply slip in behind us.
i think in our lives things bother us more as time goes by – and things that bug us usually stick out more than the things that are normal… or expected. I’d guess that plenty of good moves happened on your trip Jon… but the screwups loom larger on your mind.
I don’t think anything is necessarily getting worse…. it just seems that way. I’m pretty sure there were bad drivers since Henry Ford sold his first car. Heck, I’m sure there were people saying “that guy on the brown horse… he cut me off! He should have waited till I….” before that.
As long as there are other cars on the road… this stuff will happen… and dealing is just part of driving.
But hey – we hit the Shelton fireworks store in Alabama and I just had a big bowl of butter pecan ice cream so I’m super happy!