Dan
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It does sound to good to be true. that is why I wanted to hear from folks who might live out that way who have heard of this company. You know what they say…if it sounds to good to be true…it usually is.
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Dick: Was the bad neutral easy to diagnose? How was it figured out? Would a simple 120volt receptacle tester have indicated the problem? Since the POCO having problem is usually the last thing one would expect, was it easy to get the POCO involved?
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Pretty much what has been said above. A 45′ is going to ride better and will fit anywhere a 40′ can with VERY few exceptions yet has a significant space advatage inside.
I would go for a stacked w/d pair if you are living in it, pull out diswasher, and as to the oven…convection microwave is pretty standard and you would be surprised what you can cook in one. I am no expert chef but I have yet to find anything within reason that couldn’t be cooked in a GE Advantium (sp) that could otherwise be made in a typical compact RV oven.
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No diesel engine that I know of is suppose to idle more than 10 mins. ldling washes the cylinder walls with fuel. It also dilutes the oil with fuel.
OTR folks are starting to install generators on the trucks to spare the big engine of the abuse.
I found a DD 60s operators manual covering 2004 and earlier DD 60s engines and copied & pasted the following from p.19 of the manual or p.31 of the pdf file:
Whenever possible, avoid unnecessary idling.
During long engine idling periods with the transmission in neutral, the engine coolant temperature may fall below the normal operating range. The incomplete combustion of fuel in a cold engine will cause crankcase oil dilution, formation of lacquer or gummy deposits on the valves, pistons,and rings, and rapid accumulation of sludge in the engine. When prolonged idling is necessary, maintain at least 850 rpm spring/summer and 1200 rpm fall/winter.
Here’s a link to the manual
http://www.ddcsn.com/cps/rde/xbcr/ddcsn/DDC-SVC-MAN-0039.pdf
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I guess this fact throws the fact out that the foot print of a tire isn’t important. to low of pressure causes the tire to flex/heat to much. Any belly at all would cause this with the excessive foot print on ground causing the tread to flex more. Talking about ground contact area including length. Has to be a minimun pressure to prevent that from happening. Just a old school concept. Would rather air on high side and maintain full tread width on ground. If it is off their chart (min) there is a reason? Opinions are mine and I defer to mfg chart. If it looks wrong =question it. Bob
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No turn signals in use here in Sarasota county………..not even the cops! Drives me nuts!
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I emailed Lesa a week or so ago and asked if they had the program for monitoring finished. She said not yet, and had no date to share for it getting done. I hope they get it done soon. One less thing to worry about if they can let us know if we are getting close to the 10gb cap.
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That sounds like a great idea Bill.
When the staff shows us where to park just tell the driver about the two sides of the ramp.
I have not been in FL this time of year so I reall don’t know what to expect.
Thanks and see you in Feb.
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Cas and coffee car show ,I don’t know what got the most attention the scenicruiser or Jon’s Ford.
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George and Cory have friends !!!!!!!!
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Summit racing has the on there web page
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What Peter said. The benefits of most additives are to the seller’s wallet. This is sure to get some different opinions, but I never saw the engine manufacturers do anything but define the grade of fuel, and they never suggested STP or Bardall or snake oil.
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Ok, thanks! I’ll let you know.
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Some years ago I had a speed sensor replaced by the Clark folks at the Kingsport, Tn location. Took very little time and was fairly painless when I paid the bill. Good people to do business with.
Hopefully you will have a similiar experience.
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Dan, excellent idea on the stick phone! I use mine from time to time to take pics in remote areas of the bus, but haven’t thought about a stick to reach further in. Maybe I need one of those Selfie sticks?
Jon, on my Featherlite, removing the fender on the pass side is nothing but 8 house batteries. On the drivers side above the axles is all the norgrens, and I think the valve you are talking about may be moved to the pass side by Featherlite.
The leak was so loud, and parked by the interstate, it was still hard to pinpoint with all the other noises. It actually sounded like it was coming from whichever side I was standing on at the time. I had 2 guys with me, and they tried to pinpoint as well. At least I had witnesses……..that I wasn’t just hearing things. lol
So am I thinking right that, if it’s a valve, it’s probably the kind with an exhaust port that may have leaked at the wrong time? Otherwize, I’m thinking that fittings or hoses would leak and continue to leak?