[Fred F.]

Jon, I thought you were the Union Rep for all members, so I was just demanding all the things you would ask for in a bargaining agreement.

I have Medicare, so left out the medical requirements.

[Fred F.]

I also had the Centramatics installed when purchased along with air bags, tires, all shocks and some front suspension parts replaced. Drives like a charm even at the the 70 ish mph range I drive.

[Fred F.]

Depends on the vintage. My 87 did not need the key on to start from the rear. Later models did.

[Fred F.]

H.J.,

Was the cruise control on at the time? Some earlier models were set up so the Jake would not come on with cruise on, unless the service brakes were applied. With the cruise off, the Jake would come on immediately.

[Fred F.]

Sorry, HJ, it’s “Big wheels, keep on turning, Proud Mary keep on Burning…Rolling, Rolling, Rolling on the river”

[Fred F.]

Jon is right (and he hasn’t even seen my dash), there is little to no room left for another gauge; and I need to install an engine oil gauge.

I do like Don’s gauge. Small, digital, easy to read. But can a $9 digital gauge be expected to be accurate?

I’m not eager to crawl into my electrical bay and expose the 24volt terminals everytime I want to know what voltage my house batteries are at. So hopefully I can figure out a good solution.

I’ve pulled and replaced my chassis batteries, removed the Liberty installed chassis battery charger (aka boat anchor) … shorting the mounting bracklet against the 24 volt terminal on the Vanner Equalizer welding the bracket to something, and replaced my burnt up Vanner Monitor. So I kinda know what I’m doing … but don’t like futzing around with that stuff if I don’t have to. Which is why I’m looking for an easy way to check the voltages.

[Fred F.]

Do you think Buddy and Fred will bag some of the BS they are spreading and bring it to my garden?

[Fred F.]

Yes I’ve done it Dick, no results. It was years ago and I had purchased the bus with 6 year old batteries that were getting weak, so I gave it try, mainly to see if it had any improvement. I was putting new batteries in anyways, so I didn’t care if it worked or not.

[Fred F.]

You might also lube the locking bolts. One of them may not be seating all the way. Enough to lock the door but not enough to activate the micro switch. Let us know what you find.

Doug

[Fred F.]

I had to strip the water bay in my 97 last year due to a slow leak and rotted floor. I removed all the ply and replaced with marine grade ply. After cutting to fit, I pre-drilled the holes and counter sinks for self tapping screws and then used marine grade epoxy on all sides of the ply. If I have any undected leaks then that should prevent future wood rot.Looks good to, no need for additional floor coving which can trap water.

My 93 chassis had butyl tape between the floor support and the ply. I replaced that as well. Talk about a tacky mess!

I got the marine grade ply at a home depot near a major lake. My local store did not stock but one 50 miles away did. You can check in stock location on line. It will take 3 sheets.

While every thing was out of the bay, I opted for dual water pumps and replacement of the holding tank valves, rubber gromets, rubber pipe couplings. It was just easier putting things back together with new parts than having to replace a leaking one later.

good luck, its a big job but doable.

[Fred F.]

Everyone should come prepared to run your generator…..We have in the past never had enough power to have anyone plugged in, I have no idea how many service coaches I will have in at the time of the seminar. I will plug coaches in if there are any available plugs by a method of either first signed up or a random draw…..No way to say until the seminar if there will be any or x number of plugs available…..

[Fred F.]

For those of us that are registered, how do we reserve 50 amp service and is there an extra charge?

June

[Fred F.]

For all of you that left on Sunday, we decided to have one more day of fun. There was enough food left over to have another happy hour and meal. Fast Fred (Triple F) made a real nice hobo stew to go along with the left overs and we had a nice turn out.

[Fred F.]

One comment on using the bra, it would protect the paint but it would also protect the stainless panel on the front of anXLII. Those run about $1000 and then about 6 hours labor to remove, prep, and install new. Dont ask why I know this. 😡😡

[Fred F.]

yep, it is on the PC map.