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Glendinning told me I would need only to replace the little box that receives the signal from the remote transmitter for about $300. Not replace the entire reel.
Jeff and Lindsay
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Jeff’s glass guy can do those, no problem.
Jeff and Lindsay
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Larry,
Expect to be out of there by the end of July!
Doug
Jeff and Lindsay
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Time to buy a bus folks…
Jeff and Lindsay
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Jeff and Lindsay
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I just want to make a comment about Bob’s reference to a 30″ pit.
The coach chassis should be supported any time you are working beneath it. On all of my coaches the chassis support points are within (in between) the tire footprint. On my 24″ wide pit my support stands are within a few inches of the edge of the floor at the pit. If my pit was wider my supports would be at the edge of the pit and that increases the risk of the concrete fracturing.
There are times I wish the pit could be wider, but I don’t want the risk of the edge of the concrete breaking out because the loads are so close to the edge.
Jeff and Lindsay
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fwiw. with your rear tires (weight) there is a awful lot of side pressure. in a 6ft area.
Jeff and Lindsay
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Les, if you buy new pieces you still have to adhere them so take care and try to remove them before buying new ones.
If you can use some thin stainless steel wire such as what is used to secure nuts and fasteners on planes and engines. Add a wooden handle on each end with a dowel and about 12″ between dowels and start pulling it through starting at the loose end by see-sawing the wire between the back of the existing stainless trim and the headlight housing.
If you fail or you damage the existing trim then buy the replacement. Once you have it removed you can probably remove the remnants of the adhesive or tape originally used and rebond the trim.
Jeff and Lindsay
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Jeff and Lindsay
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Enjoyed talking with you on the phone the other day.
Thank You very much for very kind post.
AL
Jeff and Lindsay
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I still believe in punishment that gets increasingly severe as dumb asses continue to do the stuff that forces the technology down our throats.
The lawmakers do not have the guts to force distractions to be shut off anytime a vehicle is on the right of way and moving so make the use of these distracting devices during times when a vehicle is in motion impossible. If the interior of the car senses the presence of alcohol, do not allow it to start. If a cop can sense alcohol or the use of pot or drugs just by talking to a motorist there is a way to do that. This entire situation is exactly like the farce we now call airport security. Good innocent people are being punished instead of those guilty. As a society we should not allow this.
Jeff and Lindsay
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We just drove south through Austin on I-35. Its South by Southwest Festival. Ramps closed, streets closed, lots going on.
We’re in New Braunfels just south of Austin at Hill Country RV Resort and Cottages. Nice campground. Blacktop streets, gravel pads, 50amp seems reliable and when I dumped nothing came back up. Easy access to I-35. Will be putting on the PC map (as I do with ALL the places we stay at).
Have fun!
Jeff and Lindsay
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Art the Festoon bulb needs to be 42 MM.
Craig
Jeff and Lindsay
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Andy, You are an affirmed tech lover. But you miss the point completely.
If you want to be able to turn your driving over to the computers in your car be honest and tell us if you really think you are going to be safer, or if you will use the seat time for other tasks such as using your cell phone.
We don’t have to educate the morons as much as force them to change their bad habits. All the technology is already in place but we do not have legislatures with the balls to employ them. Every car and cell phone can be linked so the car will stop or the cell phone turned off when the car is in motion. Nobody needs to look at the center computer display if it is made so it will only respond to voice commands. Tell it to change radio stations or GPS destination. Let it read cell phone texts to you and let it use voice commands to make and receive texts and phone calls. Without such a device the phone or car is disabled when in motion.
Some cars will alert a driver if he is nodding off. Use that same technology to keep the driver paying attention to driving or reduce the car’s speed. If the drivers know the car would not perform unless the driver was off the phone, with his eyes on the road and he was not nodding off habits would change quickly. I agree with stabilization control and automatic braking, but since a lot of the braking alerts are the assholes that pass and pull in too close install a loud 130 decibel siren inside all cars so it will engage as long as the driver pulls in ahead of someone with insufficient room. I guarantee nobody will cut in too close if they know their ear drums will suffer every time they don’t allow enough room. Why do I need an alert when I did not tailgate, but had some moron steal my stopping distance. Make the other guy suffer.
Cars can be made so a quick breath test will determine if the car will even start. For those who drive under the influence of drugs, or who drive drunk treat them like you would a criminal waving a gun in a school. Jail them and take away their car. What they are doing is no less criminal or life threatening so treat it like the crime it is.
I have zero problem if you want your car to drive you, but I don’t want to have a car that doesn’t allow me to drive getting shoved down my throat. There are actually people that like to drive and who are safe and competent. And if my reaction time as I age is slowed, I plan to compensate by allowing more stopping distance, something the morons now driving want to violate.
And I want to see every driver required to prove his competency in the vehicle he is driving. If you drive a bus like our coaches I want you to have a suitable driver license. It is insane to require someone to have a motorcycle rating but to allow an incompetent driver to be piloting a 50,000 pound bus with a 6000 pound toad running down the road at 70 MPH. But again this goes back to legislatures that do not have the balls to apply logic to situations such as distractions and training. So instead you fall back on thinking if the car drives us instead of the other way around we will be somehow better off. What if I don’t want to have a self driving car?
Jeff and Lindsay
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Oh sure Jeff, blame ol Harry! I was confused enough when I woke up this morning and forgot which side the sun rises from, then it dawned on me. Oh well…
Harry
Jeff and Lindsay
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