Jerry
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I think the book says 12,000 miles or once a year. Seems reasonable for typical RV usage. Cost is about $140 including filters if you do it yourself. Cheap insurance.
But you better invest in a very large drain pan ……or your garage will be added to the list of superfund cleanup sites. The black plastic concrete mixing pans sold at home improvement centers work great.
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Mike, I had a 1990 XL 40 CC in which the generator sat crossways in the second bay. It was on a slide acessed from the street side and cooled by a big squirel-cage fan that pulled air through the compartment and exited near the driver side. If you have a setup like that, you can probably remove some of the cabinetry on the driver side to access the fan. It was pretty easy on mine. However, I know CC changed to a different setup around 93 because the one I described took up almost the entire second bay all the way across the bus. Yours may be different. Hope this helps!
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Thanks Steve… My H is an 02, probably lighter than yours, and we run 62 – 65 on cruise and usually in the southeast as well. My best has been 7.1 with or without the Jeep, doesn’t seem to matter. I would be thrilled to get your mileage, maybe I should have bought a Vantare.:)
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Well, first my calculations are based on complete fill up calculation & comparing to on board computer, second driving @ 60-65 mph ( which is hard to do on those down slopes), third I run @ 115 lbs in my 315`s (which is one reason i`ve not swapped to 365`s which has more rubber on the road for more resistance) and last most of my calculations are based on drives from knoxville- atlanta – florida which is mostly flat. Keep in mind mine is 2001 D-60 before all the emission crap! I think Jon nailed it -to many variables in all the years of production & the way we drive.
I`d like to know what the 2009-2013 guys are getting with the new volvo`s and lighter buses.
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Thanks for that information. It makes me feel good that I have replaced everything you mentioned in your list, plus a few more things, on my 1991 H340. And I am picking up new Lifelines tomorrow thanks to Tom. Hopefully I will be good to go for a few years anyway. I was able to do all the work myself saving a good portion of the cost.
Thanks Ben!!
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I have never heard that you do not have to balance a Michelin. In the old days, we did not balance drive or trailer tires, but after we got new spin balancers in our shops, we did all wheel positions. It did make a difference in ride quality and tire life.
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I will go along with that thought on the dinette.
I would not even look at a coach with the two seat high bar.
I guess that’s why they have black and white !!!!!!!!!!!
I know it gives more room in that area of the coach but I don’t like them.
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Dick,
We put a lot of effort, not to mention money, into ways to get members attention to existing and new discount programs, new Advertisers and things we consider important. We have added big blue buttons, we make posts, we added the announcement (top right corner of the Forum) that changes weekly or sometimes daily to make folks aware of something new. All of these things seem to go unnoticed by many.
So I’m not sure there is anything we can do to highlight someones problem with hopes that it will be seen or noticed. We still get the comments, “I didn’t know that was available.”
We could put a message on the announcement in RED with a big HELP and it would still be missed.
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I took the broken handle to a metalurgist friend of mine who examined it with a scanning electron microscope to determine a failure mode. He reported the shaft snapped all at once and showed no signifcant wear or inclusions that would contribute to a fatigue fracture. From what I could tell the handle was the orignal 1994. I stongly suspect the rough road played a major part in the failure. Also, I did not have the door airlock engaged during that time. (forgot it) Not sure if not having the airlock engaged woud place additional strain on the handle assy or not but may have been a contributing factor.
Michael -
Sign us up for the Chili Contest, One entry. Sriracha on the side./ Love that stuff/
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We have been to Branson many times. Our choice is KOA. Well marked at highway turn off.
Suggestion;
After you make turn from main highway on your left is a large level paved parking lot. Good spot to swing in and unhook your toad, before you go to KOA park entrance.
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Life is never going to be the same now that you can really appreciate how enjoyable a coach is.
You will be looking for reasons to go somewhere in the coach.
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I have Koni’s all the way round. After replacing the front 2 with Koni’s…..I could tell the difference, so I replaced them all. I have a great ride. BUT, if I had replaced them with new OEM’s, they may have made the same difference. The only thing else I have, is knowing, I have the best, or at least I think so, which is all that matters.
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Yeah thanks I saw that. Unfortunately it was the only one that wasnt booked up. Gee i wonder why ! Oh well ya gotta take the bad with the good. Somehow we will live through it.lol
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Gary, I am not sure yet about OKC. We are going to Yellowstone over Labor Day, and after that we don’t know yet. Depends on some scheduling things here at home.
You guys are going to be very happy with the updates Jeff did. Have fun!