[Tim]

Asylum?

I’ve been looking for a way of describing this organization and I think it has been found.

Be careful at the Lakeland event but don’t miss it. It can leave you in search of a rare baseplate for a toad.

[Tim]

Steve When will you be in Bluewater? There is a nice resturant near by called Kaya Eats. Only open for dinner.

We will be down the road at the KOA from Jan.16 to March 7. Rick

[Tim]

I, too, bought the TST sensors back in 2008 or 2009….. had them for just a couple of months. What a bunch of junk. I had them both for the coach and toad and the repeater antenna never worked for the toad. I think they have improved them but mine were nothing but trouble.

I never had to add more air to my tires than with the TST sensors. I ended up giving them away. Even if they are improved, I would never buy them, I don’t want anything hanging on the end of my tire stem.

We do have the built-in system with the new coach. It seems to work perfectly over the past year that we have owned the coach.

If there is any way to get the built-in system, that would be the way to go (to me).

Mark

[Tim]

Dave,

I’ll be primarily on the road 9-10 months a year so I will not have a garage or facility to do much of the work. Other than upgrading some of our “wants”, 30k-50k sounds high for annual expenses. I think annual maintenance is much lower based on the prices and intervals I’ve read about doing, but you do have to have a contingent budget to allow for the new cruiseair, webasto.

Heck, a new engine runs 30k and after being on this forum for nine months, I’ve only seen one engine which required a rebuild. According to American Fleet Inc., they don’t start recommending a rebuilt on a Series 60 until 800,000 miles.

Why are your maintenance numbers so high?

[Tim]

Great topic ,

With the way I use my coach , sometimes I can do the work myself and sometimes a shop but here it goes

I figure for every mile driven it cost me about 68 cents a mile for every mile driven . So for 12,000 miles a year it cost about $ 81600 a year

[Tim]

thanks joe, I’ll be doing the same thing

[Tim]

the replacement of the tivoli lights on our bus is on the list. I’d be interested in seeing what an LED switchover looks like versus the old. I’m really interested in keeping the low warm lighting like the original. Anything kicking out more lumens than the original mood lighting will ruin it.

[Tim]

When I said get rid of them I was talking about the valve extensions not the pressure pro , I had pressure pro on two coaches and I liked them lots but both other coaches had 315s all around, but on the 365s on front and tag the holes are smaller and you need just a little extention on to use them , but I found wheels with the same size holes as the 315s

[Tim]

I actually just found an app Fort-Wilderness-sites. It gives each site, loop by loop and the dimensions.

[Tim]

Thanks everyone, going to try for the 600 or 700 loop. May be hard to get our request as we are travelling with friends and are requesting to be next to or in the same loop as close as possible. The 700 loop can be busy this time of year with the carriage rides. I’ll keep you posted and send pictures once we set up. Anyone going to be there for the Holidays, we are schedule to be there from 12/18 to 12/30.

[Tim]

Monaco started offering a ‘slide in a slide’ before they went bankrupt back in 2010 or so. They first came out in the Dynasty line. The picture looks like a Diplomat (name on the side).

Monaco did call that unit a ‘5 slide’ unit as it would normally have 4 slides plus the ‘extra’.

Some RV spaces are rather tight and that would just make it worse. And, I can only imagine the engineering and possible headache worrying with that ‘extra’ slide.

I hope that it has worked well for the Monaco owner.

Safe travels,

Mark

[Tim]

Tim,

Bill said it correctly and since he is the guru his word is final. You can stay on site but have to leave on 2/29 or move into the campground.

[Tim]

Tim,

The actual AutoFest event is February 25th – 28th.

If you are joining us for the AnCC you can stay with us Tuesday February 23rd upto and including the night of the 28th.

Remeber also that you can stay in the campground, here on the facility before or after the event for as long as you like. It is only $35 plus tax per night for full hookups. That can be handled directly through SnF by contacting Tracy Neal at TNeal@sun-n-fun.org .

Bill III

[Tim]

Agree with Steve. High pressure is usually associated with an expansion valve not opening or only partially opening, so that also might be the issue regardless of age. Here is the order for checking if it was on my bus…..

Condenser fan

Pressure switch

Expansion valve.

I do the easy stuff first.

Where is your condenser? I assume it is stacked on the radiator so when the system is “on” the fan should be locked. You can test this by running with the A/C on. Note the temps. Then turn the A/C off. The coolant temp should go up a little because the fan clutch is cycling.

[Tim]

Designing & building custom entertainment bays is personally one of my favorite things that we do. All about what is important to each individual coach owner!