| |
Subject |
Author |
Date Posted |
Forum
|
 |
RE: Disappointed in Cummins Engine
Shane Perch is correct. Now they got sleeves for Cummins and Cat engines that did not originally come with sleeves. So that is no problem. All these engines though with a little luck will easily last half a million miles with no problem, but the breaking down can happen to any engine. I worked with locomotive engines which are big diesels and they would break down when you least expected them just like the little diesels on coaches. The important thing is that you hope they break when you have warranty or else it is expensive.
|
RayChez
|
05/19/13 04:36pm |
Class A Motorhomes
|
|
RE: Disappointed in Cummins Engine
It's two posts because it's the same OP!! I think he got shafted too...BUT posting the same stuff every two weeks serves what purpose??? Sorry but this is just beating a dead horse. :(
Maybe he's still PO'd. :M
YES I WOULD BE TOO!!!
Well! I do not blame the original poster for being upset. I also was upset when I blew up two Cummins engines. One thing I will say is that Cummins made them good. But it is still very hard to take that two brand new engines under ten thousand miles would blow up.
|
RayChez
|
05/19/13 02:40pm |
Class A Motorhomes
|
|
RE: Disappointed in Cummins Engine
You have to wonder about some of these repair facilities. You get a good honest diesel mechanic and even if a head bolt breaks, a good mechanic will know how to get them out.
Kind of strange that once it got into the shop they found a bad turbo, fuel pump quit or started leaking. Something just does not sound right. The thing is that most places we are at their mercy because most places will not even allow a owner to go back to where they are repairing the coach. Liability situations will not allow most owners to go to the repair spot.
But I agree that you can get a bad engine on any brand. If it is mechanical, it can break. But these statements saying that it broke because it was eleven years old is pure bunk.. Those engines will last for ever if taken care off. Most motor home engines will last at least 500K miles before they need an over haul.
|
RayChez
|
05/18/13 12:06pm |
Class A Motorhomes
|
|
RE: leveling and slide out
As we all know that some RV parks do not have level parking spots therefore it puts a twist on the body of the coach. I have seen it so bad in South Carolina that support brackets that support the front and rear end caps have broken off from the fiberglass. I also saw an American Tradition in Batesville, Indiana where the twisting of the superstructure popped the windshield off the corner and cracked.
Putting a twist on the superstructure will crack the fiberglass in the stress area's.
Tiffen might recommend it, but they could be wrong also and maybe that is why they are having problems with cracks on the curve part where the roof and the side walls meet.
If you level the coach first so that there will be no twisting stress on the frame of the coach, the slide should come right out. Makes sense if you stop and think about it.
|
RayChez
|
05/18/13 05:58am |
Class A Motorhomes
|
|
RE: Newmar question
NO they are not built like the Mountainaire or any of the higher quality Newmars. They all are good coaches, BUT! at different levels. The more you pay for a coach, the more quality has been put into that coach. Saying that they are all the same is like saying Chevy being a GM car is the same quality as a Cadillac also been a GM car.
DutchStar does manufacture a better coach now then what they used to, but it is no Mountain aire.
|
RayChez
|
05/17/13 07:45pm |
Class A Motorhomes
|
|
RE: leveling and slide out
coolcity, You are suppose to level first, then you put the slides out. Common sense will tell you that. If you have any mechanical know how, you will know right away that you set up your platform first, then you can put the slides out without putting any twist on the frame of the coach.
|
RayChez
|
05/17/13 07:38pm |
Class A Motorhomes
|
|
RE: Samsung Refer Install Over Propane Heater (Height Issues)
Fantastic job Don. Looks great!
|
RayChez
|
05/16/13 09:33am |
Class A Motorhomes
|
|
RE: Dumping air when parked
I never understood why some manufacturers have you put slides out before leveling. If the coach has a high or low corner, the body xould twist enough to cause the slide to bind, when extended. I have always leveled first, and then extend slides. My leveling system uses 4 hydraulic jacks. Maybe those with only 3, are different?
I completely agree with Bill. I worked with big 200 ton cranes and you always set the out riggers first before you try to do anything. You have to set the platform first before you pull out the slides. The levelers on your coach are just like out riggers on cranes.
As to dumping the air on your coach? It all depends how long I am going to stay. If I am going to leave the following day, I do not dump the air, but if I am staying for an extending time, I will dump the air, lower the levelers and then pull out the slides. That gives you a solid platform and level.
|
RayChez
|
05/15/13 10:15am |
Class A Motorhomes
|
|
RE: Cleaning the curtains in front window of coach
Do not dry clean them, they will be ruined. Best way is just load them on a washing machine and wash them with cold water. Do not put them in the dryer, just hang them and let them dry naturally.
|
RayChez
|
05/15/13 10:04am |
Class A Motorhomes
|
|
RE: Problems with batteries
Not sure if you have a cat or cummins, but the cat starter is on the passenger side towards the rear of the engine. Easy to get to. Not sure about cummins.
|
RayChez
|
05/15/13 10:00am |
Class A Motorhomes
|
 |
RE: Boondocking at Walmart
The problem with boon docking at Walmart is that they have so much business and limited parking space. I have only stayed one time in Winslow, Arz, but never again. My toad battery had gone dead and I stopped to buy a battery so it was late and we decided to just stay the night there, but we were bothered by some people that wanted money. Security run them off.
|
RayChez
|
05/15/13 09:55am |
Class A Motorhomes
|
|
RE: Crazy steering wobble/shake
But original post said it was smooth until he come to a stop and made a left turn. What does that have to do with the load shifting all of a sudden? Does not make sense to me. Now if it had been doing it from the start THEN there might be something to that, but it is hard to beleive that it could be the load distribution after making a left turn.
|
RayChez
|
05/14/13 07:44pm |
Class A Motorhomes
|
|
RE: Crazy steering wobble/shake
Wow, that is scary. I would start checking the tie rods, wheel bearings and everything that has to do with the steering. Steering box for broken gear. Check the bell crank real close. Get somebody in the coach to work the steering back and forth while you watch underneath for any kind of worn or broken part.
Check the rim and tires.
|
RayChez
|
05/13/13 09:43pm |
Class A Motorhomes
|
|
RE: Boondocking at Walmart
It is like anything that is free, pretty soon people will take advantage of the situation and eventually will ruin it for everybody. In Barstow I have seen a couple of coaches that park in the far end away from the store, but I have seen parked on the side of the road going out of the parking area.
The first WalMart I saw that did not allow any RV parking was on the west entrance to Saint George, Utah.
|
RayChez
|
05/13/13 09:35pm |
Class A Motorhomes
|
|
RE: Toyo vs Hankook Tires
Never had Hankook so I can not rate them, but I had Michelins XRV, then Toyo's and for me Toyo's are excellent tires rated H, very smooth ride and wearing even. Cost was average among tires that size, but their warranty is great.
|
RayChez
|
05/13/13 04:20pm |
Class A Motorhomes
|
|
RE: Highway Question?
We have traveled that route a few times and it isn't too bad, but we have plenty of reserve power with our 55'+ towing combo.
LOL! What is a 55'?
|
RayChez
|
05/13/13 01:25pm |
Class A Motorhomes
|
|
RE: How often have you had to add to your house batts?
If you are hooked up to shore power all the time, you should check your batteries at least every three months and add distilled water as needed.
If the batteries are new they do not need much water, but as they get older and most RVers do not equalize their batteries because they do not know how, the batteries will start using more and more water.
You should also check your battery cells every so often with a hydrometer to see if you have any bad cells. Once you have a bad or shorted cell, you will need to change the battery out.
|
RayChez
|
05/08/13 01:39pm |
Class A Motorhomes
|
|
RE: Fried A/C, 2 TV's and micro wave-my fault or electricians.
I am glad the owner is stepping up, this was a kludge on so many levels it isn't funny.
Previous poster mentioned all the visual clues, I'll add something else. The NEMA 10-30 dryer receptical, the one most commonly confused with the NEMA TT-30, has been against code since 1996. All undgrounded 220V have been against code for installation since 1996. So even if the electrician thought the owner was asking for 30A 220V, that should have been the very first clue. A proper 30A 220V is a 4 prong receptical!
This is very true, BUT! most people do not know the difference between the different plugs. I know that at my stick house I have a plug for the dryer and sorta resembles a 30 amp plug and it is 220 Volts.
I myself almost made that mistake once while visiting relatives in a farm and they said they had power that they believed to be 220 volts where their welding machine was plugged into and that I could have shore power to my coach. I went to check it out and I told them that I could not hook up into that receptacle. Everything was different about it. The prongs were different.
But an ordinary person that does not understand electricity could easily have made the mistake of getting an adapter to match the plug.
But the electrician should have known right away that it was wrong. No excuse for that.
|
RayChez
|
05/07/13 01:30pm |
Class A Motorhomes
|
|
RE: Fried A/C, 2 TV's and micro wave-my fault or electricians.
I am glad the owner is stepping up, this was a kludge on so many levels it isn't funny.
Previous poster mentioned all the visual clues, I'll add something else. The NEMA 10-30 dryer receptical, the one most commonly confused with the NEMA TT-30, has been against code since 1996. All undgrounded 220V have been against code for installation since 1996. So even if the electrician thought the owner was asking for 30A 220V, that should have been the very first clue. A proper 30A 220V is a 4 prong receptical!
This is very true, BUT! most people do not know the difference between the different plugs. I know that at my stick house I have a plug for the dryer and sorta resembles a 30 amp plug and it is 220 Volts.
I myself almost made that mistake once while visiting relatives in a farm and they said they had power that they believed to be 220 volts where their welding machine was plugged into and that I could have shore power to my coach. I went to check it out and I told them that I could not hook up into that receptacle. Everything was different about it. The prongs were different.
But an ordinary person that does not understand electricity could easily have made the mistake of getting an adapter to match the plug.
|
RayChez
|
05/07/13 01:28pm |
Class A Motorhomes
|
|
RE: If you were a Snowbird, where would you stay?
I have seen many times freezing temperatures in Florida really hurting the orange crop.
|
RayChez
|
05/06/13 11:36pm |
Class A Motorhomes
|
