RE: dumping fresh water question
Man after seeing some of the posts on here, I bet some of you freak when you drive over a spring that runs across the road or in a little rain storm.
And I bet some of you would absolutely loose your mine if you got stuck in back of a cattle truck on a two lane road like I have a time or two. :B
RE: dumping fresh water question
I opened the water valve just before leaving Nevada Beach Camp ground in Nevada
near South Shore and came to a traffic light and low and behold a Highway Patrolman was behind me. Yep he lit me up. He asked WHAT do you have draining on our roads ? I told him it was just extra water from our fresh water tank. He said "THAT IS AGAINST THE LAW IN NEVADA" He saw that I had Cal plates on my TT so he asked "Do you drain your water like that in Cal?" I told him that I did at times. He told me "Don't let me catch you doing that here in Nevada again"
He followed me to the Calif line. So I make sure that I do not drain the water in Nevada but as soon as I can I open the valve in Calif
Same thing happened to me in Northern CA, I used the dump station, as I was leaving I opened the fresh drain and exited the park, I got maybe 100 yards down the road and a CHP lit me up,, Asked the same thing and said the same exact thing!! Said i was not allowed to drain any fluids on HIS roadway!!!
I kinda chuckled at him and said "Ok, it will evaporate",, That was the wrong thing to say at the wrong moment in time.. He snatched my license up and stormed off to his car,,,,,, made me wait for about fifteen minutes while he either ran me in the computer or played a round of angry birds??
Came back and told me I was about to be cited for illegal dumping on a public thoroughfare a fine of a minimum of $500.. I asked he could wait while I took pictures of the dumping so my lawyer could see,,,, I got my camera out and asked him What it was I was being cited for as there was nothing on the roadway,, it evaporated!!
Angered, the CHP officer wrote me a Written warning of dumping fluids onto a roadway,, I asked for him to state on the warning that it was fresh water,, He refused and told me to go!! I refused to sign the warning and he tore it off and handed it to me!!
It was nothing,, on a lined piece of note paper,,, Actually was written,,,, Verbal Warning- my name and drivers license #-trailer plate#-Location and mile Marker- date and time- He signed it with his badge#.
So I guess now I am in HIS system???
Moral of the story,,,, Dont drain on a roadway,, Next time I just drained it as I emptied my holding tanks...
That officer needs to be reported to his superiors. He also needs to take a gander at the Ca vehicle code book.
RE: Propane Tank Safety Valve Question
I had to put OPD valves on mine. I believe it was 25 bucks a tank with new valve and recert.
I had one tank recerted for my MH and the kid that did it could not figure out the date. An old man that owned the business came out and said that's a 1934 tank son and that's a goodin; see how thick that there metal is.
LOL, still using it to this day with the original 1934 valve. :E
RE: Oil Filter Question
Is there an online cross-reference that will identify different brands oil filters by size and thread? What I want to do is find a longer (= more filtration surface area) filter for the Camry, hopefully without plowing thru 100s of filter specs one by one. Camry would take a 12" long filter if someone made one that long.
Why? I have a Mazda that has over 300,000 on it. Does not use oil and runs like a top. No fancy synthetic oils or fancy filters. I bet the filter is somewhere around 3" long. :E
Unless you're doing extended drains there should not be that much contamination in the oil to clog up a factory filter.
RE: dumping fresh water question
I open the valve on the road on the last day of my trip after I dump. That way nobody can use the john again.
In California I can legally dump water and chicken feathers on the road.
Here is another thread about this.
RE: 2004.5 lly
has any one had code 2563 turbo before. Will the truck stop running or lose power. This code comes and goes so I have been ignoring it until something actually happens. it says sticking turbo vanes so is this replace with new turbo
First thing to do is clean the "turbo vane position sensor." You may have to do more depending.
Here is a post that talks about doing that.
Good luck and let us know how it turns out.
RE: Performance Chips for GMC
Sorry but that won't work. The software and hardware that comes with the PCM and pickup knows where it came from. It will log changes. Cat did this many, many years ago. To this day they won't give out the codes to the field staff. Once the PCM is disconnected it will log that and the tech will know something is up.
You can change out the PCM but it knows. There is no way around it now. Many, many years ago yes, but not now.
Perhaps, but they also can't prove you made any mods to it. Only that the PCM was not in use for a period of time. PCMs get swapped all the time for various reasons.
Sure, when a tech see's that the PCM has been swapped out 3 or 4 times a years I'm sure he is thinking "wow, this customer must love to change out his PCM just for the fun of it." :S
As far as tuners and diesels go they have no place in this thread. The OP has a gasoline engine, not a diesel. You want more power with a diesel you just throw more fuel and it to make big power. With a gasoline engine you need to pump more air to it to make big power.
The more air you put to a gasoline engine the worse your mileage is going to be because a gasoline engine has to remain in stoichiometry.
RE: Performance Chips for GMC
You don't need a "chip", they are useless because they work in a very generic fashion. You need to have the PCM reprogrammed, or "tuned" as its known on the auto performance boards. Everyone gets all bent out of shape about the warranty. This is easy, you buy a second PCM and have that one reprogrammed instead. If you think you need warranty work, you put the "stock" PCM back in. The PCM can be tuned for towing, mileage, shift points, reduction of torque management, etc. There are a number of companies that do it. PCM4Less is one of the cheaper ones with a great reputation.
http://www.pcmforless.com/
Sorry but that won't work. The software and hardware that comes with the PCM and pickup knows where it came from. It will log changes. Cat did this many, many years ago. To this day they won't give out the codes to the field staff. Once the PCM is disconnected it will log that and the tech will know something is up.
You can change out the PCM but it knows. There is no way around it now. Many, many years ago yes, but not now.
As far as MM goes. ROTFLMAO, good luck with that. There is even a member on here that was denied warrantee even though he did nothing wrong to his Ford truck.
All it takes is a manufacture that says warrantee denied and then your stuck because they know you need your truck. They will tell you to pound sand and take us to court. They don't care how long it takes. This means you could be without your truck for years until the case goes to court.
Like I said, good luck with that!
RE: Got stuck.....
I wonder what people with Prevost's do? :h I haven't seen a 4x4 Prevost yet. :B
LOL
They camp on the expensive asphalt pads :B
Funny I was talking with the salesman on the phone couple of weeks ago. He ask what I wanted on the truck. I mentioned 4WD and he said " we don't order anything with 2 WD "
Well I guess that's true. The only time I park on an asphalt pad when camping is when I camp at Wal-Mart! Quite a few Prevost's camp at Wal-Mart right along side with me! :B
I never have gotten stuck in my 4x2 Chebbie while camping on dirt or grass. In fact I have never gotten stuck in Wal-Mart either.
RE: Traveling in Tornado prone areas
This has been talked about many time on here.
Here are the odds:
Auto deaths in the US every year= Over 300,000. :E
Tornado deaths in the US every year= Less than 70.
You are traveling on the road with an RV. Your chances of being killed while on the highway in your RV are way, way, way, way, way, way, higher than even seeing a tornado let alone being killed by one.
The storm chasers try their best to run into tornados and even they, with all the high tech equipment they have; have a REALLY hard time doing that.
Do the best you can; try to be careful and move on with life. Life is a fatal disease anyway. :E
I think your facts are a bit skewered. You are way low. And if you factor in
property damage, tornado are one of the most devastating natural phenomena.
2011 Tornado Fatalities
You make my point very well when I say a lot of people don't understand statistics and "averages."
You cherry picked 1 year with a bad death total from tornados. I can do the same thing. What about 1986? There were only 15 people that died in the whole US that year from tornados. That must mean my stats are high then right? :R It's like saying traveling by airplanes are dangerous because in 2001 over 4000 people died in airplane crashes. The fact is, airplane travel is one of the most safest modes of travel.
BTW it's not my facts. The facts come from NOAA. They are the people that keep tract of weather facts, not me.
People are all upset about the OK tornado. It's a treble tragedy when people die in any way except old age.
But the fact of the matter is more people die on the roads in the US each and every day than in the one day tornado tragedy that happened in Ok this week.
IOW's almost a THOUSAND people are going to die on the roads of the US this week and every week thereafter in the US.
I will say it one more time. If you are an RV'er, death by tornado is almost the last thing you have to worry about. If you check my facts you will find out that statement is very true.
RE: Towing Shouldn't Be This Difficult - Help Needed
Thanks everyone for your help and input on our issue. I think it was this forum that enlightened me to the phrase "won't return to center". That's exactly what the problem is, which I was describing as "wander".
You need to take it to an alignment shop and tell them to put as much "castor" as they can get into the front end.
Read about positive castor here.
RE: Bumper Pull vs. Fifth Wheel
I have towed both. Both can tow nice and both can tow not so nice.
I can hook up my TT in less than 5 minutes. I challenge any 5er owner to do it in less time with a regular tail gate.
I now have a TT but I like the 5er floor plans better. In the future when I buy a new trailer I will look at both.
A properly setup TT will tow every bit as nice as a 5er IMHO. Like I said, I have towed both.
RE: Traveling in Tornado prone areas
This has been talked about many time on here.
Here are the odds:
Auto deaths in the US every year= Over 300,000. :E
Tornado deaths in the US every year= Less than 70.
You are traveling on the road with an RV. Your chances of being killed while on the highway in your RV are way, way, way, way, way, way, higher than even seeing a tornado let alone being killed by one.
The storm chasers try their best to run into tornados and even they, with all the high tech equipment they have; have a REALLY hard time doing that.
Do the best you can; try to be careful and move on with life. Life is a fatal disease anyway. :E
RE: Towing Shouldn't Be This Difficult - Help Needed
The new shop found the ball joints were too tight, not too loose, which I guess is more common (I think?). Anyway, the ball joints are being replaced this morning. Cross your fingers.
Hmmmmmm in 40 years of automotive work I have never heard of too tight of ball joints? :h Wear makes them loose and then you have play in suspension and steering components.
RE: Ouch ! obsolete oven parts are expensive !
97 is old? Man, I guess everything is throw away now days. :S Pretty soon if your water heater goes out in your trailer your going to have to throw away your 2010 trailer. :M
RE: 1986 Chevy G20 3/4 ton, 6.2 Diesel
You'll be fine for what you're trying to do. We towed a race car and trailer for years with the same truck. I did manage to blow up the tranny and torque converter band. Fixed it and off it went. That thing pulled down 24 mpg on the hiway.
RE: Any 13' Ram DEF MPG yet?
Let me refresh your memory.
Link from mid January
I guess we are all JA's guys.
Just use the block feature on my posts if you don't like em.
Truth hurts
You don't know when production started, DA
MM49
Real easy to solve. Take a picture of your truck with the fuel door open to clearly show the DEF fill port. Done.
