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RE: Small dealer rant
You can easily hire an attorney to take care of the problem. At a couple hundred dollars an hour you should be made whole for less than a grand.
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hershey
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05/22/13 04:34pm |
Around the Campfire
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RE: Help please!
If the battery was plugged in all winter and it rand down, you have probably ruined the battery.
Pull the battery, use a battery charger and charge fully it it will indeed take a charge and let it sit for 4 to 6 hours. If the voltage drops below 12.6 without a load of any type then you need a new battery.
Or just bite the bullet and buy a new battery.
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hershey
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05/22/13 02:31pm |
Tech Issues
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RE: Wireless headphone for listening to internet radio from PC?
I have purchased 4 different, name brand, wireless headphones to listen to the TV because of my hearing loss.
Some worked a day or to, some worked as much as two weeks.
I bought a set of wireless headphones from Harbor Freight years ago and they are working perfectly. And I can go from room to room and even outside and still hear. $7.98
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hershey
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05/22/13 01:20pm |
Technology Corner
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RE: Small dealer rant
I'm hoping that this is the biggest problem you encounter with your new purchase.
You have to admit, what you mentioned just "ain't no big thing". It don't matter. Nobody cares. When you sell the vehicle it goes away and is never visible unless you let it fester and keep looking in the glove box to review the registration over and over again.
Trust me, there are going to be a lot bigger things pop up that are really going to drive you nuts.
Lack of warranty work.
Repairs done wrong.
Delivery promises not met.
etc.
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hershey
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05/22/13 01:13pm |
Around the Campfire
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RE: Claiming a first come campsite
I always left my ex-wife sitting in a chair at the site as a marker that we were going to occupy the site, in the next few days.
Maybe that's why she's your "ex-wife". LOL
:B
Doug
I'm wondering how long she has been sitting at the last site?
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hershey
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05/22/13 09:59am |
General RVing Issues
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RE: Off pavement in a Class A?
Years ago, I had a 20' Class A. It had virtually no overhang. I towed a bike trailer to some of the most unbelievable places. Big ditches, uneven terrain and rocky (big rocky) roads. I even had a winch on the front bumper. Only used it once to pull a jeep out of the way. :)
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hershey
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05/22/13 09:52am |
Class A Motorhomes
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RE: Sewer solution - worth it?
I purchased our when we started fulltiming over 8 years ago. I still have the same unit, the same hoses and it continues to work flawlessly. In 8 years the only time I have reverted to the stinky slinky is twice at a dump station and then only because it is slower than the stinky slinky. Tempers tend to flair at the dump stations...and I'm usually in the middle of it :(
Negative side? It is slower than the Stinky Slinky. But I've got nothing but time.....I hope. Its a lot cleaner operation because the hose has no ribbing in it to trap water and sludge.
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hershey
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05/21/13 10:57am |
General RVing Issues
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RE: class a motorhome with chevy 8.1 vortex 36 ft souyhwind
Its the fan clutch. When engine temps rise, the fan kicks in. That process really brings temperatures down quickly and it will disengage again.
Now....at the speed you indicated, there really shouldn't be any reason for it to kick in. That normally kicks in on steep grades or long grades.
You might consider having the radiator inspected and flushed and the finned area power washed. Make sure that the power wash doesn't flatten any of the fins.
The following responses will tell you not to power wash...your choice.
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hershey
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05/20/13 08:09pm |
Class A Motorhomes
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RE: basement doors slightly shifted, can not close or lock .
doxiemom11 pretty much hit the nail on the head. There is a tab with a single screw holding it in place at the middle of the top of the door on the inside. When that breaks or the screw backs itself out, the door will slide forward and backwards even at a stand still. When you open or close the door, the piston will help slide it in one direction or the other.
Open the door to the point that there is not pressure on the piston and gently tap the door in the direction with the palm of your hand. Then replace the screw or tab.
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hershey
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05/20/13 07:08pm |
Tech Issues
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RE: Seems like they all do this
To keep cost of manufacturing down, the options available are in packages. To get one item, you may have to opp for several other items you don't want.
I suppose someone made a spreadsheet with the most asked for options along with other options.
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hershey
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05/20/13 04:50pm |
Around the Campfire
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RE: Shhhh! Quiet that Motor - Ford F53
In order to help identify the source of the noise, next trip, throw a quilt over the hump area and see if that helps.
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hershey
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05/20/13 09:26am |
Class A Motorhomes
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RE: How old is too old?
I see no reason to be too apprehensive about a 10 or 12 year old MH. REGARDLESS of brand.
My Fleetwood Expedition is 12 years old right now and we fulltime and its only sign of showing age is the fact that it isn't a fullbody paint job. It still looks new inside and out.
Of course we maintain it. I don't think its and exception. Just look around and carefully see how they were maintained. You'll find a diamond in the SMOOTH.
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hershey
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05/19/13 05:45pm |
Class A Motorhomes
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RE: fuel filler hose cost??
Labor charge was for 3 hours at $90.00. So they got me there as well. I was underneath it, two clamps, one on each end, easy to get to. Was going to do it my self but needed refrig. recall done and figured one hour labor and 80.00 for a hose so decided to take to them. Won't go to them again.
One poster on another forum said he did his in about an hour. I was ready to grant them two hours so was thinking $260.00, not 446.00.I think I would be more bent out of shape over the labor charge than the hose.
So your saying it was $147.00 plus $270 - total of $417.00 for the repair??? I would have yelled my head off and backed into the nicest RV on the lot as I left. OK, I exaggerate a bit....but I would have yelled.
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hershey
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05/18/13 02:55pm |
Class A Motorhomes
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RE: install rv power awning on home?
I think the homeowners model would be more economically priced than the one for an RV.
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hershey
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05/18/13 12:52pm |
General RVing Issues
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RE: Mounting Flanges for Ladder
If your anywhere near Rialto, CA then Walts RV has them.
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hershey
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05/18/13 10:01am |
Tech Issues
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RE: What's in your tool box?
What to carry can end up being a shoe box sized box with pliers and a crescent wrench to a half a roll-a-way tool box.
I have a canvas bag (BTW: canvas bags take up a lot less space than a box) with a drill motor and bits, a 4" disc grinder and the drill motor charger and batterys.
I have another canvas bag with wrenches, sockets, breaker bar and ratchet, various slip joint pliers. Electrical and duct tape, bailing wire and on the bottom various sized hose clamps all same brand so they can be used together and two handfuls of nuts and bolts loose on the bottom of the bag.
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hershey
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05/18/13 09:55am |
General RVing Issues
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RE: Where does my tv plug in?
I'm guessing that since you said you can't find the socket, your TV is a 110 volt TV. But it doesn't matter.
I'd suggest making sure the power is off to the proper voltage draw and just clip the wire at the TV and then splice the wires from the new TV to the existing wire. Put the splice in a small electrical box and your good to go. Just make sure your keep the polarity the same.
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hershey
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05/18/13 09:47am |
Do It Yourself Modifications and Upgrades (DIY)
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RE: Trouble Free Motorhome Owner?
Bought a new gas Dutch Star and like all new MH's I had to sort out the problems and had quite a few issues for two years. Traded it in for a used Fleetwood Expedition and in the last 8 years of fulltiming I've had to replace two inverters, tires, one engine overheating issue and a turbo hose. Yes, I've been very lucky but I do take good care of the small issues before they become a problem. Nearly a 100 thousand miles on it now.
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hershey
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05/18/13 09:40am |
Class A Motorhomes
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RE: NASCAR at it finest ........huh?
A long race at the dirt track is 25 or 30 laps. Lots of action and I find going there to me much more interesting that sitting in the living room watching Nascar. I still watch both, but if you want to see some real driving and tossing cars into the corners hit a dirt track once.Actually, your absolutely correct. And it doesn't matter if its SuperModifieds or Jalopy racing. Budgets are tiny compared to NASCAR but the desire to win is just as apparent. Tempers flair and a win is a big deal.
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hershey
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05/18/13 09:35am |
Around the Campfire
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RE: fuel filler hose cost??
That sounds really out of line to me. But I have nothing but my gut hunch to back up my theory.
I paid $44.00 for a 14" "formed" air hose from my intake manifold to the air compressor from Cummin's. I thought that was out of line but it is a dealer item.
On edit: If the hose is made of Viton it could very well be that expensive. Viton is used on petroleum products for hoses and gaskets. Had to use it on drycleaners because the Percloretheyne would disolve most any other fabric hoses.
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hershey
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05/17/13 09:41pm |
Class A Motorhomes
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