RE: E10 IN GAS GUSLERS
Drill baby drill
Drill baby drill
Drill in Alaska on the Anwar, drill on the white house lawn if we have to, we are going to need all the oil we can find.
BTW The info I replied with is not incorrect, do the research and you will see.
gbeasley
I have no problems with the drilling part (just not near or in National Parks), but that takes time and may or may-not produce significant additional oil.
As far as researching your statements about land use, I don't need to-----I already know far more about farming than you ever will. Besides growing up on a farm and having friends and relatives that still farm, I've spent 40+ years of my engineering career in farm related business. I stand by my statements----you're just repeating what some liberal newspaper editor (who's unhappy about the price of his steak) has written .
RE: Transmission Trouble in Mexico
First, you have a V10 if you have a 2005 MH. If it is a 2005, it is also controlled by electrical circuits. If it shifts normally when you use the "manual" gear shift, then you most likely have some kind of electrical problem.
Check the oil level and smell the oil on the dipstick. If the level is OK (checked while engine is running) and the oil doesn't smell burnt, then the tranny is probably mechanically OK.
Now the bad news. I've been involved with installations of mechanical equipment in Mexico and love to vacation on the beaches there. However, if it shifts OK "manually" and the oil is OK, I would head for the border and have it looked at after you got there!!
RE: Winnebago Windshield
I watched them replace my windshields on my MH (probably similar in design to yours). The windshield is held in place with a urethane sealant/glue. This material also keeps any water from getting inside (if the windshield is installed correctly). As Randrx2 said, the rubber piece is just a trim piece and can be easily removed.
A previous owner must have had a water leak into the interior and tried to fix it by applying sealant to this trim piece (and it may have worked). It would have been better to remove the trim piece and apply sealant directly to the edge of the windshield.
RE: E10 IN GAS GUSLERS
well 427435 I didn't mean to inflame you so pardon me all to (well you know what I mean) The truth is that as the price of corn, sugar, beets and all other crops that are grown to produce ethanol goes up then the large farm and small farm concerns for that mater, Will convert other crop lands into the production of these crops for the use of making ethanol. Also, do you not eat beef, chicken, pork, eggs, and drink milk. And also this is just the begining, as time goes on we will need more and more of ethanol as we convert to its use.And by the way land the corn, sugar etc. being used for the making of ethanol most certainly is from the same land as it was grown on before, do you think they actualy cleared new land just for the growing of crops to be used for the production of ethanol.And where did you come up with the conclusion that I was worried about feeding the world's starving people,seems to me like some people just like to start an argument, so please excuse me if I got in on a discusion where I'm evidently not welcomed
gbeasley
I'm not really sure what you said above( :h ), but let me share a few more things with you.
First, I love my beef (not to mention pork, chicken, and milk), but I'm not campaigning against using corn for fuel instead of food as you did.
Second, I grew up on a farm and have many friends and relatives that still farm, and I understand the growing of corn. Land (and the area's weather) that grows most small grain crops (the grains that can be easily converted to people food), doesn't grow corn well. Very little (if any) of that land has been converted to corn.
Thirdly, as corn is used for ethanol, the price of meat, milk, etc. does go up due to higher feed costs, but have you noticed the difference between gasoline and diesel lately. Diesel used to always be cheaper than gasoline. While there are several things affecting the fact that gasoline is now cheaper than diesel, one very important one is ethanol. It reduces the demand for "straight" gasoline and lowers what the refiners can get for it.
Fourthly, I'm not "inflamed" but do not like to see incorrect information spread about ethanol. While it may not be the perfect long-term solution, it currently is the only significant thing we're doing to reduce our dependence on foreign oil. Better our farmers get the money than the Middle East.
When you come up with a better idea, our steak will get cheaper!! :B
RE: E10 IN GAS GUSLERS
Very good, also it is never a good idea to use our limited food source as fuel, I hope the world wakes up to this fact.
Another stretch of the actual facts. The corn that is currently being used for ethanol is rarely used directly as "people" food. It is almost exclusively used for livestock feed. The livestock (or their by-products like milk and eggs) eventually become food of course------but mostly food for the wealthy.
If you're concerned about feeding the world's starving people, then you should also be campaigning against anyone eating meat or drinking milk. Then the corn acreage could be turned into wheat acreage which would feed a lot more people per acre then the livestock that is fed from an acre's worth of FIELD corn does.
RE: Aircraft Tires - Can they be used on TT
Totally different duty cycles. The airplane tire (with 14 plies) will heat up and self destruct if driven for an extended period of time at highway speeds. An airplane only rolls at speed for less than a minute (and a hay wagon never rolls at speed)!!!
As far as Alaska roads, we made it there and back without any flats (including the toad) and that included the Top of the World "highway". Just stay off the gravel roads headed to the Artic Circle.
Not true. I ran used aviation tires on my boat trailer for years and never suffered a blowout or a leak for that matter.
Legal, I don't know but they sure work well.
They must have been lightly loaded then.
I will also add one comment for the OP. Weigh your trailer with all the "stuff" you plan on hauling to Alaska and make sure your tires aren't on the ragged edge. A lot of travel trailers/fivers come from the factory with tires that are close to being overloaded before you put anything in the trailer. You may want to upgrade your tires to a heavier DOT rating.
RE: E10 IN GAS GUSLERS
E-10 is a lousy product to call gas. I did have problems with my boat until I added a water separator and filter. If you take e-10 and put it in a jar watch what happens in 30 to 45 days, it separates. Dry gas doesn't help it either. The only thing I have found that works is a product called E-ZORB, it keeps the gas from separating and lowers the rate of which it will collect water. In boats with fiberglass tanks it turns the fiberglass to a sloppy mass of junk. Not only boats are affected, any thing with a vented fuel system will show the problem, lawn mowers-tractors etc. The manufacturers of the e-10 have admitted the problem exists but still refuse to put the additives in it to stabilize it.
While I've never put it in a jar, my MH, boat, and 2 collector cars (that aren't driven in the winter) all get filled with E-10 in the fall and start-up fine in the spring.
Also, while my boat's fuel tank is not fiberglass (don't think that would be a good fuel tank material, anyway), it is some kind of plastic and is fine. I think you're just spreading some urban legends.
RE: Aircraft Tires - Can they be used on TT
Totally different duty cycles. The airplane tire (with 14 plies) will heat up and self destruct if driven for an extended period of time at highway speeds. An airplane only rolls at speed for less than a minute (and a hay wagon never rolls at speed)!!!
As far as Alaska roads, we made it there and back without any flats (including the toad) and that included the Top of the World "highway". Just stay off the gravel roads headed to the Artic Circle.
RE: E10 IN GAS GUSLERS
Don't believe everything you read---especially on the internet. We've had ethanol year-around in Minnesota for years. My boat is over 30 years old (1977 Sylvan with a Mercruser I/O). It (and my cars) have never had a fuel system problem.
I fill the boat full in the fall, and it starts in the spring with just enough cranking to prime the carburetor (remember them). :h
RE: Removing Vista
I bought a laptop this spring and wanted XP Pro so things would run like my desktop. I went to
Best Buy Business. They currently show 161 laptops available with XP pro.
Glad I did as it works great and there's a limit to how many new tricks this old dog can learn-----and I want to save them for something worthwhile. :B
RE: Any experience with mid-90's Georgie Boy Encounter?
I'm no expert on Georgie Boy DP's but we took cashier checks with us to look at one like this. We had negotiated a price on it over the phone. Supposedly only had 9000 miles on it and was in great condition. How it was used and stored, I'm sure could have alot to do with its condition------but it was junk!! Warped cupboard doors, wall panels coming loose, and the slide wouldn't come back in (stuck on something). We walked of course.
After looking at it and then the Itasca we bought, there appears to be a hugh quality difference. Be careful.
RE: gas mileage on a v10
9.5 to 10 mpg with 6 speed transmission, no toad... 55mph
How did you get a 6 speed behind a V10 in a MH????? :h
You must also be using Imperial gallons to get 9.5 to 10 mpg!!
RE: What is up with our jacks?
My bet's on low fluid and it doesn't have to be very low at all. We used to have a LaPalma and you might only have to add less than a 1/4 cup.
If the OP has a HWH hydraulic system, you'll lose. These have sensors at each jack and no reservoir float. As others have posted, you need to let the system complete its storage cycle or a bump may allow a jack to drop enough to trip a sensor.
To the OP, please fill out your profile (or better yet, your signature) with the MH you have. In this case, telling us what leveler system you have will improve the quality of responses.
I see where you are coming from but the bet is based on having owned the same model coach and remembering how freaked out I was when the beeping started as I was driving down the road. :) Had to brake hard for a stop light and the fluid shifted forward, beeping started and then stopped when we got stopped. Started again as we bounced a little bit when we pulled to the shoulder to check things out. Besides sure is nice if a problem is solved by something easy to fix!
I've been trying to figure out how you knew what MH the OP had. :h
Then I looked at the poster's name and did a search on LaPalma. :S
RE: Aw rats!
I use D-con. They don't go to their nests to die----they go searching for water as the D-con kicks in. The MH does sit in a shed and I put about 10 bags of the poison around the shed and by the MH tires. If it was parked outside, I would put a bag of the D-con by each tire in a coffee can with a mouse size hole drilled in it.
RE: Thinking about upgrading to a Class A
snip
You really should rethink your opinion of diesels. Gassers are way too underpowered for use in an A.
nonsense, it all depends on your use. my underpowered ford V-10 has about 4,200 lbs. of carrying capacity, and moves along just fine. I would want a DP is I wanted to tow a car on a trailer with a boat above.
bumpy
And my "little" 310 hp V10 powered 35' MH has 3000 lbs of CCC and 2 slides. It also has pulled a 5000 lb toad to Alaska and back without issues.
It also appears that we also bought our last MH first. After 3 years and 20,000+ miles, I have no desire or intention on replacing it (unless I win the lottery). :B
RE: What is up with our jacks?
My bet's on low fluid and it doesn't have to be very low at all. We used to have a LaPalma and you might only have to add less than a 1/4 cup.
If the OP has a HWH hydraulic system, you'll lose. These have sensors at each jack and no reservoir float. As others have posted, you need to let the system complete its storage cycle or a bump may allow a jack to drop enough to trip a sensor.
To the OP, please fill out your profile (or better yet, your signature) with the MH you have. In this case, telling us what leveler system you have will improve the quality of responses.
RE: Thinking about upgrading to a Class A
Suggestion: Advertise your current rig with flyers, word-of-mouth, and internet. If you can sell it yourself at a reasonable price, you'll be in a lot better bargining position for the class A.
Comment One: A rig like the one in my signature can probably be bought in today's market for $35,000-$40,000. Yes I know dealers and others are asking $50,000 or more, but show them the money and expect a 20-25% discount from a dealer on a used unit's asking price.
Comment Two: We spent 2 months in our rig this summer going to Alaska and back and never felt cramped for "personal" space or storage space. The 2nd slide in the bedroom adds lot's of "personal" space.
Comment Three: After some looking and talking with others, there are manufacturers to avoid. I won't mention them, but I will recommend the Winnebago/Itasca, the Tiffin, and the Triple T gas motorhomes.
RE: MotorKote anyone familiar with it?
Anyone seriously interested in debunking or supporting MotorKote claims can do a simple test. all you need is a bench vice, a few 1/4-20 bolts and nuts and a torque wrench. Smear the bolt with MotorKote, turn on, clamp the nut in the vice, use the torque wrench to to tighten, 40 ft lbs should do it, how many turns before the bolt breaks? Do the same thing with your favorite oil or grease, how many turns, A good grease will go 1 inch and back with out breaking.
That test, while interesting, does not really duplicate the operating environment of engine oil.
Exactly!! Engine oil and grease are two entirely different things.
There are plenty of good oils out there that don't need boutique additives.
RE: Driver side door, any real advantage to it?
In addition to the other pluses that have been mentioned for the driver's door, it is the only way I can get in or out of our MH when it's in my shed. The passenger side door is too close to the wall to open and have space to get out.
My driver's door does not leak water or wind noise either.
