RE: Road accessibility in Ouray Colorado
Last September we drove our 34' Bounder gasser towing our TJ from Silverton to Ouray. It is easier going that way since you are on the ledge side going uphill with shalower turns. Going from Ouray towards Silverton you will be on the ledge side during a very narrow and winding section where 18 wheelers don't (can't) share the road very well. Drive slowley as they will be on your side in the curves.
It is a very pretty drive and we drove it many times in our TJ before I was able to talk my co-pilot into trying it in the Bounder. She does not like ledge roads but puts up with them as I really like the views they provide. She took a video the entire trip to keep her mind off the road.
On our trip we had the problem of the autumn color lookee loos stopping on the roadway when they wanted to take a picture. There was no room to pull off the pavement so they just stopped in the roadway.
When you get near Ouray you might wish to rent a Jeep and explore that section of road and some of the 4X4 trails. That is the way to really see that country.
Good luck and take it easy.
RE: How do you get air into your inside tires?
Will,
The straight braided extensions for inside duals do not have air in them until you apply the air chuck. They have long core extensions in them that push on the valve stem core when an air chuck pushes them.
You can get a rubber plug for the outer aluminum rims that will stabilize them.
We have had them on our 2001 Bounder and now on out 2002 Dutch Star DP with no problems.
Sure makes checking them easy, which I do at every stop.
RE: Tools
Hi,
Interesting to see some one bring up the old pepper in the radiator trick. I know many people will doubt that this will work.
When I first heard of this I was volunteering as a pit crew member during the Baja 1000 in Nov. 1970 at El Rosario for the FAIR organization and Bill Stroppe Ent. A Ford F100 4WD came into the pits with a badly leaking radiator. Since we were in quite a hurry to repair it I started to get out a propane torch to try soldering up the broken copper tube when another crew member came over and told me to just pinch off the tubes and he handed me a can of pepper to put into the radiator. I did that,filled it with water and secured the cap (important step).
The next time I saw that truck was about 6 months later when I was working on a friends buggy getting ready for the Baja 500 when it pulled up to the house. I asked the driver if he had finished the 1000 and if the radiator repair worked.
He said he did finish and drove the truck back home and then used it for work and never thought about the radiator. It still had the crimped tubes and pepper in it.
The next time I used it was on about a '64 Chevy that was broken down in Kennedy Meadows in the Sierras with water streaming out the water pump shaft. I offered to put some pepper in it and at first my offer was rejected but later accepted. I put about a half tin of ground pepper into his radiator and gave him some water. He drove down to 395 with us following and never leaked a drop. He continued on home.
So, it really does work, sometimes. I have tried it in some situations and it didn't work well at all, but it is cheap and won't plug up anything in the cooling system.
YMMV
RE: Ford Speed control deactivation switch recall
Before I recieved our recalls I called our Ford dealer about our 1999 Ranger and they said bring it right in without an appointment. They had the new harness in stock that contains another fuse and installed it in their service drive.
While there I inquired about our 2001 Bounder F53 and wheather they would work on it and they said yes, bring it in without an appointment. The next day i took the Bounder in and it was taken care of the same as the Ranger. No problems even though it is a baind-aid fix just like the Dometic refer. fix.
RE: Inexpensive Southern Nevada or Arizona RV Park????
You might try Emory RV Park in Golden Valley just west of Kingman on Hwy. 68 going toward Bullhead City.
Rick Clark 2002 DSDP 3852, Spartan MM, Cummins ISC 350, '98 TJ Toad
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http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2090792
RE: For the Revolution crowd. Photos of lighting updates.
I made up some halogen spot lights for reading lights for our Bounder. They only use 11 watts of power compared to the 18 that the incandescent (1141) bulbs in the standard lights in the camper. The spot lights are adjustable to shine just where you need them and are very bright. With this type of swivel mounting the heat generated by the halogen bulbs is not a problem.
I used Portfolio Micro Spot Light #146323 which come with a transformer and a line switch on its cord. The mounting plate on this light was not conducive to mounting on a flat surface and did not have enough room for a switch to be installed in it so I purchased some white swag light mounting plates and drilled them for mounting the switch. The above were purchased at Lowes.
I used Radio Shack #275-324 SPST Mini Toggle Switches.
There are some pictures here.
http://s205.photobucket.com/albums/bb317/rickca55/Halogen%20Lights/
Rick Clark 2002 DSDP 3852, Spartan MM, Cummins ISC 350, '98 TJ Toad
http://s205.photobucket.com/albums/bb317/rickca55/
http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2090792
