RE: resolved-!-fridge light stays on-pulled it out, light--
As far as the light staying on, are you sure you did not accidentally turn the 'Low Ambinet Temp" switch on?
This switch makes the light stay on all the time when you are using the frig in low temp areas.
RE: ISC 330 Problem
If you have it towed you will have to remove the drive shaft.
Whoa! What are you supposed to do on the highway if your DP breaks down and you need a tow???
The two times I've been towed, the tow operator climbed under and disconnected the driveshaft.
RE: ISC 330 Problem
This is exactly the same symptoms I experienced on my '99 350 ISC.
Random stalling at stops, then finally one morning it started up, ran for about 30 secs, died, and wouldn't restart.
Turned out to be a deteriorating lift pump gasket probably caused by the new ULSD fuel.
As the gasket started coming apart it would let air leak in, killing the engine. After a few minutes of not running, the gasket would settle back in place and the engine would restart.
Have'm check it out.
RE: New Jersey MH length restrictions??
Don't talk on your cell phone in Jersey while driving....New law and my girl who lives there got stopped last week. also, it is illegal to pump your own gas there. Last time she visited me in Missouri, she made me show her how to put gas in a car. She's lived there all her life and had never done it...lol
Just curious, but how is the gas pumping thing done for diesel?
Does someone pump the fuel for the truckers at Flying J?
RE: EVDO air card
I am using a Verizon aircard and I am not restricted to 1X.True, but unless you are outside of Verizon's service area, you are restricted to Verizon.
Like the poster above, I'm also unsure what you mean here.
I have the Verizon aircard and a Verizon cell phone, and on our way up to Fairbanks I had EV speed all across the US and all the way up to Fort Nelson, BC.
Leaving Fort Nelson I lost EV. But then I lost cell coverage too.
I didn't get anything back until we entered Alaska. Although I only have 1X in Fairbanks, when we were in Anchorage a few weeks ago I had EV speed.
RE: Can someone with 6 taillight Vecta answer a question?
What has been said is very true. Some times you will have seperate lights for the turn and they are not always amber. There is a switch on the brake pedal rod that works the brake light circuit. You say 6 do you mean 6 builbs? I guess one is backup and 2 are marker and brake togather? Are they both 2 element or one single and the other double? Lots of answers.
I think everyone has answered my question that it is the turn signal filament that lights for the brake light. This is what I thought. I just wanted to be sure.
The Vectra has 6 lights, 3 on each side, arranged vertically, all red.
These are the taillights, brake lights, and turn signals. All 6 are lit for the taillights. All 6 flash for the brakes, and the right 3 or left 3 flash for turn signals.
The white backup lights are separate.
The confusing part of this is that everything works except the 6 brake lights.
The lights work in taillight mode and the turn signals work. This means that the light circuits all work.
This is would normally indicate a problem with the brake switch circuit on the brake pedal.
But there is also a LED light bar higher up on the back of the coach that is also controlled by the same switch that controls the regular brake lights and IT WORKS. So that means that brake light switch circuit works.
Supposedly there is a brake light circuit breaker but we have not been able to find it. It is not on the circuit breaker panel outside under the driver. There are some fuses in the outside panel at the driver's rear of the coach.
I've downloaded the doc files from Winnebago and Freightliner, but what we're finding doesn't seem to match the docs.
So we're waiting to hear back from Winnebago, hopefully on Monday.
Thanks for everyone's help.
Can someone with 6 taillight Vecta answer a question?
Could use some info from someone with a recent vintage (04?) Winnebago Vectra with the 6 taillights.
Back trying to help a friend fix his brake lights.
While we're waiting for a call back from Winnebago, can someone who has one of these possibly tell me which filament(s) lights up when the brake pedal is pressed.
Each bulb has two filaments, the taller one lights up when the taillights are on, the lower one lights when the turn signals are working.
It would help if I knew what happens when the brakes are engaged.
Do both filaments light, or just the turn signal filament?
Unfortunately, unless someone already knows, it will probably be necessary to remove the two screws holding one of the lenses on and observe the bulb directly while trying the brakes.
But if anyone has the time/inclination I would appreciate it.
Thanks.
Best site to purchase a CG membership...TT, C2C, etc.?
I'm thinking now might be a good time to pick up a cheap CG membership (TT, C2C, RPI) since some people are apparently leaving the lifestyle due to high fuel prices.
Other than Ebay, what are some good sites to find memberships for sale online?
RE: Where to buy pressure pro-scary blowout!!
I have the Pressure Pro and it works fine. But I tend to agree with ChaosAgent that the specs on the Doran seem better.
With either system, you should consider changing to metal valve stems on your toad. I was able to upgrade my Saturn Vue to the metal valve stems from a Saturn Outlook. The rubber valve stems may fail due to the added weight of the sensor.
That's one additional point for the Doran. Although my coach tires have metal stems, the Doran kit comes with small plastic collars secured by set screws, that fit over the valve stems before you install the sensors that support the weight of the sensors and keep the stems from flexing due to the additional weight.
RE: Where to buy pressure pro-scary blowout!!
Well, after helping a friend install a Pressure Pro system on his coach and toad, and doing some reading and comparisons, I purchased a Doran 360RV system and installed it today.
The Doran was much easier to setup and install and is working great.
I think my friend is having regrets after seeing the Doran
More Kudos for Fantastic Vent
I just got off the phone with Fantastic Vent/Fan about a problem with one of their fan units in our '99 American Eagle.
After I described the problem to Rodney in Technical Support (the cover motor turned, but would not open the cover) he got my address and said he would send the repair parts out today for BOTH units...no charge!
And the coach is 9 years old and we're the 3rd owner!
This type of service just backs up what I had read earlier on this forum about them.
Their level of support sure matches their name.
RE: Anyone Added A Large HDTV?
I would suggest measuring the distance between where you think you would mount the TV and where you would be sitting.
Then I would go to a TV showroom and look at a 50" screen from that distance. Spend some time doing it and see if you are comfortable watching from that distance.
According to this website
Recommended Viewing Distances
for a 50" screen you should be 12.5 feet away. That's a lot of open space to find inside an RV.
We recently upgraded the old Sony Trinitron CRT units in our coach.
Our viewing distance is about 8 feet. The recommended size for that distance is 32-37 inches. Like you I of course wanted something bigger.
But after going to a showroom and looking at the different sizes, we ending up buying a 32", not even the 37".
I'm really glad we did not get a larger screen. It would have been like sitting in the front row at the movies.
RE: Careful going to Mexico for diesel...they're fining folks
Now if the US would follow suit and start charging and fining those same people for tax evasion, then it would put a stop to this bootleg of diesel fuel. I applaud the Mexican government for taking action.
So following your logic, states should fine people for tax evasion who don't buy fuel in their high tax state because they bought fuel earlier in an ajoining lower tax state while passing thru?
RE: Good Sam's Emergency Road Service -- Non-service
Spent a lovely afternoon in a parking lot just off I-70 in Springfield, OH. Why did we spend four hours staring at cars pulling in and out? Well, first of all, never buy a tire from some Asian country which rhymes with Bina, which we'd gotten from our dealer as a replacement when one of our original tires showed wear.
With less than 5K miles on it, our one non-North American tire blew out. Fortunately, we thought, we saw it early, right by an exit. We pulled off I-70 and when we'd driven the 1/2 mile, the rim was just beginning to touch the ground. We had a good spare but thought to ourselves "We have Good Sam ERS, so why try to change it ourselves. We've never done that and since we're covered, let's just call them." Mistake number two.
Thirty minutes after we first called, they called back and said someone would be there in 1 1/2 hrs. Thirty minutes after that, the towing company called ME for advice about how to change the spare on a 5th wheel. Hmmm. Didn't I call Good Sam because I didn't know how to do this? They also told me they were in Columbus and it was a 45 minute drive from their location. That would still get them to us by the original estimated time, so we were patiently waiting. After two hours, Good Sam called back to see if our service was complete. When I told them no, all the operator could do was explain that she was sorry and would call the towing company. Then she called back to say they were "in route". After this went on for about three total hours, we finally decided to change the tire ourselves. Fortunately, we'd gotten good advice from this forum about how to change a tire without using a jack and had plenty of tools on-board. It took us thirty minutes, but then we were ready to roll. At this time, the wife was talking to Good Sam, the towing company, etc., about every ten minutes, to continually get the "in-route" line. Good Sam's line was that they have to use one of their contracted companies for service. The towing company's line was that this was "out of our area" and they'd been trying to turn the call down and Good Sam kept begging them to help us.
Four hours after the first call to Good Sam, we hit the highway again, having done all the work ourselves and without ever seeing a tow truck. We don't blame the towing company, they were honest all along that this wasn't their area and not their area of expertise. We blame Good Sam ERS. We, their customer, shouldn't have to hear excuse after excuse about why they couldn't get someone to us earlier. They clearly don't have a very robust group of companies that they contract with. They couldn't get a company to respond quickly to a call on a Sunday afternoon. They didn't care that things were going wrong and have a back-up plan. When my wife spoke to a supervisor, all she would say is she could cancel that call and try to get another of their contractors to come instead. The final straw was that we were 10 miles east of Dayton and they were sending us a tow truck from Columbus, 40 miles away. We were actually in a city, not the countryside and the AAA truck drove past us twice. No matter how many times we talked to Good Sam, all we got was a "We're very sorry" with no action but a bunch of useless apologies. Perhaps the key with them is to make sure it's an emergency by staying out on the highway shoulder. When my wife asked if they'd have left us sitting there for four hours, she was assured that they wouldn't have.
We certainly do not plan to renew with Good Sam.
And when you go with Coach Net you'll be dealing with exactly the same tow companies.
You will find that just about every area of any size has a central dispatch service for tow operators.
Allstate, AAA, GS, CoachNet, all deal with the same companies. There are only so many tow companies in a area.
That's why you find stories on here saying how bad GS is and others saying how bad CoachNet is.
Sounds like GS did what they could. They called the closest dispatch who had nothing available, then they started widening the circle trying to find someone to help you. They obviously couldn't find anyone in Dayton so they started looking further out.
Last November my wife and I broke down in our car on a Houston Interstate. Called GS and they called back about 10 minutes later, very apologetic, saying it would be 5! hours before someone could get to us. The problem was it was Thanksgiving afternoon and a lot of drivers had taken off and with all the extra traffic on the road, a lot of call for wreckers.
The one that finally showed up was from Galveston, almost 50 miles away. The driver said he had been going non-stop since that morning and still had 15 calls to go and it was 8pm!
Again, just because you switch companies is no guarantee you'll get batter service on any particular occaison. It't the luck of the draw.
RE: Good Sam's Emergency Road Service -- Non-service
Somebody please explain to me what's the big deal about having roadside assistance? Maybe because I'm still young and able to change my own tires :) and I also haven't found roadside assistance to be that horribly expensive out-of-pocket the times I have had to call.
Examples: last month, had to get on-site service to replace a 8.25x20 tube. $101, and the service guy had to drive 25 miles. About five years ago, a 22.5 steer tire, had to buy a new tire (would have anyway even with AAA/GS), it was only $325 installed on the side of the road.
Last flat I had on my TV (F250), I had it changed and back under way in about 15 minutes.
Last (and only) time I've needed a tow was a recovery after running off the road, they sent a rollback, and then their heavy duty (as in 18-wheeler rig) tow truck. $40 bucks is all they wanted - it didn't take much time, but the small truck couldn't pull it.
I'm not sure I want to pay $100 a year just to be towed to the "nearest service provider" either.
I figure $100 bucks saved every year will go a long ways towards paying for when I ever do need a tow, and I get to pick where (and priority over all y'all, where the tow operator only gets $35 from AAA for the trip).
I have recently (a couple of months ago) looked into AAA and GS, and have read the 'fine print'. IMHO, not worth it. Things like if you call for a jump, and the service guy tests your battery as bad, your only choice is to buy a battery on the spot from him...they say only jump if dead, not bad (just to get you to NAPA or whereever so you can replace with a brand of your choice).
Believe me, it's not just changing tires. Early this year my coach's radiator fan apparently picked up up a rock, shattering all the blades, and puncturing the radiator.
Had to be towed into Flagstaff from 50 miles out. Driver said it would have been about $900.
A month or so later had to be towed in about 10 miles to Williams Lake, BC with a blown hydraulic hose gasket. Would have cost about $300.
So I'm very happy paying $100 to GS ERS.
RE: Interstate U2200 batteries
I am shopping by internet for (4) Interstate U2200 6-volt batteries to replace my coach batteries.
I am in Southern California and the local RS supply store wants $139.00 each and $90.00/hour to replace them. Dealer wants $145.00 each and $110.00 to replace them.
I can't find any batteries on Walmart/Costco/Sam's Club websites.
If anyone has purchased them recently, can you tell me what you paid? And can anyone suggest where I might find them?
Thanks
I replaced my dead Trojans with Interstates back in April and have been very satisfied with them.
If you have a little extra room you might want to consider upgrading to the U2400's like I did.
More capacity for not that much more money.
RE: South Dakota and CCW
Ok,you have to go to the sheriffs office in the county in which you "live"and fill out the request form. On it you will have to answer some questions concerning your past history. I think you should be able to figure out what they are going to ask. You will also have to supply a "fixed" address. This can be the campground where you are staying at the time you fill out the request.
You will have to wait 5 days while they run a background check on you.
After 5 days, you go back to the sheriffs office and if you are approved, they will take your picture and your money and give you a temporary permit.
The paperwork will then be mailed to the governor who signs your permit. It then will be mailed to you.
The end.
Thanks for the great info.
I take it that by my "fixed address" you're saying not to use my PMB address?
Just pulled a copy of my application. There is a space for "residential address" and "mailing address". For the residential address, I used the address of the campground we were staying in when I applied. Just don't put down "Acme Campground", use its address such as "123 St".
Thanks for the info. That pretty much clears it up.
RE: South Dakota and CCW
Ok,you have to go to the sheriffs office in the county in which you "live"and fill out the request form. On it you will have to answer some questions concerning your past history. I think you should be able to figure out what they are going to ask. You will also have to supply a "fixed" address. This can be the campground where you are staying at the time you fill out the request.
You will have to wait 5 days while they run a background check on you.
After 5 days, you go back to the sheriffs office and if you are approved, they will take your picture and your money and give you a temporary permit.
The paperwork will then be mailed to the governor who signs your permit. It then will be mailed to you.
The end.
Thanks for the great info.
I take it that by my "fixed address" you're saying not to use my PMB address?
