urbanhermit
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18 hours ago, bikeryder said:For the most part all of my plastic window latches / locks have broken due to age. Drilling out the pop rivet is a pain, as there is the possibility of cracking a window pane. What I’ve come up with is an add-on window locking device. I cannot take credit, as I saw something very similar on something unrelated. It’s nothing more than an 8 penny nail, bent on a vice with assistance from a small hammer. It works great, at least it does for my needs. Pictures attached.
Eddie
Clever !
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Thank you both, and Herman, disregard my private message about not being able to find this.
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Can someone give me an idea of how much fuel is burned an hour by an 8k Onan diesel genset in fairly heavy use?
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On a related note, a cow falling out of the sky, hitting a Japanese fishing boat and sinking it, made international news a few years ago. When the rescued fishermen told that story they were arrested. When the news went out the crew of a Russian cargo plane came forward to admit that on a lark they'd taken a cow up; the cow got dangerously rambunctious, and they threw it out of the plane over the Sea of Japan. My trailer hitch tongue pales in comparison. (I have a suspicion that air crew was sitting around a table, well into the vodka, discussing the fishermen's claim, decided to mess with Japanese officials, and concocted a cover story for them.)
And with that, I think probably 'nuff said for this thread.
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13 hours ago, dmctlc1237 said:Just my two cents.. Just out of curiosity do you have Glass Replacement on your RV Insurance ? If so, they might cover it if you tell them the windshield is compromised. Which to me isn't a lie, it definitely is. This shouldn't count against your insurance as a claim either.
Can't in conscience do that as there is no visible damage to the glass. If it turns out there is concealed damage somewhere along the edge, now hidden by the gasket, I will revise the claim. I'm in Florida, where zero-deductible windshield replacement is mandated in comprehensive coverage.
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Sheesh. 70 mph, fell off the car in front of us, hit the pavement, flew up into the air, came down on the windshield. How else?
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I'm grateful to read the recommendations of more customer-friendly sources, and thanks to those who made them. I'm filing on insurance as the glass man said it popped out and knowing that, I know when and how it happened. I'll only have my $500 deductible to eat, and since I hit the Grand Canyon-sized pothole, that's appropriate.
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10 hours ago, manholt said:A trailer hitch tongue thru the windshield of a sedan? What part am I missing here?
The cost of my last Windshield, on a coach, was $908 for the glass, $813 for Tax & Shipping from IN to TX & $990 in Labor & shop charges & more Tax. It came with a new gasket, that was not needed so I got $200 back! That was on a American Coach Tradition 45' built by Allied (they own REV) in 2010! The replacement was in 2018.
I dunno. What don't you understand?
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Quick solution: wood block or wedge and a couple of belts with Velcro fasteners?
After rereading, I tried to delete this. Couldn't so s'cuse me.
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We travel with Fuzzbutt (the vets know him as NoWay, as in "no way we're keeping that cat"), a two-week-old foundling about seven years ago and now 20 lbs. When we used the Itasca 34, we put down a shower curtain in i's bath tub and put his litter box on it. Come shower time the shower curtain/litter box was removed with the tub clean. Our current boat on wheels, a Cayman 36, has only a shower with a glass door that must be closed in motion. But it has a washer-dryer prepped closet and we don't have and don't want a washer-dryer. I rigged a large plastic tub, resting on one side and exactly filling the width of the closet, to hold a litter box. Works well. (Ladies, there is no litter box odor with the litter we use.) But above that is "the project."
Built a 3-inch deep tray, mounted it on drawer pull-outs. The front and back have rabbits spaced an inch apart, allowing us to adjust slats (perpendicular to the direction of travel) to make channels of varying width to hold bottles and cans. The pull-out feature is a convenience because the tray is situated close under a higher shelf. There was a pull-out pantry previous owners sacrificed for an over-sized residential refrigerator. We don't need that either, but "no way" is it coming out.
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See my post on "Which RS would you recommend?"
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I use Rescue Plus -- $85 a year. Covers any vehicle which I drive or in which I am a passenger. Several years ago it towed a Class C with trailer down from the highest point in Alabama into Anniston after a front seal blew backing into a campsite; this past Monday it towed a Class A twenty-seven miles to a garage. Not one cent of cost to me either time. In between these incidents, sent two tow trucks to bring home an SUV and a trailer/motorcycle. A considerable delay as the towing company and the dispatchers argued over needing two trucks, but for that delay I was given a year's free membership.
FOLLOWUP: A year later, I've fired them for repeated, consistent, egregious failure to provide good service. Something changed. I contracted with them for years and got satisfactory service until about two years ago.
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Thank you -- but I'm not replacing the windshield. The problem is with the gasket. I am, however, tucking your information away in a permanent file. I have bad luck with moving glass. Half the windshield of our older Class A repaired, the other half replaced; took a trailer hitch tongue through the windshield of a sedan not too long ago, and that was the third windshield for that car.
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Okay, I've heard from REVparts, as follows:
"Good Afternoon,
I received your email from Angela Brooks. The cost of the part was $909.99, freight $ 39.99 and tax $71.25. This part is priced higher due to the year of part and the limited quantity the supplier can make. We also had to source out another supplier, due to the originally manufacturer no longer supplies this. Our parts are backed by a one year warranty, if you have any issues with it, please contact us at revrvparts@revrvgroup.com. If you have anything else I can help you with, please let me know. "
My response:
Ms. Marbaugh:"What I read is that the law of supply and demand allows for excessive mark-up and for taking advantage of the public by the entire chain – but I do thank you for a prompt and candid response.""Thanks and praise to/for Ms. Angela Brooks of Monaco for her immediate assistance in getting a response from REVparts.BJSThanks
Deb Marbaugh
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It would seem at this point that I have been ripped off by the gasket supplier. The highly-recommended glass man who saw the gasket today guessed I'd paid as much as $300 for it. He was stunned at $1021 delivered. The supplier was REVparts, LLC. If they can justify the price, I'll post that justification here. Until then I fear I agree with those of you who indicated I'd paid a very exorbitant price.
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Well, I called. Had to talk to a computer program, question after question, then finally got a message that said all I could do was schedule an appointment via internet. Since this is a family site I won't express myself as I'd like to.
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Thank you. I'll do that, but I don't think the local safelite works on RVs. Not my first RV windshield issue.
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On 7/4/2020 at 2:32 PM, Catman300 said:^^^ Did he just say....$1,021.oo dollars for a WINDSHEILD gasket ???
Well,I would have to SHOVE that gasket so far it would take a doctor to ever find it.
The OP, this probably is not your whistle but,I drove a truck one time that had deer whistles mounted on the mirrors.The insurance company made the trucking company replace them with expensive TUNED,METAL constructed whistles.They were so loud us drivers poked silly putty in them before they drove us nuts.
Price quoted by what I take to be an official REV/Monaco parts supplier, though a separate entity. $900-somethign plus shipping. It's a very big windshield and a very thick gasket, but I've no prior experience/knowledge/point of reference to know if I'm getting so badly ripped off.
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If it's a Ford F53 chassis, the circuit board may have fried. There is an outfit that rebuilds them if they're not too far gone. I had to replace an entire pod, instruments and all. in my 99 Itasca Sunflyer. Was told that the one that came out wasn't the original, so it had happened before. If I remember correctly I was also told my experience was not unique.
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Wasn't the weep holes. Temporarily closed them with electrical tape. The problem is a damaged windshield gasket. Used a leaf blower outside and The Executive Department inside feeling for draft. Ordered a new one. $1,021 delivered. <sigh> Installation to come.
Thanks to all who addressed the question.
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Last night I seem to have successfully programmed six stem caps of a TST (brand) system. If I can do it, it's idiot-proof. Setup is a little involved but the directions are very easy to follow. Haven't installed them yet.
Update: Installed and functioning. Quite satisfied.
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Thanks to all who replied. As to why a log book, I'm a records freak --- 'nuff said. I've devised a single "book" covering travel (notes are useful), fuel consumption and costs, generator usage and maintenance (mine doesn't have an hour meter), chassis maintenance and repair, and coach maintenance and repair, and a notes section. Development follows my use over decades of a good marine logbook. I see an opportunity to reduce the page size to 8.5 x 5.5 or so if I can find a binder to match.
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If so, where purchased, from whom, and are you satisfied with it?
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On 4/15/2020 at 12:36 PM, jleamont said:WOW. We tow a Jeep Wrangler and here is a breakdown of the costs;
Base plate (when we had one) $250.00 part, $0 labor. Took me 45 minutes to install, very simple.
Demco Commander tow bar, $650.00 (retail)
M&G brake system, $700.00 with breakaway kit.
$1600.00 down the road we go!
Base plate installation cost varies greatly vehicle to vehicle. The entire nose cone had to come off the Chevy Cobalt we use to install the base plate.
What in the cat hair do I do now?
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Took the '99 Itasca with the V10 on a trip to a tire shop about 10 miles away. Ran beautifully until two miles from the storage lot and went into limp mode with the Service Engine Soon light home. Barely made it up the one short steep hill to go. Arranged for it to be towed to the chassis garage I use, 27 miles away. Four days later, when I started it to idle across the lot to a position where the wrecker could hook up and pull straight out, the light was out and the engine sounded normal. Had it towed anyway. Wouldn't be same to drive the rest of the way if it did it again half-way there. A week later the garage said "No code. We can't diagnose without a code." Suggested I come down and "drive it around until it does it again, and bring it here without turning off the ignition." That could be a mile. It could be 400 miles. What the heqq do I do now?