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I won't try to cover all you have said. But for the windshield. It seems that you can not get the factory to correct the problem so try this. Go to a RV location that has accessories and look for the stick on guttering. Put it on with the botton edge right at the windshield. Be sure to go all the way across to cover the whole windshield. After you install the guttering seal the top edge with silicone. This will prevent water from coming down the coach and under the windshield molding. Good Luck.

circard04, Welcome to the Forum. You didn't say how many miles you had on your coach before/when you took your coach to Freightliner. But let me say this. The majority of Fabrication Shops do not use stick electrode or flux cored wire to weld a thin guage material like a fuel tank. The will use MIG, Metal Intert Gas. This process doesn't leave slag. It will however leave some flakes around the welded area. This should have been brushed off with a wire brush. This material would be caught by your fuel filter, which in this case it did. I might be a little cautious in taking my coach to them in the future. One of the unfortunate thing about Motor Homes when taking them to a Truck Shop is that there aren't any Flat Rate Books for them. At this point you are at their mercy. And the more honorable will always get recognized and word of mouth will tell the world. Your commit about the shop in NH will also be heard loud and clear. Good Luck and Happy Fueling.

caresen, Welcome to the Forum. Are you talking about water or diesel? Your Onan should have a trap door on the bottom of the unit to access the oil filter and the fuel filter. Check and see if your leak is coming from the connection on the fuel filter.

Bill I don't know about drcue but on our coach (2002) the film is crazed and cracked. I have been able to remove just a very small spot so far. The paint under where I have removed the film is perfect. I am going to try a hair dryer to see if I can do it faster, and yes I will start on the very bottom to see if it works. Will post here one way or the other.

Gary, Have you considered a trailer? There trailers out there that can carry two motor cycles and a car. That way you can carry our bikes and most any car you like and not have to worry about tow bars, lights on the car and brakes.

jhh4smh, Welcome to the Forum. A call to a Fleetwood dealer. They might be able to answer your question. When you have a question about your M/H always tell the Year, Model, Length, Engine (Gas or Diesel) and as much information as you know. This will help alot of folks out there answer your question. In most cases you holding tank and gray water tank added together will give you your fresh water tank size. Or visa versa Fresh water tank divided by 2 equals the holding and gray tanks size. However that is not always the fact. The minute you state a fact about a M/H that is the one that is different. Good luck.

bobbyks from Gonzales, La. If ever a name of a town and state spelled good food your is it. Hispanic/Cajoun. Brett is correct. Tim is one of the most helpful people I have had the pleasure to speak with. His first question to me was "is your Sony camera the 520 or 530?" He explained everything where I could understand it. My Camera fed through my Trip Tec controller. My camera and monitor were both good. I called Trip Tec and the first thing they asked had I pushed the View Button? I hadn't and when I did wala I had my syatem working. Some where down the line I must have hit the botton and I didn't know that it would turn the picture off and on. Call or go visit Tim He can get you back on.

xjaywalker, If you are around the Dallas, Texas area go see Drive Shaft King. David will go over board to accomodate you. David just installed a Remco Drive Shaft Disconnect on my Chevrolet 1500 Ext Cab P/U. If you have an aluminum drive shaft they will have to make you a new D/S. If it is steel he will modify your shaft. On my truck he had to make a new drive shaft out of steel and install a cross member to hold a carrier bearing. David also uses a PTO cable instead of the cable that Remco Provides. It is much stronger. As far as oiling or greasing the unit David said that all I needed to do was every once in a while to spray the whole thing with WD-40. WD-40 will clean the unit of grease and grime. No oil required. FYI, David explained that for years GM had a 2 peice drive shaft on their longer vehicles. This was because the very long steel shaft were very hard to balance. GM found that if they went with a large dia. aluminum shaft it was easier to balance and could use a one peice shaft. My truck had aluminum and that was why he installed the two peice with a carrier bearing.

xjaywalker, I went to Bear Alignment school too many years ago. One of the things I learned was if you feel a shimmy in the steering wheel the problem is in the front end. Balance, shocks,alignment, ball joints or king pins, tie rod ends or idler arm. However if you feel the shimmy in your seat it is in the rear end. Most of the time the shimmy in the rear is shocks. But it could also be worn out bushings. If your front tires a cupped it could be balance. How does your coach track down the road. Does it pull in either direction? Does your coach wander from left to right? That could be a sign of toe-in being out. With the toe-in out one wheel will be trying to go streight and the other will being trying to correct it self. As Brett said an OTR Shop that speiclizes in alignment woud be the right choice to make.

Brett, did you say you got rusty water from your bladder or tank?

cmturner, I read where you put teflon tape and then used thread sealant. If I understand sending units they are temp. or pressure switches and use the block for ground. I beleive the sending unit will either have MPT threads or have a 'o' ring seal. You might try to clean the threads so there a metal to metal connection. I had a problem with my oil guage on my Monaco. I changed the guage and the sending unit and my guage still pegged. The guage was made by "Bedee" and when I called them they were quite helpful. The oil pressure sending unit I installed (from Cummins) did not solve my problem. My idiot light on the dash goes out just as soon as I start the engine. I understand that Cummins has two oil sending unit and the new replacement is a superseeded P/N that is only an off/on unit that only tell you if you have pressure or not and has to have the ECM reprogramed. That did not work either. My conclusion is that I have a bad wire some where in the harness. Some day soon I plan to replace the sending unit with a pressure sending unit and run a wire from the guage to the sending unit.

ramblinboy, I glad I read your post. I thought you said road kill.

Guest, Your system has two solenoid valves for dumping your air bags. I had the same problem and found they were stopped up with dirt dobbers nest. Cleaned them out and wala, down she went. After that I put small filter on the valves to keep it from happining again. Hope this helps.

Koliver, I started this once and it got lost. To the best of my knowledge dual pane windows are vacuumed and filled with Nitrogen. Nitrogen is an inert gas. Compressed Nitrogen comes just after Oxygen in the process. Oxygen, Nitrogen then Argon. (talk about cold tempatures) Ambient air when heated will expand and contract with cold. If you check with all of the Tint Mfgr.s I bevel you will see that they state to not use the reflective tints on dual pane windows. And you are correct that you would not want to put any tint on the outside of your windows. As I said before that I have non reflective Lemo Tint on several high up dual pane windows with no problems. Most dual pane windows have problems because the seal has been jarred and broken. After that the problems multiply.

ctcamper, Welcome to the Forum. You can call the FMCA office and they will get you the person that can take your reservation and tell you about how would be best to receive your packet. 513-474-3622 or 800-543-3622 Have Fun there.

Brett is correct. Some coaches do have appliances with electric ignites. But you again might not have the propane turned on. You may have hot water if your hot water heater also has a electric element and the refrigerator is on the AC mode. Linda check in your compartment and check your propane tank to see if it might have been turned off when it was last put in storage.

linda22, I am so sorry to hear about your father. Our prayers are with you. On the outside of your coach there will be several access panels. Behind them are the water heater, refrigerator and one for your furnace. Each one should have a pilot light. They should all be lit. If none are lit then you might not have the propane turned on. Do you have Hot Water? If your coach has been sitting for very long you might have dirt dobbers nest in the burner that needs to be cleaned. "Never in history has so many small things caused so much misery to so many."

Take your usb cable into on of the cell phone stores and have them check out your cable. They will also have a car charger that will fit your GPS and they can plug in your GPS to see if it will charge on a different cable. Hope this helps

Now that is going a little over board telling Norcold what you think of their refig. But hey if someone needs a cover for their heater he has one, may take a little sanding and paint but heck I bet the price would be low.

haljudi, Welcome to the Forum. There are several factors involved here. Is your truck 4 wheel drive? If so does it have a nutral in the transfer case? With that weight of tow you will need a braking system. As far as the steering wheel lock you can do two things. First you may leave the key on in the first position, I beleive that on the Ford the first position does not turn on your accessories, but I may be wrong. Second you can have a mechanic remove the locking pin and you would then be able to remove your key. You will need to connect the lights. There are several ways to do this. You can purchase a light bar that attaches to your vehicle with both magnics or suction cups and straps. Or you can have your vehicle wired with special diaodes so that when you have your coach lights on it will not feed back into the toads electrical system and do harm to the toad. You will hear from a lot of people here and they will all have great suggestion. Good Luck

subman, welcome to the Forum. I have seen them towed but carried on the coach. What would you use a very small luggage rack that mounts to the receiver hitch?

Bryon, Welcome to the Forum. The only thing that I have heard about tinting dual windows, to NOT use gold or silver refective tint. I was told that standard gray or brown shaded tint is OK but the reflective tints will cause the Intert gas between the glas to heat, expand and cause problems to the glass. I have tinted the small windows just above the drivers side and the passenger side with Lemo Shade Tint, the darkest you can get and have had no problem in 5 years. Bryon I hope this helps.

"I know there are not any trees at this place but there will be other dog for you to visit with."

vdiamond47, Welcome to FMCA an the Forum. As you will shortly learn, Norcold has had lots of problems with their 1200 four door units. They have worked very hard to correct the problem with some success. Try calling their tech dept. also go on line to Norcold.com and down load a manual for your unit. In both cases have your model number and serial numbers handy. Hope this helps.

jimkate, There was one unit out that was used by both Rvers and Truckers. It was called Howard Steering. It was both electronic and hydraulic. It worked on the same principal as the trim on an aircraft. Cross winds were never a problem with the Howard Steering Units. And here is the big But, but they are out of business. Good but gone.