hermanmullins

Sorry to hear of your health problems. I think the first part of your Forum handle is correct "Living". Keep on with your medical and your coach will wait for you. Good Luck and get back on the road soon.

Mike, Welcome to the Forum. Do you have a Smart Wheel (with your cruise control and wiper buttons on your steering wheel)? If so you will have a computer box located near your 12 volt fuse panel. The control box is a black box approx. 6" X 6" with several plugs coming from the bottom. There will be a white plug with 2 large white wires (approx #8) coming out of the control box. First check for signs of burnt wires. Check www.vipwheels.com If you are lucky you won't find any signs of burnt wires. Follow those two wires back to your fuse panel and check for blown fuse. Also check your brake lite switch. If your switch is bad or stuck your cruise control will think you have the brake on which disengages the CC. Hope this helps.

I am glad to be part of the GREATEST GENERATION. Frank was a voice for the ages.

Steve, There are replacement/repair antennas out there. They have a spring base, that helps them from breaking. They are designed to fit over the broken end of your antenna and are secured with a set screw. You might check out auto parts houses like Pep Boys, O'Rileys, Car quest, Auto Zone and NAPA. However there is always the tried and true COAT HANGER. Good luck.

As said before, Welcome to the Forum. I have a Wineguard Road King. Yes I can hear it seeking the satellites. There is a switch that turns the satellite off and on. Does yours have such a switch? Check for a blown fuse.

If you have air brakes on your coach, check out http://www.m-gengineering.com/ This is one fine unit. New unit has a life time warranty. Their reconditioned unit, much lower in cost, 5 year warranty. They will exchange your unit when you change your toad.

Jay, you said that you bought an HD receiver for $99. Was that a DVR where you can have two tvs on it or just a Hi Def Receiver? Also where did you purchase it. Thanks

Good explination. WOW you should be congratulated, paid off your motor home.

kcsails, Welcome to the Forum. Do you now have Direct TV now in your home? If so you should be able to request a new reciever that will have a new card. We have Dish Network and have two 722 HD DVR's in our home and one standard 311 receiver that we use on our farm and in our coach. Dish knows we do this and they are OK with it. So if you have Direct at home just request an additional receiver and after they send you the receiver put it in the coach. There are several thing that can go wrong with Direct. In the past you had to purchase the dish and receiver. Now, if I understand it, they rent you the equipment. The previous owner of your coach may have owned it and Direct has newer units. Come on Direct TV Customers out there see if you can help.

Mark & Amy, Let me be one of the first to welcome you to the Forum. To your question, yes we have taken the second home deduction each year for the last 12 years. However our taxes are done my a CPA. I am sure there are people out there that can answer your question. Is there a phone number on Turbo Tax for help? Do you have the 2010 version? Did you register it? If so then they should have a help line to call. In the mean time feel secure in knowing that there are only two things in life that are for certain, "Death & Taxes" Good luck and HAPPY RVing.

Depreciation= Dollar & cents. Appreciation= A life time of memories. New freinds. A new lifestyle. And remember, when you are with freinds who are not RVers you will make them jealous. PRICELESS

Sarge, Like yourself I have seen the kit listed. But each time I think that it is installed when new. You said that they make a kit for the V6. Check and see if the transmission is different. You said your trans. had 4X4 Auto, 4X4 High and 4X4 Low. This might be where your problem lies. It could be a completely different unit. Just point to ponder.

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RJ, When I decided to replace my 7 year old tires, I thought they looked fine. When Thomsom Tire in McKinney dismounted them I took a good look between the treads. All 5 tires that I replaced had cracks all the way around each grove. I then inspected the three remaining 2 year old tires and found them to be OK. So don't just look at the side walls for cracking look into the groves between each tread. Good Luck.

Reid, Good question. Have you checked your oil dip stick for signs of water? Since the overflow tube runs down the radiator is there any signs of blowing water/anti freeze? Have your new cap pressure checked. Is it the correct psi? If you have a rear Radiator lift up the cover and check for water. How has the temp. been while driving? Did the engine start after you refilled the radiator? I know you have been through all of this but water missing and no sign of leaks is indeed strange. Good luck, let us know what you find, everyone benifits from all solutions.

Tom; This is my invitation for you and Louise to come on up to McKinney for a visit. You might need to set your thermostat at 90 and hope it will get to 60 within 4 to 5 hours. Right now it is 18 degrees here and our power has been off 2 times so far.

Brett is correct. Let me go a little further. Tires that go into service at the same time will wear at the same rate. However when one tire has been in service for 5,000 mile and you put on a new tire there will be a difference in dia. of the two tires. If you replace one of your front tires there is no problem since they turn independently of each other. However if you change just one rear tire out of four on a tandem axle you have several problems. One tire is now larger then the other three. It will have to carry more load and it will try and roll at a different rate then the other side. This can lead to problems with your differential. If I have to change a one of my tires on the rear, I bite the bullet and replace all four. At that point all four turn and wear at the same rate. Just my thoughts.

By the way Mike, Welcome to the forum. Jim, How is your water pressure with the city water turned Off and with the pump on? In our coach [Monaco Dynasty] the city water doesn't go through the pump. It bypasses the pump with the valve in the closed position. Does your coach have the water distribution panel that Tom mentioned? How is the pressure on the kitchen and shower on just hot or cold, both still low? If so I have to go along with Brett, there has to be some type of restriction. The restriction must be after the hot and cold water is mixed. Have you taken the arm off your kitchen faucet and cleaned it? If you take the shower head off how is the pressure? I am just throwing out suggestion. We all know that the greatest care is taken in building our coaches and that there could never be any trash left in any lines. So it must be something we do wrong. If you find the solution please post it so everyone that read the forum will know how to solve the problem should they have the same problem.

Check out mcdinnovations.com [Motor Coach Designs Innovations] They are in McKinney, TX. If you have your coach done in Nacogdoches it would be a couple of hours up to McKinney. They have parking for customers on site. They might be able to incorporate your old bra with the new one. Check them out .

I replaced my house batteries two years ago with Interstates from Sam's. Never had a problem. The good thing about Interstate is if you have a problem You can go to Sam's or Interstate for help. If and when you change out your batteries be sure to clean your lugs well. And, put some spray on them to help protect from acid corrosion.

Don, look at your 50 amp cord. The wire guage will be stamped or imprinted every 12 to 18 inches. Check the extension you wish to buy for the same information. Then take a trip to your local electrical suppy house and ask them what size guage stranded wire you would need to carry 120 volts/50 amp power 52 feet. They can tell you the guage size you would need. Also, as was said, you could buy a 50 amp extension cord. I have both and for the addapter I made my own out of the same guage size of my 50 amp cord. No matter what size you have, when you have a heavy load, go and check each plug and cord for heat. That will tell you if your cable is too small.

On one fine day while preparing to depart from our RV storage lot, I decided to fill the Fresh water tank. I plugged in the water and proceeded to do other per trip chores. I heard my wife yell, "Where is all the water coming from off the top of the coach?" There are two inlets in my bay. One for fresh water, the other to flush the holding tank. I had plugged the water hose into the tank flush side. The one good thing was that the seal on the toilet held. The holding tank was discharging out the vent stack. The dirty water came off the roof into my automatic awning cover and ran out right over the entrance door. Yes, you are correct -- paper, dark-colored water, and ----- come out all over. Two things happened. I then had the cleanest holding tanks around and I got to wash my coach and the drive of the storage lot. Yes, I have made some change as to how I connect my water line now. Come on out here ... let's hear your story.

Deluco, FIRT LET ME THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. (I saw one time that capitols means you are raising your voice and I am so all can hear.) I first heard about RhinoFlex hose from a friend that bought it at one of FMCAs National Rallies. I thought he paid a very high price for it. However I found it at Camping World for about a third of what he paid. I use the RhinoFlex everytime we camp. It is great. What I like about it is how it stores. The only draw back is when one section is not quite enough and you must use two sections It will snake open more if there is a lot of slack in the hose. But that is a very small point compaired to how good it stores and how durable its.

Welcome to the Forum Richard and Samme [and Honor] Since this latch seems to be an ongoing problem with Fleetwood, what does their tech dept. say? Have you looked for a different latch that might work? I am not familiar with the Fleetwood. Does the Latch latch to the door also. There could be an alignment problem that puts the latch in a bind all the time and cause the latch to crack then break. Check and see how the latch looks on the door and jam when closed. Is it in a bind? Does it close with ease or do you have to close it real hard. Constant breaking must be binding or stress problem. Hope my hints help.

How about adding a topic for places to eat along the highways and byways. One poster asked where he could find the best BBQ. I know there are lots of folks out there that have that one spot they always try to stop and eat when they are in a certain area. I will start it off: If you are traveling through Oklahoma on Hwy 69 stop in Chouteau [show-toe]. At the one traffic light turn West and turn right just over the Rail Road tracks (maybe 100 yards off the highway). Have lunch at the DUTCH PANTRY. It is run by Mennonites and it is a buffet (we know how RVers like Buffets). Home made desserts that you would die for. Everything is home made and it is all you can eat for one price including drink and dessert. Anyone else out there have a favorite spot? So far there have been several good sounding places. One thing for a good spot is parking. Do they have parking for RVs with toads.