hermanmullins

pkendzor In your search for a braking system check out this company M & G Engineering. www.MGBrakingSystems.com. They make a very simple great working unit. They have units for coaches with both air and hydraulic brakes. The unit fits between the master cylinder and the power brake booster. I met the inventor of the unit and he had a very good statement, have you ever tried to stop your car when the engine was not running? It can be done but you must was a lot of force. The M & G unit applies the pressure to the master cylinder. Check out this unit in your search.

Just a follow up on my last post. Here is a copy of a Fox News.com report. on tainted water. Disreguard the copy. It will not upload. But here is the article Monday, December 14, 2009 Miami About 300 guest have been relocated from a luxury Miami hotel after one guest died and at least two others became sick from bacteria in the water. Health officals say the guest at the Epic Hotel in downtown Miami were sent to nearby hotels Sunday to prevent futher contact with the Legionella bacteria. It can cause potentially deadly pneumonia. It is spread in contaminated mist or vapor, not from person to person. An investigation last week by county and state officals revealed that the hotel had installed a water filter powerful enough to remove chlorine from it's city-supplied water, a move that encourgaged bacterial growth. Just a side note "How did we ever live out on the farm drinking well water?"

May each and everyone have a wonderful holiday season. Celibrate with joy and happiness with the ones you love. So may from my family to yours MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR.

At our last rally, December 10 to 13, 2009 I went around to our members to check out how many had their water filter at the faucet. More the half did. I told each one of the dangers of this. Some thought it was just a way to sell more inside filters, but most were shocked but undertood the problem. I think we will have someone give a talk on this at our April rally. In the mean time I am going to fill a jar with filtered water and keep it closed up to see if it will grow bad things. I will post the results here. Herman

Well gentlemen, after all of my cudos for the Aqua-Hot, I lost my heating. The unit would not come on. It worked a little on 50 amp. but nothing on the burner. I had the Aqua-Hot service scheduled for today. It confirmed my thought that the system had never been serviced. Here are some of the things I learned. 1) keep an eye on the over flow tank. It should always have some fluid in it. Mine was 2.5 gal. low. 2) change the fuel filter at least every other year. More often if used often. 3) change the injector on the same schedule. 4) make sure your switch is in the right position. Ours was upside down. Off was on and on was off. All were corrected today and we have great heating now. Moral to this story: Watch and learn from an expert. Wayne, now I can fix someone else's unit while I call the expert for mine. Herman

Brett, One of my problems is I don't have a place where I can crawl under the coach. My storage building is rocks and it makes it dificult to lay on your back and move around. OH what I wouldn't give for a concrete floor. Thanks, Herman

Wayne, When I was stationed in N.J., I was a crew member for a AA Gas Dragster. We always worked on Friday Nights getting ready for the weekend. The owner, named Joe, could take a 6 foot cheater bar on a half in. bolt and put all of his weight on it without any problems, where as his Brother-in-law Eric could take a open wrench on a three quarter in bolt, and with the lest amount of pressure snap it off. I know the feeling on working on someone elses coach and not your own. I can always diagnose someones problems and fix it but on mine I can stand for hours without helping one bit. So lets start doing this, you fix mine and I'll fix yours. Herman

racerss said that his lights are dim. If he is only looking at them when he has his toad hooked up, he may have too much draw. In the past I had a problem with the headlight switch on a 1 ton Ford Dualy. I was pulling tandum boat trailers at night with both of them hooked up. It was too much draw and I had to change out the switch several times. I then wired a plug direct from the battery with a 15 amp inline fuse for the tail lights. This solved the problem with dim lights and failing switches. Just a thought. Herman Mullins

Since it is under the dash and on the pressure guage you know it is a compression fitting. If it were in a place that you could get to easly it would be one of those pressure fittings. I love our motor home, however when they assemble a coach they always seem to put the simple items in simple places and the difficult in difficult places. All mechanics need two more elbows on both arms, long fingers and very flexable every where else. On a more serious note, when driving my coach I never seem to have a problem with air pressure when I stop and start my engine. But when I leave it overnight I always have to wait for the pressure to build up. Is this normal? Brett? Wayne? Tom? Seajay?

NWJeeper, There are some places in West Texas where if your Co-Pilot will stand up, she can see to Friday.

NWjeeper, welcome to FMCA and the Forum. Since you and the boss have spent so much time in Washington traveling in the MH come out east to Texas. From where you are used to driving you could drive our Texas hills on cruise control and get up to make lunch. Honk and wave when you pass, who knows it might be someone from the Forum.

Brett is right. Get the weight off the wheels and check for wheel bearings, loose lug nuts, tie rods and the idler arm. It wasn't said but why was the front end rebuilt? Did they replace the ball joints (upper and lower), inner shaft bushings or king pins, wheel bearings, did they get the nut tight enough (or too tight) on the spindle? So many part that could be popping. Check your bill for the work on the front end. Then check every part they replaced. I just had another thought. do your get the noise when your accelerate? If so you might have a bad motor mount. Food for thought hope it helps.

As Brett said shear pins are made to break first. Since you know that it is the shear pin you must know where it is located. If you can see it you might be able to remove a broken part of the pin if there is one. This will tell you dia. and you can measure the length. Is your slide in or out? If it is out and you can't get it back in you can if an emergency use a come along and pull the slide in, leave it in place to hold the slide in and go to a dealer or service shop and have them look at it. As brett said there has to be a reason it sheared. I know they are expensize but a good tech. can save you money in the long run. FYI out boat props for year used brass rod for shear pins until they started to make them to fit a certian criteria. Hope you get it fixed and on the road soon.

You saw that to. I am not over filling my Cummins 400 HP ISL, I'm very bad a typing (McKinney High School Typing Teacher would be upset with me for not proff reading). Sorry I ment 25 Quarts not Gallons. And you are right. Between my work and Rving I put close to 69k miles on my Yukon and Monaco. I always have the same place do each vehicle. If there is ever a oil related problem I know where to turn. Been lucky never had one. Happy RVing.

Tom, like to see your comments here. Have you had the Cummins Service Bullinten 3003 done to your engine? I had a intermintant severe loss of power and smoking with our 400 ISL. Cummins preformed the work (no charge) and I haven't had a problem since.

Please remember today.GOD bless the soles that died this day 68 years ago. They gave the ultiment gift.

Welcome to the Forum Cheif. Airdale or Black shoe? Airdale my self 1956 to 1964, last USS Wasp CAV-18. If you are looking for a preowned coach a good place to look is www.mrolivers.com Paul really knows how to show a coach and has good coaches to sell.

Wireless mouse. Herman

I am a, get done now kind of guy. When I am setting up my TV I want it finished asap. I am also blessed with a Fry's very close to me and just bought a HDMI cable for $9 and change. They did have much more expensive one, but the young man that helped me was nice and told me that I was connecting a TV not the space shuttle. He was right our new TV works very well with less cables showing. Speaking of which, has anyone out there looked behind their computer latley? How do all those cables always get twisted up?

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SARG!!!!!

I thought I had posted here but I guess I had a SENIOR moment. I am Herman & my wife of 44 years, is Bobbie. We bought our first Motor Home in 2000. It was a 28 foot Ferin Ultrastar. (never buy twin beds in a motor home if you are over 5' 5"). We traded it in on a 1998 32 foot Monaco Windsor (moved up 4 feet). Then 3 years ago we traded for 2002 40 foot Monaco Dynasty (doubled the last move, 8'). I have been asked what our next coach will be and a say that we always double the move up feet so when thay make a 56 footer we might consider a change. We have been members of FMCA since we bought our first coach. We are member of the Lone Star chapter of FMCA (42 year old cahpter) and the Southcentral Lucky Rollers (1 year old cahpter). Both Bobbie and I still work full time and only make trips and rallies in the Southwest for now. When we retire in a couple of years we plan on doing alot more traveling. If you see a Tan/Brown/Black Monaco with "FAIR WIND AND FOLLOWING SEAS" on the back and pulling a Black GMC Yukon Give us a shout, hollor, or your favorite hand gester. One of the thing that Bobbie and I always try to do is wave at approching coaches. I am amazed at the people that don't wave back. I sometime flash our lights but I guess most driver check their speed rather then wave. But we will still wave, so if you get the chance wave back.

There was a problem that Ford had for years but I don't remember ever hearing Chevorlet having the problem. The return passages in the head would get stopped up and not allow oil to return to the pan. If it is at a shop at least have them look at the top end of the engine. This is just a thought from a very old mechanic. I did have an older Caddy that had the 8-6-4 engine. It began to use oil like crazy. Just like yours there was no sign of leaking or burning. We ended up replacing the engine. Good luck with the Insurance Co. They say to them selves, "Why should be pay for something that can't happen?"

Jack, I have seen many of your responces to different post. I have taken several to my memory bank (very small kb). I may have not stated it correctly, we get hot water the same as we do at home, just that there less length of pipe for it to travel through. I know of several people that use the space heater when hooked up but we have just never gotten them for our coach. But as I said I like the basement heating for the tanks and the fact that we don't have to winterize the coach. That being said you do need to keep an eye of the fuel guage to make sure you have enough to run the Aqua-Hot during cold spells. Thanks again for your thought and answers to many topics.

Step one down and one more to go. You are welcome. Happy RVing.

Like Jack, our 2002 Monaco has an Aqua-Hot unit. You will run out of space in your holding tank long before, if ever you run out of hot water. I keep our unit in a covered storage space and have it plugged in. I set the furnace at 40 degrees to protect the plumbing inside the coach. The system will also keep your water and holding tanks from freezing. Just an all around good unit. By the way, WELCOME TO FMCA.