RVerOnTheMove

It sounds like you do not know where the smell is coming from so I am assuming that you cannot see any evidence of this problem. If that is correct you have a much more difficult problem ahead of you. If you can't see it you can fight it. Do you know where the leaking water ran? Can you see anything from the storage compartments looking up and around? Sorry I can't give you more but if you have looked everywhere you can see, you are going to have to get to the areas you cannot see and that might take a lot of disassembly which might include the shower stall itself.

Actually, I really confused the issue by saying that you could do a download at all with satellite since satellite has a daily download limit. I was thinking cellular which has a monthly limit. You satellite internet daily limit will be somewhere between 200 and 850MB/day. You would not be able to download even a single movie with this limit. This all assumes that you are a Hughes customer and if so you also have a 2am - 7am (Eastern Time) free download time which might allow you to do something for viewing later. You would need to be able to download these to your computer and viewed later. I guess your computer would be your black box but you would have to be streaming something that you had the rights to record.

The 2 things that you will need to tow your car that you do not yet have is a base plate for the car to which you can attach a tow bar and you will need a tow bar. Blue Ox and Road Master are the most popular versions and can provide the necessary equipment. I have used both and prefer Blue Ox but I suspect you will hear from others who will say the exact opposite. You will need to find out the rating of the existing tow hitch on your RV but I suspect that it is rated to tow at least 5,000 which will be fine. You also need to look at the RV's GCWR (or similar letters meaning gross combined weight rating) which is the total weight allowed for the fully loaded RV and tow vehicle weights combined.

There are often several breakers. On the genset and remote to the genset as well. That's where you start and if you are comfortable working with A/C voltage and a voltage meter you can start at the genset and work your way through the system until you find where the power stops. If you have no indication of power at the genset itself you will likely need to have a service call from a professional.

Awnings will keep the interior of your coach much cooler than any tinting since they keep all of the glass and surrounding mounting and siding cool.

Blue Beacon.

Usually, the reason for the key being in an Aux position is to unlock the steering wheel. Some car/truck steering wheels don't lock when the key is off. If the Fiat does not lock when the key is off you should be OK unless you need power for something else as mentioned above.

The size of your RV and the type tire required makes a difference in whether a spare is carried. I have a bus conversion and it requires a very large and heavy tire so I do not carry a spare. Since I also have duals on the drive I could, if all else failed, either travel with one missing drive tire to limp to a repair facility or use one of the drive tires to replace a front tire again allowing for a short limp. It is my hope that my roadside assistance would take care of this issue instead and I would just pay to have a tire and service person come to me. I would agree with the salesman that most larger RVs do not have a spare on board while many smaller RV may or may not have a spare.

30 amp is a LOT less service than 50 amp. While they sound similar, a 30 amp coach allows for a maximum usage of 30 amps on all circuits combined. A coach with 50 amp service has 2 50 amp legs allowing for a maximum usage of 100 amps on all circuits combined. When you get out on a hot summer day and you were wishing you could run both (all) airs to stay cool you might regret making the 30 amp choice.

I would take 80W until you get into the Omaha, NE area and take 29N to Sioux Falls, SD. 90W will now put you on track to visit the Corn Palace in Mitchell, the Badlands, Wall Drug, Mt. Rushmore, (maybe a quick side trip to Deadwood, SD) Devils Tower, Cody, WY and then into Yellowstone from the East Entrance. If you don't care about Cody, WY (and a bit of a windy road to get there) you can follow 90 around to 94 and come into the park from the N. There is one full hookup campground in the park (Fishing Bridge) and several dry camping locations. There is a park outside the West gates in W. Yellowstone but I would recommend staying in that park and moving the RV to various sites making exploring the huge expanse of this park easier. Hopefully, you have allowed plenty of time as you will have 6-7 days worth of driving plus lots lot of time to explore just to reach the park. Assuming you have plenty of time I would leave out of the park to the South to visit the Tetons. This would allow you to drop down and pick up 80E through Cheyenne. You can then continue on to North Platte, NE and visit the Golden Spike tower over looking the UP rail yards. http://www.goldenspi...om/TheTower.php . You will want to stop in Kearney, NE and visit http://www.archway.org/ . It is built across the Interstate and is a very interesting over view of the pioneers life and travels. That's about a 3500 mile trip with lots to do and lots of sightseeing so be sure you have enough time. As to when to go, you certainly want to wait until the kids are back in school as the park can be quite crowded during the Summer. I recommend that the later you can wait the better. It gets cool quickly in that area but cooler is better than hot as the wildlife will come back out of hiding once the weather cools down. I would prefer Sept. over Aug. but you have to like cooler weather as average temps drop from the 70's into the 60's. Despite the averages, it can get quite warm in the park in July and Aug. It could also snow in Sept but that would only be a blessing.

I am looking to replace our mattress. What mattress model did you buy?

Thanks for the follow-up DeWat. Sorry to hear about your issues but I am glad to hear the issue was finally addressed and resolved.

Do diesel and gas actually mix or is one floating above the other? Since diesel weighs about a pound more is it like oil and water? It mixes while driving and then the gas floats to the top?

You will need to do some research, but based upon your requirements, there are some campgrounds that do have temporary cable hookups avaialble for their long term guests. It might be cable or DSL but it certainly is available but you will not find this to be a wide-spread option.

How did we ever get by in the past when there was no e-mail available? I remember, we used the telephone! Just kidding guys, it's just hard to know if things on the other end of a computer communication worked as expected. If I have issues with someone, I know that I can still pick up a phone and give them a call. This usually gives instant results (good or bad) and I can stop worrying or trying to be patient. If you get a chance, give them a call. I am sure they will be able to explain what has happened.

Here's a real answer to your question. NO. There is a very slim chance that if you are not really going to be traveling but rather just moving to a Winter and Summer location you could search out that one special place where you could sign up for 3-6 months of service through the local phone or cable company. If you plan to travel on a regular basis you will not be able to make these kinds of connections.

I really would not be concerned. I have known these folks for many, many years and they are really great folks. They are also full-time RVers and attend most every major RV rally in the US. Their site is still valid http://www.kileymold.com/ and that home page has several phone numbers available to you. Please give them a call and give them a chance to resolve your issue. The product is excellent and the so are the folks running the place.

All of the current domed antennas, including in-motion, can receive the HD programming from Dish.

That is only partially correct. A dome cannot receive the DirecTV HD programming but the domes are fully capable of receiving all of the Dish programming including HD.

While it's unlikely you would get a good streaming experience, you would definitely eat up all of the available satellite internet bandwidth in no time (a few days at the most unless you only watch 1 show a day).

Get away from this setup as quickly as possible. If you are going to be at a major RV rally where Blue Ox will be attending you can have them fix or trade you up to a good, working unit. Sometime you get what you paid for and since you paid nothing........ If you know it's a nightmare, don't hook it up even once more. Bite the bullet and get a working unit. I have had Blue Ox as my connection for about 10 years and I would not do anything else.

If the coax is for satellite TV then that cable goes to the receiver and not the back of the TV. From the receiver you would either have a coax output to some other connection but most of the Itasca's I have worked on (I helped out with satellite TV at the WIT rally for 2 years) the connection from the receiver to the TV was either with RCA cables (red, white, yellow) or component cable if HD. If you are currently able to watch TV in the bedroom using your over the air antenna, there is already a coax connection plugged into the TV and you will not be able to use that connection to view satellite. Many of the Itasca's are wired for only one receiver and it is located up front with the cables I mention above run to the other TV's. Do you know what kind of roof satellite antenna you have or is this a setup for a manually pointed ground dish? Edited to correct cable name.

I would not have read "silicone" as dirt. Thanks for that information.

Don't manufactures recommend an oil change at least on an annual basis at a minimum and a mileage number as a maximum? My coach has to have the oil changed annually or 10,000 miles but I have an older coach so I actually am asking a question and not trying to be rude or sarcastic. I have also done a few (not a lot) oil analysis' over the years and I don't remember a dirt entry. Did I miss this? Could you post a scan of the analysis? I would like to see what yours looks like. That may really not be necessary since we are not talking about a lot of miles anyway.

While not a difficult thing to do, I am getting really confused. Is this a standard air filter replacement? You just took the manufacturers air filter out and installed the K&N or have you (as you described) "built" an air intake system along with replacing the existing air filter. What is Desert Deals? Are you selling the K&N filters?