BillAdams

Yes, run your genset as necessary to keep you warm or cold. It only reduces your fuel mileage at highway speeds by about .02 MPG. For the heat pump to work well it needs to be in the higher 30's or better so if you need more heat you can run the furnace instead or in addition.

For that to happen you would have to have a leak as mentioned above. If you have a grey tank flusher that's remains connected with an on/off selection it could be leaking there as well. Otherwise, you will want to be looking at your sinks and shower for something getting through to the tank.

Where it is bad it is very bad. However, those areas are extemely isolated and the news and weather outlets are very good at letting you know where the storms are and where they could be. Traveling through OK in the Summer can be very bad or completely free from storms. You just need to stay informed. The only way to avoid a storm is to not go that way. You will need to see what the weather forecast is for the days you plan to be in certain parts of the Country and either re-route or delay your travels. The only way to stay out of it is to stay out of it.

The advantage of a residential fridge are many. My GE Profile has ice and water through the door, 20+CF of storage, never needs defrosting and will never cause a fire. Oh, yeah, it's also the only way the DW would full time! I used to spend 2 weeks dry camping in Quartzsite in the Winter and I had to run the genset for a while in the morning and evening. That costs less than a campground and the genset could use the exercise anyway!

Yes, the fresh water tank "holds" water and is a fresh water holding tank. There are also black and grey holding tanks which serve different purposes. I do understand the sick sense of humor, however!

I have carpet and plan to keep carpet (ceramic tile in the kitchen). It feels better under foot and when it's cold outside a wood or tile floor is cold but my carpet is still warm. The vacuum keeps things clean and a good professional cleaning twice a year keeps them looking good as well. We have high quality StainMaster and high quality underlayment that is now 20 years old. While it does not look like new, it doesn't look bad either. It's just time for new.

An oil analysis will tell you what's causing the engine oil levels to increase. Find out sooner rather than later!

Wow, good luck! There's really not much anywhere nearby. Anytime I am in the Atlanta area I like to stay at Stone Mountain but that's a bit out of the way. Take a look at http://www.rvparky.com for campgrounds and other options in the surrounding area (but there are not many).

I use drink, cook and shower with the water in our holding tanks. There is no reason not to do so if your tanks and plumbing are clean. The tanks are plastic just like the plastic in the water bottles everyone thinks are the bee knees. Water out of a plastic tank and water out of a plastic bottle is all the same if it is properly cared for. Now, I do have to say that I have only been doing this every single day since 1999 so I'm pretty new to this stuff.

Pick up a Shurflo pump like this one and the connections you have there will connect without modifications. Connect the wiring back up and you will have water flowing in no time. http://www.campingworld.com/shopping/item/shurflo-revolution-water-pump/49007

Testing getting ready to travel? Do you mean this is your first time looking or there used to be a pump and now there is no longer one? The "usual" setup would be a water pump located pretty close to the tank and all the associated plumbing would run from there into the coach. You will (should) find 12V wiring somewhere near where the water pump(s) are/were located which will help you identify where thing should have been. Do you see where the water lines go after leaving the area where the fresh water tank output is located?

I don't know about your coaches, but my coach uses what appear to be 2 identical metal encased fuel filters. However, you can't confuse them as the nipples they connect to are of different diameters. If one of your filters is a Racor you are also not going to confuse that with any other fuel filter so just put the right filters in the same place they are now and life is pretty simple. The filters are generally not hard to find if you look around a bit and once you find them all you will know where they go in the future.

I would not go for a full fuel polishing until I have put the proper algaecide in the tank and run lots of gallons through the system. You might have to change one or both of the fuel filters once or twice (especially if you put some B10+ diesel in there) to get the system clean but if you want to find a quick answer (not necessarily a cure) to your current problem you can have the tank polished in hopes that this is the actual issue.

Take the advice of Trushl. DO NOT show up at the border and ask where they can keep your guns until you return! Take no hand guns into Canada. Do not try to hide a hand gun when heading into Canada. Don't be stupid and the Canadian Government will treat you as a honored guest. Be stupid and you end up in jail.

There is a $7/day gate pass open to the public which will allow access to the RV's on display as well as the RV exibitors. However: To visit the exhibits, attend all the seminars and evening entertainment for one day, FMCA members and public gate patrons can purchase a daily passport at the public gate for $55 for members and $65 for non-members.

After making a change to the injectors you would need to do a complete engine service to ensure that you don't have any residual effects showing up in your oil. You say your fuel ecomony has increase and indicates that you fixed at least some of your problem. How long as this been going on?

If your freon is leaking you have an additional problem that needs to be addressed. If the system was all right you would still have the gas! Let someone find the leak, fix it and charge it properly.

The other reason for an engine "making oil" is a leak from the cooling system, usually from a cracked head. However, this should have showed up in an oil analysis. If fuel in the oil is the only thing you are seeing I would assume it still must be coming from an injector or some of the associated plumbing.

No, no switch or additional hardware required. The current Trav'ler, SK-SWM3, has the DirecTV SWM technology built in and the Genie and client(s) work right out of the box.

DirecTV will only allow one Genie per account. If you have a Genie now you can simply move it between the home and RV as necessary. If you have the C41W wireless clients that makes the setup in your RV even easier.

If you have reasonable access to the tank flush assembly it's very easy to remove from the tank by unscrewing and then getting something between the tank and the flush flange. If you can do that, this is a great time to simply replace the unit and be done with it! If you replace it with something like this (it actually works!), it will cost you about $15. http://www.campingworld.com/shopping/item/no-fuss-flush/3495

This dinosaur organization is just that. If they do not evolve they are destined to die. Compare the FMCA numbers listed above to the numbers you find on a Escapees or Good Sam forum. The numbers are likely at least 10 fold higher. That's not to say that FMCA should not exist as I believe they should, but FMCA is not well named. "Family"? Not so much. Very few families here. Motor Coach? Exactly! Excluding every other type or RVer. Association? OK, they did get that right. Where does that leave us? No family, a small MC group and a good Association. If you take a look at the FMCA history, one of the best things they did was setup 2 National rallies per year (called International rallies for no known reason) per year with large turn outs (best was 8000 coaches in Burnswick, ME 2000) and amazing entertainment and vendor participation. That's down to one per year with less than 2000 coaches and "good" vendor turn out but very little diversity (2-6 vendors selling the same products). I really do hate the fact that I dropped my FMCA membership after so many years. I was member 192XXX and that dates back to 1994. You should have seen the magazine back then. It was an event when the FMCA magazine arrived. When the Jan. issue arrived it was about 2" thick and contained information about all of the members, the coach they drove, where they were from, their member number...so, so much very cool info. I could see a "goose egg" on a coach, look it up and know exactly who that member was. It's all gone now. The Jan. issue is thinner than my tablet and it's mostly advertising, "only positive" motor home reviews (it appears that there are no motor homes with issues) and a few fluff pieces about some particular hobby or blog or website that you simply must visit. I think FMCA is a good organization but I don't think the folks running it are young enough to address the issues the current motor home owners are interested in. It's much like our current Congress. There need to be term limits. 8 years and you are done. Exceed the age of 65 and you are done. OK, I know that last one is going to get me in trouble but we can work on that number. The World is passing FMCA by and FMCA knows this and is doing nothing to address the issue. FMCA has recently allowed non-motorhome vehicles to attend the International Rallies to try to address at least one of their issues. However, if I have an trailer or 5th wheel, there are no seminars related to my product, there are no new vehicles I would be interested in on display and their are less than 1% of the participants at the rally that have any idea what I am talking about when I say 5er.

You can ship it to family or friends. If you plan to enter and leave Canada at the same check point I also understand that if you make arrangements in advance you can leave your weapon there and pick it up on your way out. However, you cannot show up at the border and request them to keep you hand gun. Trying to get through and getting caught will land your butt in jail so be absolutely sure that whatever choice you make is a good one. We crossed the Canadian border with FL tags and license but a TX address. Everyone knows that everyone in TX owns a gun (bear with me here) and the border guard was convinced that we must have a gun on board. We didn't and never have, but that did not hold much water. He looked around for a bit and then returned to the front and explained in detail what would happen if I said I did not have a gun and he found one. Despite the fact that we did not have (and never have had) a gun, my wife was a wreck! I said we didn't have one and wouldn't have one (even as a former police officer) and I guess he believed me and send us through. I would never, in a million years, try to sneak anything across ANY border (I am current a few miles from the Mexican border) and you should not either. It appears that you agree with this scenario so just be sure that whatever you do you do within the required legal confines.

Most tank flushers are not spinners. They are fixed plastic fixtures with a bunch of holes to allow the water to spray in multiple directions. This was the mistake I made. I took out a perfectly good fixed flusher and installed the Tornado spinner. After 2 failures I need to go back to the fixed one to prevent ongoing issues.

Anyone familiar with changing oil will be able to change your oil. There are no special skills required just because it's an RV. The reason I don't do mine is that it holds about 8 gallons of oil and it's simply difficult to drain, store and dispose of. Otherwise, it's just a matter of ensuring you have the EXACTLY correct oil recommended for your engine by the manufacturer. The generator is much easier as it will contain much less oil (mine is about 2 gallons) so much easier to deal with. When you change the oil you will also want to change the fuel filter(s) and lube the chassis. The mileage you mention is a pretty common oil change interval but be sure to verify it with some documentation. The yearly oil change is recommended if you are going to store the RV for many months (the whole Winter, etc.) If it will just be sitting a month at a time between trips (full timing) I would be less concerned about the 1 year but it's such a small amount of money compared to everything else that if I was at 7-8000 miles at the end of a year I would likely change it anyway.