wildebill308

I am more in the Blue Ox camp as I like that when I am not towing the car it is hard to see it is a toad as the tow bar stays on the coach and not the front of the car or truck. http://blueox.com/recreational-commercial-flat-towing/ I added the led lights to my tail lights so there is no electrical connection to my CR-V electrical system. You will also need a auxiliary braking system. "what we do to the truck to tow it." I would look in the owner's manual under recreational towing. I think it is in section 4-56. Bill

Welcome to the forum. Yes your coach may be rated for 30K but double check what your receiver on the coach is rated for. Bill

I changed the bushings on my 2003 38N and it did help with sway but that won't fix play in the steering. There is going to be some play. I would contact Freightliner and see what the allowable limits are.Here's a link to what I posted when I did mine. http://community.fmca.com/topic/8004-sway-bar-bushings-bad/

Look at Summit Racing they have a good selection of heat barriers. https://www.summitracing.com/search/part-type/heat-barrier-and-sound-deadening-mats?SortBy=Default&SortOrder=Ascending&tw=heat bar&sw=Heat Barrier and Sound Deadening Mats Carl, I was just reminding him to do a good quality, self inspection but yes I like cashews. Bill

Earlier this month when we were caravaning (20 coaches) up to the FMCA 6 State rally in Shawnee Ok. one member had a problem with his Jeep. They were 2 coaches ahead and I was able to see first hand the "Death Wobble" it was pretty impressive. It turns out he had done the upgrade but didn't set it up properly before he started out that morning. Fortunately he was able to pull over and fix the problem. Having seen the Death Wobble first hand I think it is more of a Death Through, I am amazed it didn't damage the car or the tow bar. I am glad they are geting the fix out there for the owners. Bill

You will be having lots of fun, trying out a new toad seeing how the coach runs with full boost again and getting to watch a new gauge. Let me know what the EGT's look like. I do let it cool down but I am more concerned with letting the turbo cool so the residual heat won't coke (burn) the oil in the lines and end up blocking them. When you finish your test run give it a good inspection to make shure everything looks good wires tied up securely and you haven't lost any nut's. Bill

Rich, One of the reasons I run Rotella T-6 is to help protect the turbo. I feel it will get to the turbo faster than conventional oil and give more protection in the higher temperatures experienced in the turbo. I think the cracking exhaust manifolds are more of a bad design problem. Yes large heat cycles can make the problem worse. I let my EGT temps drop below 400 degrees before shutting it down. If you have a EGT gage you can see the wide swing in temperature, say from climbing a hill to costing down the other side. If you look at the old manifold compared to the new one you can see how it was beefed up to help fix the problem. Bill

I think you should pull the hose off and use your tubing mike measure the wall thickness of the water pipes you are looking to replace. 12 ga would be excessively heavy and expensive for that application. It just needs to hold more pressure than the rubber line. You buy the kit and send it and I will wrap the exhaust and manifold. I need the "common rail" kit Bill

That is good news. Bill

I just tried this. open ed a new instance of FMCA home page the clicked on the dropdown menu for forums. This time I got to the forums but the big red message was still at the top. So progress has been made, just a little housekeeping left. Bill

Well I have a problem because I still think of tubing in aircraft terms. So I had to go look up how thick 12 ga was. That is some thick tubing at .109 wall thickness. I would think stainless tubing around .020- .025 would work for your application. Bill

Interesting, When I go to the main FMCA site and click on "forums" it says they are down and won't let me in. I had an email notification and followed the link in the email and got in. Bill

Realistically if you flush the tanks well it shouldn't be that bad. Bill

Welcome to the forum. Look at this. https://thormotorcoach.com/media/documents/2006_Damon___Daybreak_Owners_Manual.pdf Bill

Some people are going to go through FMCA Forum withdrawal pains again. Server Maintenance Notice We're moving ... to a new server this week. Once the process begins, the FMCA Motorhome Forums community site will not be available for 24 to 48 hours. Thank you for your patience as we work to improve the site for everyone. Bill

I have never heard of the poo police chasing anyone down. Just so you know if you do develop a leak it is fairly easy to replace the dump valve. This is (obviously) after you dump at an approved location and flush the tank. Bill

I would go with stainless if available. Just make the tubing a little longer and you probably won't have a problem. Check with any local tubing shop they may have a tool to roll the rib in. Bill

One activity we had did at the FMCA 6 State rally in Shawnee Ok. was a Chapter fair. All the chapters had "booths" to talk about the activities that they participate in, the rallies they have planned and to recruit new members. This is a fun activity and allows you to visit with many chapters and clubs. Bill

Ok my bad I missed the link to the super lube.

I have seen it!!!! Some things you just can't un see. Bill

I know about oil bath hubs as I am running them and did my first change this year and went to Royal Purple oil,they didn't have mobil 1 in stock. Look at the Sta-Lube wheel bearing grease for boat trailers it does a good job of not washing away. I am talking about using it at work. I like and use the Mobile One synthetic. Bill

I don't know what grease you are using at the shop but I have had good luck with Sta-Lube both for general use the moly graph lithium grease is a good general purpose and the wheel bearing grease really does stay in the bearings better. I think the graph lithium grease may work for your problem with the lift gates. Bill

We have stayed at Nashville Jellystone Park, 2572 Music Valley Dr, Nashville, TN 37214, nashvillejellystone.com, (615) 889-4225 Great location for exploring Bill

Try doing a search of the Forum. There was a topic about them a while ago but I don't remember when. There was also a article in the FMCA magazine you might do a search there as well. Bill

Best we ever did was one F-16 a day-- well some times slightly more if everything went perfectly. I think we built 30 0 defect AC in a row. That means there were no issues or defects noted from delivery to the flightline, first company flight, First customer flight and ferry flight to receiving base. No writeups or defects of any kind noted. To bad the RV industry can't strive for that level of quality. Bill