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Bill, well said. I would also add, send a PM to Bill Adams, he also is a full timer and has lots of experience. I guess the biggest question is age and do you own your house or are you renting? Then, do you plan to work or are you retired? As for a coach? You have said nothing about what your looking at or for, new or used...run across too many over the years, that I have presumed was looking for a used cookie cuter and then been told, no we want a Custom Coach. Works in reverse also! Good luck Carl

Pchuckie. Since the OP has not responded at all, perhaps he found a group. You can send him a PM and tell him about your chapter or inquire as to what he's doing?! Carl

Herman. The first thing I did was to check for Legal height on low/high beam. High lights up the neighborhood...low. had no effect on the cats in the barn, fog lights caused the cats to go elsewhere. I try to be parked by 4pm, 5 latest, but there are occasions that takes it out to midnight and I want to see the reflection of eyeballs, before I hit whatever belongs to the balls! At the same time, I don't want to blind on coming traffic... There is no cover that can fade or go opaque over my lights...good old fashion, thick glass. They are Hella's, according to the 28 year old girl that does all the body work and painting here, she is a genius! Also a carpenter... Carl

Pchuckie. You do know that this post is a year old?

I looked at Hella, not many round single once and mine are clear lenses, not rippled. I may just replace the bulbs. The fog lights are no problem...Autozone has them. Carl

Larry. If I had not had very good care before, I would not be here now! Texas Custom Coach is in Pipe Creek, Texas, Their phone # 1-830-510-4224, They will build you a brand new custom Prevost, do part or total remodeling, take care off any issue you have and the best price in Texas, or any other State I have been in! I have had Class A's gas and DP's since 1967. Please don't use all Capitol letters...it's rude and argumentative! Thank you Carl

I carried Allstate for several years. I think they called it Platinum, it was reasonable and good. I never get less than $1,000 deductible! Didn't want to change insurance, but when I got my present coach and called in the info...the girl that took all that, forgot to enter it into system, so 8 months later, when I went to office, I found out that I did not have anything insured except for my house! Turned out to be the owners niece and Sorry about that, we'll take care of that now! House, Jeep, car and truck went back to USAA, coach went to Progressive...3 years ago! Lesson learned, follow up a couple of day's later! You will be giving the same info again, but the odds of two dinga lings in same office is slim! Carl

BillA. Compared to the 70's and 80's, I totally agree with that...The Volume one of June, 1964 had more interesting stories, and less advertising than we get today. It's 42 informative pages! It's in this coach with me and I still enjoy reading it...got it from my ex father in law, DW and I did not join until 1967. Carl

Why? WD 40 is not a lubricant, it's a protectant against the weather.

I had a GF go off on me last week, in the shop for Texas Custom Coach, no mater how many times I pushed re set, nothing...went outside and looked at my inverters/converters, I have 2 at 2,800 PSW each, both lights was green, then checked my OCM ECM boards...1 blown 15A plug in fuse. The tech told me later that some times you got to disconnect coach from elect post, before the GF will allow you to reset...then connect shore power again. Carl

Do you know where your motor is? If you do, then disconnect your wires, kill some time by cleaning, then reconnect and throw some water on window and turn on wiper. When you turn them off, it should go to normal park position. If not, get a new motor. Carl

Mike told me you would be in Monday...see you then! Carl

Rich. I know, I could not believe what I was seeing...kind of the same prices you see on wheels in da hood.. Mine are individual, round lights, off different diameter, one above the other, except for fog lights mounted on very bottom of front cap in front of Generator...PIAA fog lights are no problem to find, any off road site has them, with or without rock guard. The 06 Jeep headlight is a proper size for my low beam 4 7/8" diameter! The high beam that is the same diameter, but has a totally different bulb, looks like a fish eye, fog lights are 5 1/2" and parking light at very top is 3 1/2", Grrrr! Carl

WD 40 is your friend, twice a year. no lock up! Carl

OMG...I need to win a lottery, that's expensive stuff.

OK. I'l check it out. I found the bulbs on CarParts.com and the whole unit on PIAA web site. Still looking. Carl

The second set might be H?3, hard to read against the morning reflection...I'll probably have to take one of each out, but that presents a whole other issue, workers are here. I was hoping to go buy them and then change out, once I leave here...I'm 40 min. from San Antonio, TX., Wed I'll be in Campground at Lajitas, TX. Nearest parts store is Van Horne or Forth Stockton, TX. 108 miles away! Carl

OK. SAE HR06 H11 HA58 VOL DOT HD, SAE HR04 H53 H55 VO DOT, SAE F00 PIAA 028 (E11) 020215. The first one I need the whole unit, last 2, I need bulbs or All. Carl

I'll have to get back to you, my coach is in the Paint Bay and until someone comes and opens the front garage door, I have about 3' between it and me! Same with rear.

Without going thru American Coach, what info do I need to find replacement of all 4? Also, if I want to upgrade the bulbs (without blinding someone), what type is recommended? I'm out driving my low beam at 40 mph! Carl

Jim. If I still had a DW, she would have sunk my boats! Since my Co-Pilot rear end took out another Class A's front end at 6 State rally in OK. Sep. 11th! At 2mph. Carl

About time! Now we have a French and German choice...I'm still rolling on Michelin's! But there are a lot of members in smaller, lighter, class B and C that can benefit from having 4 choices of tires to run on, also toads! Now, we can move on to bigger and better things...like Amendment # 7. Carl

That's what you do after bankruptcy! Carl

Ron. We thank you for the updated info. Carl

I'm guessing it's home made. Back in 1987, there was not much insulation between engine and bedroom floor and a turbo trows off a lot of heat. So, the owner put on his own deflector. If memory still serves me, the first "cookie cutter coach" to use a DP was AMC, Apollo and Blue Bird in 1983 and it was the 3208. I had the 83' Apollo, until 87 and after driving for the day, you could not go near the back for about 2 hours, like a oven! I remember my DW turning on both AC's with snow on the ground, then going outside to a bush, all 3 coaches was rear bath...only floor plan available for AMC, Apollo and Bird was rear bath, twin bunks, then kitchen and living area, 35 foot ! By 85 the Bird was the only survivor. Carl