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Yea, I'm with Herman on this one, unless I could squeeze myself up in there I'd pay someone to do it. This is why women live longer then men

If you have one or more stripped I would purchase this kit; It also has great instructions. http://www.oreillyauto.com/site/c/detail/LIS0/65900/N2377.oap?ck=Search_N2377_LIS_-1_-1&mc=LIS&mn=Lisle&pt=N2377&ppt=C1986

TIMOTHYJBUNT, Did it happen to you? If not and your engine falls within the production run here's my recommendation. Go to the local ford dealer, purchase 10 spark plugs and coil boots (boots you might have to source from a local auto parts store, Ford once sold them separate but I heard they stopped). Replace all 10 spark plugs and when you install them. Remove the coil, blow compressed air into the hole to clear any debris (keep your face away, wear safety glasses), remove the spark plug, install the new plug and torque to 7-15 ft-lb, replace the coil boot, put a dab of die electric grease in the end of the boot, install the coil 44-62 in-lb.

I have had people tell me they add water every other week . For us it was once a month when I had wet cell batteries, I thought that was too much!

No, its still there. one small 1" tile shifted and I tried to remove it to center it up during the installation, not happening, that stuff is very strong

In the dark

We get them also up here. Usually on the exterior walls of the house.

Carl, drain pans, I usually take 15 quarts at a time from the coach, put the plug in, slide the other pan under and pull the plug for the remaining. My tank has a large vented funnel on top I can dump the pan into the funnel and let it sit and drip dry. My drain pans are 20 quart with 1/4 of the top opening closed off and a spout, similar to the photo below. I also poke a hole in the filter and let them sit up in the funnel for a few days to drain the remaining oil out. Its an old home heating oil tank, wall hugger type, got it for free.

Call me crazy but I pull the side cover off and service it from there. No oil or fuel running down my arm, while the cover is off I can look around for anything else that might be a concern, chaffed wires, mice nests, belt condition etc....

Not now that gas prices are down, at least for me anyway. I have a oil recycler that picks it up (250 gallon tank in the garage) when fuel prices were up I got $140.00 for the tank load, gas prices went down now I get $0. As long as they take it I really don't care.

Well at least this is a Positive post, sorry couldn't resist

We think alike . If you are ever up on the east cost in MD try this place. They have a Tiki bar on the beach a takeout restaurant and a coffee/ice cream shop. You can have crabs delivered to your bar stool. Expensive (so are all campgrounds up here) but there is nothing like a cold beer in a frozen mug sitting along the beach. http://castawaysrvoc.com/

Tracey, one thing that wasn't mentioned, do you have an auto start generator? If so disable it for now, it will shut the generator off when the batteries reach a certain level. Thee are also devices you can purchase for around $100.00 that will automatically maintain the chassis batteries while being plugged into shore power. Here is an example, I helped a friend install on his Tiffin https://www.westmarine.com/buy/xantrex--digital-echo-charge-battery-charger--333669?cm_mmc=PS-_-Google-_-GSC%20-%20Product%20Type-_-333669&product_id=333669&adpos=1o1&creative=108421552324&device=c&matchtype=&network=g&gclid=CLH9zpH8nNMCFQeBswodUY4HPQ

DENNISKING, Welcome to the FMCA forum! I can help with a few. New Orleans, LA. French Quarter RV park, we stayed here last august, nice place. All paved with pavers, sites and all and some sites have a personal gazebo, nice little extra feature. Lake Pontchartrain landing I have heard is also nice, but from the photos on the website it looks like a potential dust bowl. If you go please let me know what you think, we are headed back next year and I am considering giving this place a try. Nashville, TN. Nashville KOA http://koa.com/campgrounds/nashville/ we had a great time here, campground nightly has a wine tasting at the pool which was different but nice. the sires are huge and level, very clean campground and well groomed. I believe it was just refurbished in 2014 (same year we went). Its only a few minutes from The Grand Ole Opry and the roads were all paved, some sites have a brick patio with a fire pit table, chairs and umbrellas. Cant say enough good about this place. We enjoyed it so much when we go back I will not even consider another campground. San Antonio TX, we stayed at the KOA in December 2013, nice place, there could be better in the area, we were just passing through, although I will say it was a very nice KOA for what you usually see with KOA's. Hopefully a local will chime in with more insight. We are not usually KOA people, but the two above were exceptions to the rules for what you normally get at a KOA.

Did you replace the valve or the entire dryer? Up here we change the entire dryer with a factory reman, seems like once you open them everything else starts to fail shortly after. But the winters and salt up here beat them up pretty bad.

I mean later in life, not now

I spent the majority of my career life working at a large dealership as a technician (or a few dealers for that matter, we wont go there ) anyway after seeing what I saw go on at each one with how they treat your vehicle, short cut repairs, miss stuff on the check list to make a buck by speeding up their times, heck I had one boss tell me if I didn't keep worn out parts in my tool box to show and use to upsell customers stuff they didn't need he was going to fire me, I quit that day! Not saying all are that bad but a good quality PM on your vehicle are far an few. Most will do what they need to just to check the boxes on the checklist, all the while missing something like a hose bracket that broke causing a hose to chafe since they are in a hurry to get you out and on to the next one. I'm not saying I'm perfect but I have a vested interest in that vehicle making it to its next service. If you have a place that you are 100% certain they are doing it correctly GREAT! Its not for me, I saw way too many crooks in my career, honestly all of them were and I got out after hoping around trying to work for an honest dealership. And yes we worked on RV's at each dealership, ambulances and fire trucks (think about that for a minute and let it sink in ), all of them had CAT, Cummins and one was a Navistar dealer on top of it, all franchises but we did mostly chassis work, I had a several customer's that would follow me and for them I worked on anything on their coaches, trucks ambulances and fire trucks etc...so there are some honest technician's out there, this one couldn't find an honest employer so I changed my career . We dealership techs had a saying to describe our employers, ill tone it down "same w....... different dress". When I cannot work on a DP any longer I will consider a switch to a gasser, when that becomes too difficult I leave the RV lifestyle, unless I find a younger version of me when the time comes.

WOW, that has stood the test of time. The last one in the house didn't last that long!

WOW, sorry to hear that!

Great photos.

I do my own maintenance in my driveway. Coach goes up on boards (under inner and outer tires on the back) I have them high enough that if the coach dumps all air and I still have room (safety first!!!) 80 gallon two stage air compressor in the garage with regultor and air dryer. I have a 100' air reel with a 3/8 hose and 100' reel with a 1/2" hose (for 3/4 to 1" impact gun). Enough line so I can reach the coach in the driveway as its usually backed up to the garage door or in storage along side of the garage. pulling wheels; I have two 20 ton air bottle jacks to raise the coach and jack stands for the safety support. I usually lower the coach onto the stands and leave the jacks in place with some pressure on them.

All great advice guys!! One thing to add, if you store the coach and it has to be winterized and its going to sit longer than winter replace the RV antifreeze the following winter. Out first coach sat for two years with that stuff in the lines. It smelled so bad when it was flushed I had to walk outside, I was gagging. Just flushed the pink out yesterday. Always a great feeling when you have no leaks after winter First trip next weekend..

Kay, I tried with the bags my wife had and it didn't work well, the grout was too thick. A smaller higher quality bag may have worked. Blake, I just ended it and used the grout to make a ramp to the wall paper. My plan is to locate a piece of tile that is 1/4 round. I have to go shopping for it. No tile stores around where we live.