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    11 hours ago, rayin said:

    There is a utube video about governor problems, the  man in the video displayed a worn braided SST covered air line that had failed inside yet appeared OK on the outside. It was the problem instead of the governor. I forget where that video is now, the video was about a HDT.

    YUP, one reason I’m not a fan of those hoses. While they are less likely to chafe an internal failure is possible. 
     

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    One thing to add, the signal line from the air dryer to the governor is another culprit, they are often routed in such a poor manner that causes chaffing. All of our air lines to the governor that is remotely mounted are braided stainless steel, I suspect this was a problem area with the previous owner, I doubt it came that way from the factory.

    As mentioned faulty air dryers from neglect are another huge issue. Air dryers tend to be one of the most forgotten about components on an RV until they leave you stranded or contaminate the air system. 

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    3 hours ago, Belthasar said:

    Its backfiring through the carb... 29k orig on the engine.

     

    You mentioned the timing was checked, its not too far advanced? Usually that's a condition of timing advanced (could be a problem with the distributor), or lack of fuel.

    I'd check the advance diaphragm on the distributor (assuming its vacuum) if all ok pull the carb and have it rebuilt or at a minimum opened up and checked, with that low of miles varnish inside wouldn't be a surprise causing it to starve for fuel or the accelerator pump (in the carb) could have a pin hole in it. 

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    Metfan112, depending on your mechanical abilities you could potentially set up the Traverse for not a lot of money.

    One of our friends bought a used tow bar, base plate and a used Brake Buddy and he wasn't in to all of it for $500.00. Took him the better part of a day to get everything installed in his driveway. 

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    edincleveland, When we started out we used a dolly. I picked up one of these used for $500.00. It worked great for the 2 years we used it, solid made with a steerable axle vs the deck plate pivoting. Not sure how Covid is effecting the used/new market on items like this but a quick Craig's list check in our area there were several (different brands) under $1000.00 

    https://www.demco-products.com/rv-towing/tow-dollies/karkaddyss

     

  12. Posted · Edited by jleamont · Report reply

    While not accurate you can look over the coach floor plan and cargo and get some idea if there is an imbalance on a larger scale. Our coach is a good example of weight imbalance.

    Drivers side

    • Our slides are on the driver side only (2 slides).
    • Kitchen is on the front slide, (=heavy)
    • King size bed that lifts 
    • Pull out bed/couch
    • Spare tire in basement
    • Of course, put me in the drivers seat now were leaning :lol:

    Passenger side

    • couch
    • dinette booth
    • residential refrigerator
    • restroom (sink and toilet)
    • Vanity sink in bedroom
    • clothes storage (dresser)
    • I keep my tools under the dinette on this side to help a little 
    • Gallon water storage under dinette (maybe 10 gallons)

     

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    1 hour ago, richard5933 said:

    Good suggestions. Best I can find on the PAG oil is that it's about 30w in viscosity. Probably too thick for this purpose.

    Would love to find some documentation on what Shutterstat Fluid actually was - both viscosity and the makeup of it. Sounds like there was some type of solvent added to help it flow through the wick and to get picked up by the air flow.

    If you have any fresh leftover you could send it to a lab for analysis. Wouldn’t be the most cost effective option. The real issue becomes, how do you duplicate it without a lab? Just mixing other products in the composition might be close enough but could that cause issues? 
    In my experience older technology like this are pretty robust, if you locate something similar you’ll probably be ok.

    OR

    Have the components resealed to modern o-rings which would be more likely to handle what you put in it. Just ask the shop what those seals can tolerate.

  16. Posted · Edited by jleamont · Report reply

    Helpful information, here is where to check for power on a 5 button thermostat.

    Interesting fact, the RJ11 cable is the same as a phone cable EXCEPT;

    On a phone cable the pins transpose on each end, on the Dometic cable if you set each plug on top of once another they should pin out identical. So you have to cut one end off and flip the wires OR take the junction block apart and flip the pins inside of it.

    You can use a standard RJ11 phone cable with little modification. 

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    1 hour ago, wayne77590 said:

    Joe, I can imagine that you are a nice guy. However, I'm not going to PA or FL on my way to San Antonio just to see you.

    Gee wiz Wayne, its only a little east of where your headed, I figured since you were on the road......:lol:.

    We have the cabin fever also, DW is working from home, I can see its getting tough staring at the same walls and we have ONLY taken one other trip this year so its time to get a way! 

    This year we have only put 2500 miles on the coach, where normally its 7000 +. I might not even change the oil :wacko:.

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    1 hour ago, wayne77590 said:

    Okay, I have relatives in Central Mass. so my question is, will you have an extra RV pad for me to stay on?

    We head out to San Antonio for about 10 days.  Our first trip since last year. Very much looking forward to it.

    I am headed to Florida in 21 Days, stop by..

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    50 minutes ago, dbenoit said:

    I have recently moved and want to change my address on my account and so I can still get the mag.

    I poked around the profile stuff and can't seem to find it.

    Help me Mr. Wizard!

     

    Thanks,

    David

    David, go to the FMCA homepage, sign in

    Click on “Membership” click on “my profile” and scroll down. You can edit all of your information on there and save it.

     

     

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