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Obedb, it's great until it breaks. I am a firm believer of KISS also. Believe me it wasn't a selling point. I thought great one more thing to keep my eye on.

My last coach I bought mine from these guys. http://www.supersteerparts.com It worked great!

This might sound crazy. Interior trim paint. Match up a color, prep it and spray. I have bought used salvage yard parts before that were the wrong color and looked worse and that stuff was great.

Herman, thanks tomorrow will be the test. Bill, no gauge here, sitting at a campground in Bethany Beach Delaware. The lift pump sounds fine key on engine off and once it starts the CAPS pump takes over and the lift pump shuts off. When I pulled the primary filter there was what looked like lawn grass (just two little pieces) next to the O ring. Which had me scratching my head. Both filters have maybe 2500 miles on them but as you both know it only takes one tank top off of garbage fuel to create a problem. I did run it low on the last trip, could be some crud in the tank that got pulled into the filters. Love to know where lawn clippings came from. I really do not feel like tossing a $3500 pump in this coach. I will post tomorrow on how it acted. thanks guys!

Both changed, tomorrow will tell.

Herman, what the heck I'll give that a shot. I carry doubles of each. Strangely it didn't lack power just bucked, spit and kicked and I took off. Thanks

Well, my CAPS pump is dying or that's what it feels like anyway. After 100 miles the coach began to buck violently when pulling away from a stop intermittently, only seems to happen on occasion under a heavier load, no engine fault codes yet but is suspect they will happen on the return trip home. we got to the CG but I am wondering how the trip home will go. When it's not bucking it runs as it always has. More to come.

Bill, Welcome! Good decision to join, lots of useful information from friendly people on here.

Hoping Roger chimes in on this one. What do you use to clean your tires? Any products to avoid that might accelerate degradation (aka dry rot)? I have often thought of using Wesley's Bleach White tire cleaner on the motorhome to remove the brown build up and then reapply the 303 protectant I use to keep the UV exposure to a minimum. At the moment I just wash them along with the coach with car soap. I use that product on our car tires but they wear out long before age out, so what is a good practice not to accelerate degradation when performing routing cleaning?

Self insured here also.....low interest rate Credit card with a high credit limit and zero balance . I have one just for coach work/breakdowns. I look those tires over often and wrote the date codes by wheel position, first sign of a problem or they start to get to 7 yrs they go. so far My drives are at 3 steers just over 1. Most of us seem to sweat tire failures, and I understand why, heck I do also. But how many have experienced a problem on the road and was that tire looked over for any signs of weakness or did some road object cause the failure. Just curious how many that run a TPMS system, have had their tires inspected by a trained eye or amateur eye (if doing it yourself or by a mechanic) actually had a failure not caused by abuse, foreign object or degradation (AKA dry rot) (puncture etc.)?

Another option for brake system, we have towed with a floor mounted box until this year, very happy with the system below. More happy that it was so inexpensive and simple. http://m-gengineering.com/

Mike, I feel your pain, under the main slide (drivers side) we have three bay doors, first is propane and sewer hose storage, the other two are pass through and I often I am in them while setting up, the last thing we do is open the slides then level. We have safety switches so when they are open the slide will not operate, the 3 doors only open to 90 degrees. I hate crawling under them on my hands and knees to access stuff. I have also thought about changing the configuration so they open like the other bay doors.

Bennie, what part number did you order? I was browsing their website and I didn't see one listed for a Roadmaster chassis. I have a Safe T plus, it works but I don't feel its worth the cost, it didn't wow me.

Those brass plugs to the right of the finger have O-rings under them, one loose or is there any evidence of the O-ring sticking out of one spot around the plug? anything feel loose, can you wiggle any fittings, maybe remove a line and see if one is loose. Usually when one is loose the O-ring under it deteriorated and the fitting will be loose. It should be a relatively simple fix, if you see its an O-ring that failed they should be easy to come by. Any construction equipment repair place or hydraulic hose store should be able to match it up.

Trish, the hydraulics for the generator slide...are they up front next to the cylinder for the generator slide? or are you leaking hydraulic fluid in the rear of the coach i.e. fan drive (if side mounted) or power steering supply also located in the rear with the Chassis Diesel engine. Reason; if its just the generator slide hydraulic system, don't fill it up since the cylinder is out the tank will be low, not empty but low as the cylinder retracts the reservoir will rise from fluid displacement. Just get enough in to retract it, wipe off the excess and hit the road. Just make sure all fluids in the generator are full before retracting it and get it fixed later. if you are feeling savvy look for the leak, if its a hose remove it go to a hydraulic hose shop have them make you one and reinstall it. If its anything like mine everything is right out in the open, my pump and cylinder are all next to the generator. One adjustable wrench and some elbow grease and you should be good, the shop will most likely have the fluid also...one stop shop.

Yup. Hats off to them, nice people!

We were camping in Niagara Falls NY, there was a coach across from us also an FMCA member and a travel trailer next to us. I spoke to the folks in the trailer nice people we chatted a little but never really exchanged names. The folks next to us became friends with the other people across from us and we're taking photos before they departed, apparently they caught the FMCA egg on the front of our coach in one photo. When I left I forgot my water regulator on the spigot, the folks in the trailer noticed it and went to the office to try and get our phone number, of course the office refused. So he took it with him to try and figure out how to contact us. After returning home they realized they had our FMCA number in a photo, so they called their new friends (that were parked across from us), they looked us up on FMCA and they guy calls me. He is shipping it to me and I will send him a check for the shipping once I receive it. Just a small story of how there are still good people in the world and how the goose egg saved my day as I was going to be out $80 for the regulator, stubby hose and quick connect.

Trish, you sound just like me. I am always looking for that one thing that could break and leave me stuck. We tow a jeep behind us so I always think "if I breakdown the coach will be towed and hello Marriott!" My biggest fear is not being able to locate a repair facility that is capable of fixing it properly, then of course the cost. So far I have had two instances this year where I should have been on the side of the road but was able to recover my self and limp home. being a mechanic I hate the thought of someone touching my coach especially after working with some real winners, I would probably interview the person before they would be allowed to touch it. I can relate to your fears

Oldgrape, is it trim that can just be replaced or is it the entire dash?

I use little clear plastic condiment cups, poke holes in the lid with a paper hole punch, place two cotton balls in each and soak them with peppermint oil. I place one in every storage compartment behind each door, one on top of every tire and tape them to the tire, and a few in the engine bay and on top of the generator. On the inside I use fresh cab packets maybe 4 around the interior. I tried this for the first time this year and I had no sign of them anywhere. last year I had signs of them in the storage bays and I found an abandoned nest in the generator next to the oil filter. With the both you will have to check them to make sure they didn't fade out over time. I add more oil one time around January and that's it. Here is the oil I use. http://www.amazon.com/Peppermint-100-Pure-Essential-Oil/dp/B00181CFIK?ie=UTF8&*Version*=1&*entries*=0

Huh? Never heard of such a thing. Interesting though. Any down side damage it could cause etc? Where do you get one?

Mike, I recommend purchasing one that will get you clear of the tire, maybe a 6' hose between the handle and the locking chuck just incase the tire blows you will be at a safe distance.

Thank you for posting. We have discussed heading up in that area next summer.

Bill, thank you! Knowing what I know now if the next coach has it they can either remove it prior to pick up or keep it.

I worked at this from 7am to 4pm yesterday. All of the actual shield is gone, and maybe 20% of the glue. The paint beneath looks great except for where a few stones penetrated the shield and two spots where the paint wasn't adhered properly from the factory, once I get all of this mess off I will fix the paint spots. photo