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Agreed! I won't drive ours until the rain has washed away all salt.

We have two jeeps in the family now. 2009 Liberty and 2003 Wrangler sport. The wranglers get a bad rap from its old design and the ride. Over the years we have owned 3 other wranglers and prior to the 03 was an 08 4door. Which I will admit I hated it. Not for the comfort, dependability or ride, it was extremely under powered and was horrible on fuel. I recently drove a 2016 with the new engine that came out in 2012 and I was very impressed with the power and fuel economy of the new engine. With that being said my wife's 2012 Explorer is going to disappear in the near future for another jeep to add to the collection. No complaints with the 2003 considering it has a 3.5" lift with 35" tires, the 4.0l and 5 speed handle it just fine, this jeep is our Toad.

I think I have it figured out. Thank you for the responses. I bought an 12' propane hose with the fitting that is on my grill that will connect in place of the disposable bottle. On the other end it has a "POA" fitting which connects to my valve on the tank. I was told to remove the regulator, (since the grill already has one built into it) and connect. Seems simple enough I will have to run the hose across the propane bay to the curb side of the coach for convenience. Once its empty...... pull the tank = more storage.

Anyone know what I would need to connect my portable Weber grill to the propane tank on the coach? Can I purchase such a hose? Here's my dilemma; All Propane appliances have been removed from the coach. The tank is full and has been since we bought it almost two years ago (65 gallon). I have called all of the local propane dealers in the area, no one will empty it. So I either have to remove the tank full or empty it on my own. I was thinking if I connect a hose to the regulator and have one long enough I can run my gas grill with it to try and use it up so I can run it out and pull the tank. Any suggestions?

DOC Mike, usually around the wood frame are what looks like buttons protruding from the wood. Carefully pop them out and there should be screws behind them. If none, check inside the cabinets alongside of the TV compartment they might be in there.

I just posted pictures of the finished product in our coach in the "Gallery" section. I need more photos and will work on them soon.

Carl, I slipped your kid neighbor a $5 to throw as much debris from the trees under your toppers.

Bill, I think the confusion is, your signature shows C12 CAT but you referenced you have a 3126 CAT above. The 3126 is a 7.2L not 12.0L.

Yup, I was thinking the same. Better make sure he's not on a coffee break on your dime, lol

Your Welcome. No, she was inside the house wondering what I was doing. Here is a link to my manual, not sure what model you have but this was popular with Monaco on those years. http://www.xantrex.com/documents/Discontinued-Products/822-4RC7-RC7GSRevNew.pdf

Brett, when I scroll through I only have Zone 1, Zone 2. That is only a little cursor on the bottom blinking under either the 1 or 2 for my zones. Modes I only have HEAT, COOL and OFF Herman, yes, but depending on your EMS system. We are equipped with a Trace Engineering RC7GS. I can scroll through a list of options, when I get to GEN Auto Start... batteries at XX% I set it for 90% and Auto off @ 95%. I have my Generator quiet time and start time with in 1 minute of each other. Since we do not boondock often If the generator is on there usually isn't a neighbor next to me so it can come on whenever the batteries call for it. Unplug the coach and turn your refrigerator on/TV on and watch TV in your driveway. I fell asleep and when the generator turned on I came up swinging . It took a few hours.

Carl, cant answer to the higher end units. I installed one on a friends TT two years ago, it has helped them a bunch with keeping the top of their slide clean. I haven't yet had the problem you are referring to with either of mine. Is there sufficient overlap to protect the slide?

My previous post on this thread somewhat explains why an engine only manufacture is being pinched off. I took my CDL test in a International, Cummins powered with a compression release. it was only 300hp and would pull you into the seat. ObedB and Gary are probably laughing now. After driving todays road tractors with the higher HP engines, they really don't out perform the old ones, they just ride and handle much nicer. Almost everyone is now looking for a road tractor with the power train built by the same company as the hood ornament, just like a car or light duty pick up truck. That in itself would make sense for Cummins to cut back as their demand is dropping off. CAT bailed when they just couldn't get the new technology right and its reliability fell apart in the 2007-2008 engines with a DPF. My previous employer had 52 of them and when I left they and cat were paying the local Cummins dealer to pull and replace them with Cummins Power to a sum of $38,000 per truck. Per truck we were averaging $7200.00 per year in towing expenses and $44,000 per year in repairs. We had CAT out for meetings, the local dealer trying to fix them, but in the end they agreed it was an engineering disaster and nothing could be done. So they were picking up part of the tab for the engine change. Just typing this I am getting heart burn that was a bad experience then and I hope I never have that mess again.

Carl, you need to head east with that thing. geeze.

Gene, see if Damon can give you ground locations, and verify they are clean and connected properly. I had a Coachmen Class A gas in the shop a few years back that Coachmen had relocated a Ford ground to a piece of plastic that the self tapping screw was supposed to be long enough to hit the steel which wasn't directly behind the plastic, the screw never penetrated the steel, it was just scratching the steel, so intermittently the instrument cluster would go crazy on the customer.

I have auto start, but its not connected to my A/C units (I will have to look into that). Works great for battery maintenance especially with an all electric coach now.

RodgerS, too bad you live in Northern CA. I have a friend that just purchased a used DP that needs a bunch of work. If you were in South East PA he could keep you real busy. But instead he and I will be real busy. I just started my spring prep on ours. I have a few items to finish; service the AquaHot, chassis, replace both inner rear wheels (picked up two free aluminum that match the others, mine are steel now) remove the 3M nose protector, clean both A/C units, wash and wax it and look deeper into my air bag condition. I have looked over the IRV2 posts for questions I may have had but I will not go on there and post anything. I have seen many people get verbally torn up. I graduated High School many years ago, no need to go back. As far as helping on here, I am by no means an expert in RV repair or maintenance. I am a CAT, Isuzu, Ford and International Certified Diesel technician (Senior Master with Ford, Master with IHC) ASE Master car, school bus and heavy/Medium truck with L1 and L2 and EVT (Emergency Vehicle Technician) Since RV's tend to need a bunch of maintenance I will tackle them myself, if I get into a situation I am unsure about I ask on here, usually someone has done it them selves and can shed some light on it and I get through it. All of what know on RV's I have learned. We purchased our first motorhome in 08, I bought a fixer upper and through reading I managed to fix the Furnace, HW heater, A/C on the roof, ATS switch, Converter and miscellaneous plumbing and structural issues. So if I can help someone I will, just seem like the right thing to do. Plus there is a lot of good people on here I like to call friends.

Gary, it was a good question and I agree; when I quit learning I will be dead. The two times we traveled through CA with our old coach I had no Catalytic convertor (and it was supposed to have one). When you cross into CA there is an agricultural check point, they have a mirror on a stick that they looked under our coach with, I thought something would have been said, NOTHING, they asked a few questions and we were on our way.