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bigben6969, Any update? Check and see if it has an auto start/auto stop feature. If so double check your settings. I accidentally turned on my auto shut down and it will not run if the batteries are close to a full charge, even if the A/C units are turned on, it will still shut down. Yea, it doesn't make sense but it was designed that way.

Roy, From experience inspect the hitch closely, our class C had two stickers on it, the hitch manufacture had it rated at 5000lbs with 500lbs of tongue weight. Coachmen had their decal with a warning "Maximum towing capacity 3000lbs and 150lbs of tongue weight". My guess was the frame extensions Coachmen installed onto the chassis were now the weak link so Coachmen backed it off. I followed the lessor and kept it under 3000lbs A.K.A I only pulled a small car or a golf cart. I found the Coachmen decal while installing roller wheels under the hitch, (that's a whole different story ) it was facing the front of the coach, while the hitch manufacture decal was facing the receiver portion of the hitch. Until that day I thought I could pull 5000lbs.

Let us know what he finds. I know I am curious.

ObedB, If I had a Dometic I probably would still have it. Our last coach it worked perfect and it was 16 years old. I just kept up on the maintenance and it kept our food cold or frozen.

wheelsandpaws, Here are a few locations to begin to look. Under the dinette seating (if booth equipped) Under the refrigerator or oven. Mounted to the ceiling in the storage area. I recall seeing them close to the circuit breaker box on older units especially if it doesn’t have slides. You can also try and follow where the shore power cable come into the unit 9 times out of 10 it is between where the cable comes in and the breaker panel. Usually the transfer switch, circuit breaker panel and convertor are in the same area. It will most likely involve removing a few access panels and looking around. Good luck.

I kept our old Pressure Pro system, the antenna that goes under the unit toward the back and all of the sensors, the batteries are all dead but I have them. I was considering sending them in for swap out but it bugs me is that I cannot replace them. I bought the InnoTech at the Hershey camping show since the batteries are replaceable and the entire system cost less than renewing my old sensors. looking back....not one of my better ideas. I do like the look of the EEZ TPMS.

Not on this application, but I did have them on my Jeep, no issues. I ran the Firestone Transforce HT and later the Bridgestone R250 in this size on our old coach. Both performed very well.

I just added it to my Phone. I will give it a try. Thanks

I now have an InnoTech in our coach. I bought it at Hershey last year; while it does work it also gives false readings. Which seems to happen on occasion when we pull off of the highway and park, as the tires begin to cool the alarm starts to go off reporting all six tires are leaking, never a problem for the toad. We had a Pressure pro in the last coach, and to be honest I wish I bought another Pressure Pro. While the installation was a bit more involved and the sensors do not have interchangeable batteries, it just worked flawlessly. Saved me on two occasions, once I had a tire tread separate which didn’t blow out just leaked, and the second time a braided ss valve stem extension started to leak.

Good point Rich, I might even go as far as replacing the breakers for the A/C units, the quality of those over the years has diminished, as with most products. If I remember correctly they cost me less than $85.00 for all of them. I had a problem with hot breakers in our last coach, no one could find anything wrong, I replaced them and the problem went away, now granted my last coach was 10 years older than rwitt's unit. If you are not comfortable working around have a service tech perform the task.

To late, I avoid the Ice Cream. We keep it for the kids, I am happy the beer is ice cold in the refrigerator, almost slush is the way I like it.

bm02tj, good example of a quality engineering team. I have never looked closely at a Renegade but it's good to know a manufacture was looking out for their customers when the design was on the drawing board. If we ever decided to go into a Super C I now know where to begin looking for a high quality unit.

Royclem, the Ford valve stems will get you a solid metal stem with a curve to direct away from the wheel. I used an extension kit I found on the web that had solid extensions with rubber inserts for support, simillar to the Alcoa oe design. Once these were installed I never had a leaking valve stem problem, the braided stainless steel ones seemed to become a problem after 2 years.

kwl0525, did the repair shop provide you with the location of the corrosion?

Thanks Tom. Your post was the main inspiration for us to move forward with our change over to a residential refrigerator (along with some of the new units being standard now). The industry seems to be going away from those absorption units. We to are also running the four 6v batteries (wet for now, when they get tired I will look at our battery options) with the inverter that came with the coach. We enjoy having the ability to have frozen ice cream on board and plenty of room inside for storage. I also now plug the coach in at home and leave the refrigerator on during the camping season and keep items inside so it’s less to pack when we do head out. Not that it matters much in a DP but the friends that helped carry the old unit out and place the new unit in our coach were commenting the other day about how much weight we removed from the unit when we pulled that Norcold out, we lightened up the coach by 125 lbs. I guess every bit helps. I agree, the refrigerator is low on my worry list now also.

Good point Bill! I would be more concerned with axle weight distribution from a single vs. Dual, the expense of changing wheel bearings or possibly hubs to accommodate the new offset. Most people fail to realize your axle housing, Hubs and bearings are all different when Super Singles are spec’d. If you are trying to lighten up for fuel economy change the inner wheel to aluminum. Also keep in mind traction can be a concern in bad weather including rain with the singles. I do not believe in this application the positives would outweigh the negatives. Traction is always the complaint I hear at work and we only run them if we are trying to hit a specific axle weight rating for permits and that is our last option.

Thanks Brett! I think this will become an annual PM and I might even give it another dose of cleaner this year just to make sure.

I did the bondo fiberglass mat and put washers in the glass, just drilled them out after it dried. This unit I bought new covers, $92.00 each

Brett, thanks for the link from the other post. I took your advice and bought two bottles of the Extreme Simple Green and cleaned mine out tonight. My coach has an aluminum fin assembled in front of the side mounted radiator stack. I removed the 6 self tapping screws and pulled the fin assembled off, next I removed the dash A/C condenser and supported it with a bungee cord so it didn't hang and swung it aside. My bed slide is just above so I put it out 3" to attach the bungee cord from the track. I poured both bottles into a garden pump sprayer and hosed it down on both sides and due to the long nozzle on the pump sprayer I was able to get between the CAC and Radiator and soak them both down. Here's where it got dirty, Mike Rowe could have made a show about this. I crawled under the coach in a position where the radiator was across my chest and lap area, and began to spray the garden hose from the fan side toward the outer wall, then on the outside toward the fan, then up between until I saw water bubbling out of the CAC (front side). What ran out resembled a light chocolate milk, I continued until I only saw water no matter where I sprayed. I tried the light trick but I couldn't get my head behind the fan to look toward the outside so I figured I would clean it anyway for a good maintenance practice. Needless to say wear swimming goggles and old clothes, you will be showering just after, I was completely soaked as if I jumped into a pool with my clothes on, with dirt all over. The cleaning product had no effect on my skin. I bought the bottles at Pep Boys for $9.99 each. I am not sure what to expect since I never reach 205 degrees on a 7% grade fully loaded towing, but if it's less I will take it, normally I run at 185 degrees.

Good to know, headed to South Carolina Friday, I have 120 gallons on board now (full tank) I will be certain to fill up there, from what I read it was cheaper. I usually look for the signs when I am driving and stop where it is the most cost effective with the lowest bio reading or NO BIO

Royclem, I put them on our old coach, E450 (same wheels). I bought mine from the Ford dealer, Funny thing I just saw one still in the package in my tool box the other day. Ford part number, 2C3Z-1700-AA. They became standard in later years and they used the same wheels up to 2008 on the E350 and E450, in 2008 they switched to a 4 hand hole design from the 10 small holes around the wheel. Sorry I do not remember what they cost. Joe

Roy, I replaced the LED in each of my handles (one inside and one outside) they were only equipped with one at the top, they light up the entire handle

I am still laughing at this comment.

Ray, I agree with the CB, our coach has a Cobra, the one with all of the controls built into the Mic. I have only turned it on once just for kicks, it got annoying really fast and I shut it off. FYI the wife loves that dash cam, good info you provided on that, thanks again. Almost took out a Honda Civic a few weeks back and the camera would have been my witness. I was quite impressed how well the coach came to a screeching stop with Fire Apparatus brakes on it.

I saw one on a Kenworth chassis last year in PA and it was really nice looking. I guess the higher end units would be built better maybe better engineered, I do not know but I would spend a day crawling under one before I would ever consider another.