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Joe, it begs the question, how on earth could the DEF get mixed into the Diesel? They are not transported on the same tanker truck, DEF carriers carry DEF, not fuel. Does he know if any others had an issue that day?

Apparently that video link went away on You tube and this one took its place. That is for the IT gods to figure out. I reattached another Garmin video

We have owned 8 Jeep Wranglers since 1995, only one had the death wobble and it was caused by the lift and not having the caster changed/corrected afterwards. We tow a 2014 JKU now, no wobble and it has a 2" lift on the front and a 1" lift on the rear. The last Jeep toad was an 2003 TJ with a 3" lift and 35" tires, no wobble! If the alignment shop doesn't understand how caster works they will most likely set the toe and let it go, you think you had it aligned, when in reality you just tossed $$ in the trash. I strongly recommend finding an alignment place that specializes in 4x4 work. I can tell from past work experience, the shops I worked at had 17+ techs and there were two of us that understood alignments and neither of us ever performed them unless it was our own vehicle or a side job after hours. Now the new 2018-2019 JL Wrangler has electric steering, those have issues from the factory with Death Wobble. Never looked under one nor have I drove one and I have no interest in purchasing one either.

Jim, 50 degrees today. Odd but I’ll take it!

Ha, and I’m checking for cheap plane tickets 🤣

Brian, look up underneath of the steps, they are usually switched open/close by a magnet. Similar to alarm contacts on a window. My top magnet came detached once and was swinging by the wires, all sorts of strange stuff was happening with my steps. Definitely start with lubing the pivot points.

F433921, you might want to read this post that Manholt mentioned above.

Regarding diesel fuel issues, you might want to read this article. I got burned on June 2016 from these in my fuel; https://www.aa.co.nz/cars/motoring-blog/what-is-the-diesel-bug-and-how-can-i-prevent-it/

What year and make coach is this? I would start by loosening the filters and inspecting the o-ring on the threads and the outer seal on the filters, while at it make sure you didn't cross thread one of the filters causing the seal not to seat properly, if good move onto the lift pump. Check the lift pump for any signs of wetness, depending on the year of your coach and age of the lift pump it might be experiencing a housing gasket failure causing it to draw air in. All of these should only take a few minutes and cost nothing.

Ray, great idea! Nice work also!

Here is what we had.

I was thinking about this.. if you purchase the Valterra storage and mount it behind the rear axle, parallel and maybe drill some holes in it for air circulation you should be good. Mounting under the bumper would be the easiest but it’s likely you’d hit it. Closer to the axle the less likely you are to hit it pulling out. Our old C use to bottom out onto the hitch, I had to put wheels under the hitch for protection.

My old Coachman Santara had a holder built in under the coach. It allowed the hose to remain attached and it would swing out. You would unscrew the cap on the end of the PVC which was held in place by a chain then you would just grab the PVC tube and point it to the sewer connection, pull the hose out and connnect. It was nothing more than a PVC tube on a floor mounted swivel with a threaded end with a cap, small piece of chain mounted to the floor for support while traveling. I do not have any photos but you could build one with PVC pipes from a home center

Trailers we run auto inflation systems on newer. older, nothing.

1300 TRACTORS 3000 TRAILERS 500 FORKLIFTS We do not use valve stem extenders at work. You have to keep them simple here, the more to break from abuse the more road calls

yes, it stops there, said another way...the stem stress fractures and you stop on the side of the road. That I believe....wait, I experienced it with the last coach, turned into roadside triage. , as Herman says, "I got a shirt to prove it", well maybe not a shirt, but I have a DW to remind me of it, every time we pass that spot! happened on Thanksgiving day 5 years ago on I-95 in Baltimore

Mine wore a notch into the wheel at the hole, no bouncing, but long term cannot be good.

Wayne, funny you mentioned state to state. I only had been doubled up on in Maryland. Delaware and Pennsylvania saw the Toad as a trailer (as it was suppose to be.

Bill, our EZpass was set up for 4 axles (2coach, 2 Toad). They told me that this would cover the Toad as a combination. The Toad has its own so I would pull it and put it back in the sleeve, place it in the glove box. That didn’t go as planned, they would charge me as a coach, trailer then charge the Jeep plate as if it went through on it’s own and was just unreadable. I disputed all of their fraudulent charges, took hours of a painful process! Took several months but I got our money back. They recommended I change the coach back to 2 axle over 14,000 lbs and keep the Jeep E-ZPass on the windshield so as not to confuse their systems. So far this is the only way that has actually worked. Also, RV’s over 14,000 lbs are required to obtain a commercial EZ pass. Also found that out the hard way when the “RV E-ZPass” wouldn’t read, again several phone calls later they figured it out. According to E-ZPASS no RV is supposed to weigh over 14,000 lbs. clueless people working there!

My solid inner stems were not supported, they notched the outer wheel from rotation. For Less than $20.00 they are now supported.

News reported a coating to 1" down here and it was going to warm up, change to rain and wash it all away, everyone believed them. We got hammered with 6+ snow and ice, untreated roads and no plows to remove it. Apparently if they don't pre-plan and the storm intensifies no one cares, they let it melt off and forget about it. People were stranded on highways for the night in their cars, what a mess!

Bill, I use those in the garage, picked them up at Home Depot a few years ago, no mice since. Hadn't thought of using them in the coach basement, thanks. I also used the Peppermint oil in condiment cups with cotton balls in the coach, that and Fresh Cab seems to work. Ill keep my fingers crossed and add the sonic plug ins for another layer of protection.

Richard, I believe you are right. They also chewed up a fair amount and made a nest out of it in the generator. After I pulled the cover and had all of the scratches buffed out I ditched the cover.

Call me crazy but...I have only gotten mice when the coach was covered. Like clock work, put cover on got mice, take cover off no mice. Not to mention also got a bunch of scratches and other non desirable damage. I wrote Adco a letter asking if they used corn byproducts in their materials. Mice love their covers. Never got a response.

Bill, I removed all fluorescent lights from our coach due to multiple ballast issues causing RF interference. Two tubes replaced with one LED strip were significantly brighter in LED. I bought all of it from this company. I don’t remember the finial price but since I was doing a full interior conversion he cut me a good deal. It ended up being cheaper that the Chinese junk available on line. I even swapped out the dimmable puck lights to LED. His lights are available in different color temperature ranges. The ones in the galley area are brighter than the rest of the coach and the color isn’t that annoying bright white you get with most LED’s. It’s more of a natural color. https://www.cabinbright.com/