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My cousin has an American Eagle with the Banks. His system will turn down the boost before the shift, then after the shift it turns back up the boost. I may be over simplifiing it but there are two computers that are being controlled, one for the engine and one for the transmission to prevent shifting with enough torque to hurt the tranny. This is how it was explained to me. He actually had the system installed by taking it to the factory and had in installed there so that it would not void his warranty on the coach.

I also used the liquid rubber and it worked great. It has been 4 years with no issues. I figure even if I recoated every 6+ years $500 is cheap fix.

You could run up winterized and just not use water.

I just replaced my shore water regulator with a high flow. It cost more but now matches the flow that the water pump delivers.

I have stayed at Fort Wilderness when we had our pop up and it was great but we were here to visit Disney.

I doubt you can get a site in Fort Wilderness. We are down this week and another family we are here with tried to get a site and it was booked.

We have stayed several times at Sun-n-Fun with our daughter. It is located in Sarasota FL. Not sure if this would fit the location where you would like to be. Prices were descent and kids were welcome. We have been down a couple times over Christmas. My daughter was 8 and 10 when we stayed. Beaches were nice. You can go on a day trip to Sanibel Island, state park is close by, Tampa to Bush Gardens, and depending on which way you are traveling you could stop by at Weeki Wachee to see the mermaid show. She might be a little old for that but... They are also big rig friendly. We may be back down there this Christmas I can swing the time off at work.

When this front fan stops you need to inspect the unit to be sure it is not iced up and physically stopping the fan motor from turning. If the unit is freezing up the fan motor may still be turning but not pushing air across the coils.

1995 Fleetwood Bounder 35' on F53 chassis. Mine is 11.6" tall.

Your cab heat will not heat the whole coach. Some folks will hang a blanket behind the driver to keep the driver area warm. Keep in mind if you are running in below freezing conditions and your dewinterized pipes can freeze. I run my propane heat when needed to be sure that the basement is also getting warm air. Some will run electric heat using the generator if the are concerned about having propane on while driving, but don't forget the water pipes below.

One thing to consider in low temperatures is how your pipes and tanks are heated. My rear heater circulates air into the basement area to keep my basement holding tanks and waterlines from freezing. If you are only heating your living area in cold weather you may run the risk of freezing pipes depending on your waterlines routing.

A comment on the airfoil, a company makes a product called airtab that creates a vortex when air passes over it. Normally these tab, which are white, clear, and can be painted, are attached to the rear of the sides and roof of you coach. See youtube here http://www.google.co...ajeVoSS0z3pN-fg Or visit airtab.com They are sticky tape mounted, but I am not sure what the minimum order is. You would think they would sell two or three in case you damaged one on the road.

I used http://www.epdmcoati...liquidroof.html on my 1995 35ft Fleetwood. Awesome product. Not cheap but much cheaper then a new roof. It took 5 gallons. One afternoon was prep work cleaning loose chalky white off the roof. Spent several hours the next day coating. Looked like a new roof when I finished. I have washed it twice a year over the past two years and it still looks great.

I was stopped in Florida. I was in my toad with the bikes on the back. We had just left the campground and where heading towards a local store to get some groceries. It was New Years Eve so I believe it was a stop to check us out. State law is nothing may obstruct the view of the plate. They only have rear plates in that state. I have traveled with this setup for several years with no issues.

We have ours mounted only on the back. I will sometimes set it in the front window at a campground if I remember.

Base is as important as the concrete. You may want to put in your base with dress stone on it for a season parking on that using the compressor pads for tires. Then pore next year. If the base settles the concrete will crack. I have seen in Michigan were they will pile huge mounds of dirt on a site were they will build a Lowes with a concrete slab, and let it sit to compress the ground then remove dirt and pore. The weight speeds the process of compressing the soil under where they will pore.

Wow, sounds exiting but I would try to run local loop for a week. My dad sold units for years and they would check them over for predelivery but no matter what they did, after the units left the lot, the owner would often have some issues that needed to be resolved. I would run it on a few short trips, setup and brake camp for a few days before heading to far from the dealership.

Your toilet bowl should be able to hold fresh water without leakage. If all of your sink traps are full of water, be sure to leave some water in the bowl as well. If the seals have gone bad, the water will drain out. If the water can drain down then odor can get out. Seal under the toilet could also be bad.

I am surprised your windows do not have some tint already. I like having the awnings for when you are stopped. Having the awnings gives you some privacy especially when parked in a tight campground. Rainy days you can have your windows open. It helps with heat in the summer and you have the option not open them on cool days. On the down side they do not help while moving down the road. I would install both options if you can.

I hate to fix something that is really not broken. As old as my unit is you need to think hard about taking apart something that is working as designed.

I have a 1995 35' Fleetwood Bounder that is also a 30 amp coach. I have thought about this topic ever since I bought my unit. Why? Because I have a daughter and she sleeps out in the living room area but when I am on shore power i can only run one of the two roof top AC units. The coach has a 7500 watt generator that will support both AC units and all onboard devices. The Pedestal 30 amp restricts me to running either the front or rear AC. I have not opened the acces to the service to see but it would seem that at the generator/shore cutover there should be a way to provide 50 amp service to the shore side of that cutover switch.

I was curious so I search around for alternators with external regulators and saw this site. Looking at this site http://www.zena.net/...s/mar_alt.shtml it says you can DC weld with theres. Some versions have a separate rectifier with its own cooling fan. I'll bet nothing on this website is cheap. These are actually generators that look like your alternator. Looking around further on the sight they also have high end alternators. Below is the sales pitch from their site. They say this alternator is designed for operating temps up to 298 degrees. Never heard of them but I am not big into high end car audio systems. Rectifiers in all ZENA power generators/alternators are more than double the size required to handle rated output currents, and are also capable of handling exceptionally high reverse voltage spikes. Rectifier heat sinks are equally robust allowing reliable high amp operation in exceptionally hot operating environments. For example, in our SR200 series, which is designed for exceptionally duty, we use twelve (12) individual rectifiers (double the amount found in a typical alternator) -- mounted on double solid copper heat sinks in a separate cooling compartment isolated from the hot internal generating components. (This provides most of the benefits found in an externally rectified alternator without requiring extra engine compartment mounting space or requiring a more complicated installation or extra wiring. Bearings are oversize, and much higher quality than found in a typical alternator -- equally capable of handling high side loads and high temperature operating environments. For example, our 200A alternator's front bearing is large enough for use as a wheel bearing on a small utility trailer! To further reduce bearing wear, and increase service life, rotors are spin balanced and machined to ultra close internal tolerances. Internal wiring, including stator and rotor windings is extra heavy duty -- oversize (stator wire is so large in diameter that windings must be carefully hand fitted to stator laminations), and designed with an insulating system capable of withstanding temperatures of more than 150 degrees Celsius (over 298 degrees Fahrenheit) without failure.

Almost makes you long for the old days were the regulators were external. That would solve your issue. If you had an option of a alternator with external regulator you could then position the regulator away from the heat.

Your jacks are only for stabilization and not meant to lift the coach. Having the jacks down would help spread the per square inch load of your coach across all services, tires and jack pads. You could place plastic blocks used for under tire leveling to prevent maring of the concrete surface. I would also use some light lubricant on the jacks exposed cylinders to prevent corrosion the jacks are left down for a really long time.

My manual says to crank for 10 seconds. Looking at a watch, that is a long time. Wait for a 5 seconds and crank again. Normally the first 10 seconds is priming. Next five is cooling starter, then next crank starts. You said yours is running great when you get it started. Be sure to check the winter/summer air setting if yours has one, air filter condition, and linkage for choke/governor. Hard starting may also be related to spark plug wear. Sometimes it is the simple things. Had an issue with my Onan 7500 with loping. Finally discovered that the two bolts that hold the carburetor had worked loose and was allowing air in. Boy was I happy it was something easy. Just took awhile to trace it down. Let us know what the final solution is.