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  1. On 8/26/2020 at 10:18 AM, hermanmullins said:

    Bruce, let me know how the 3/4 inch battery impact works, I might look at buying one for my self.

    Herman

    I just tried my new 3/4 inch Earthquake inpact wrench on one of my front lug nuts.  I marked where it was and spun it off and back on to the same place.  Works well, it hammers the nut off and on but it does tighten it to spec.


  2. 7 hours ago, IanBullock said:

    Me too! Why invest all that $$ into a spare, rim, jack, and tools, and then carry around all that extra weight criss crossing the country?

    For the price of all the above you could probably pay for 10 years of roadside assist! 

    I don't like to wait hours or days for help to come.  I also don.t like paying double or triple for a tire that is the wrong size.  I have less than $500 invested in all the equipment and aluminum wheel and tire.


  3. 20 hours ago, hermanmullins said:

    Bruce, let me know how the 3/4 inch battery impact works, I might look at buying one for my self.

    Herman

    I have used the 1/2 inch Earthquake which has 1200 ft/lbs of torque, from our shop, and it worked ok for Budd nuts and studs.  I haven't tried the 3/4 inch with 1400 yet but it will be even better.  The price for the 3/4 is $279 with 1` battery and charger in a carrying case.


  4. I will not travel without a spare.  Haven't in the last 45 years and 10 motorhomes.  On my current coach, 98 Discovery 36T I mounted it under the propane tank next to the engine.  To life it up into position I mounted an electric winch to pick it up from the ground to the mount.  I use to carry a 1 inch air impact wrench but just changed to a Harbor Freight 3/4 inch battery wrench which has 1400 ft/lbs of torque.


  5. On mine the starter gear assembly was broken so I priced the Onan replacement parts and they were fairly expensive ($60).  I looked on EBay and found a complete new starter with the drive gear for half that. It was an import.  I ordered it and installed it and it works fine.  I machined some replacement parts out of aluminum and repaired the original starter which I carry as a spare now.


  6. 3 hours ago, stacisweeney said:

    Hey FMCA family,

     

    my husband and I are new RV owners and we had a small mishap with our generator. We have a 1997 Tiffin allegro bus with an onon marquis 7000 generator.

    my husband went to turn the generator off and thinks he may have accidentally hit the start switch while the generator was in the process of turning off. he also managed to hit some kind of 12 volt switch. since then when we go to start the generator it makes a horrible grinding sound. we've checked the oil in the generator and the oil is fine. does anyone know if there is anyway for us to fix the generator ourselves or do we have to bring it to an rv repair shop??  keep in mind we have an appointment with a repair shop for September 1st but itll take 5 to 7 days just for them to look at Rv once its there and we are keeping our eyes on a system that may potentially make it into the gulf this week which is of some concern as we live in louisiana

     

    The starter drive parts are plastic and can break fairly easily.  Remove the starter and check the gear.


  7. When I went to lithiums I installed 4 100 amp lithiums in place of 6 AGMs.  The thinking is that because lithiums useful range is down to about 90% discharge versus 50% for AGMs, the about of run time is more than what I had.  I have 800 watts of solar, 3K Xantrex inverter, and a residential refrigerator.;


  8. On 7/27/2020 at 10:07 AM, RLS7201 said:

    There was 2 440 engines used in MHs. The standard 440 has the low mount water pump. Top of the pump is level with the top of the timing cover. The 440P (truck) has the high mount water pump. 1/2 of the pump extends above the timing cover. Neither engine was known for performance or fuel mileage. If you have the standard 440, you can add 440 heads and exhaust from a HP 1968 or later 440 MOPAR car, along with the camshaft and wake up that old beast.

    Richard

    We had a RV shop in the 70s. The engine used in the M600 Dodge chassis was a 440-3.  The -3 had cooling passages around the spark plugs.  Made some changes for better performance.  Installed a Cloyes double roller chain timing set with the cam advanced 3 degrees.  Also installed turbocharger.  On my personal coach, 80 Sportscoach, with that engine I installed twin turbos and electronic fuel injection, made it a real performer.  Gas was cheap then!


  9. Its possible that the cooling system is blocked.  Remove the sheet metal and inspect all the air passages.  We've had mice or ? pack the fins with what looks like carpet pieces, blocking the cooling air.  I was an Onan dealer for a number of years and must have cleaned out more than a couple of dozen units.


  10. I've had 2 coaches painted by Mike's Custom painting in Bremen Indiana.  He has probably painted more RVs than the next 5 painters combined.  He used to do most of the full body paint jobs for the major RV builders in the Elkhart area until the popularity of painted became great enough so they put in their own paint booths. His jobs do 4 coats of clear, baked twice.  


  11. On 6/17/2020 at 10:44 AM, Badmanrick said:

    We use a new Tireminder A1AS With 10 transmitters.  We have used Tireminder for several years. We are very pleased with the units and the customer Service.  

    I have the Tire Minder A1AS.  The thing I like about it is that all of the tire positions are displayed at the same time.  I also have both spare tires (1 on the coach and 1 on the toad)  with transmitters.


  12. Fed Ex just delivered 2 Toyo 245/75 22.5 for $299 each.  I installed them on my front yesterday and moved one of my old fronts to the spare location.  I have Toyos on the rear axle that I installed 3 years ago.  Been running Toyos for 15+ years.
     


  13. On my last coach, a 32 ft diesel pusher Spartan chassis I changed out the leaf springs for air ride and the disc brakes for air brakes.  I had an occasion to have to change a rear tire.  I lifted the rear and then tilted it.  What I forgot was the front was down on the air bags so when I tilted the rear the frame twisted.  I broke the windshield.  After that experience I remember to raise the front so it can tilt side to side.

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