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The downside to owning and maintaining a 24 yr old MH. One of my side docking lights quit working; I removed it to replace the bulb, but discovered the bulb is not replaceable. it is a 2 dia. model 4245 halogen sealed 12v light made by Peterson Industries and NLA/obsolete. (Lichtsinn Motors parts dept. is great!) I searched the web for a replacement and found 2 LED replacement pairs I think will fit on Amazon. Hopefully 1 will fit into the space, the other pair goes back to Amazon within their 30-day window.

Welcome back Roger. It's good to see you here again, seemingly your accurate advice wears-off after a period, and we need a refresher instruction post.

Call the BBB in the city where that company is located and ask questions. Keep in mind, by law it is not an extended warranty. It IS a legal contract to provide limited services. Read the fine print as many times as necessary to completely understand every clause. The better contracts state what they will not pay for, by omission, everything else in covered.

There are a few companies in the business of selling replacement key fobs. I think one of the retail auto supply stores even sells them.

The business does not insure vehicles there for service. They cannot prove they completed the repairs on your MH. Everything else is conjecture on their part. I would share the business's request with your insurance co., they might need a good laugh.

So, your thread about the starter seized is wrong? You might want to have it deleted. My MH had been parked in a barn for 8 yrs, New batteries was the main issue too. It is a 2000 and had 21,000 on the odometer.

That is a tell-tale sign the system is very low on refrigerant, when it stops completely it's almost empty.

I've experienced great service from Good Sam ERS for the past 20 years. Best is one of those adjectives used so no-one can prove you wrong.

Now that's gonna be a loong to-do list_. Wayne, we've decided to sell our MH too. I'm staying busy replacing, repairing, and cleaning these days in preparation

Our MH is all fixed except for the Ultimate Freedom decal for the front cap, it is NLA so my SIL is making a new one using the old torn one for reference. That sitting unused for 2 years has taken a toll on a few mechanical things, Kiwkee step motor is not running, HWH slide room shuttle valve is stuck and room will not move. I now have more tasks for a rainy day in the RV garage. Wayne, how is Earlene doing? I hope there are medical options for her improvement. I totally agree; when we said "I will" to those wedding vows we meant exactly that.

Thanks everyone. Life is constantly changing, adaptation is the only answer. I have became caregiver for my wife, I signed up for that when I repeated the wedding vows before God. Gotta get the awning replacement wrapped-up, if we can find new Carefree of Colorado power packs for my new Fiesta awing. Got the MH back, went to open the bedroom sliding door ant it fell off the track; drat, another chore for a rainy day.

MIne is hard plastic, I used double-sided tape to hold it on the front/rear caps. I think the man selling metal emblems is who used to make them for FMCA 20 years ago. The vinyl decals are nothing unusual today with everyone trying to cut expenses instead of raising dues/prices.

Happy happy happy! The hospital has decided DW didn't have a stroke. Their testing revealed she has severe diverticulitis and pancreatitis. She is still in hospital, doing well on IV antibiotics. No word yet on her release from hospital. Her blood was septis, which caused her brain to "malfunction". The hospital Dr recommended she contact our family Dr and see about removing some of her meds. She is still having short-term memory loss. Our MH must have a new inverter/charger. If I DIY the total cost for a Xantrex 2012 + new remote panel and cable is less than $1,800. The RV repair shop quoted $4,000. After DW is well and back home again, that inverter/charger replacement is my next project.

Well, I have mixed feelings. Today we finally got our MH back, minus a couple dress parts that are NLA. I'll have to find a used part for one inside column dress panel. The bad news; May 3 DW had a stroke. She is alert and energetic, with very little short-term memory, and it's plain she depends on me to replace that loss.. Our lives have changed and we will figure out how to live with our new everyday lives as we continue this journey. We might keep our MH for now and restrict our trips to one week at the most, but we both know selling our Ultimate Freedom MH must occur.

I stop further back from the stop sign to allow me to see what's happening on the right When I"m solo; otherwise DW gets out of her chair and sits on the couch where she has a good view of oncoming traffic on the right side of the MH. There have been times I've had to turn right then find someplace to turn around. I"ve even done the "three rights make a left" thing to avoid endangering us.

As a general rule, the one with the best warranty lasts best.

I would use Simple Greene Extreme to clean the radiator fins and the entire "sandwich" of cooling radiators.. Only the Simple Green Extreme is safe for aluminum. FWIW, you may want to read this tutorial on the Allison Econ-mode feature. You will need to sign in again for the Diesel Club forum. https://forum.dieselrvclub.org/index.php/topic,4960.msg7180.html#msg7180

That happens frequently on other RVing forums also. Sometimes I PM that thread starter and ask they return to read replies. Some have thanked me because they lost the web address to their post, since they did not know to check the box for notifications.

All electrical wire has a resistance value per foot of length. It will be slow and painstaking but test the wire between connections points with a VOM. This chart will help. Don't forget to test the light fixtures. https://learnmetrics.com/wire-resistance-calculator-formula/

Bruce, I finally found my membership expiration date. It was 3/3/24. That was prior to receiving my first renewal notice. You can find yours here: https://member.fmca.com/My-Account/My-Membership

Got a renewal notice a month ago, got another today. Neither have a renewal date nor expiration date, they just say soon. I guess at some point I'll get a notice my membership has expired, then I'll know the date to renew. The letter has a lot of useless verbiage, looks like they could bother to include a due date with my name and address and member number.. Oh well, It it doesn't mean much to them I shouldn't let it bother me I guess.

Call FMCA HQ and lodge a complaint. No member should have to put up with that IMO. At first FMCA issued metal plaques, then switched to cheaper plastic, now the decals. I think the main guys name is Chris.

The owners manual should have a paragraph titled "recreational towing". It is the final word for this, online towing guides may contain errors.

Wow, and I've been thinking our 2 years without our MH has been a nighmare! At least ours is still standing, even though waiting on parts.

I agree with Ross. I removed my rear guard when I went to AK, as previous drivers said it flipped up so much crushed stone the found about a gallon of stones in the windshield wiper area. During that AK trip, at the end of one days drive the towed had so much mud on it I had to use an ice scraper to remove it from its windshield so I could see to drive it to a car wash. I bought semi-tractor mud flaps, cut them to size and bolted them behind my MH duals, that has worked much better than the full-width flap.