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No, never used the oven except to store cooking things. Had more room with the two drawers. Have sold this rig and thinking of doing the same with new rig.
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This is what I did.
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Got home yesterday from Quartzsite rally. Drove 2506 miles with a high of 15.710 and a low of 11.384. Averaged 13.67 MPG. Driving a 94 Warrior 321rb. Always fill the water and have extra food. Tried to maintain 60-63 mph and overdrive on and cruise on.
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I ran a average gas mileage of 17.43MPG on my 1984 Dolphin. That was the average over 6 years and 58,ooo miles. Drove at a top speed of 53 MPH except down hills.
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MY brother and I are here in Quartzsite along with 12 other Toy, s so far.
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I'm just south of Bakersfield, be at my brothers house tomorrow. Going to watch the Oregon-Ohio game on Monday and drive to Quartzsite on Thursday.
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If you have a 79 vintage hydro flame furnace it does not have a circuit board. It must have been upgraded to a newer furnace. I used to have a 84 dolphin with a hydra flame furnace. It went belly up so I bought a new hydro flame furnace in 2009 and it had a circuit board. The old furnaces had a site glass and a manual piazo striker.
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I use Pennzoil synthetic and run 60PSI all around.
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I will be visiting family and friends in Palm Desert and plan on being at the Quartzsite get together with all of you. Was there in 2013 and had a blast. Called Tika last night but have not heard back. Will call this morning.
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Look at www.tires-easy.com you type in the tire size and can look at 10 different tyres that fit our rigs.
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I'm on my third set of Nexen sv820 tires. First set were on a 84 Dolphin. Got 42,000 miles on them with rubber still on them. Second set were on the same motorhome with 16,000 miles on them when I sold it. Third set are on my 94 Warrior. Now have 15,000 miles on them. Never a flat and only adjust air pressure because of temperature changes. First set on the Dolphin went to Yellowknife, NWT, Ca and to Alaska. Lots and lots of rocky road. Still have one of the original tires as a spare on the Warrior.
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We have daughters living in each of these cities and make this round trip every year or two. Going to Las Vegas then Peoa and back to Oregon. Maybe to Bonney Lake,Wa. before home. Leaving the 18th. Looking for snow and cold weather.
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Thank you Bob. My wife inspected it and said "Why didn't you do that rite away after we bought it?????? I didn't have an answer.
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I finished installing a sliding drawer under a dinette seat. Got the drawer from Costco. It's metal with roller glides, measures 14x21" works real good. Don't have the clutter in that area anymore.
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I did some research and believe the clearance lights I installed are "PM Peterson 6 diode v180 A or R, amber or red" I paid 6.95 each.
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If you or someone else has used silicone calk on anything and you want to remove it. Spray WD-40 on a rag and rub on the silicone. It will help to remove the silicone.
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I installed these LED's this spring and am very pleased with them. It's a 94 Warrior. You can see the old clearance lite were mounted with 4 screws. I filled the holes with polyurethane calk, I really like the stuff, then drilled new holes, 2 per lite and stainless screws. Calked with spray foam and installed new fixtures. Soldered all wire connections, and used heat shrink tape. Bought the fixtures from Bi-Mart in Oregon about $7 each. Don't remember the name of the fixtures but they were almost a perfect fit.
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Haloweeeeeeen
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I also like your handy-work, bet it is bright back there.
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That is a very common tire name for Les Schwab.
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We saw 57 Toyota motorhomes on a 6 week 3500 mile trip this summer. Oregon to Vancouver Island toy-in.
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On the above post I forgot to mention that we saw 56 Toyota motorhomes and one Nissan motorhome either on the road or parked. Today I saw 3 more just in my own city.
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Wayne and Irene, Thank you for organizing this 4th event. We had a wonderful time visiting with old friends and making new ones. Don't forget " OFF TO ALASKA"
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Got home last night. Traveled 3468 miles, used 251.764 gallons of fuel at 13.445MPG. Not good but what was to be expected. Used 1/4 quart of oil. Some of the GPS locations for free to 20 dollars are, "Charleston, Oregon" " 43degrees 20'59.41" N by 124degrees 20'27.26" W " this place is on the ocean below Bettendorf state park. Sign says "maximum stay 24 hours" we stayed two days but were gone during the day. No camping fee. "Hammond, Or" close to Astoria, Or. This is a camp ground with no hook-ups on the water with a marina. 15-20 dollars don't remember. " 46degrees 12'18.42"N by 123degrees 57'09.51:W" BayCenter,WA 46degrees 36'44.34"N by 123degrees 54'58.84"W This is not a camp ground but a dead end road with a river and tide flat. Lots of birds, quiet, and close to South Bend, WA.
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I put two 48 volt 5.25 inch computer fans at the top of my frig. Fans run slower at 12 volt but still push a bunch of air. Mounted them above the frig because it was a lot easier to do so. I cut a panel out of the chimney and made it so I could get access if I needed to. Wired a on-off switch, the blue light. Tapped into the 12 volt wiring behind the speaker to the left of the frig chimney. When the outside air temp is say 90 degrees, refer on, and the chimney temp is 117 degrees, the fans on will drop the chimney 15 degrees. I drilled a 3/16 hole in the removable panel and pushed digital meat thermometer in. It makes more of a difference in refer temp when the outside humidity is high. In dry, low humidity the refer does not build up near as much frost on the inside and is easier to cool.