mission mike

I guess Winnebago Warrior's are made stronger? I walk on our roof with no problems, weight distribution is my size 12 shoes!

We have an 89 warrior and the step is fabricated from sheet metal, its a pretty sturdy rectangle, three sides and a bottom (the step) welded together, its hard to see, but it looks like the step is either welded or bolted to the square tubing that the coach frame is constructed from, so I would check on the broken side and see how the step is attached to the frame, it looks like it would be an easy fix! Mike

We have a cargo box on the back of our warrior, when we travel in Baja Mexico I always carry a full 5 gal jerry can in the box, traveling in the USA and Canada we don't usually take it along, the gas gauge works on our rig, not sure of the size of our gas tank, but I know we get about 200 miles on a full tank. When we get down to a quarter tank I start looking for a gas station. Mike

Thanks Karen, do you remember the original price on the first listing on Craig list? I will pass both listings on, BTW I think our relative is only interested in Oregon or Washington for looking at Motor-homes for sale, he doesn't want to travel too far. Mike

The one for sale in Seattle I passed on to a relative who's looking to buy, he called the guy and asked for the vin number, the owner said he would call back with it, but never did, wonder now if it was a scam or maybe sold fast? If you hear of anymore please let me know, there is another one for sale in Anacortes that is a possible good deal. thanks Mike

Great mountain photos you have there, well done! we did that run up from the coast on highway 20 last August some steep climbs for the Toyota loaded as we were with three adults and gear, beautiful country and views, we stayed in the Winthrop area for five nights. Mike

That's a great photo of Mt Baker, we look at it every day from up here in BC. Mike

Hi wind driven guys Just read your latest post on your blog, re the accident! very pleased to hear no one was hurt, good luck with the rebuild, your certainly in the right place, you cant beat Mexican ingenuity for fixing things! Mike

Sorry to hear about your accident, hope it was only the mohome that was hurt, and that the Mexican Police were kind to you, my brother-in-law got T-boned in La Paz last Nov. and he spent 24hours in a Mex jail, not a happy experience for him! I've checked out your photos and blog, very good! Mike

Listen to Fred! stealth is your best option, we hide our laptop at the end of one of our bench seats in the coach, we made a hidden compartment in which the lap top sits upright, a strip of plywood covered in the same carpet that is on the floor and lower wall makes a door, you would never know there is a hidden compartment, we've been through several border crossings numerous times and it has never been checked.

Hi Debbit Couldn't you just run a separate electric extension line into the coach and plug the heater directly into that, I often do that during the winter, then you would have no worries about boiling your battery dry. Mike

Hi Siskiou Try pulling it out and working the cable back and forward to see if you can get any movement, then at least you would be able to drive it and get it fixed. I had mine replaced at a transmission shop and they only removed the pan, it wasn't a long job, I forget what it cost now, I don't remember there being any "stops" on the cable except for the two ends, the old cable had a rubber piece in from the motor end to gauge the adjustment. Mike

Sorry about that Mike

Hi Siskiou. We had the same problem with our 1988\89 Winnie, we were 1500 miles away from home in Mexico, same as yours it would not come out of first gear and the kick down cable was slack, see photo, ours looks a little different than yours whoops! I think I lost the photos!!!! What I did, and you could try the same to get you up and running, I disconnected the cable as shown in the above photo, I held the brown rubber boot with my left hand, with my right hand I pushed the cable back in, mine would move after sliding it back and forth a few times, but I could feel no spring return! so then I pushed it all the way back in and then started gradually easing it back out again, I then took the rig for a drive, stopped and tweaked the cable out some more, doing the driving and tweaking several times until the transmission was changing up and down normally, I left the cable disconnected and folded it over on its self and taped it off. see next photo We continued on our travels with it like this and the only difference I noticed was having to change down manually when climbing hills, on the drive back up to BC I stopped off at the Toyota dealer in The Dalles in Oregon and picked up a new cable, it was about $125.00 half the price of what they are here in Canada. Mike

Hi Hobbits Home for us is in the Fraser Valley of BC, about 12 miles North of the Sumas USA border crossing, as for Baja we like it all, and the further South we get we like it more! If you do decide to drive down through Baja I would recommend you check out the Bajanomads website, there you'll get up-to date road conditions, camp sites ect. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ sd bolt dude, thanks! ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ RVdaytrader I would like to see photos of your roof rack too. thanks all Mike

Hi John I can't offer any advice on your non running issue, just encouragement! if anyone can figure this problem out, "you be de man" good luck with this and I'll read your follow up posts with interest, must say you had an ingenious way of getting your rig home, one question, I believe you have an Auto trans too, towing like that, do you have to remove the drive shaft? Mike

This is what we use, I made it from 5/8" plywood, inside I carry a 20lb propane BBQ tank,(upright) 5 gal jerry can of gas, 2 garden chairs and a small folding BBQ, plus the two bikes hanging on a bike carrier attached to the box lid. My son welded up an angle iron frame that is bolted to the frame extensions underneath the rear of the coach, so far it as stayed together doing three trips down to the bottom of Baja Mexico and back, over rough roads Topes an all! Hope to be leaving in early January on our fourth trip south. Wouldn't want to be in a bad rearender with this set up, but I do drive accordingly knowing the risk of one! having said that the fixed propane tank on our rig is situated just behind the driver and low down, so wouldn't want to be T-boned on the drivers side either! Driving in Mexico I do like to have the extra gas and propane on hand, and hate carrying them inside the coach. Mike

http://www.marxrv.com/12volt/12volt.htm not sure if this as been posted before, it has some useful information.

For my 88 Winnie lug nut # is 90942-01055 these are RH, (that is from a Toyota dealer) this # was given to me by Vanman from this board, fit his and mine also. Mike

This works for me, I carry a BBQ tank in the cargo box, it is attached with a pigtail to a separate regulator with a gas shut off valve on the bottom, then another hose from the regulator / valve, teed into the gas line for the hot water tank (second photo) the green hose is covering the copper line. when using the BBQ tank I have another shut of valve for the main tank which I close, (sorry no photo) Ditto to John's words about being 100% comfortable in making changes to your propane system! In the cargo box floor I drilled several holes for ventilation. Mike

I've had success fixing leaks in hard to get at places, by using Plumbers Weld. Mike

Looking good John, I did the same for ours two years ago after persevering with one of those Costco pole canopies over three winters. Are those home built trusses? way to go!!! Mike

Thanks Steve My cargo box slash bike carrier doesn't look the greatest but I would hate to be without it, and since adding the propane regulator I can tap into the 20lb BBQ tank whilst on the road to keep the refrigerator running should we run out of propane on the main tank. Mike

Thanks Dolphinite John and Karincorbin for input on this topic. I have seen one home built roof rack on a camper that I have considered making, it to spanned the roof from side to side as Karin suggested, but instead of bolts to hold it in place, it used ratchet straps on the four corners running down the walls to the frame of the truck, it seemed very sturdy and was carrying two kayaks, wished I'd taken a photo to better explain. Mike

This works OK for me, and no damage to the bikes.(unless we were rear ended) I built the cargo box for our first trip to Baja Mex, for carrying a BBQ tank, spare gas can, garden chairs and other clutter that would take up space inside. I found our regular car bike carrier would attache to the lid and I can carry up to three bikes. The frame the box sits on my son welded up out of scrap angle iron, and is bolted to the frame extensions and the bumper Total cost was about $50. Mike