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WME

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  1. When on trip, use what ever. The last tank before you park it fill with "pure" gas. That way you can reduce the effects of methnol.

    Cant find the good stuff? then ues an methnol stablizer in the last tank. Sta bul makes one, im sure there others. A boat supply shop would be a good place to find options.

  2. Wag time, you have a bow in your filler hose and it is collecting gas like a P trap does water in a sink. So when the temp rises the fuel and air in the tank expand and push out the fuel in the line..

    Look around underneath and see how the filler hose runs.

  3. Very unlikely, but to make sure just disconnect the house battery.

    Radios, clocks, 12v smoke detector or a bad igniton switch can cause a ghost draw. Some times the PO has done weird wiring.

    You also could just have a bad truck battery.

  4. On the first rv I had the sink gray tank was under the sink, not under the floor. There was a single dump coupler. The black tank valve went streight to it The gray tank was a simple 1.5" feed that went to valve on the top of the black tank.

    So you would dump the black tank (toilet, bath sink and shower) and then dump the kitchen gray tank. Auto black tank flush.

    Elgent soulation. How ever I will admit to discovering a lot of new words when I had to drop the black tank to change the gray valve seals. A simple mod would place the gray valve under the sink with a 1.5 line to the black tank.

  5. Ya know proper use of the factory plumbing is not a big deal. With my Escaper we could go 2 days with the water on board and waste tank capacity. 3 days if we could gopher hole the gray water. That works out to 8-10 gallons of water a day for 2 people, that is not what I would call wasteful.

    Knowledge and planning are very powerful tools. Warm showers, hot water for dishes is good stuff. I would fill the propane tank at the beginning of the season and maybe once during the summer. Wife likes a heater on some spring/fall nights so we use it and all is good.

    As always your mileage may vary

  6. Trying to guess electrical problems over the net results in the wrong answer so many times. If your going to own a 20 year old MH then get a cheap volt meter and learn how to use it. Using a VM is a LONG way from rocket science.

    What will take days to on the net to talk about takes minutes with a meter.

    You should use what is called the half split trouble shooting method. Check source (battery), check light socket.... Battery good, socket bad. Check half way in-between. Power panel in then power panel out. Until you found the problem. Always work back to the good.

    P.S. Bad splices connectors are VERY common on old MHs, most of the time the connector is a Scotch Lock crimp on splice. Drop the light fixture and check the power leads and splices with a meter. Learn to solider and use heat shrink when doing any repair work.

  7. Yo people, reality check...........A normal Toy is a couple of hundred lb over Max GVW. Adding front and rear storage, a bull bar,, now your 1000 lbs over. And you want to drive on the secondary roads in Mexico??

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