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As I stated elsewhere, the ring gear in the rear axle can get ground down from too much stress. There probably are other parts that are at their maximum load. It is unlawful in all states to tow vehicles without a remote braking system like the brake buddy. Some states allow you to tow very, very light trailers without remote braking.

I have one. The rear air bags are a Rube Goldberg installation by Winny. Check to see if they hold air. They only have about a ten year life span. I replaced mine with booster springs. Don't tow. It's at it's limit. Use the Electronic Transmission Control on mountains or the tranny will hunt. You can feather the rear axle ring gear if there's too much pressure on it. Check the shower stall for leakage. It's not the best installation. Also check the holding tanks installation. The holding straps are also Rube Goldberg.

The gasket problem was due to our wonderful government making Toyota stop using asbestos impregnated gaskets. The replacement gaskets did not last. I met a person who serviced a fleet of Toyota one ton trucks. He alleged that he had to adjust the valves by 80,000 miles or he would experience burnt valves. The timing chain should also be replaced by then. There is an obscure problem with piston rings on the V6. If the engine seriously overheats the rings can deform and they do not go back.

Check the solenoid that goes to the motor. I had to replace one on a Sunrader. pull the wires off and do a continuity check. Then turn on the thermostat and see if juice is going to the motor side wires.

Do not take the dealer's word. There should be a record of your VIN one way or another. There's no such thing as not finding it at all. They just don't look properly. You have to specifically ask for the special head gasket service campaign. I attached the notices. Also ask another dealer.

You may not be doing this the most efficient way. A larger Laptop like my 17 inch screen requires about 65 watts. Running through a dc/ac inverter, there is an efficiency loss. Lap tops use from 15 to 20 volts. You can get a direct DC adapter for autos that can also be used on airplanes like this https://www.evertek.com/viewpart.asp?auto=4...8&cpc=RECOM You now don't have to bother with a clumsy inverter. Which by the way if you don't have a decent one can produce an ac sine wave that is not the best for electronic devices. The solar panel should always go to the battery not directly to an electronic device. A voltage drop can cause an increase in current draw which can burn out sensitive electronics. That's why it's always good practice to never put larger fuses on the cords of electronic devices.

There's a US Forestry office across from Fred Meyer on 101. I have the federal Golden pass that's good for life. They don't sell the state ones any more so I go down to the state parks office across from Honeyman Park to get the annual one. There's also an annual coastal one that covers all the parks. You can move the coastal one to any vehicle. There's also a Lane County one required now for their parks and waysides. I guess there's stores like Joes that sell them. I don't know if they have the coastal pass. You can also order them on line. It drives me nuts moving my park passes from one vehicle to another. Did you know that these dunes are what inspired Frank Herbert to write his Dune science fiction novels? His daughter still lives here. The Florence library has his manuscripts and posters on display. I run periodic bonfires on the North Jetty Dunes. People bring wine, beer and nibbles. I love the coast. Yesterday I went to Ocean Beach state park north of the Sea Lion caves beach combing for agates and jasper.

I heat my water in the microwave then use a one cup filter for the coffee. It beats the hastle of the stove top.

Hi Beatle. I'm here in Florence on the coast. I also have a place inland right on the Siuslaw river. We have loads of Toyhomes running around here. Year round camping here. I go to central Oregon in the summer prospecting. I just came back from Lake Oswego. I stayed at the Elks campground in Salem. They have wifi for their campground and I was able to video conference on my lap top. I hope you got the state and federal park passes. They're the best campgrounds. Some of the state ones are free. The feds are half price with the pass.

I'm guessing it was one of those one pound bottle jobs. This whole affair was a Greek tragedy linked to a lot of people I know. The MH belonged to an associate who takes very good care of things he owns. He decided not to use his MH any more and sell it. It was in excellent shape. Meanwhile this transient woman wins some money in one of those ridiculous law suits. She comes over to buy it. He asks her if she's familiar with MHs. She says yes and he sells it to her. She returns a few months later to complain that he sold her a lemon. She claimed that she "only" drove it ten miles. The awning was torn off. One of the rear wheel rims was crushed so that it could not hold air. The propane tank was crushed. She also crushed the transmission. The MH looked like someone went over it with a jack hammer. The inside was piled floor to ceiling with her belongings so there was hardly any room to move. She wanted him to pay for repairs, a new registration and hospital fees because she had to be treated for nerves. He then realized that she was totally bonkers. He was in shock over what she did to the MH. Fortunately he had before and after pictures.

On the automatic ones, they sometimes have to go through a timing cycle. So leave it on for a while. Mine takes a few minutes to start. I have a 91 Winny. Please don't use a portable heater. We had an old gal here use a portable in her MH. The bottle wasn't screwed in correctly. The explosion blew out the side of the MH taking her with it. Her dog ran and hid and became dog roast.

Look close. It has the five bolt rear axle.

I bought some from super bright LEDS. They were of poor quality. They did not last and the lighting was too dim. You really need to buy the 3 watt ones for sufficient light. Don't waste your money on cheap LEDs.

My first toy was a 1983 4 cyl 4 speed RBR which has a wood frame and generally lousy construction. I drove it round trip cross country. I was living near Boston at the time and the roads are worse than your speed bumps. We're talking lunar landscape with potholes that can swallow a blue whale. Somehow it survived. I did loose a booster coil that sprung out when I hit a particularly nasty pothole. My latest which is a 91 Winnebago, I take off road in central Oregon. The trick is driving with common sense. The body role is what bugs me. That is why I like booster coils rather than air bags.

Anyone besides me notice that he has the five bolt rear axle? He needs to check and see if that's the one ton five bolt or the half floating job. Look on this site under the rear axle info and it will explain the whole issue and the remedy. I would not tow under any circumstance but especially if you don't have the full floating rear axle. Good luck

The most common cause of it not locking is misalignment of the jam and the bolt and/or tumbler. The locking bolt or tumbler will move just enough when the key turns but doesn't slide in to the frame jam. Yours does not look like it has a dead bolt. The newer ones have no bolt but something that looks like a crab claw. That one still has to line up to fully close. Check the tumbler with the door open. If it works then proceed with the next step. If it doesn't work, you might want to take it apart. It usually is self evident when something is not aligned. Here's a way to check it. Get a magic marker and mark the frame outside with the top and bottom of the jam recess for the tumbler bolt. Close the door and see how the bolt lines up with the upper and lower marks. You can do something similar with what I call the crab claw. Remember in an RV the coach is constantly flexing. The old style door bolt was terrible. The new claw is much better.

You didn't say what you needed to run with a generator. The coach battery was designed to operate the furnace, lights, fridge etc. A 19" LCD TV uses about 60 watts. That's 5 amps at 12 volts. The only justification for a generator is to run an air conditioner. I use an evaporative unit for dry climates so I wouldn't have to hear a generator running. Using a generator for electrical heat is wasteful. Propane is cheaper. The other option is to get a bigger or add another coach battery. Most stock coach batteries are size 27. The size 29 is only a 1/4 inch bigger and is much more powerful. Wally World has them for about $65. For around $130 on sale you can purchase a 1,500 to 2,000 watt DC to AC inverter to operate a microwave. I run an 800 watt microwave with a 1,000 watt inverter and one size 29 coach batter no problem without running the vehicle engine. I had an MH with generator and hated the noise and maintenance. By the way there are some fuel cells that run on propane for RV's. There are more coming not far off. Most will run on propane.

There are some items in some model vehicles that draw electricity when the vehicle is off. One is the engine computer. If you disconnect the battery, it has to reprogram itself. The other are some radios and of course clocks. A GPS will continue to draw if it is not turned off. This is why you see a spark. It's not a matter of some electrical draw but how much draw. First check out the main battery with a load tester. Also check the specific gravity of the battery fluid if it's not a sealed unit. Check your battery isolator, especially if it's an older unit. They can leak.

I have mentioned this before. Many of the Toys have little overload breakers to and near the coach battery. They are rectangular metal and have bimetallic contacts inside. Measure them with an ohmmeter. They should have almost no resistance. You can buy new ones at any auto store. Also the contacts to them should be cleaned annually. Also check your coach battery wires to see if the wire to clamp connection is clean.

That pales besides all the other scams. My son is a professional photographer. He bid on a two day out of state job on Craig's list. They offered to pay airfare. They sent him a check for three times the contract and told him to send them the change. It was obvious that the check was home made. Another friend answered one of those e-mail scams. They sent him a check. When he went to cash it, the bank made him close his account and leave the bank. These people sometimes just want to get your bank account number. It's how terrorist move money. Homeland security is involved in monitoring these.

To get wattage the formula is Volts times Amps. The lower the voltage, the more the amperage required. The problem is that amperage is what creates heat. That same wattage formula can be expressed as Current squared times Resistance which is the formula for calculating heat loss. To get 1,600 Watts at 12 Volts would require 133 Amps. Factor in efficiency and the Amperage is higher. When there is a surge, it draws it as Current. If the Voltage drops, it wants to compensate by drawing more current. That's why the short cable. 7 1/2 feet would be 50% more Resistance. It's worse with electric motors. They draw two to three times their running current to start. This is why electricity in power lines is at very high voltage, to limit the current and heat loss. It's also why high intensity lamps run at low voltage and draw higher current, to make heat. There's been talk about going to 24 or 48 volts in vehicles to increase efficiency. It's why they moved from 6 to 12 volts. Put in a breaker if there isn't one. You can get the ones that reset themselves at any auto store.

If it's one of the toggle fuses, toggle them all the way off before switching on. They frequently partially trip then do not reset unless they're switched off first. On the regular fuses, measure them with a conductivity meter after removing them. It's rare but they can get a hair line melt that you can not easily see . It's good practice once in a great while to clean all your electrical connections in a MH. Oxidation can make intermittent connections that can drive you crazy.

Those tanks are polyethylene or polypropylene which are chemically inert. In industry they hot weld parts together. Try whatever your going to use on a spot on top, let cure and see if it sticks. If you do use an epoxy rough up the area with a wire brush first. Try a hot glue gun also. If all else fails drill and tap the hole. Use teflon paste not tape on the threads. Let dry for a while before screwing in the plug. Do not over tighten as that warps the plug. Good luck

I'll repeat what I told Greg. We switched all our web sites to Hostmonster.com a year ago. They're a bunch of geeks in Utah who all speak clear English. Their servers support all the bells and whistles. They have been flawless. We were previously were with 1and1 which is outsourced to some convenience store in Gonwandaland where no one speaks English, Check the reviews.

The pump motors use sintered brass oil impregnated bushings. The bearing oil dries up because of the motor heat and they seize. Use a good penetrating oil on the bushings and turn by hand until it runs free. Then add a good bearing oil, plenty of it. If you got it in time, It should last a long time. I once had one of those motors seize and burn. I thought I would soup up the pump. I adapted a blower motor from a caddy. When you turned it on the lights dimmed but it pumped up in a fraction of a second. LOL