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lol, I know the feeling, been falling into little pieces myself, can't tie a fly anymore without taking my glasses off, arrrrrgh.
UP - good choice, on my flight back last week I met a couple from Munising, they were encouraging me to camp over night in the pictured rock. From my loc in GR it will be 8 hours.
I have camp spot on the Betsie south of Traverse, love the area but restaurants are few and far...
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Going from Utah to Arizona there are some sharp mountain switch backs,
I have to admit that 9 days would be tough. IA, NE, KS, MO all are boring drives,
IL - is not only dicey to stop, at night, the rest areas are also full sometimes, I was towing my tow behind camper with my truck and I had to park on the shoulder to get some shut eye.
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On 1/30/2018 at 12:06 PM, Totem said:
wife and I calculate we would have 30 hour drive each way to go to antelope canyon. that's a lot of driving even if we split it up. I may just yet convince her its the better trip.
Which route? via KC > OK > NM?
If you are going to spend a a week or more, it would be enjoyable, it take me that long to recover from the muscle ache from sitting down that long :-(.
I am considering a West Coast trip (Hi Linda) spanning 3 weeks, were I leave the camper there and fly back home for week and then go back trek back again.
Go west via I-90 and come back Via I 10 > I -65
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UP, I am going to start in GR and go up to Mac City,
And then? I am mean do the south drive via Manistique? or go up to Munising > Marquette > ?
Ahah, you started on the WI side, hmm, I have a buddy in Appleton, she bought a house there, so I can camp in her house and fish the lake :-).
So If I start in MI side from the MAC, it is 3 hours to Marquette/Pictured Rock, staying at pictured rock overnight makes sense.
Cool, I will do a quick search for your trip report.
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Antelope Canyon, I did not get tired of looking out of the window, I made that trip in 1997, wow, we headed up to Cedar City UT to spend the night. If you go down there make sure you get the fried chicken from the tribal supermarket in the corner of 64 and 89, the best chicken I have had (disclaimer: that was 20 plus years back :-))
FYI: DI has the west end closed till spring break, they are waiting for Fed $$$ to clean it up.
The upper loop is something I want to do this year, what would be a good spot to spend the night midway from Bridge with clean restrooms?
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Hi Totem,
Ok, thanks for the update, it is a loss for the board and us. Good to hear he is well.
Lol, diesel viscosity is no runny matter ;-)
How are ya? Are you heading down to Dauphin Island anytime soon? I was in Navarre, FL 2 weeks back, it is very nice there.
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I spent some time catching up on the forum,
I did not see any recent post from JD, anyone here in contact with John?
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Here is the one I installed.
https://www.amazon.com/Camco-Cleaning-Aerodynamic-Included-Hardware/dp/B000BUQODG
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I have a cover over my front vent/fan and I leave it cracked all seasons, in my bigger tow behind camper I leave both vents open all season, it airs out and drys.
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The damage is probably not a bit, when you peel the layers away will might find more than you imagined.
Being the lowest point, any moisture comes down and settles.
you can use a marine grade ply to replace what is there now with a foam board insulation. I looked into honeycomb material, light, strong and bragging factor.
Resealing edges with proper caulk and resealing marker lights should also be done. Don't forget to take windows off and use the butyl tape to reseal the windows.
FYI in mine the leak was from the front marker lights
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Greetings from West MI, it is has been a while since i have here, hope everyone is doing well.
Last year went in a blitz with work, kids and travelling. I spend zero days camping last year.
Hopefully 2018 will be better, planning a trip to yellowstone with the kids and few trips to Northern MI.
I saw the ad for taco-nook, dang, that is nice.
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Hey
Totem
i fish in ceder point fish pier also in Dauphin island
sorry to hear about the troubles
i
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your injectors are probably clogged,
run some techron with the gas,
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You don't want to end up with a head gasket job,
drain and fill with distilled water couple time and then get a compatible coolant and refill at 50/50 strength.
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Keep this stuff out West pls :-)
this time last year in MI this is what I came back to:
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belt slipping, check the tension on the belts.
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The ones I rode in in Indonesia Thailand were 2 stroke, initially, then they switch to CNG,
slow, yes but in those places, u cant really go over 35 kmph.
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43F
gas - 1.61 at costco
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I have FULL insurance on my 85 sunrader,
I have it with progressive.
They wanted to give me $4000 bluebook value,
I asked for agreed value cuz it is worth more than that.
The agent asked me what I was thinking,
we both agreed that we will do it for the price I paid for the sunrader $9000.
my premium is abour $500 year with $100 deductible.
I think it is worth the extra expense for full insurance cuz I store it off site.
hope that helps someone.
So ask for a higher insured value based on market price/replacement $$$ pls
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OP, you willingness to try and share the results is what the internet is about. We share our experience, and we learn from it.
Oil usage in an engine is not rocket science or any mystery involved in how engine or why engine using oil. There are only x many ways/variables. Once you go through each of them, you will find root cause.
PCV causing high pressure is pretty common.
My strategy for neglected engines have been to use any cheap synthetic and change before storage. I change the oil only sometimes and skip the filter. Oil is cheap.
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I have had toyos sludge up.
it does not take much for a toyo to sludge up.
Toyo design has changed for the worse in the last 15 years.
the oil ports are narrower to raise temp for cleaner emissions but in turn degrades the oil.
any neglected engine will sludge, your best bet is to change oil often with Dino oil, or use a synthetic if you are lazy like me.
I have had 90 v6 camry with sludge, 2002 corolla with sludge, 89 v6 with sludge,
even my buddies brand new corolla in 2003, he never changed oil and it sludged.
OP, good news, pls keep us posted, if that worked for ya then it will help other rv'ers too, as most our fleet sits most of the year.
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Yup I used those same 4 way plugs and your not supposed to gap them. very expensive crap
Linda S
Yeap, the AAP guy chuckled and was kind enough to take em back. From the look his face I could tell that I was not the first one to return them.
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It looks like the Bosch platinum +4 but as a +6.
Lol John, remind me again what business you are in?
Looks like the plugs from my Mazda rx-7
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Do they make special torque converters (heavy duty ones) for RVs?
I remember reading you could have beefier torque converter make (????) what are the advantages of a beefier torque converter?
85 - Sunrader house batter wiring help
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Good Morning,
Hope everyone is doing well.
I took my house battery before I put my camper in storage and how I opened it up to put a battery back in and I could not figure out which wire goes where. Note to self to take pics next time before undoing anything.
1. I have 4 6-Awg wires,
2 with black tips [1 came off the connector, I am going to recrimp that using a new connector)
2 with red tips
2. Another lone 14 Awg wire [came off the connector)
The red tip ones are POSITIVE and black TIP ones are NEGATIVE I am guessing
Question 1. Why is 1 black tip 6 awg wire going up to the camper?
Question 2. What the the lone thinner wire, which pole does it go to?