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grandview bill

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  1. Im installing a Onan 2500Lp in a Toyota1993 Warrior today that we just bought.This is the second warrior i have installed an Onan in.They just fit! The original Kohler in the first Mh was a poor design.It couldnt start the microwave.T,he Kolher fell out of the Mh on a trip to the UP.The Onan I replaced it with was gas,they need more maintenance on the carbs and cannot be rebuilt.Since the rv we just bought never had a generator I need to run propane lines and 12v and 120v lines.This is not a easy job,but when we stop along Lk Superior to make lunch and its raining out,I push a button and we have power.You dont need transfer switch.The Onans are great generators I got lucky.the day after We purchased Toyota #2 the Onan2500 showed up inFB for $450.I have a soft spot for Onan, they offered me a job in their technical department in 1978
  2. the roof sagging under the weight of the air conditioner contributed to the delam in my 92 Warrior,I reinforced the roof area around the AC. some of the delam reduced,not a cure all but a starting point.run a string across the ac area,mine sagged about two inches.no matter how you take care of the rv ,gravity will cause all these roofs to sag,as the roof sags the geometry of the coach changes causing the top of the outside walls to tip inward.as I would enter the side door and look at the upper cabinets you could see uneven gaps in the cabinet fit between the ceiling and the wall. also the ac cover does not fit tight against the ceilining.when you are looking to buy this is an easy check to see if the roof is sagging in
  3. Hi...does anyone have any experience with washing the factory upholstery covers on a 1993 Toyota Winnebago ?
  4. we just purchased a 1993 Toyota 2 days ago ,we looked for 2 years and were always a few hours late .We found an excellent condition unit an hour from our home In Minnesota. The best part of this story is the seller,he was building an airplane in his pole building along side the Toyota, not just an ultra light ,but a fully alum skinned high wing,his attention to detail he put in his aircraft showed up in the Toyota we bought from him
  5. a simple dash mounted switch to energize the solenoid when paralleling is needed is what I have,the stock system of paralleling the two dissimilar baterries when the ignition is on ,shortened the coach battery life
  6. another problem area...some of the clearance lights splice in the base of the light...these can go bad...my complete string of lights went out...the natural assumption was to check at the source...but the problem was at the first light in line ,leaving the whole string dead
  7. Yes there can be too much information,just read here....dont you people have a life?
  8. calling theNEC full of fluff shows an incomplete understanding of the NEC ,the language is terse ,,legally bindig.Also the statement that 15 amp circuits are for lighting only is also wrong ,Most of the wiring in a modern home is #14 .Fred has it right ,youre wrong again
  9. might be caulked in tightly to the surrounding surface,as was one I repaced...and do you know the removal route? on my 1992 Warrior the previous owners had the Dometic replaced and the shop had to remove a window to get it out.I bult a small wood platform to rest the fridge on ..as it comes out so high off the ground
  10. also make sure all the breakers are in the ON position in the 120 panel board . Then plug in the lamp to a 120 receptacle, before adding any large loads like AC or microwave.
  11. There is no transfer switch, where you plug in the cord takes care of that function,The cable is the choke cable. There is no manual control of engine speed, the governor takes care of that. If the breaker is on check for output by using a small lamp with a 60 watt lamp to see if there is any AC output at all.
  12. if you want to power the camera and monitor in reverse only, you would take power from the back-up light, splicing into the wire that supplies the light. you would also need to send this power to the monitor. with a wire going thru the pipe to turn on the monitor at the same time. there is also a cable going from the camera to the monitor to supply the signal. so, there are two different wires in the pvc pipe, one for 12 vdc power, the other for signal. I chose to be able to manually turn on the camera anytime. then I took power from the cab fuse block, mounted the switch shown in the picture. you would still have the same number of wires in the pipe. except now the power goes to camera from the cab instead of from the back up light....there are fused leads available today that make picking up power from the fuse block just a matter of sliding a clip onto the fuse block
  13. so far we're having a real winter, we hibernate in winter, it gets really busy in spring...so much to do
  14. sure drive up to Lake Superior by me, its been 20 below zero. I'll stay inside and coach you while you lay out on the ground doing the under chassis wiring .....
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