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On 7/25/2016 at 3:49 PM, jjrbus said:
Carring a board or 4 for leveling, it is easy enough to run up on a board so the jack clears easy and turn the screw part up to lift the vehicle. Then take the board out from under the tire to remove.
Brilliant! I would have never thought of that. On the duallys if you have a flat, run the good tire up on the leveling blocks and jack from there. If it's the outer tire you might not even have to jack. Brilliant!
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On the RV checklists I never see knee pads. They're the greatest. I accidentally came upon the cheap foam ones on sale for 5 bucks. Now they're right up front in the Dolphin's basement storage. Setting up the stabilizing jacks, at the dump station, if I ever had to change a **** (I'm not going to say it, I don't want to jinx myself). Knee pads. Must have.
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Yeah, but why don't they sell the premix at a comparable price? Cause they're just messing with you. If they sold it for a couple or 3 dollars more, one would be more prone to pay for the convenience. A lot of auto parts stores don't sell the distilled water so that entails another stop if you want to do it right. I'll bet the premix price comes down in a few years as someone is bound to come up with more competitive pricing.
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Interesting project. Good luck on that.
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Very little. I had this warning sign made for my dear Dolphin, Coachy McCoachface.
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I'm not familiar with that species but it seems like winterization valves are always at the lowest point. That looks higher up. Sorry. My grey water tank leaks when it's totally full and I've successfully ignored that for now. You probably will have to start looking.
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Does the stove work? Get a metal whistling tea pot and heat your water there. Take a sponge bath in the sink. That's what I do in the winter when I have the water turned off.
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Kewl new charging outlet for the Dolphin coach. Well the son said it was cool. New cig lighter plug and two USB chargers. With faux diamond plate switch plate. All from amazon.
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If I can drink the water in my house that goes through miles and miles of pipes that have never been cleaned, I think I can drink the water out of my old Dolphin. The water I put in is chlorinated. Has there really been any examples of people getting sick from RV water? Now if you're in Flint, Michigan...
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1 hour ago, jdemaris said:
I got thinking . . (I do that once in awhile). If the last mechanic was an almost-functioning idiot - maybe he forced the cover off without taking out that little bolt on top and broke that area. If he did THAT - then yeah, no "goop" is going to fix it.
I really should get a second opinion on where the oil is coming from first. Thanks again, you're the greatest.
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Working and procrastinating at the same time. I really need to replace the original rear vent on my dolphin. The hinge is broken and it doesn't want to close properly. So instead I got one of those MaxAir covers for 30 bucks. I put that on and now I don't care if the vent doesn't close right. The rain can't get in!
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That thought crossed my mind.
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There's been a lot of Toy MH scams on our Craigslist lately. This one doesn't have any obvious signs.
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Oh, and I should try to talk the Toy dealership into my free O2 sensor. I'm coming up on 80k!
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1 hour ago, jdemaris said:
Bear with me here since I am going by memory and it's been over a year since I had my last 20R or 22RE apart. The little bolt in the front the head that screws into the timing cover has nothing to do with sealing any combustion chamber areas so it has no effect on head-gasket integrity when it comes to areas under compression. In fact I would (and will) argue that the bolt is not to give the head more clamping force. It is there to draw the timing cover tight to the head for simple crankcase sealing purposes. I have done several (cover remove and installs) without removing the head. Usually just a little red RTV (room temp vulcanizing) compound at the sealing area and draw it all up tight and all is fine. Many brand-new engines at the factory are assembled that way except OEM, the grey RTV is often used (I do not like the grey). The grey breaks apart easier and makes disassembly easier and I assume that's why it is used OEM. I prefer the red which is stronger.
Thanks again. The original problem is that the last owner said that he rebuilt the engine. I've had that 22re taken apart twice already and both mechanics said this guy was a total hack. Goopy sealants everywhere. The last mech said that there appeared to be some grinding done on the timing cover. He gooped it and hoped it would hold. It didn't. It held for a couple thousand.
It seems to only seep out when it's running. A little over a quart on my last 200 mile trip. Before that about a quart every 1500. I was thinking about just letting it go til I get my next three fairly short trips in. The trouble is I just had to replace a two year old alternator. I'm worried that there is enough drops of oil flying around to muck up the alternator.
I do know the guy from a Toy dealership about an hour away. He said he has three old Toy enthusiast mechs on staff. That's what I should do. Get it done right on the third try or get ready for the bad news. "Forget about it!" HeeHee.
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Or at least a second opinion. He said the wrong thing today. "Maybe you should just get rid of it". What? My baby?
He said it's leaking oil because it needs a new timing cover. He's going to have to pull the head again. "It's going to be expensive". We refurbed the head and new head gasket last yesr. Timing cover 50 bucks and what, maybe $500 labor? Not even 80K on the 22re yet.
So I think I'm going to try another mechanic who is a lot further away. Sometimes I think whether a mechanic wants to do the job is just as important as their skill. If it seems like they really don't want to do the job, move on.
So anyway, should we do the timing chain while we're in there? Or nah, if it ain't broke...
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No, unfortunately I don't think that will work in the Dolphin. No room.
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Y'know I'm going to have to give that a try. I got one of those potties sitting here in pieces from my accident last year. Probably wouldn't add much more weight than the new toilet I was planning to get someday. I'll let y'all know if it fits in the Dolphin. Should be easier than pulling my aging butt out of there using the door frame. Heehee. TMI!
The Insurance Companies want your wheelchair and most everything else back, but they don't want your potties. If you want one I'm sure there's a lot out there, hiding in people's basements.
Thanks, something else on the interesting to-do list.
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To be fair it does say last trip. I can make a trip to the laundromat, which is all downhill and probably get 19 mpg. Now the trip back, well that would be a different story. LOL.
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Whatever makes you happy. In the winter I carry a 7 gallon jug with a spigot and set it up on the sink when I need it. No biggie. I never had a problem finding clean water, so I have no advice on that.
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Very nice. I hope mine looks like that some day.
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Well I ignored the gas fill on the old Dolphin for too long. It would really go in slow. As slow as you could go. I had an excuse with my two broken ankles but it caught up with me. We were an hour out, on E on a Sunday afternoon and it wouldn't take any gas at all.
But timing is everything. A guy pulled up next to us in a dump truck and said "Hey, nice rig". I said, "We got a major problem". He said "Follow me up to the farm". Now he was one of those guys who unlike me, doesn't ponder things. And I was glad of it. Within in an hour, he ripped out the old filler hose (which turned out to be a totally jury rigged system made out of old exhaust pipes and various pieces of hose), drilled a hole in the side, used some ABS pipe to connect the hose directly to the tank and we headed back to the gas station. It worked great, no leaks and we were on our way. After I shook his hand with a hundred bucks in my hand.
So this is what I got now. It works wonderfully but the main problem is that the vent is just sticking out there and gas will surge out of it when you fill the tank with gas. I've been shoving an ear plug into the vent line to keep water out. HeeHee. So I was thinking that I would just install a fitting into the top of the plastic pipe there and connect the vent hose to that. The problem is that I don't know if any of this is legal. I'm going to stop down the garage and see what they got to say.
So I thought that you might enjoy the story. I got a kick out of it. Life with the old Dolphin.
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Still brilliant. You don't have to jack as much. Not that I"ll ever find out, cause I'm never going to have a flat.