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Oh, that sounds like a great idea. Thanks, Bob. I'm away without the camper at the moment, but I'll be back tomorrow night, and this will be my first order of business Monday morning.

My furnace worked for a while late last winter and early spring. Then it stopped. The pilot light works, and when I turn the thermostat up, the fan goes on. But the furnace burner won't ignite. It's getting chilly now, so I wonder if anyone has any suggestions. My camper is an '85 New Horizons; the furnace is a DuoTherm 66100 series. Thanks!

The seller says it's definitely a six-lug, heavy-duty axle.

Derek, when I used the plural, it was with regard to looking at tanks on the Web. The gray water tank is there. Only the black water tank is missing.

Thanks for your advice, Linda. I do take it to heart. I haven't had a chance to look at the axle yet. The camper's more than an hour away, and I don't have my own vehicle right now. But I will look when I have a chance. Regarding the gray water from the shower and sink, I don't expect to wing it for long, and if I'm at a camp ground or something in the meantime, I'd dispose of it in the most responsible way I can.

Thanks, Montana. If I remember correctly, the fridge runs only on propane. The current owner apparently took the ad down from Craigslist when I first came to look at it. I may have to bite the bullet on that. I'm inclined to just replace the toilet with a porta-potty and go with a bucket for showers for now. This camper is a little funky in some ways, but I can buy it outright without having to worry about monthly payments.

Thanks, Linda.

Thanks, Derek. Fridge: ouch. I guess I'll have to take a closer look when I look at the camper again. Apparently that is the case with regard to the black water tank. So the current owner has just worked around it by not using the toilet and putting a bucket under the shower drain. (This is one of those that has a sink in the bathroom and a cutout from the sink that turns the bathroom into the shower.) I've thought about getting a portable toilet and just using the tank for the sink and shower.

I have never owned a camper before, and I'm looking at buying an '85 Toyota New Horizon. The price seems good, considering that the current owner has done just about all the mechanical maintenance I can think of in the three years he has owned it. It has three problems he hasn't addressed, though. The oven apparently needs a new thermostat. The refrigerator, which had been working fine, has stopped cooling, even though the propane fires up. And the previous owner damaged the black water tank, which has been removed. My first thought about the refrigerator was that perhaps it just may need to be charged with freon. Does anyone who has experience with these have any sense that there may be something else? I've looked here and there on the Web for information on black water tanks, but I'm left frustrated. The current owner said something about getting one custom made with fittings, but I've seen ads for portable tanks online. I have no idea what size tank I should be looking at, or whether the ready-made tanks are even appropriate. If any of you who have experience with these things can help me with information, tips, links, or whatever, I would deeply appreciate it.