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  1. GE

    HDT chassis vs Coach electrical issues

    ...RADMAN:....thanks for explaining the issue to me.....saves me from taking a crawl tomorrow morning....it was raining today and I just make myself get down in the wet this a. m. something about cold rain that makes me seize up.....I took off the battery post connectors both + and - when I...
  2. GE

    HDT chassis vs Coach electrical issues

    ...there is some sort of plug at the ground but I can't get to it yet....I need a new helper-this one is a "wiener"-he needs to go back to college and forget about working for a living.....[kids these days!]....geofkaye
  3. GE

    U-Haul into RV

    ....do you have the tools and experience of working with welding and sheet metal?...working with aluminum is tricky at times! Roof wasn't built for holding any weight at all....one first needs to strengthen the supports for 2nd floor before one builds the first floor.....The Morgan box was one...
  4. GE

    Grounding your vehicle....

    ....I was with Military Intelligence in the 70's but we just took care of the problem then....didn't bother with pranks and posturing a lot....cutting off a finger every once in a while will get the same result....of just start shooting one after another down the line is effective also......geof
  5. GE

    Grounding your vehicle....

    ...or put your tongue on the wire and touch the ground....even a small voltage leak will alert you instantly < 1.5 vdc or more .....with a loud scream!....geofkaye ;&gt
  6. GE

    HDT chassis vs Coach electrical issues

    ....grounded fused negative????.....someone was messing with it!....Other than that.....you got me!...Tomorrow I will look at my N-14 and get back to you on the fused ground....It is too late tonight and I'm tired from wiring all day...it's gonna rain and my joints hurt-plus some stiff joints...
  7. GE

    Grounding your vehicle....

    ......BASICALLY A MULTI-METER AND A LONG PIECE OF WIRE...HOOK WIRE TO RV METAL-WITH GOOD CONTACT!.... AND PUT THE METER BETWEEN THE LOOSE END AND THE POWER PEDESTAL GROUND POST...IF ANY READING YOU ARE NOT GROUNDED!.....THE READING I TOOK AT THE PARK WAS 117vac....DAM THAT HAD TO HURT AT...
  8. GE

    Grounding your vehicle....

    ...a grand mother got flying lessons today!....her son's RV wasn't grounded and the dam thing was hot!.....guess she will be alright...78 years old and just learning how to not enter a ungrounded vehicle in bare wet feet....and a son that should have tested the grounding before he let his family...
  9. GE

    Trailer Conversion

    ...your second trip will trash the interior because of hard suspension....I'd stay with a travel trailer and remodel it. use home owner appliances and SS hoses for water with stranded electrical wire in conduit and of course, spray insulation to stop heat loss and heat gain....also there is the...
  10. GE

    Fuel pump disconnect before cranking after storage.

    ....BOB86zz4: for about $400 you can get a pre-oiler that will pump any oil into the journals and bearings every time you start it....the companies are dying so you might get one for $100 if you look around....larger inboard boats use them as they sit more and more...with synthetic they are not...
  11. GE

    Charging/power experts question within.

    ...electricals seems to be the main issue what requires a spec sheet and a guy that can read it in most MH and Toters....I have spent too many hours-scratching my head-looking for 12 vt shorts/problems-..I don't know what happened to the term "simplification" when it comes to wiring a commercial...
  12. GE

    Fuel pump disconnect before cranking after storage.

    ...IF YOUR ENGINE IS ONE THAT USES SYNTHETIC OIL....FORGETABOUTIT!......SYNTHETIC 5W40 IS LIKE WATER IN COLD WEATHER....IF You're running Dino 15w40 that is another story....find that solenoid and add a on/off switch[use a 50 amp marine switch as they don't fail easily and will outlast the...
  13. GE

    Charging/power experts question within.

    .,..contact United with your serial number and ask for the specs book reprint and the original owners name-threaten them with ANOTHER law suit if they don't give it up....they have been bent over for this before and will avoid this if they can....they are hurtin' big time now and I hear that...
  14. GE

    Hello. thoughs on a pop up of a pop up.

    ....they are made to do city delivery's and not much more...suspension is poor at best-needs to be upgraded either way.....I'd suggest new springs and shocks before anything else....only advantage is that the body is re-usable and made to almost aircraft specs in the past-[who knows...
  15. GE

    Hello. thoughs on a pop up of a pop up.

    no no no!....take a pop up trailer and tow it along when the teens come along....they will be away from you some and won't keep you up all nite with the radio-cell phone-Ipods-talking about boys and sex and a hole lot more that kids do these days....piece of mind has it's...
  16. GE

    Opinions wanted on 1985 Prevost Bus Conversion, 136k miles, $50k ebay sale.

    I'd love to have one like the one that Country Coach had for sale for years.....1986 build for a coal mine owner with a all leather interior....it was $125k then....probably $35k now.....geofkaye
  17. GE

    Is a truck conversion harder on the trailer?

    ...at this point I consider the trailer to be the problem and not the tow vehicle....[this should start a poop storm!].....there isn't too much difference between a HDT and a P/u when you come to the issue of towing....[the up and down pounding on the tow eye or the coupler and even the goose...
  18. GE

    Is a truck conversion harder on the trailer?

    ...the trailers that I have seen are towed by P/U MDT or HDT:.....I have inspected a lot of towed unites over the years for frame damage.....in my opinion- goose necks/fifth wheels will begin to fracture at the joint of the main frame and the goose neck....or the goose neck and the forward...
  19. GE

    NEW MOTORHOME IDEAS AND YOUR THOUGHTS....EXPERTS!

    ....MY MEASUREMENTS [OOPS FORGOT ABOUT CAPS] allow for some walkway-certainly not enough for 2 people to pass one another but enough for walking and sitting at the same time....and surely enough for kids and/or the mother-in-law.....a isle that is <20 inches is expected...with 2 couches that...
  20. GE

    NEW MOTORHOME IDEAS AND YOUR THOUGHTS....EXPERTS!

    ....huummmm....i also stutter so it seems....sorry about the double post...too many buttons for me .....geofkaye
  21. GE

    NEW MOTORHOME IDEAS AND YOUR THOUGHTS....EXPERTS!

    ....THE caps are so i don't have to wear my glasses while I type at nite....i will wear my glasses [if and when i find them-somewhere around here in the mess called my office....here! they are in the bathroom doing what- i have no idea].....anyway.....the issue that you were alluding to is the...
  22. GE

    NEW MOTORHOME IDEAS AND YOUR THOUGHTS....EXPERTS!

    ....THE caps are so i don't have to wear my glasses while I type at nite....i will wear my glasses [if and when i find them somewhere around here in the mess called my office....here! they are in the bathroom doing what- i have no idea].....anyway.....the issue that you were alluding to is the...
  23. GE

    Is a truck conversion harder on the trailer?

    ....OF THE TRAILERS I HAVE SEEN PERSONALLY THAT HAVE A PROBLEM OR ARE GOING TO HAVE A PROBLEM-TWO THINGS GIVE ME GREAT CONCERN...ONE BEING THE WELDING THAT IS DONE AT THE FACTORY WHICH IN MOST CASES SEEM TO BE MIG-2.]THEN THERE IS THE DESIGN PROBLEM...THE AREA THAT SEEMS TO BE HAVING PROBLEMS...
  24. GE

    NEW MOTORHOME IDEAS AND YOUR THOUGHTS....EXPERTS!

    I WANT TO START A FORUM SPOT ON Y'ALL IDEAS FOR A NEW MOTORHOME-SINCE Y'ALL HAVE ALL THE EXPERIENCE OF OWNING/BUILDING ONE....I THOUGHT I WOULD ASK FOR YOUR IDEAS, OPINIONS AND SUGGESTIONS: FIRST IDEA- A SLIDER ON EACH SIDE OF THE BOX-NEAR THE FRONT OF THE COACH WITH OPPOSING SLIDES TO OPEN...
  25. GE

    Is a truck conversion harder on the trailer?

    ....BOB E HAS A POINT!....FLEXING AND THE EFFECTS OF LONG TERM FLEXING.....the parts that flex too much will appear in your rear view mirrors.....it is called joint failure and it is terminal [unless you are very lucky]......the only thing I have noticed in 120,000 miles of towing is that the...

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