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  Factory Carpet - How is it affixed?

Posted by: SouthernDevGirl
10-18-2022, 01:23 AM
Forum: General
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I've found many posts on the forum that discuss replacing carpet.  I haven't found any that mention how the factory-carpet is affixed.

If the answer is unique for different model-lines, we have a 2006 p2000i.

Essentially I'm wondering if it uses tack-strips, adhesive, ...or something I haven't yet imagined?

In addition, are case-goods / wood-fixtures typically installed on top of the carpet, or is the carpet typically butt-up against the fixtures?

Thank you in advance for any insight Smile

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  broken slide

Posted by: 777rvhire
10-18-2022, 01:01 AM
Forum: General
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Morning all we recently had someone leave a bag in the way when putting the bedroom slide in believe the side may be bent or off a rail as we now cant get the slide fully out has anyone removed a slide before?
if so any tips or suggestions would be greatly appreciated

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  AC Overload

Posted by: afrench
10-17-2022, 07:27 PM
Forum: Electrical
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Hi All. I’m not the smartest when it comes to electrical, inverter etc. 
My 05 coach has had the 2 Thomas compressors replaced with 1 Makita compressor on the 110 side. The plug is always hot because the switch inside on the panel doesn’t do anything (thinking about it now might be where wire nuts are on wires hanging down?) 
When I am on battery power, if the compressor kicks on and my water pump at the same time it kicks my inverter to AC overload. If I turn one off it will reset and be happy again. From what I can tell on my silverleaf panel the Makita pulls around 10 amps. I bought a smaller unit to try to see if it changed anything but no difference. 
My batteries are 7 months old. I’ve run the generator all the time while I’ve been dry camping but with cooler temps coming wouldn’t mind not having too. 
Any ideas where to start? Thanks or

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  AC Overload

Posted by: 360
10-17-2022, 05:35 PM
Forum: Heating Systems
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Solved my problem thanks to Bill, but wanted to post this in case another newbie had the same issue.

So I was under the incorrect assumption that the switch on the main panel with options for Heat or A/C was for me to decide if I wanted to run the electric burner on the Aquahot or run the A/C.  

So while boondocking had my switch set to A/C and I was using my diesel Aquahot and I turned on the heater and got great heat.  Went to fire up the generator to use the cooktop and all the sudden the fans come on for the A/C…seemed very odd as it was a ton of what felt like cold air. Got done with cooktop, shut off gen and that fan quit blowing.  

Some time later I realize fridge has no power and I go up to inverter controller and see AC Overload.  

Lesson learned…if you need heat it might be a good idea to flip the one and only switch on the panel that says Heat to heat!  Feel kind of dumb, but for some reason I thought that switch was for something else.  

It’s my understanding that if the switch is set to heat and if you’re on shore power or gen that it also is used to power the electric side of Aquahot and the light next to the switch signifies that.

If I got any of the episode of Newell Coach heating for dummies wrong please let me know ?.

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  Main salon slide rebuild

Posted by: Jack Houpe
10-16-2022, 10:28 AM
Forum: General Repair
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Due to a massive leak over a long time our salon will have to be rebuilt, the floor and ceiling are going be replaced due to dry rot and mold but the walls other than being stained are OK, no signs of window leaks either so we will use stain blocker on the walls. There was rips in the salon aluminum roof on front and back that was not repaired properly which caused this problem. The ceiling of the salon was held up by double back sticky tape in some areas. The leak cause one of the front control arms to freeze up and stripped the threads on the control arm bushing making the pop up floor lower in the front. Also one of the locking pins has a bad seal and leaks fluid from the shaft when activated which stained the wall. We had no idea about this as it was not disclosed to us when we bought it and was told it had a torn seal and a problem with the pop up floor. We've purchased a new seal from Newell which is 50 miles from us. Here are some horrifical pictures, we are almost done with the roof repair which we did first. We found this decayed rat under the floor, it must have smelt bad for some time.

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  Generator ram slide pin

Posted by: BusNit
10-14-2022, 08:14 AM
Forum: Generators
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The pin for the slide is corroded on. I will need to drill it out. Has anyone replaced this and if so where did you find it? It has a E-clip on top and bottom. Bottom E-clip groove is buggered out from me trying to turn it with pliers. (I’d like to pull generator out more to do some work on it)

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  8V92 Coolant Filter?

Posted by: Floridian
10-13-2022, 11:47 AM
Forum: Drivetrain
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my coach is running a little bit hotter than normal. I have to admit I haven't cleaned the radiator yet and this weekend will happen but I was also thinking that this could be because of the coolant being too old? I've never had any issues with the exitisting coolant but I don't know if I have to replenish SCA's or if my coach even has an SCA filter for coolant. I have to take a close look this weekend for this but if anybody knows this from the top of their head it will be highly appreciated if you can tell me if I should look for such a filter or not.

Also, I have no idea what coolant my coach has so I was going to do a complete flush and refill and I was in between SCA coolant and OAT coolant for an 8V92 should I have any preference? I have several bottles of SCA already so I was inclined to buy more of those and do the refill but I can also buy the Final Charge one and replace it with that one if it is better.

Thanks for any help on this.

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  Darn leaky engine

Posted by: BusNit
10-12-2022, 05:52 PM
Forum: Drivetrain
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I thought my oil leak was limited to an oil pan gasket but as I was looking at battery wiring up and over the alternator area, I noticed a sizable leak at the rear of the engine going down the bell housing. I did cinch down the two bolts for the power steering pump but they didn't appear to be that "loose" to cause a leak of that size. For those of you with a 8v92 anything you could shed some light on for me? That area of the engine seems to have a thick caked on layer of greasy dirt. Maybe my almost 6k of high speed mileage exacerbated an already existing issue? I am a believer that all engines can be leak minimized. Overall the topside of this engine is very clean and dry.

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  Battery solenoid?

Posted by: BusNit
10-12-2022, 05:47 PM
Forum: Electrical
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In my quest to identify what goes where and how for my upcoming Lithium house battery project, I found this doohickey. Looks like it would be powered on with another switch to cut off power to the inverter but I can't find said switch. Am I correct to think this is some sort of electric cut off switch? Top wire goes to inverter bottom tied wires go to separate battery banks for inverter. Ultimately, I need to figure out how to isolate house from engine since each will have its own battery chemistry. Also when I shut off Aux battery switch in electric panel of engine compartment, I still get power to inverter and said solenoid. Thought those would shut off but they don't. My digital voltmeter at dash does lose power.

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  Batteries

Posted by: BusNit
10-11-2022, 05:38 PM
Forum: Electrical
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I began investigating my battery compartments. The one that's locked behind the right side rear wheels looks like crap. I am afraid to pull the battery slides out in case of shorting. I am not sure where these lead to. On the left rear engine compartment are two batteries that have the inverter battery temp monitor attached and on the right side engine compartment are another two batteries for what I believe are engine start. I would like to install 4 200amp LifePoe4 batteries in the baggage compartment and either repurpose the small existing battery compartment behind the right wheels for tools or such.

There is what appears to be a relay behind the wood cover next to the steering fluid reservoir. What's that for?

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