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Driving from San Diego to Albuquerque and wondering if the I-10 through Phoenix then the 60 North to the 25 have fewer uphill climbs than the I-40?

Today while loading things into the coach, my wife noticed that the carpet in the bedroom was wet. Doh!

We've had the coach parked in the street while we try to get our house ready to sell. It's a narrow street so we have to park off the edge a bit and so we're on a slope with the passenger side low. We've only been inside to occasionally bring things into the coach. No toilet or sink use at all.

We've had torrential rains several days of the past week. Yesterday early afternoon'ish was very heavy. Yesterday evening we were showing the coach to a friend. Both her and my wife went all the way through the bedroom to the rear bath - neither noticed a wet carpet. One problem though is that I still haven't pulled off the stupid plastic covering that the dealer put on the carpet, so I can't be certain that the plastic didn't perhaps keep them from noticing it being wet.

So the conundrum is that I am not certain where the water is from. And we are scheduled to replace the carpet with LVT next week, so I've gotta get it figured out before then.

After I picked up the coach in Phoenix and took it to Tom's, we took a long lift ride to the top of the coach and found that both vent caps were broken off. I figured that had to be the problem today so I went up top to replace them. I was thinking that there was nothing actually sealing between the vent pipe and the rooftop, but when I pulled off the broken vent cap it seemed pretty well sealed around there.

The water is localized to the corner of the bedroom closest to the half bath (front, passenger side corner of the bedroom). This is right behind the sink in the half bath.

I figure there are 4 possible sources of water here:
1. Water ingressing around the vent pipe from the roof
2. Water leaking from the water supply to the sink
3. Water leaking from the drain for the sink. We have not used the sink, but water coming into the vent would go this path.
4. Water leaking from the hydronic heating. The Aquahot has not been on and all thermostats are set off so I can't see how this would have been pressurized to spill as much water as was in there.

I probably sucked out about a half gallon'ish of water with the carpet cleaner. And that was without being able to reach all of the wet section because the bed is stil over part of it (can't put the slides out with the narrow road and tilt of the coach).

My toilet keeps running with the flap open. After flushing several times it will close . It then sometimes will overflow . When the flap is open I can hear the air. Also sometimes the flap will open and water will not run until I turn on the sink or shower in the bath room.. I figure the sequencing valve is messed up and I know they can be rebuilt.. any ideas of how to do that?

Hi all,

Due to life circumstances (not bad) I am looking to purchase a motor home to live in (parked at my business) and travel with.
I have limited experience, although I have borrowed my friends 2005 Country Coach several times and got hooked.

I new I would want to purchase an older high end coach like a Prevost or equivalent. Through my research I came across this community and have been
lurking for a month or so. I am not dead set on a particular coach except I know I want slides. My budget will be determined on the value of the coach.

Being extremely handy, a coach needing some work does not intimidate me, which leads to the one I am presently looking at.  A 2000 triple slide that has been sitting for at least 2 years outside. It has 70k on it but is in rough shape (at least to me being on the anal side). The biggest issue is that it has gotten water in it from the bedroom slides being deflated and the mid-bath vent cover missing (I know). Almost all the lower bays are wet, I am assuming the water has just leaked down through the floor. It will need tires, batteries and interior work for sure. As long as the cabinetry is ok that does not bother me. I could go on and on but am looking for some guidance. As of now I can purchase this coach for 80k as is. I am just trying to get some assistance in making a decision (or not).

Thanks,

Mike

PHad a 70 inch tv in storage and decided to fab a mount for it.. fits perfect in bedroom window.

hi all,

before this last trip, my green travel light does not come on when i am in travel mode.  the solenoids clearly engergize and it appears to work.  the light is good because if i turn the ignition key on accessory, the light comes on.  

i talked to mark at newell and he had no idea.  

i am in the hwh calling list and have been for 2 weeks.  i called them again a few days ago and they said their call return time is currently 5 weeks.   yes, that is right, 5 weeks.  

any ideas? and or any ideas if something else might not be working if the travel light is not on?

thanks

tom

"This trip has been without any coach issues"

It summons the curse of the the coach deities, and brings in Murphy's grandpa for good measure. 

We are 4500 miles into this years tour, and except for a nail in a tire, have been without major incident. I had puffed up my chest and bragged to Rhonda about how effective the winter projects had been in producing a smooth sail. 

So, the baby boy (all 6'3" of him) and his significant other flew into Montana to stay with us at Glacier National for a week. On the first night they arrived, the son flushed the half bath potty in the middle of the night and it jammed. I awoke in the morning to step into an inch of water. Oops. 

Ok, first step is send them and Rhonda out hiking so I can dry out the basement. I have a small wet dry vac so that helped get the water out of the basement carpet, and for good measure I removed all the basement ceiling foam panels to let the underneath dry also. That wasn't too bad.

Next I decided to rebuild the sequence valve in the potty cause it was sticking. This is where the curse hits. I put in new o rings from my o ring kit obtained at Harbor Freight. I could not get the valve to work properly even after three rebuilds and installs. I can tell you that the first time the removal rebuild and install took over an hour. I can know do it in fifteen minutes. But all the effort was to no avail. I finally figured out the o rings that I had were not sized as marked in the kit. I now suspect either poor quality control or that they simply put the closest metric o ring in the SAE kits. 

Just to make things interesting, I remove the top on the working potty to check a dimension on the valve, and I hear air. Lots of air. It's coming from where the air supply fitting screws into the valve. Ok, that seems simple enough. Remove the tubing, tighten the fitting, and air leak should go away. Well, that's what should happen but not when the valve body (old style, black injection molded version) actually has split where the fitting is screwed in. Those of you who play with fittings know they are tapered, so when you screw a tapered fitting into an already split part, the split grows. Now, we have a leak that the aux pump can't keep up with. 

So, a quick recap. Two guests, no potties, one stressed Richard. 

Ok, so the solution appears to be to drive to the nearest hardware store and obtain proper 3/4 X 9/16 X 3/32 orings  Oh yeah the nearest store is in Browning, 35 miles away. And oh yeah, that's the closest place our phones work too. So off we traipse to get the o rings. Like an idiot I did not take an old one. I thought that as the lady fished them out of the parts bin that they didn't look like the right size, but I clearly saw the size printed on the lid.

I don't like to throw money at problems, but I knew the split valve was FUBAR (fouled up beyond repair) so while ordered a new valve from Mullaney, I said send TWO. 

Drive forty miles back to the coach and install the o rings obtained at the hardware store, hoping to get one functioning potty. I have dead ended the air lines to both so the air doors will work and at least we can shut the doors at night. Reassemble and lube the valve, install, and voila, the same negative result. It doesn't seal off at the end the stroke. I may have invented some new bad words at this point. 

We take the kids back to the airport and I get more o rings at HD. When we get back to the coach, the sequence valves have arrived. I take one of them apart and measure the o rings. Yep 3/4 X 9/16 X 3/32. Hmmm, the Harbor Freight  o rings don't measure out to be exactly this size, and guess what, neither do the hardware store o rings. Arrrggh. The Home Depot rings do measure to be the correct size, however it's a moot point since I now have new valve assemblies. 

The new valves had the potties functional in about thirty minutes. So don't worry that we were holding it for five days. 

I can't tell you how happy Rhonda is to have indoor plumbing again. 

We have returned to cell phone land and internet, we are in Kalispell tonite. 

Never will I utter those words again.

Where can I get some of these? This is a dash indicator light from my 1985 Newell.

Hopefully someone knows where to source these.

Have not used this bank & have no interest in it.  Supposedly they can finance coaches up to 20 years old.

Maybe this can help someone.  If some one deals with them please post a review, good or bad, of your experience.

https://www.incrediblebank.com/specialty-loans

I am in need of a right rear tag axle hub, (Meritor) and possibly a (Meritor) brake rotor as well. 
So far, I have found the hub for 1397.00 Part# A333U4181
And the rotor for 240.00 Part# 3218K167
Any help would be appreciated!
Thanks!
John