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Today was install tv day.. Put a new one in the storage bay a second one in the bedroom and one more in the drivers slide front corner.. will add the curbside one in the next couple of days..

Had the bearings replaced on the number 3 slide yesterday at newell.. learned a lot.. might be something I tackle on my own next time..

My dinette shade needs a new plastic end cap.  Newell had it in and out multiple times during repairs and apparently it got compromised.  This end cap is on the opposite side of the motor assembly and acts as the mounting point for its side.

   

Thanks to Paul, "Pestes" for providing this info

Multi Wing Company
Part #32/12/12/37.5/PAG/5ZL/.841X.156PPR/B

So i have read some threads here about paint places. Would like to know if anyone has had experience with any place other than Newell. 
I need to get the drivers side done from the floor down X the full length. The paint being on the south side while boondocking 6 months a year has lost it's pigment. I have had Newell quote it at $8K. Sometimes I think they don't want the work from the oldies. That is a bit much even if they do do a good job. That much for a piece 36 inches wide and 40 ft long, wow and that is just one color no designs.
So got a quote from Precission Paint & Interiors in Bremen Ind @ $2200. They seem to have great reviews.
I checked out and am waiting for a quote from Extreme in Texas which their web site is far from Precision in regards to reviews.

So anyone know of the work done personally from either of these places or any other places.

Thanks

Brad

My house batteries will not hold a charge anymore.I can only get 10.5 volts after being charged for 8 hours.3 of them are leaking around terminals.They are at least 5 years old. I found a place close to me that sells lifeline 255ah 8da for 586.00 ea. Other than cleaning the terminals when I replace them is there anything else I need to do to them?

When taking delivery of 1234 last month, I started the engine on the second morning and saw a stop engine light right away.  The overhead silverleaf monitor showed "coolant extremely low" or some such.  We stopped the engine and filled the coolant reservoir in the rear and things were fine.

Fast forward 1,500 miles.  Made it home to Colorado last week, no issues along the way.  A couple days later I went out to start the engine to put out some slides, and same thing!  Reservoir seemed empty.

I see no sign of coolant anywhere on the ground or in the engine bay.  I also had the oil changed and analyzed halfway through my trip, and there was no sign of coolant in the oil (if that matters).  

I have an appointment at CAT next week to have them look at it, and I don't know very much about engines.  But...  does anyone have any ideas about what to check first?  I am concerned that the problem may be slow or intermittent enough that it is hard to tell if any particular change fixes things in the shop.  On the other hand, carrying some extra coolant is easy enough insurance for now.

Many thanks,

Ben

Hi all,

Okay, I'm a complete newbie when it comes to air systems.  (These can't be that complicated though, can they?!)  My coach 120V compressor comes on every 5 minutes like clockwork.  The leak(s) is so fast that I can watch the pressure gauge creep down the whole time.  I mean, it's obviously really bad, and I would have thought I would just be able to walk around and hear the culprit based on what I've skimmed on this forum.

But, no luck.  Even in a very quiet place, I've sat all around the coach and listened intently, and I can't hear anything.  I also have no idea how the whole system is set up or how to start isolating.  I can definitely get Newell to help me this winter, but I thought I'd start here.

Additional plot twists:

1)  Sometimes, in the day time when it's sunny and the coach is warm, the leak disappears.  Don't have enough data to tell whether it might be tied to a slide or some other configuration change.  

2)  I don't have a way to get under the coach safely.

3)  I went ahead and ordered one of those ultrasonic Inficons, figuring worst case I'll still find that tool useful one day when I actually know a little about what I'm doing with the air system and want to hunt down more leaks.  Seems like there's at least a chance it should find this giant, gaping hole somewhere, eh?

Thanks all!

Ben

Back story:

Picked up new-to-me coach four weeks ago.  This coach has 6x Lifeline 8D AGM, 2x 2800w Outback VFX2812 inverters, and one roof air hung off on the inverter subpanel.

Shortly after pickup, I unplugged the shore power and loaded up the inverters with the AC while on battery.  Silverleaf started complaining about low voltage about two hours in, which tells me these AGMs are probably not very healthy (no big surprise).

Switched back to shore power and went to sleep.

Next day, after heading out, discovered that only my 120V compressors seemed to be running off the inverters.  Silverleaf thinks I have "60V" on one leg and "0V" on the other.  Inverters are both on, reporting no faults, and they look identical in terms of LEDs and whatnot.

My original theory is that one of the two inverters has failed nevertheless.  A call with Outback seemed to suggest that they felt the same way, and they suggested I could try rebuilding the inverter by swapping in some new FETs and other modules.

That's fine, but today I was crawling around in the bay looking at the wiring, and I noticed there's an Outback autotransformer w/ relay in the back.  Here's its placard:



I wonder...  what is this doing?  My assumption is that it would be set up between the inverters and the subpanel to provide for some balancing, with the inverters stacked to make 240V.  I wonder if I should try flipping these breakers ON and see what happens?

Does anyone have this configuration and/or have any idea what it's for?

Ben

Hi All

Has anyone ever tried oiling their coach batteries?