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  1. Ray,IN

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    That's the first I ever saw a spark plug added there. When I was in high school I had a spark plug in my cars tail-pipe, let off the gas and flip the switch, KaBOOM. One guy put it in the exhaust pipe and blew his muffler off.
  2. I would avoid the border crossing hassle and vehicle insurance costs and reserve a site in Texas directly in the path of the blue line. https://www.traveltexas.com/things-to-do/outdoor-adventure/great-texas-eclipse/#:~:text=If you're planning on,entertainment%2C lodging and dining options. The path of totality in MX is in the state of Sinaloa, which is Mexico's most crime-ridden state. This website is recommended for tracking cloud cover on eclipse day. https://eclipsophile.com/eclipse-day-weather/
  3. Angie M; FWIW, the 18' slide room in my MH has basement compartments in it, and Winnebago says those compartments have a weight limit of 300#. That may be useless to you, but I thought it might be an indicator of how the entire industry feels about added weight to a slide room.
  4. Lowering the temperature setting will make it even more cold inside the fridge. Frost/ice inside a refrigerator means high humidity levels. Absorption refrigerators have a slow recovery time. Check door seals for not sealing properly, you do that with a dollar bill test. Every time a door is opened it allows chilled air to spill out and replaced with warm humid air. Only open the door after you have decided what you will remove or insert to reduce the number of time and length of time a door is opened. When our kids were young that was my most common concern with the absorption refrigerator, keeping it cold inside and ice/frost formation down. They would open a door then stand there while deciding what they wanted.
  5. I second that recommendation. I swapped my old 1TB HDD for a !TB SSD then added 16 additonal MB of memory to my old HP P6-2350 I bought in 2004. It runs dual-boot W10 and Linux much faster, now my limiting issue is, I only have access to DSL internet, with no cell service here at home..
  6. We stayed at Jacobs Lake and it's a good 30 miles North of the North rim gate that I remember, but it's the closest FHU CG. I'd have dry camped in the North Rim CG but no spaces for a 40' RV. Thad; anticipate snow at the North Rim in early May. How's that going to co-inside with your hiking permit difficulty??
  7. On rvforum.net a member posted a 3 video series of a Lippert rep explaining how their frames are made, and the reasoning behind their frame designs. Lippert intentionally designs their frames so the coach part strengthens the frame.
  8. That's it! I knew I'd seen that one-piece design before.
  9. I found their website; The sales brochure is here: https://www.cortescampers.com/_files/ugd/6a4159_bebe547f138847f28f698ceb4274dab2.pdf Everything is one-piece molded fiberglass, even holding tanks, which cannot be replaced as they are part of the "frame", wet bath, and It has a 16G black tank. Their 16' trailer starts at $40,000 + taxes and fees.
  10. Ray,IN

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    https://www.apparentlyapparel.com/news/200mpg-carburetor-conversion-pdf
  11. I used to have Rand Mcnally GPS' but their lifetime maps timed-out @ 3 years. So, I bought a cheap OHREX Chinese trucker GPS off Amazon for $70. It has been entirely accurate here in the lower 48 for 3 years now. Maps updates must be purchased and come on an SD card for something like $26 ea.
  12. I agree; clean off the steering box so you can locate the leak source. While under there find the numbers on the steering box casting, that number and perhaps a brand name is very important for locating a new box. This is nothing special, virtually all are heavy-duty truck parts. I will say it is probably a leak from a power steering hose or fitting instead of the actual box, but when the box is oily/greasy it's impossible to accurately locate the source. Use engine de-greaser spray on the box and surrounding area then flush with water. If it has air suspension, do not get underneath without the frame being blocked so it cannot lower!!! Some brands are rebuildable, some are not, so if one must be ordered, make sure the shop has received it before removing the old one.
  13. Do not drive an RV into the keys without a reservation unless you plan to go during the summer/off-season months. During peak-season months you cannot even find a parking spot for a few hours without getting a ticket.
  14. That machine is a biscuit-cutout, the inserts that are glued-in are biscuits shaped like a football,and come in many different sizes.
  15. Ray,IN

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    That must have happened before I got interested in cars and going fast on a 1/4 mile dirt track. I think I was still being introduced to the opposite sex. 😉 I do remember the man,Johnny Johnson, that ran a "cross-fire Cadillac engine" in unlimited dirt track racing. He had redesigned the engine to fire 2 cylinders at once, sounded strange, but it kept up with the pack. I agree with watching the boating crowd and applying things to RVing, one floats the other rolls. Inverters came to the RVing industry from boating.
  16. My internist Dr. uses Google Scholar for her research daily. I had an eye Dr. appt. Tuesday afternoon. He had diagnosed me with beginning Glaucoma a few years ago and put me on Latanaprost eye drops to bring the pressure down. Tuesday it was 16 in left, 17 in right, right in the middle of the normal range, with 20/30 left and 20/40 right eye. Not too bad for being 81, the important thing is to follow Dr.s instructions exactly.
  17. Since the present floor is only 5/8" OSB, which was a poor choice anyway, I like Kirks idea better than mine. Depending on clearance under the floor, If there is clearance, 1" angle iron mounted under the present bowed floor, would push the OSB back up to level. Each end would have to be secured with carriage bolts from above and nylock nuts on the bottom, It might require more than one piece of angle to completely level the floor.
  18. Does the same amount of sag show on the underside? If not, I wonder if the same thickness of plywood, beveled on each side would fill-in that sag? The expensive way to correct that would be to saw right down the center of that sag, then pry up each side and insert a wide shim underneath to bring it all back to level. Then the particle-board can be screwed down to the glued (using structural adhesive) in place shims
  19. I have a similar problem.. I did find my pictures finally, they are in a sub-sub folder within pictures. Now I have to figure out how to put things back as they should be, while not losing any pictures or files.
  20. You should find this review quite interesting and informative. Be sure to watch the video at middle of page. https://www.gunsholstersandgear.com/book-reviews/gravest-extreme-massad-ayoob/ This book is $15 from https://pangobooks.com/books/7deac20f-b0e2-4ec4-adce-d7ad1efbefeb-bCAEPXxO7maMUb10UfRhu8LhVLy2 and from: https://www.alibris.com/In-the-Gravest-Extreme-The-Role-of-the-Firearm-in-Personal-Protection-Massad-F-Ayoob/book/3172697
  21. If incandescant bulb it's the same thing as 12v patio walkway bulbs, should you have an extra laying around.
  22. I agree with Kirk. When a breaker trips, before it will reset the lever must be pushed against the spring resistance until it stops, only then can you turn it back on for a reset. Now I'm wondering if your slide not level is connected to these problems.
  23. https://imgur.com/signin is a free web picture web hosting website. Create an account and follow onscreen directions, then follow Kirks directions so your pictures are seen here. Usually flat-floor slide rooms have HWH brand systems, which are complicated underneath. Inspect your slide movement system for a brand name and model#. If you find a sticker beginning with AP then numbers it is a HWH brand system, that sticker is the part#. Armed with that number you can find and download the troubleshooting manual.
  24. i bought all my LED "bulbs" from Amazon, yes they are cheap, a dozen will cost what 2 or 3 name brands cost. I replaced every incandescent bulb ( 56) plus entire LED stop light fixtures, with an LED about 5 years ago, so far 2 have failed, but since i bought by the dozen i have plenty of spares in my onboard toolbox. I seem to recall I spent a total of $93 to replace everything but headlamps. I don't drive at night so no reason to buy LED headlamps, the rear docking lights were not bright enough nor the correct color, making them useless, so I returned to the OEM headlamp bulbs in the rear docking lights.
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