I did a full brake job on my 1999 F53. All calipers and brackets. All 5 rubber hoses. Not a fun job for a 75 year old. also replaced all four valve stems on the rear tires to get rid of the troulesome extenders. I love the long stems. No longer have to use a truck gauge or chuck to service tires. Any auto air chuck or gauge will work on the tires now.
What are the 5 rubber hoses? I too have the 1999 F53
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On my F53 I had a vibration at around 55 mph - I re-mounted the wheels / rims on the hubs using wheel centering sleeves on the lugs, no more vibration.
Evidently the front centering tabs and the rear hubs aren't accurate enough to perfectly center the tires/rims on the hubs.
2009 Itasca Horizon bathroom mirror detached from the wall. Held on by adhesive only no mirror clips. Luckily caught failure before mirror fell and broke Attachment 169523
Reattached mirror with mirror clips and new adhesive. Sent info to Winnebago to prevent future failures. Attachment 169524
Very lucky mirror didn't fall and hurt my wife
My advice is to secure bathroom mirrors with clips
what we're your criteria in selecting your paint / material?
the reason i'm asking is because i'd like to remove the unnecessary parts from our roof, dicor / eternabond and waterproof as best as possible. i've been leaning toward henry tropicool as the seal but am interested in hearing about your decision process.
What have you fixed, repaired or maintained lately"
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Originally Posted by Chevelle427
1998 36 bounder
Frt brake calipers and pads,
Frt flex lines,
Left wheel bearings,
Frt sway bar bushings,
Rear Sway bar bushings,
4 momentary switches,
Hooked up electric brake controller,
Repaired parking lights,
Repaired 3 blinker bulb holders,
Replaced wipers,
Patched a hole in subfloor from a blowout,
Not bad for only owning this for 45 days now.
Most problems are from .
Lack of daily maintenance
I have a 1999 Bounder 36s and love her. I also blew out the passenger storage with Good Year. Not happy! To much rust to make good connections. Can you post pics?
Replaced vacuum pump motor and bellows (and duck bills) for the Magnum-Opus 3048 vacuum toilet, still have a small vacuum seepage (pump cycles every 2 or 3 min for 15 seconds or less) So tear apart the toilet one more time....bowl holds water so seal is good, but may be leaking around the half ball shaft ... Hopefully not leaking at the "O" rings down deep inside the funnel....
Back into the hole she goes...
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'02 Foretravel... "This Shack will do"
being pushed by an '06 Scion xB
SKP's of Box Elder, South Dakota
I have a 1999 Bounder 36s and love her. I also blew out the passenger storage with Good Year. Not happy! To much rust to make good connections. Can you post pics?
What are the 5 rubber hoses? I too have the 1999 F53
One rubber hose at each wheel an one hose from the rear axle to the frame. Remember the frame brake lines are metal. The wheels are going up and down and must have a flexible hose for movement.
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1998 Pace Arrow 35 ft. F53 Ford V10 2014 Honda CRV toad
32 years mechanic at Delta Air Lines 15 year motorhome service manager. 3 popups....2 travel trailers....5 motorhomes....loved them all.
Tropicool 887HS, available at Home Depot. Works perfectly.
The biggest thing is preparation. I spent 5 days cleaning, removing covers, and removing old sealant before applying four coats to the roof of our Flair.
Luckily our coach was stored in partial shade, and had a coating applied in 2009. Hardest part was removing the old coating from the epdm roof.
Idk if I have before pic but when I get back to the coach
I'll post after pic.
Basically used some tin and a couple angle aluminum pop riveted tin in place coated it with truck bed liner spray .
Uaaggaaahhhaaaaa. why is it that there is always one screw or bolt that is IMPOSSIBLE TO REMOVE. Ok I feel so much better. lol
I need to do something with the razorblade sharp peeling chrome on the outside entry handle. duct tape while effective is not attractive. Cant get the darn thing off the rig because of two screws. The other 6 screws....no problem at all.
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2004 Winnebago Adventurer 38R
Proud Navy Mom
Uaaggaaahhhaaaaa. why is it that there is always one screw or bolt that is IMPOSSIBLE TO REMOVE. Ok I feel so much better. lol
I need to do something with the razorblade sharp peeling chrome on the outside entry handle. duct tape while effective is not attractive. Cant get the darn thing off the rig because of two screws. The other 6 screws....no problem at all.
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