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12-29-2014, 06:10 AM
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#1065
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Senior Member
Vintage RV Owners Club Fleetwood Owners Club
Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: c above
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Sounds like a cool rebuild. Will you post Pic's for us to follow the rebuild?
I really like the idea about a side entry, Could you add the rear slide out then?
Tim
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1982 Pace Arrow P30 454
KarKaddy SS, Toad: 2009 Genesis
Tim, Joe and Lilly too. Mpls Minn.
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12-30-2014, 03:07 PM
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Member
Join Date: Jun 2011
Posts: 80
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We,ve been out camping for a couple of weeks now in the old motorhome. Last week I did some touch-up paint work, lubed the chasis, washed, vacuumed, changed the oils and filters, put some sealant on the roof, etc.. Arrived at the first campground to discover that the top hose connection on my radiator was leaking coolant. It was a getting close to Christmas so, getting a shop to fix it in a reasonable amount of time wasn't going to work out, I tried.. So, I cleaned the area (wire brush, tooth brush and brake cleaner), drained some coolant, got it all down to metal and then put JB Weld paste on it. Let it dry a few days and..no leaks. We drove 1.5 hours and it's dry. I have to drive 4 hours on Thursday. I think it will hold. I guess I have a radiator change in my future.. Although, apparently some folks consider JB Weld as a permanent fix.
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12-31-2014, 03:53 AM
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#1067
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Senior Member
Vintage RV Owners Club
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Sauvie Island, OR
Posts: 2,596
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Quote:
Originally Posted by spritz
Sounds like a cool rebuild. Will you post Pic's for us to follow the rebuild?
I really like the idea about a side entry, Could you add the rear slide out then?
Tim
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I like slide outs, but I find them less than practical for a pickup camper that has a lot more frame flex to deal with than a trailer or motorhome and no permanent steel chassis to take the extra torque, I am looking at possibly recreating the snap-n-nap setup from the old Amerigo truck campers that was a collapsing second bed that opened out of the back wall, and wouldn't need to be extended every time we wanted to go in or out or use the bathroom.
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'92 Dodge W250 "Dually" Power Wagon
'74 KIT 1106 Kamper Slide-in Truck Camper
'06 Heartland Bighorn 3400RL Fifth wheel
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12-31-2014, 07:12 AM
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#1068
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Senior Member
Vintage RV Owners Club Fleetwood Owners Club
Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: c above
Posts: 5,525
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I forgot about the bathroom.
My parents bought a huge Pickup camper back in 70-71 . I remember that thing was huge. Bathroom- shower, toilet, sink, was all in one slept 6. The rear overhang was 3-4 ft. The overhang in the front almost went to the front end of the Big Chev Camper Special Truck. (Actually didn't handle it very well) should have had dual-lies on the rear.
Then dad got sick and ended up in a nursing home. Sat in the driveway for years, Mom sold it like 15 years later for $900.00
Happy New Year,
Tim
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1982 Pace Arrow P30 454
KarKaddy SS, Toad: 2009 Genesis
Tim, Joe and Lilly too. Mpls Minn.
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12-31-2014, 12:02 PM
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#1069
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Registered User
Winnebago Owners Club Vintage RV Owners Club
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Cherry Creek, BC Canada
Posts: 7,648
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My SIL has an ArcticFox unit with a slide. Super nice but in BC you need a minimum of a 1 ton truck with suspension add ons to use it legally. With the slide in it is a tad tight inside but still useable.
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01-01-2015, 05:24 AM
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#1070
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Senior Member
Vintage RV Owners Club Fleetwood Owners Club
Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: c above
Posts: 5,525
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I'm going out and take the Christmas stuff down and maybe start her up, Gennie too. Maybe read my new MH magazine I got while I let her warm up. Hope the Sun is out today. A good way to start the New Year off. 
Tim
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1982 Pace Arrow P30 454
KarKaddy SS, Toad: 2009 Genesis
Tim, Joe and Lilly too. Mpls Minn.
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01-01-2015, 05:26 AM
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Senior Member
Vintage RV Owners Club Fleetwood Owners Club
Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: c above
Posts: 5,525
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Possum
My SIL has an ArcticFox unit with a slide. Super nice but in BC you need a minimum of a 1 ton truck with suspension add ons to use it legally. With the slide in it is a tad tight inside but still useable.
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Aren't Arctic Fox's 4 season?
Look's nice.
Tim
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1982 Pace Arrow P30 454
KarKaddy SS, Toad: 2009 Genesis
Tim, Joe and Lilly too. Mpls Minn.
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01-01-2015, 06:07 AM
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#1072
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Senior Member
Vintage RV Owners Club Fleetwood Owners Club iRV2 No Limits Club
Join Date: May 2014
Location: Gosnell, AR
Posts: 483
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Still too cold to install 360 vent covers so I started pulling out the carpet. Will clean and seal the wood floor then install a free flooring laminate floor.
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01-01-2015, 06:11 PM
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Registered User
Winnebago Owners Club Vintage RV Owners Club
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Cherry Creek, BC Canada
Posts: 7,648
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Tim. that Fox is used all the time. He hauled a huge trailer up north late last fall, and returned with a moose and a couple of deer in the cooler part of the trailer. The decks either end carried the ATVs they hunt from.
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01-01-2015, 07:26 PM
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Senior Dude
Triple E Owners Club
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Somewhere, BC.
Posts: 5,613
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Grandpere
Still too cold to install 360 vent covers so I started pulling out the carpet. Will clean and seal the wood floor then install a free flooring laminate floor.
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If you install 1, you'll only have 359 left to do! LOL
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01-02-2015, 09:12 AM
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#1075
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Anacortes, WA (Stick & Brick)
Posts: 2,643
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Sold it - we're ex-RVers.
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ex-pat Brits (1968) and ex-RVers.
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01-02-2015, 03:29 PM
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#1076
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Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2014
Posts: 475
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Replaced the interior lamps with LEDs.
Installed a Sun Pro Super Tach II.
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01-03-2015, 10:41 AM
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#1077
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Senior Member
Vintage RV Owners Club Ford Super Duty Owner Rexhall Owners Group
Join Date: Nov 2014
Posts: 263
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My wife, Dottie is a terrific seamstress, just completed and installed the new front privacy curtain. It's great. I just put in interior LED bulbs, a lot less drain on the batts when in dry camp. Put out more light too. Hung the first new Day/Night shade in the bedroom. It works well.
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01-03-2015, 08:45 PM
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#1078
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Senior Member
Winnebago Owners Club Workhorse Chassis Owner
Join Date: Nov 2014
Location: Island Park , NY
Posts: 629
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Google Generator Guru, they have videos advice and parts!
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