John Canfield
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Slowly ticking off my to-do list!
The steel base plate for the powered water hose reel was a rust problem practically the first year we owned the coach. Winnebago factory service removed it and made it look better, but that only lasted for about a year. I have forever solved the problem by replacing the steel with aluminum. Project only took a couple of hours (if that) and things are now much better than original. (I'm not the only one who has done this - I forgot who, but they substituted a cutting board [I think] for the aluminum - whatever works!)
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Speaking of rust, a fairly common place for rust to form is on the sheet steel under the plumbing bay gasket. A couple of months ago I used glass beads and blasted all of the rust off the steel (after removing the gasket, of course), primed and painted. Put a new gasket on and problem solved forever (I hope.) I took the rust off down to shiny steel and used a good etching primer, so I hope I don't have to go through this again!
The steel base plate for the powered water hose reel was a rust problem practically the first year we owned the coach. Winnebago factory service removed it and made it look better, but that only lasted for about a year. I have forever solved the problem by replacing the steel with aluminum. Project only took a couple of hours (if that) and things are now much better than original. (I'm not the only one who has done this - I forgot who, but they substituted a cutting board [I think] for the aluminum - whatever works!)
Details here.
Speaking of rust, a fairly common place for rust to form is on the sheet steel under the plumbing bay gasket. A couple of months ago I used glass beads and blasted all of the rust off the steel (after removing the gasket, of course), primed and painted. Put a new gasket on and problem solved forever (I hope.) I took the rust off down to shiny steel and used a good etching primer, so I hope I don't have to go through this again!