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    Fleetwood Flair Slammed Breaks and Engine Shut Off

    If your other suggestion don't pan out and because of the sudden reaction I would check a loose ground strap or  battery cable on the starter. I ran into this on my International.
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    Post a joke

    A man in his mid seventies married a you women in her twenties. His friend questioned him. She is so young and beautiful how did  you manage that? The old boy replied I told her I was ninety.
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    Thetford Toilet Question

    I have a newer Thetford toilet and the seal goes in from the top with nothing to dismantle. The seal doesn't seam to last very long and are about $30.00 and up as you know what ever the traffic can bare. I now keep a spare. I put one in in Feb last winter , left antifreeze sitting in it over...
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    Workhorse W22 ABS Code Reader

    If you can get back under and pull out the sensor again and with a flashlight look through the mounting bracket or spider at the exciter ring on the rotor itself , you may find that the teeth on the exciter ring are full of rust so that the sensor can't distinguish  the slots from the teeth. If...
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    Chevy help

    I hope you didn't fill your DEF tank with DIF fluid or you will have a huge bill. If you filled with DEF fluid take it to the dealer as it will be warranty.
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    Water Pump

    Your  control valve for winterize city fill heater bypass  may have in raised letters Kant Leak by Andersen . If it is an Andersen Kant leak believe me it can . Their reason for failure is switching city fill to normal for example without shutting off your water supply hose. I blew one of these...
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    Latest Valid leveling system quirk

    Hi Sarge: I had the same problem with my Mobile Suite the front jacks would retract. I looked in the manual to find which color wires went to the solenoids controlling the front jacks. I then took my 4 inch blade screwdriver and gave it a wrap with the plastic handle and it held for next 3...
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    How Much License to put on my truck?

    In On to be legal you must license for the combined weight of the truck and trailer and of course contents . How ever you can buy quarter plates. I personally license heavy for Jan, Feb , and Mar. Then light for April, May and June. Then heavy for July , Aug, and Sept, Light Oct ,Nov and Dec and...
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    Yikes! Hydraulic Slides come out while going down the road!

    Slipping Slides: We had a 2010 Montana and that happened on the one large slide. On the drivers side at front there was the control door and  I can't remember exactly what all was in there but I think front electric jack and rear stabilizer and four hydraulic shut off valves. After your...
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    Ballancing Beads for tires

    GA Boy : You may never know why but it will work. If you feel better with extra it will still balance and you will sleep better.
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    Ballancing Beads for tires

    I have used a product called Equal which is sand. I'm sure same theory as balancing beads. As previously mentioned change the valve core. I'm not sure how fine balancing beads are but people who have used the Equal complain it's difficult to check tire pressure and although with proper valve...
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    Going full-time....but have to buy a 5th wheel first

    We also have a Mobile Suite and live close to Niagara Falls On. We arrived back from Florida March 24th. We had temperatures 45 F to 65F in daytime and  3 or 4 nights dipped to 27 F . I left the thermostat set at 45F about 3 1/2 weeks and used a 40 lb. of propane. In St. Petersburg Florida a...
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    coolant replacement

    You can probably only find a drain plug on one side of the block if like my 4.6 triton block  . So unless you take it to someone who has an evacuation system what you got is the best you will get.  By the way Ford has it's own extended life antifreeze called gold . Anyway if you change as much...
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    water heater questions

    Did you try pushing those reset buttons? When we arrived in Florida last winter the park power went out for a few seconds and eight hrs. later no hot water on the electric side. I pushed the right side one and it stayed in and then worked. It tripped one time after that and when up at DRV for...
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    wipers

    I believe it would be more likely a circuit breaker on a wiper motor.
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