Recent content by nilesfrancis

Gary - I went to Jim's RV in Nichols NY and spoke with a very experienced technician who referred to me to an outside very competent technician who would be prepared to do a site visit since I'm some 55 miles away.  The parts manager also emailed me all the technical diagrams.  He also suggested...

Peterbilt said they put it up on the hoist, took it down (without finding anything), the coach started and they extended and retracted the slides and jacks without a problem.  My question for them on Monday is, did you repeat these actions without ever turning off the coach's engine.  If the...

Had this problem last sunday.  Local RV dealer came to CG but couldn't diagnose.  Manually retracted slides, dumped transmission fluid to get jacks up.  Said it was an airbreak problem.  The coach doesn't think the airbreak is on (hence slides won't work), when put into drive, airbreak alarm...

Hi, I introduced myself a few days ago, Australian arriving in Atlanta to pick up my 39' Fleetwood Discovery in early May.  I've checked out the Internet for Driving Schools - most are in California.  Does anyone know of anyone close to Atlanta that could teach me the ins & outs of the RV...

Hi Everybody - I've just joined the forum as a new, and I mean new, RVer.  I'm in the process of buying a MH (Fleetwood) in the US and plan to tour all over North America, arriving in early May.  I plan to start a blog called "SFGN" - single female grey nomad - so I'm most interested in all...