chaajoad
Well-known member
This is unreal. I've had trouble figuring out hot water on the '99 Bounder - posted it here several times and got good suggestions (thanks!) - but tonight I figured it out. I was walking my wife and 9 yr old through the rig, showing them stuff I'd learned and how to work things when - BAM! I was turning on the oven hood light and there was a little rocker switch labeled "water heater - on/pilot off!" I was floored. How stupid can I get? But this is a great example of what no walk-through and no manuals lead to. We're doing our first weekend trip next Sat/Sun and I'd prepared my wife for cold showers. The water now is perfectly hot. Who would have thought to check an oven hood for a hot water switch?
Stopped at a Les Schwab (tire place) and was told the tires are all in decent tread shape but about 7 years old - looks like they came with the unit. If so, they are in remarkable shape for 50,000 miles. The Schwab guy (whom I trust) said industry standard is 10 years - I know the board consensus is 6-7 years. One tire had the beginning of small stress cracks. His opinion was there was no imminent danger but I needed to think about replacing all eight soon - total cost of $2200. Ouch! But I'll do it sooer, rather than later. A flat tire in a car is one thing - in this rig, I think you'd see your life flash before your eyes. Besides - again mentioned here - the cost of the body damage repair alone (assuming nothing was hit, etc) would be well above $2200. Still, it hurts.
But ... we're making a list of everything to take. We know we'll forget something but that's how you learn. correct?
Now for a few questions:
I still haven't really worked on the whole TV thing. I have a new 17" LCD ordered for the bedroom. I'm hoping just hooking it up to park cable will get all the TV we want. Do I need to supply a box of some kind ... ?
And finding shades for the 4 wall-mounted lights has proven impossible. They need to be small (about 5" in height) with a finial top. I'll keep looking but any suggestions ...
I was able to get the driver's seat and the back passenger's seat to swivel but not the co-pilot's seat. The little pull thing at the base of the seat just flops around - no tension at all. I'm thinking it's busted. Not a big deal, but ... maybe I'm doing something wrong. Like maybe the REAL release is under the bed. Makes about as much as sense as the hot water switch
Last thing - I might work on it a bit later today (Sunday) but when the entry door is locked from INSIDE, I can not get it unlocked. I had to drop from the passenger window. Potentially embarrassing, I guess - is this something someone else has experienced? I'll try some WD40 before going further.
Thanks for everything so far. Any future troubles at all, this will be the FIRST place I look!
Danny
Poulsbo WA
Stopped at a Les Schwab (tire place) and was told the tires are all in decent tread shape but about 7 years old - looks like they came with the unit. If so, they are in remarkable shape for 50,000 miles. The Schwab guy (whom I trust) said industry standard is 10 years - I know the board consensus is 6-7 years. One tire had the beginning of small stress cracks. His opinion was there was no imminent danger but I needed to think about replacing all eight soon - total cost of $2200. Ouch! But I'll do it sooer, rather than later. A flat tire in a car is one thing - in this rig, I think you'd see your life flash before your eyes. Besides - again mentioned here - the cost of the body damage repair alone (assuming nothing was hit, etc) would be well above $2200. Still, it hurts.
But ... we're making a list of everything to take. We know we'll forget something but that's how you learn. correct?
Now for a few questions:
I still haven't really worked on the whole TV thing. I have a new 17" LCD ordered for the bedroom. I'm hoping just hooking it up to park cable will get all the TV we want. Do I need to supply a box of some kind ... ?
And finding shades for the 4 wall-mounted lights has proven impossible. They need to be small (about 5" in height) with a finial top. I'll keep looking but any suggestions ...
I was able to get the driver's seat and the back passenger's seat to swivel but not the co-pilot's seat. The little pull thing at the base of the seat just flops around - no tension at all. I'm thinking it's busted. Not a big deal, but ... maybe I'm doing something wrong. Like maybe the REAL release is under the bed. Makes about as much as sense as the hot water switch
Last thing - I might work on it a bit later today (Sunday) but when the entry door is locked from INSIDE, I can not get it unlocked. I had to drop from the passenger window. Potentially embarrassing, I guess - is this something someone else has experienced? I'll try some WD40 before going further.
Thanks for everything so far. Any future troubles at all, this will be the FIRST place I look!
Danny
Poulsbo WA