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- Thu Aug 11, 2022 7:58 pm
- Forum: Exterior
- Topic: coaxial cable roof penetration: no cable entry plate beware leaks
- Replies: 1
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coaxial cable roof penetration: no cable entry plate beware leaks
Friends and countrypeeps, For the five years I've owned the Turtle, I've noticed a musty smell in the closet. It's a 1996, so no wet bath but it has the black tank vent stack running through the closet. I've always thought that maybe there's a little leak in that. But then I realized that the smell ...
- Sun Jun 05, 2022 9:51 pm
- Forum: ICE
- Topic: New speakers, radio and back up camera...
- Replies: 15
- Views: 54018
Re: New speakers, radio and back up camera...
Nice work! I am especially jealous of your back up camera! follow-up to an old thread... we had the stereo shop put in a new stereo, front speakers, a viper alarm with remote locking, and a backup camera, the display for which is a rear-view mirror that fits over our OEM rear-view mirror. The displ...
- Sun Jun 05, 2022 9:43 pm
- Forum: Propane
- Topic: Propane tank removal
- Replies: 22
- Views: 42760
Re: Propane tank removal
Last photos...still need to fill it and verify everything works, but that's for later!
- Sun Jun 05, 2022 9:41 pm
- Forum: Propane
- Topic: Propane tank removal
- Replies: 22
- Views: 42760
Re: Propane tank removal
OK, I hope to close the loop here. I was taking the van into the shop to have a noise addressed (rear wheel bearings? differential? Survey says: differential!) and asked them to get the tank off since I was unable to free the nuts. They ended up taking off the entire bracket that had the rotating bo...
- Sun May 01, 2022 8:58 pm
- Forum: Propane
- Topic: Propane tank removal
- Replies: 22
- Views: 42760
Re: Propane tank removal
Next up, I noticed that the brackets are loose, somehow. My next step is to replace the bolts for those. I plan to do those one at a time, so that I don't have to lower the tank again. Do you mean that single bolts that attach the brackets to the van chassis? Do you have access to the back side of ...
- Sun May 01, 2022 8:51 pm
- Forum: Propane
- Topic: Propane tank removal
- Replies: 22
- Views: 42760
Re: Propane tank removal
Well, of course nothing is easy. I was able to break 27 years of rust and remove one of the nuts on the three bolts holding the tank to brackets. One of them, however, just started spinning in the slotted bracket on the tank itself. I don't know how to get it off except to cut it at this point. THer...
- Fri Apr 29, 2022 6:56 pm
- Forum: Towing
- Topic: Towing a Trailer
- Replies: 10
- Views: 20898
Re: Towing a Trailer
We've towed a small uhaul trailer (4x6) and now sometimes pull an old Bantam m-100 trailer; in either we're topping out at 1,000 pounds on the trailer and the van doesn't seem to know it exists. We heat up a bit more than normal over long passes in WA/OR/CA but that's about it for effects. Mileage i...
- Fri Apr 29, 2022 6:51 pm
- Forum: Propane
- Topic: Propane tank removal
- Replies: 22
- Views: 42760
Re: Propane tank removal
Just posting to keep the details in the thread. I cut a notch in the screw, then broke the head in half with an impact driver. I also, per Skater's idea, tried removing the nut behind the handle, but that guy was stuck tight. So I've found a local propane tank shop that will replace the whole valve ...
- Fri Apr 01, 2022 10:02 pm
- Forum: Places to Camp
- Topic: Camping...just beyond the campground, and how to navigate washboard roads comfortably in the B
- Replies: 2
- Views: 34559
Re: Camping...just beyond the campground, and how to navigate washboard roads comfortably in the B
Rugster, the clearance was one of the reasons I got the B-190, limited as it may be. My dad has a Winnebago Rialta on a VW van platform. While it drives great and gets double the mileage I do, it's only got about 4" of clearance. Driving gravel roads, he's knocked the waste tank valves clean of...
- Fri Apr 01, 2022 9:28 pm
- Forum: Interior
- Topic: wind noise
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3695
Re: wind noise
The only time the wind noise is really an issue is when I've left a vent or side window slightly open. Those sliding windows seem to like to hiss and howl when you hit highway speeds. I pretty much leave the bathroom vent open all the time, though, and that one isn't noticeable. I'm coming from driv...
- Fri Apr 01, 2022 9:09 pm
- Forum: Basic Questions
- Topic: B190 Bunk dimensions
- Replies: 12
- Views: 8345
Re: B190 Bunk dimensions
a couple more for all angles!
- Fri Apr 01, 2022 9:07 pm
- Forum: Basic Questions
- Topic: B190 Bunk dimensions
- Replies: 12
- Views: 8345
Re: B190 Bunk dimensions
Mine is a plywood sheet, maybe 1/4" with the oak facing board screwed to it by a 1"x1" "board." The leading edge has been cut or sanded at an angle to allow it to push forward easily. My bed is two linked 4-inch Thermarests with mated Cabela's outfitter 20-degree sleeping ba...
- Fri Apr 01, 2022 8:31 pm
- Forum: Propane
- Topic: Tank manufacturer: Manchester Tank
- Replies: 0
- Views: 4625
Tank manufacturer: Manchester Tank
I’m looking for a replacement shut-off valve due to leaking at the handle (cannot get the handle off to replace the O-ring, drat!). I contacted Airstream (937-596-6111) and told them my local dealers couldn’t help with parts because the van is over 20 years old, and would they have some information ...
- Sat Mar 26, 2022 7:11 pm
- Forum: Exterior
- Topic: Running board coming loose...fixes?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 5338
Re: Running board coming loose...fixes?
For now we're sticking with them, but if we change our minds we'll give you a shout!Oldbagpipe wrote: ↑Sat Sep 11, 2021 1:06 pmI'm looking for a replacement running board for mine but yours are probably too new. Dang, just down the street from me too! If you do decide to replace them, can you email me a photo?
- Sat Mar 26, 2022 7:03 pm
- Forum: Propane
- Topic: Propane tank removal
- Replies: 22
- Views: 42760
Re: Propane tank removal
Hi Micabarry, Last year it was leaking at partially open/closed but in the fall/winter when it was a little colder (Washington State) it seemed to get significantly worse, to the point that in the closed position it didn't leak but in the partial position it was leaking liquid/vaporizing propane so ...