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I just discovered that my Chevy 2500 diesel (two starting batteries) has a Surepower 12023A wired in place under the hood. As near as I can tell, it goes to the battery, the alternator, the fuse panel with an ignition-lit fuse, and then to the 7-prong plug on the bumper. Until this discovery, I...

... Would a jack stand or just some wood blocks be the way to insure the job can be done? Jack it, block it, jack it again after blocking the jack up some more? Yes, that would be the procedure. You mentioned using wood, which is good, concrete or bricks is bad (figured you knew that already)...

The re-fit in warm weather won't work for me. I bought my camper in August, in the hot heat of Central California and they fit poorly then. Only slightly poorer now, in the bitter cold. I am pretty sure that the shrinking occurs in heat so I don't want to apply more heat, like a shrinky-dink.

I just added a 10T bottle jack to the pile of crap I haul in the back seat of the truck. A Diesel with a loaded Grandbyadds up the pounds. You might only be getting 7 inches of throw on that bottle jack. Is that enough to, say, change a tire? Wouldn't you lose many of those inches to suspension...

I understand that this is a common issue on some model years. I have a 1991 Grandby and the clear vinyl windows are extremely shrunken. Two of them don't stay up worth a darn, the other two leak water pretty well. I had two ideas to fix this problem. The first (easy) one is to make some...

To follow-up with the original post in this thread, I got my furnace working today. Muchos gracias to Rob in MT for his earlier post in this thread to check polarity. That was the culprit. I had already given that a cursory check since the black wire was on the positive battery post and white...

Ditto on what John said. I had the same problem as you - driver's side getting wet. But obviously not as bad as you since I live in Pacific Northwet and the camper gets rained on all the time, heavily, and there was only a smallish area of wetness. I lifted up the front of the camper (via jacks...

I have sent you a PM, Cort.

Yes Mark, that's it. There are a couple references to folks doing it on the advrider.com forums so I don't think it's a "No Tresspassing" issue. The upper section has no reference in my Benchmark atlas but the southern section shows an okay road. I'm really just wondering if it'll be too slow...

Got my bag of black cap thingies from McMaster-Carr today, $7 with shipping. Hollar if you want replacements for yours.

I'm planning a trip to SE Oregon for the coming months and have read about the Fandango Canyon rd connecting Christmas Valley to 395 north of Lake Abert. But I've only read about it on advrider.com forums, on motorcycles. Has anyone on this forum ever taken that road in a truck? Is it something...

Looks like this could be a decent option for those considering a dinette remodel. A swively table would be faster to install and possibly cheaper.

Thanks to CWD, I have a pack of 100 coming to me soon via McMaster-Carr. If anyone wants a couple, send me a self-adressed stamped envelope with a couple extra stamps and I'll put some in the mail for you. IM for address.

Anyone know where to get more of these? If I have to call up the FWC factory for them, what do I call them? Mine are all UV-rayed and disintegrated today when I took things apart to recaulk the screw holes.

Oh gosh, so jealous. Something must be wrong with my truck. I get 12 mpg regularly, occasionally 13 if I put it in neutral and coast down the Cascades to the valley floor. I have a 2000 Chevy K2500 4x4 6.5L Turbo Diesel, new Michelin LTX MS tires, 1991 Grandby, not too much weight in the cab or...

You stated that your original problem is that your truck is a tight fit and your jacks aren't great. I used to have a POS camper that was an extremely tight fit with crap jacks and I hated loading and unloading. But my FWC has stout mechanical/cranking jacks (not hydraulic) and still fits...

Will do. My furnace burner has always worked fine, too, until now...but I said the same thing about the refrigerator until a couple of months ago. ;) Since you had two "failures" in a few months' time, could that be an indicator of some larger crud buildup? Does anyone know a way to flush the...

The reset on mine is in the furnace on the outside of the fan shroud -- in the picture below it is the black square with the little white button on top in the right part of the picture... Yeah, I thought so. That button does nothing for me. Thanks for the picture.

My roof does not leak now, but the camper is 20 years old. Would an application of elastomeric roof paint like snow coat or kool seal be worthwhile?

...I chose the side to mount to because of the lack of structure over the back door.... I'm also partial to side-mounted struts because it seems like the front ones would get the crap blown out of them by wind, driving rain, kamikaze bugs, etc. And it seems like the roof would have more...

have you tried the reset switch ? Stan, where is the reset switch? That little white push-button that says "5" ?

Yeah, how is it secured to the aluminum framing? Or have you adjusted the structure as well? Is this an option or standard on all new models out the door?

It's the original furnace from 1991, but I can't see "Atwood" or "Suburban" on it anywhere. There is what appears to be a lighter module on top called "HydroFlame". I secretly want it to be broken so I can reclaim that space and use a catalytic heater.

I sent them an email which bounced. I have not called yet (Monday). Thanks for the reply.

What's the troubleshooting procedure for a furnace that won't light? In the two weeks I've owned the camper, it fired once, but not since. I have propane (stove and fridge work), plenty of battery power, fan turns. I don't think I hear the tick-whoosh sound. I remember reading something about a...