We have a 23' coach and storage is at a real premium.
There is one heavy spare that I will always carry. A Starter. If that goes south, you am stuck bunky..... No Work Around and they are seldom in stock.

While I do carry a spare airspring (it is light but it). I am considering moving to space that is difficult to access.

I don't have an ignition module because I don't have any place to put one. I do have a jar with the original points in it.
I can pull the CDI box out if it fails, but I would have to pull all the plugs to hammer them back to .035.

We carry a little DC air pump that gets used to reinflate bicycle tires (I can only get cheezy Chinese tubes, but I also have schraders to put in the airsprings if I should need.

And a Grease Gun. I try to hit the bogie pins every 1k, grease is cheaper than parts.

Matt

Matt Colie wrote on Mon, 20 February 2017 17:10

We have a 23' coach and storage is at a real premium.
There is one heavy spare that I will always carry. A Starter. If that goes south, you am stuck bunky..... No Work Around and they are seldom in stock.
While I do carry a spare airspring (it is light but it). I am considering moving to space that is difficult to access.
I don't have an ignition module because I don't have any place to put one. I do have a jar with the original points in it.
I can pull the CDI box out if it fails, but I would have to pull all the plugs to hammer them back to .035.
We carry a little DC air pump that gets used to reinflate bicycle tires (I can only get cheezy Chinese tubes, but I also have schraders to put in the airsprings if I should need.
And a Grease Gun. I try to hit the bogie pins every 1k, grease is cheaper than parts.
Matt

If you are looking for a place to store spare parts a good place that will hold a lot of parts including the air spring complete distributor water pump extra pumps etc . Simply remove the liner that is under the bathroom sink and the sliding doors put in your spare parts then re install the liner with a few screws then the 2 doors. Another place is all the way to the rear on the inside of the coach behind the generator housing there is room for a spare starter and a number of other parts. I would take inventory of your parts and the location so you will know where you are storing them. These 2 locations have worked well for me for many years and are not that hard to access when needed.

...The space aft of the APU is accessible only with the unit completely removed. This was evidenced by the carefully stored walnuts left there by the POs squirrels. It is also open to weather. I have often though to modify this somehow, but to make it both weather tight and accessible would require significant rework of the back bedroom and/or cutting an exterior door into the turn of the transom. Neither has much appeal.
But thanks for the thoughts.

Matt

Matt Colie wrote on Tue, 21 February 2017 08:05

...The space aft of the APU is accessible only with the unit completely removed. This was evidenced by the carefully stored walnuts left there by the POs squirrels. It is also open to weather. I have often though to modify this somehow, but to make it both weather tight and accessible would require significant rework of the back bedroom and/or cutting an exterior door into the turn of the transom. Neither has much appeal.
But thanks for the thoughts.

Matt

The space aft of the Onan compartment in my '73 23' Sequoia would be trivially simple to access (cut the plywood top), and is enclosed from the weather. The floor of that space is sloped, so might take some carpentry to make it flat, at the expense of losing that volume. If I had a permanent bed back there, I would have to move the mattress to get to that storage. If I had a dinette, I would have to move the bolster. Neither is tied down in any way.

I have the top cover off the compartment and can take a picture if it would help.

Matt Colie wrote on Tue, 21 February 2017 08:05

...The space aft of the APU is accessible only with the unit completely removed. This was evidenced by the carefully stored walnuts left there by the POs squirrels. It is also open to weather. I have often though to modify this somehow, but to make it both weather tight and accessible would require significant rework of the back bedroom and/or cutting an exterior door into the turn of the transom. Neither has much appeal.
But thanks for the thoughts.

Matt

The space aft of the Onan compartment in my '73 23' Sequoia would be trivially simple to access (cut the plywood top), and is enclosed from the weather. The floor of that space is sloped, so might take some carpentry to make it flat, at the expense of losing that volume. If I had a permanent bed back there, I would have to move the mattress to get to that storage. If I had a dinette, I would have to move the bolster. Neither is tied down in any way.

I have the top cover off the compartment and can take a picture if it would help.

A,
If you could get those pictures for me, I would appreciate it. I would like to do something with that space.
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Thank You
Matt