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Mon, 20 January 2014 00:03  |
John Olson
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@ Dan -- Great to hear about you and Teri's experience in doing mods on the
road. That's encouraging. We are currently playing checkers with boxes of
Ramco mirrors, Ragusa step, Progressive converter, New Wave Enviro 10 water
filter, signal boosters, low flow attachments, and a bunch of other stuff
my work schedule hasn't allowed installation of yet.
Really I want to rip out the galley counter like you did, but no guts for
that. Also working on functional plans for a movable workstation located
between the cockpit chairs.
Well, anyway, dry camping mods help from you, Matt, Rob, Ken Henderson, Jim
K, Jim B and others (sorry if I missed anyone!) has been gold.
BTW, I forgot to close the black tank shut off last week. Discovered that
today at the dump station. Won't forget to push in that lever for quite a
while. Macerator soon on-order too.
John Olson
76 Edgemont (decent sized holding tanks and battery banks equate to freedom)
On Sun, Jan 19, 2014 at 2:45 PM, Jim Kanomata <jimkanomata@gmail.com> wrote:
> We have been experiencing on our customers coach along with mine, that the
> selector switch is being eaten by the ethonal and end up pulling fuel from
> both tank.
> It is not common for the aux tank to show 1/2 and afte the main runs down,
> thee is only 3-4 gallon left.
> I will replace before next trip.
>
>
> On Sun, Jan 19, 2014 at 12:02 PM, Adrien Genesoto <fixman54@syix.com>
> wrote:
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> >
> >
> > John, ( Our beloved Edgemont has no grey tank currently. Looking into
> > that one.)
> >
> >
> > Well, their is a way to put a grey water tank under the frame. And I
> would
> > like to have thought of it when my frame was down, because it would be
> > easier to do.
> >
> > The idea is to put the grey tank (20 to 25 gal) where the main fuel tank
> > is located now, vent and drain in through the floor, and tank drain on
> the
> > left/right side depending how the black tank is situated and space
> > available. It would requires relocating the #2(the one right behind the
> TB
> > mount) xross frame members forward (to open that space for the Aux fuel
> > tank) move the 2 fuel tank forward, modifying the fuel & vent lines and
> > exhaust pipe after the Y area.
> >
> > I think it's doable without dropping the frame. And I may yet do it
> myself.
> >
> > FWIW just my thinkng.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > ”When we avoid the mistakes we might have made, we sometimes make
> > the mistakes that we might have avoided.”
> >
> >
> >
> > Adrien & Jenny
> > 75 Glenbrook
> > Yuba City,Ca.
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> --
> Jim Kanomata
> Applied/GMC, Fremont,CA
> jimk@appliedairfilters.com
> http://www.appliedgmc.com
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| Re: [GMCnet] Dry camping blather (was Fuel Gauge reading?) [message #236752 is a reply to message #236714] |
Mon, 20 January 2014 14:38  |
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USAussie
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Matt,
I have two 3" Valterra valves on Double Trouble; one to shut off the flow to the 3" dump the second to the macerator and I've never
had one come open on it's own.
Regards,
Rob M.
-----Original Message-----
From: Matt Colie
Boy John,
That is a really stupid mistake that I well bet only a few of us have made more than once. (Kind of like sailors, those that will
admit that they ran aground and those that lie about it.)
Seriously.... I have had occasions where I know I shut the valve, but it was open the next time I popped the cap. Only later did I
figure out that if it is not locked (Thetford valve with the locking ears) the valve will open at least enough to be a disaster just
with the vehicle vibrations.
I do not know if the same is true of the Valtera valves as I have little experience with those.
Matt
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Regards,
Rob M. (USAussie)
The Pedantic Mechanic
Sydney, Australia
'75 Avion - AUS - The Blue Streak TZE365V100428
'75 Avion - USA - Double Trouble TZE365V100426
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