cowpoke

Yup, I hear ya

I go about this a completely different way from years of experience in the trucking industry. I carry the tire repair plugs in case of a leak I can put a plug in and usually can make it to a tire shop, and most times it never leaks again. You have a good air supply from your coach,  so its plug and go. You may be saying, what if I have a front tire blow out? If you do, you're probably going to need to call a tire shop, but in all the years of running semi's I've never had a front tire blow out, I've had them on the drivers and most of the time able to limp into a tire shop----this is strictly my take on all this. I won't even consider carrying a spare for the coach---I'm loaded down enough, but we all have our own way of doing things.

So far I've run through Montana, Idaho, Nevada and Arizona at 75' and  have no problems...

I put the Gas Strut on mine and I really like it, everything I needed came from Amazon.

What I did with mine after one problem too many was rip it out and throw it in the garbage and went back to the normal sewer line.. Now I pull the lever and "SWISH" out goes the sewer...No more problems... Worked for me anyhow .

From what you're saying without seeing it I would be looking at my radiator mounts. I'm thinking your shroud is fastened to your rad but not really knowing the rear rad set up can't say for sure...also sounds as though your rad needs a good cleaning..

I use a zippie tie for the French doors and two wood wedges for the bottom drawer...a little back woodsy maybe but works great for me..

Richard is so right about going to Elite---He gave me the same advise and I made the trip from Alberta to Harrisburg and it turned out to be the best trip I ever made... Those boys know exactly what they are doing---if you go to them you'll be completely satisfied----Thank you Richard..

Sorry— I should have said blue plug— all mine are red

If you look on the clear plastic part by the red knob you will see a line that says “full”. If below that line add 80-90 oil and bring it up to that line

I use synthetic simply because I have it on hand for out trucking co., otherwise with the miles these coaches normally put on I’d use 15-40 and be very comfortable with that.

You are definitely one lucky guy!!

The Hunt for The Elusive Plug To The Brake Controller on 07 Signature----hope this is in the right spot on the forum.

I'm installing a brake controller and found out the hunt for the elusive blue wire is joke,.. First off I checked my seven wire plug on the rear of coach and determined I had The blue wire going to that plug---Great.. Now head to the cockpit and try and find that end---not so easy. Right away I pull a plug out from under the dash and thinks Yippee-Not so, its a six prong plug and no juice in any of the prongs. I have The wire chaser and I'm rooting around under the dash to no avail. I read in the forum here to take the cover off to the left of the drivers chair, so I started doing that and I figured this seat has to go otherwise I'll never have the room needed to get a good look in there, so off with the seat--now I'm Cookin--Well not really, enough wire in there to wire a small shopping mall---I rooted around in there worried I would mess something important up--I did get a ping on the wire chaser, but where was it coming from in all that wire, I never did really find that out this go round. Put everything back together, bolted the chair back in, went back to tearing the dash apart---we talking two or three days here, rooting around, then on the internet, rooting and internet--reading everything I could find on the forum. so on and so forth.. Finally a friend of mine that owns a RV shop said he'd give me his guy that was pretty handy on wiring, as it turned out this fellow was small bone and slim so he could fit around the brake pedal and steering column a lot easier than I could, plus he is    alot younger.. So he came out to my shop and then he started rooting around, he did over again most of what I already had tried except he didn't pull the drivers chair---he got deeper in the bottom of that compartment by the drivers chair and the wire chaser found a wire,,, he kind of figured the wire was running towards the front of the coach, so he took the kick panel off just left of where the brake pedal is and rooted around in there for awhile,,,he was getting the odd noise from the wire chaser but weak,,, so up on the dash he went and opened the dash up on top in front of the steering wheel and started rooting around in there for a bit-- he started getting some noise from the chaser,  he cut some zip ties and dug deeper, way in the far corner to the left of where the maxi brake switch is inside the dash he found a six prong plug with five wires that he was able to get out under the dash---I told him that doesn't seem like the one we were looking for as I thought the one we wanted was a five wire on a four prong plug.But he said ,nope, this is the one the chaser is going crazy---and it was!! Finally----its been a long frustrating week!  WE cut the  six prong plug off the wires he found and clipped the four prong plug off the brake controller, hooked them up and Walls---We got brakes... And So the 07 signature is prewired if you can find the d*** thing!!!  I realize this was kind of a long story, but might help somebody... And YES, in the wires we found, one was BLUE!

The first thing you probably should do is find out where the moisture is coming from—-could be from up top as well as the bottom..

Thank you all for your input, it was all very useful and a big help in deciding which way to go. I'm sure there will be challenges with a trailer but for me I believe a trailer is the way to go. I like the idea of being able to back up if needed as well. If it doesn't work out, sell the trailer and go back to the toad.

I appreciate all of your opinions and ideas and experience. That is what I really like about this site, you can learn from others...

And Tom, My wife was not impressed with your suggestion of the young female passenger with ample chest and low cut blouse----I thought it was a good idea!

Yes, I hear you Steven and you're probably right saying less problems towing when it comes to RV parks and I have been towing.. I'd like to take my Vette the odd winter and I will not Tow the Vette.

Thanks Richard I'll steer clear of California... I understand you need a higher class drivers license to pull a trailer in California, not sure if that's right or not. I have a class one so that part wouldn't be a issue. Wondering if you still pull a trailer or if you've gave that up and if so why?? Appreciate your input .

Thanks for the input Steven, think I will go for it---I'll be about three to four feet over, and some states I won't even be to their max. I imagine I'll run into the odd problem having a trailer at some of the RV parks but hopefully can deal with that. Not much of a fan blasting my car being towed down the road....

I've seen them going down the road and pretty sure some were over the 65' mark so wondered how strict they were. I'll be three to four feet over so maybe I'll go for it.  Thanks for the info, will help  me in making the decision in what to do...Appreciate the input

From what I think the maximum length of Motor Home and trailer is suppose to be 65'. With the set up I'm working on the coach is 45' and the trailer 20', that comes to 65', my problem is when you add the trailer hitch you'd be around 68'. I guess what I'm wondering is how sticky are they on the 65' and if they are, can you get a over length permit. I imagine every State has their own twist on things and perhaps I'm opening a whole can of worms. Perhaps someone out there has tried something similar to what I'd like to do and can shed some light on this for me. Would appreciate any advise or info on the subject.. Thank you all..

I'd check and make sure all the posts on the chassis batteries are clean and tight and your cut off switch.  Sounds electrical and that can be a big head ache..

You definitely want your fuel filter... Any crude of any kind you want stopped before it hits your injection pump or your injectors. Why anyone would bypass a fuel filter on any Diesel engine is beyond me..   Hook it back up with new filters.

Darrell I can tell you exactly what my cost was.. The fabric from Stone Vos was $1694.00

Remove all 4 s/o topper awnings

Remove all wipe seals,, clean and seal all 4 s/o boxes----$5,728.00

you can see I did more than just replace the fabric..the cost to just replace the fabric I don't know.

I just finished getting all four of my slide fabric done at Elite. They did a very thorough job and good for ten years. They also replaced all the rubber seals around the slides and then poured water on for a long time and no leaks whatsoever.. Very satisfied.

Thumbs up for Elite. They absolutely do great work,,,

I will try and get some pics on how Elite goes about this fix. This work won't be done on my coach until late June. In the mean time I'll  try to learn how to put pics on this site. My computer knowledge is non-existent.

All I'm doing is following up on leads I received from members of this site, of which I'm truly appreciative of heading me in the right direction...Thank you All...

Happy Trails ~~~

I'm not 100% sure of everything that's going on with these slides myself at this point. I have only talked to Elite people on the phone and might have misinterpreted exactly what's going on at the present time, but I plan on being better educated on this subject by the end of June... [I hope}  They were very impressive on the phone and I'm sure like you say, I'll be very satisfied with there work..I'm looking forward of seeing the results..  Thank you