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Comment by Dawn Michelle on April 26, 2016 at 4:54pm

Maybe I should be looking for a Winnie and not a Toy ... :-)

Comment by Ralph Javins on April 26, 2016 at 2:47pm

Interesting. 

At this time, the Winnebago Group on the Good Old RVs forum is the largest, with 34 members. 

That must be saying something about Winnebago Industries, and also why the name "Winnebago" became synonymous with motor homes and other recreational vehicles. 

And it really is nice to see that the group is growing.  Welcome to the two new people who have "clicked" on the Winnebago Group. 

Enjoy' 

Ralph 

Latté Land, Washington 

Comment by T.J. on April 20, 2016 at 8:28pm

Oil and filters, Oil and filters, Fuel and filters I change them at the least once a year but usually more. It's  cheap insurance. We just got our genny up and running and it's a nice ace in the hole. We seem to be using it a lot more than I thought we would. We also seem to be a little more willing to go out to car shows and what not and when we get tired go back fire up the genny and nuke some soup of what ever. It's great.

Comment by Jimco_W001 on April 20, 2016 at 8:08pm

Hi Ralph, doing it yourself sure can save you a lot of money. Plus having reliable A/C power when you need it is priceless. 

Comment by Ralph Javins on April 20, 2016 at 10:34am

Good morning; 

By taking advantage of the very nice weather here yesterday, I was able to put back on the Onan Emerald III NHE 6.5 KW generator the original Nikki carburettor that "had to be replaced" three years ago when the Winnebago Elandan was first handed to me, but it did not work very well at that time.  It is much better now, and I also have a "spare carburettor" in stock for future use. 

The main point of this message is to suggest that you not feel at all intimidated by the rather simple mechanical systems of the Onan generator.  You might be surprised at how easy it is to work on the mechanical parts.  And I am very glad that I did work on it myself.  

The main discovery was that the carburettor-to-intake-manifold gasket had not been mounted correctly when the new carburettor was installed.  The gasket had dropped down so that one of the mounting bolts did not pass through the small hole in the end of the carburettor gasket.  No, it was not off far enough for an air leak after the carburettor, but it was close.  It is much better now, and the generator runs better than it did. 

Now it is time for the oil and filter change, because it is time to do that again.  The generator does not have very many hours of running time on it since the last oil change, but it is well over a year now.   That is one of the side effects of using RV parks with the "full hookups" instead of off-grid "boondocking."  Most of the running time has been the periodic starting and running with the air conditioner on to load the generator for about an hour for its routine exercise.

The motor home is also the "back-up shelter" if there is a major storm or some other thing that disrupts the commercial electrical power system. 

Enjoy;  Ralph, Latté Land, Washington 

Comment by Jimco_W001 on April 15, 2016 at 5:57pm

Yes Michelle, go to the top of the page. Then click Vintage Campers For Sale.

Comment by Michelle Lockett on April 15, 2016 at 5:50pm

Hi Jimco thanks for the invite. I will be posting more pics soon. Is their a section to sell trailers?

This Winnebago turned out so lovely and I will be moving on to my next project.

Michelle

Comment by Jimco_W001 on April 15, 2016 at 5:33pm

Hi Michelle Lockett, welcome to our group. I think you are the first one here at the Winnebago Group that owns a Winnebago trailer.

Your trailer looks very nice too. Thanks for the photos.

Comment by T.J. on April 13, 2016 at 12:27pm

Ok! Ok so it seemed like a good idea at the time. But yeah got to admit it would have blown a hole in all that Hmmmmm waste.

Comment by Ralph Javins on April 13, 2016 at 12:19pm

Yeah. 

And there is the question about what a 1500 to 3000 psi pressure washer stream would do to the average dump system drain hose.  I doubt that even the "super strong" 20 mill drain hoses from a couple of the well recognized makers would survive that stress. 

Ralph, Latté Land, Washington 

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