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Re: We're back, baby! Guess what we just bought?

Reply #75 –
Mine faces forward with ceiling material facing front also and I'm sure it's factory.
Peter and Frieda Morin
1999 36ft. U320 Foretravel
Build # 5436
1998 Suzuki Sidekick Sport

Re: We're back, baby! Guess what we just bought?

Reply #76 –
Peter,

From your reply 70 some thoughts for you if you are going to DIY these ducts.
I don't know about this coach of Steve & Michell's but if you leave that wood trim strip (for what reason I don't know) you need to at least take it down and enlarge the openings to match the actual duct size. Then remount it. I would just leave it off and put just the center section in for looks to help with the plenum size. While at it remove the A/C cover and install some air directors to push air down the plenum rather than straight down. There is a couple of post about this mod of you hunt around.

Mike
Pamela & Mike 97 U 320

"It's not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters."

Re: We're back, baby! Guess what we just bought?

Reply #77 –
Whatever FT did, it works well and moves a good amount of air up front.  No I'm not going to take this down to look, although I could run my borescope back there. 

Attached is another view of what ours looks like.

2000 / 36' / U320 / WTFE
WildEBeest / "Striving to put right what once went wrong"

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Reply #78 –
That's the exact mod that David Flanigan did for us at FT
Tim Fiedler    2025 LTV Unity MBL on Order
2000 Chevy Tracker 2 Door Convertible 4WD Now lifted 4.5"
1985 Citroen 2CV6 Charleston
Murphy Rebel on wheels with 175HP Titan
Cessna P337
1980 48' Westport MY (!/4 Share)

Re: We're back, baby! Guess what we just bought?

Reply #79 –
Were these AC vent modes done recently? Or in other words does anyone know if FT still does that.? I need to get more air to front of coach while driving. Dash AC not good...
Keith and Dawn Hudson #18766
Current- 1999 U295 DFGE 40ft. - Build #5405
Coach Name: 4BUS4US
Previous- 2008 Nimbus CE338: 40th Anniversary Edition- Build #6486. 
Toad: 2021 Jeep Cherokee Trailhawk

 "I know something about a lot of things..a lot about something's..and everything about nothing "

Re: We're back, baby! Guess what we just bought?

Reply #80 –
FT and MOT (last I heard) still

Had remodel shops. Give them a call and ask

Tim Fiedler
Gen-Pro.biz
630 240-9139
Tim Fiedler    2025 LTV Unity MBL on Order
2000 Chevy Tracker 2 Door Convertible 4WD Now lifted 4.5"
1985 Citroen 2CV6 Charleston
Murphy Rebel on wheels with 175HP Titan
Cessna P337
1980 48' Westport MY (!/4 Share)

Re: We're back, baby! Guess what we just bought?

Reply #81 –
Quote from: Michelle –
I'll look and see if it's mentioned in the original owner's receipts (I've been meaning to do so).  It's not ceramic or porcelain, and it's not vinyl.  It's really nice under foot and very safe for the pups (no sliding).  I think it might be DuraCeramic, which FOT remodeling was installing in the timeframe this coach was remodeled (2014).

@Peter - I discovered a brochure for the flooring in our owner's box today.  It's a Mannington Adura product, so it actually is vinyl with a solid core.

Ours is a 16" square tile, which I don't see offered these days, but I think the color is still available in a 12x24.  It looks like Athena in Maiden's Veil to me.
Learn every day, but especially from the experiences of others. It's cheaper!  - John C. Bogle

2000 U320 36' non-slide / WildEBeest Rescue
2003 U320

Re: We're back, baby! Guess what we just bought?

Reply #82 –
I put Mannington Adura in our coach seven years ago. It is 4 mil thick and has held up very well to full time use in National Forests, state parks, Quartzsite and other demanding environments. I used the adhesive recommended by Mannington.
1998 36 foot U270 Build No. 5328 WTFE, 900 watts solar, Victron controller, B2B, bat monitor, 600 AMPH lithium with 2018 Chevy Colorado toad, SKP #110239, Motorcade #17781, 2021 Escape 17B for when Coach is broken down and campsites are too small, retired and full-timer since Dec. 2020. Part of RV family since 1963.

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Reply #83 –
Michele
The brochure on the vinyl didn't say who installed it did it?
Peter    Alberta Canada
'98 U320 40'  Build 5359 M11 450 HP, Aqua hot, Blu Ox

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Reply #84 –
Quote from: Peter –
Michele
The brochure on the vinyl didn't say who installed it did it?

No, but I'm pretty sure it would have been FOT's remodeling shop since I think it was done at the same time as the upholstery, valances, and MCD blinds.
Learn every day, but especially from the experiences of others. It's cheaper!  - John C. Bogle

2000 U320 36' non-slide / WildEBeest Rescue
2003 U320

Re: We're back, baby! Guess what we just bought?

Reply #85 –
FYI to all...Greg, at Extreme in Nacogdoches,  has the phone number of a guy that used to work at Foretravel that does the ceiling AC vent modifications. He is semi retired but still does them on the side...
Keith and Dawn Hudson #18766
Current- 1999 U295 DFGE 40ft. - Build #5405
Coach Name: 4BUS4US
Previous- 2008 Nimbus CE338: 40th Anniversary Edition- Build #6486. 
Toad: 2021 Jeep Cherokee Trailhawk

 "I know something about a lot of things..a lot about something's..and everything about nothing "

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Reply #86 –
Quote from: Peter –
Michele
The brochure on the vinyl didn't say who installed it did it?

I wanted to come back and add that I searched the forum for Adura, and found a number of folks had it installed.  Some at FOT, some at MOT, a couple of DIY (including floridarandy), and a couple had it done by Ernie.
Learn every day, but especially from the experiences of others. It's cheaper!  - John C. Bogle

2000 U320 36' non-slide / WildEBeest Rescue
2003 U320
 

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Reply #87 –
Nice coach, that's exactly what I'm looking for!