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Re: Rebuilding Crashed 1995 U295

Reply #80 –
Wow, hard to believe it's been a year since I was on here! Between work kicking my arse and the kids busy with ball, I've been MIA. The FT has been used a few times this year, mostly short day trips. No issues at all. I did rebuild both furnaces with new motors this fall. Nothing else major to report. Never got around to the body work this summer. We are planning a possible trip to the FL Keys this Feb/March. 

I was hoping to use it more this summer for ball tournaments out of town but it never seemed to work out. We were almost always having to split up, me taking one kid, wife taking the other and it never made sense to stay in the RV. It killed me to rent a hotel for the wife and daughter one weekend knowing if I was available we would all be together in the FT :)

Still over a year after buying this beast every time I get in and start it up I grin ear to ear. Driving away I am always reminded of what a pleasure it is to drive. So much fun, what a wonderful machine.

Hope all is well, I have some forum catching up to do!

Re: Rebuilding Crashed 1995 U295

Reply #81 –
This spring I got the old girl out of storage and got after the loose P3 carrier bearing issue. I will post a detailed write up in a separate post. I took it for it's maiden voyage for 2023 over Memorial weekend. Was super bummed when I showed up to camp and turned the gen set off and found my battery bank was only showing 10.2 volts. I woke the next morning and went into the small town I was near and found two new 8D batteries. Other than that surprise all is well, love this coach!

Did some rib smoking, off roading in my Suzuki Samurai, and hung with some great friends from all over the country!

This was also the first time I towed with this RV. Towed the Samurai on a trailer and it towed very nicely. I can tell the motor is working a little harder but the scariest thing is I assumed there was a brake controller because it has a 7 way plug on the back. Apparently is doesn't! I am surprised that is not a factory setup. Maybe I am missing something. I did buy a controller to install before the next trip.

I have a buff, wax, and full interior detail/shampoo scheduled in July. I am pretty excited about that!

Re: Rebuilding Crashed 1995 U295

Reply #82 –

If you're converting to the seven pin standard connector you will be able to add a reverse light and a brake control  circuit. I use a couple of the spare foretravel wires and ran my brake controller threw it up front. Gives you manual override capability. I do like the additional back up lights on the trailer. My primary coach driveway is 300 feet long and it has a dog leg in the middle by design. Much nicer. Also having a charge circuit is nice to keep batteries fully charged. I did add a brake signal converter to the coach before the plug eliminating the dedicated brake light wire using the turn signals on both sides like all my other stuff is wired. I do reccomend using a powered converter. I did not but will eventually change to the powered. Makes the turn signals much brighter.
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Re: Rebuilding Crashed 1995 U295

Reply #84 –
You have done a good job bringing the coach back and you've earned the good times ahead.... Now a good coat of dry rub on top of the mustard and the ribs should turn out good as well.
 

Re: Rebuilding Crashed 1995 U295

Reply #85 –
When you install the brake controller, you will need to isolate the brake signal to the brake controller to not be activated by the retarder. I have always used a diode for this purpose, but you could also install an additional brake light sender.