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When it Rains...

Heading down I-5... in the rain, of course. Windshield wiper blade started to slide out of the mechanism. Got pulled over and fixed it with a quick application of pliers. Back on the road. Smell of propane throughout the coach. Back off the freeway. Turned off the propane at the tank. Finally arrived at our destination. Water alarm screaming. Anyhow, the propane turned out to be a stove knob partially on and the water alarm, a leaky Motoraide valve in the water pump compartment. I threw the valve and bypassed it with a hose barb to finish the trip. When I get home I'll clean up the compartment and re-plumb the Motoraide. Anyhow, the beat goes on.
jor
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If nothing ever happened, you'd be bored to tears.  8)
1993 U280 SE 40' WTBI, Build: 4359
C8.3 300hp, 6-Speed, Exhaust Brake
960 watts on the roof (6 x 160)
Sorento (or BOLT) on a Kar Kaddy SS
"Nature abhors a vacuum"

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Ok what's the inside on a water alarm?  Never heard of one of these before.
George and Steph
1997 U270 36 Build 5081 "Honu"
1180w Solar 400A lithium all Victron house system
Motorcade 17670, SKP 128300, FMCA F459019
73 VW Camper, 79 VW Camper, 2363 Sunline, and an Arctic Fox 25P

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jor.

Get the water OUT OF THERE.  That is right above the rear bulkhead.
Brett Wolfe
EX: 1993 U240
Moderator, ForeForum 2001-
Moderator Diesel RV Club 2002-
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Chairman FMCA Technical Advisory Committee 2011-2020

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Ok what's the inside on a water alarm?
I added three of the little battery powered water alarms after fixing a bathroom sink leak that was dripping water into the wet bay compartment (behind the panel). It doesn't take much to set off the alarms. Good safety idea knocked off from Barry and Cindy.
jor
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Get the water OUT OF THERE.  That is right above the rear bulkhead.
Thanks, Brett. No problem with this leak as it was light and is now fixed. Only water was in the water pump area. This coach has had the bulkhead repair done at Extreme and I won't allow that kind of damage to occur again.
jor
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Argghhh... another screaming water alarm today. Same area. This rig has a cruddy old water pump and a Rube Goldberg winterizing plumbing setup. I think the leak is from that plumbing. When I get home, I'll replace the water pump with a nice Aqua Jet, throw the accumulator, rip out the winterizing deal and plumb it properly.

Part Deux: Turned on the water heater to get ready to take a shower. Water pouring out of the water heater pressure valve. That is the likely leak. I'll try and replace it in the morning. Damn, this little 270 continues to annoy.
jor
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My least favorite words are "it never gave me no trouble." From a Rv owner regarding their trade in.
"Riding and rejoicing"
Bob
1997 U320 40' Mid entry, build 5132,  wtbi ce27, 4th owner
2007 Solara convertible
2 prodeco tech outlaw ss electric bikes

1095 watts solar
08 Ls 460 and a sc430
2000 Ford F-250 superduty 4x4

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Quote from: jor link=msg=246941 date=1474855237 Damn, this little 270 continues to annoy. [/quote

 Have any of us bought a coach, where the PO "assured" it was road ready, and it actually was?  ::)
1993 U-240 "La Villa Grande"..CAT 3116 w/ Pacbrake PRXB...Allison 3060 6-speed..
Previous: 1983 Airstream 310 turbo diesel, 1979 Airstream 280 turbo diesel
                                      Build # 4297
                                      PNW natives
                      Home base:  'Cactus Hug' (Ajo, Arizona)
                        DW Judy & Chet the wonder dog
                        Full-Timers 'Sailing the asphalt sea'

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Good one Mike. 

I quit being disappointed long ago with these type issues.

Almost every owner did not know that their coaches needed work.

They wait for things to break.
"Riding and rejoicing"
Bob
1997 U320 40' Mid entry, build 5132,  wtbi ce27, 4th owner
2007 Solara convertible
2 prodeco tech outlaw ss electric bikes

1095 watts solar
08 Ls 460 and a sc430
2000 Ford F-250 superduty 4x4

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Quote from: jor –
I added three of the little battery powered water alarms after fixing a bathroom sink leak that was dripping water into the wet bay compartment (behind the panel). It doesn't take much to set off the alarms. Good safety idea knocked off from Barry and Cindy.
jor


I really like those little alarms. We have one in the wet bay area and it went off once when I was washing the coach. Got a little to aggressive rinsing around the water heater vent and it let me know right away so that I could get the bit of water dried back out.
 
 We also have one with the remote sensor under the toilet pedistal another one with the sensor in the channel overhead running front to back of the coach.

 Sorry about the issues JOR.    I read the thread " what did you do to your coach today " as though I should do some little thing to my coach every day......  I'm way behind schedule :)
Robert and Susan
 1995 36' 280 WTBI 8.3 3060r
 1200 watts on the roof, 720 Ah of lithium's
 Build # 4637. Motorcade # 17599
        FMCA  # 451505
        18  Wrangler JLUR

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The only coach we've had that was trouble-free was our '83 'Stream, which had 28k original. It was at 80k when all hell broke loose, and I learned what a "CB" was!
1993 U-240 "La Villa Grande"..CAT 3116 w/ Pacbrake PRXB...Allison 3060 6-speed..
Previous: 1983 Airstream 310 turbo diesel, 1979 Airstream 280 turbo diesel
                                      Build # 4297
                                      PNW natives
                      Home base:  'Cactus Hug' (Ajo, Arizona)
                        DW Judy & Chet the wonder dog
                        Full-Timers 'Sailing the asphalt sea'

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I read the thread " what did you do to your coach today " as though I should do some little thing to my coach every day......  I'm way behind schedule
Yea, that is the best way. I call it elective maintenance. This coach had basic mechanical maintenance over the years but as far as I can tell, no elective maintenance. When we get back I intend to go through it stem to stern.
jor
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Have any of us bought a coach, where the PO "assured" it was road ready, and it actually was?

If I was the PO you could be assured.
jor

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Water pouring out of the water heater pressure valve
All fixed. $20 part.
jor
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Quote from: jor –
If I was the PO you could be assured. 

I know that. I'm still kicking myself for not buying that beauty of yours, but as we talked about, I'd have two cool coaches and no DW!  ::)
1993 U-240 "La Villa Grande"..CAT 3116 w/ Pacbrake PRXB...Allison 3060 6-speed..
Previous: 1983 Airstream 310 turbo diesel, 1979 Airstream 280 turbo diesel
                                      Build # 4297
                                      PNW natives
                      Home base:  'Cactus Hug' (Ajo, Arizona)
                        DW Judy & Chet the wonder dog
                        Full-Timers 'Sailing the asphalt sea'

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I use water alarms in areas where piping/pumps, etc., are located and not normally observed.  It really beats replacing rotted sub-flooring.  Have a great day  ----  Fritz
Fritz & Kathy Johnson
1991 36'

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Quote from: jor –
If I was the PO you could be assured.
jor

That's a fact, Jack.  That's also the reason that I am hereby claiming first dibs on Jor's current coach when it hits the market right after he has thoroughly renovated it and the saucy gleam of a 320 catches his eye. 
"Not so  long ago we were a nation of risk takers, riding five million pounds of  thrust straight into space."  Joe Gresh
Chuck Pearson
1996 U295
2018 Can Am X3 TurboRS

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Have any of us bought a coach, where the PO "assured" it was road ready, and it actually was?  ::)

Actually, yes we did. The previous owners were totally "up-front" with us and did their best to make sure everything was completely road-ready and repair or replace anything they even suspected wasn't road-ready!
David and Carolyn Osborn
1995 U320C SE 40' Build 4726 Feb 1995
FMCA 147762
Motorcade 17186