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Re: Rebuilding Crashed 1995 U295

Reply #75 –
Quote from: nbluesky –
I ordered 5 gallons from Napa online for only $159 ($31.80/gallon) on Oct 11th and it is just sitting waiting to ship...I am losing faith I scored that deal.

UPDATE: I called Napa and the order is stuck waiting to ship from NC. I am opting to cancel that order and order single gallons for pickup later to day from my local Napa store for $36 a gallon. :)

I got 5 gallons from Napa Coeur d Alene idaho coming out of Portland Or., be here tomorrow. $175.00 with my discount.Called a truck place (alison dealer in Spokane), $78.00 a gallon, Yikes!

Chris
Chris and Tammy White  CDA Idaho
Previous owners 1997 U295 36' 3126 Cat 300 HP Build # 4998
Former Foretravel tech & RVIA certified tech
Former owner Custom Satellite home/RV satellites 
Former owner Vans LTD  van conversions
Unemployed, panhandler, drag racer NHRA #6348

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Reply #76 –
Did I ever show the custom plates I got? I don't think I did.

BSKYRV = Bluesky RV

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Reply #77 –
Nice plates.  Keep them as long as you can.

Here is a picture of ours. We got these in 1979 and they have been on every RV since.  Old school, stamped galvanized steel. Just shy of 42 years old.  They wanted to know if we wanted to replace them when we got the coach almost 11 years ago.  Nope, there is history here. 
Roger Engdahl and Susan Green
2001 U320 3610 #5879 (Home2) - 2014 Jeep Cherokee or 2018 F150
Hastings, MN

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Reply #78 –
Ohh that is fantastic! Love the old MN plates :)

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Reply #79 –
My '81

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1999 40 ft. U-320 wtfe build 5563 Chuck & Lynda's "Rollin' Inn"  2030 watts solar
prev. mh's 71 GMC 5 yrs. 73 Pace Setter 1 yr. 78 Vogue 5 yrs 81 FTX 40ft all electric 18 yrs. 1996 Monaco Signature 3 yrs.
2014 Grand Cherokee Overland
Dream as if you will live forever. Live as if you will die today.  James Dean

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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!

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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!

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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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Reply #83 –

This is the one I bought.

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1999 40 ft. U-320 wtfe build 5563 Chuck & Lynda's "Rollin' Inn"  2030 watts solar
prev. mh's 71 GMC 5 yrs. 73 Pace Setter 1 yr. 78 Vogue 5 yrs 81 FTX 40ft all electric 18 yrs. 1996 Monaco Signature 3 yrs.
2014 Grand Cherokee Overland
Dream as if you will live forever. Live as if you will die today.  James Dean

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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.
Dub McBride 1996 270

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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.
previous 1984 35 ft ORED 250 HP 3208 Cat       
previous 1998 40 ft U295 CAI 325 hp Cummins
previous 2003 40 Ft u320 build #6140 450 Cummins M11.                                                         
1999 Mazda Miata
Ron, Nancy, Tipper the cat, Max The dog
1997 U 270 36 ft build number 5174 8.3 Cummins