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5389 Found a New Home

We purchased build number 5389 and are finally getting around to formally introducing ourselves.  On March 19 we closed the deal on a 42 DGFE U320 in Fort Morgan Colorado.  Crazy as it sounds, never owned a diesel before, never driven a 42 foot coach before, but we just hopped in and took off. Our current rig is a Lance truck camper.

I need to back up a bit though.  In December we stumbled on the Forum when we looked at a 1998 U320 in none other than Fort Morgan.  I posted on the forum looking for some inspection guidance and Racedad, aka Wayne, came to our rescue.  If you don't know Wayne I would highly encourage you to drop him a line.  He drove from the Denver area to Fort Morgan, spent the better part of a January day looking at a coach with us that we passed on.  That same coach with all of its undisclosed issues has been sitting on the MOT lot now for a couple of months.  In March Wayne once again met us in Fort Morgan and this time we closed the deal.  We purchased our rig from a forum member, Adam Byler. 

The learning curve has been quite steep for us and we are very thankful for the guidance from Wayne and Roger, not too mention the volume of information we have gained by searching the forum.  You all are a wealth of knowledge.  We are gradually making progress on some repairs, renovations, and maintenance items.  We look at each day's "win and loss" columns.  Right now we are ahead, yet still have a few issues that we are struggling to resolve. 

Here's an easy one for someone out there.  We have been looking for the level sensing unit.  Any thoughts?  It's not under the couch, we don't have one of those, and it's not under the cook top.   

Lonny and Roxie
1999 U320 DGFE

Re: 5389 Found a New Home

Reply #1 –
Welcome!
I think it's located in one of the lower bays.
Frank & Connie Williams
1999 U320 '36
Build: 5466
MC: 18335

Re: 5389 Found a New Home

Reply #2 –
Not sure if this helps, but mine was in the cabinet under the refrigerator. It has a black plastic dome type cover over it.
Mark & Bev
2001 U295 36' Slide
Cummins ISC 8.3 350HP
Build #5802
Jeep Wrangler Toad

Re: 5389 Found a New Home

Reply #3 –
Quote from: bigfoot756 –
  We have been looking for the level sensing unit.  Any thoughts?  It's not under the couch, we don't have one of those, and it's not under the cook top.   

Seems like on some of those DGFE that age it was hid under the bottom drawer of the desk. You will have to pull the drawer out to see it.
Welcome to the group and don't be shy about asking questions as there is no need to reinvent the wheel when there are others that most likely have been down that road before.

Mike
Pamela & Mike 97 U 320

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

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Reply #4 –
Mine is somewhere under the kitchen cabinetry. Welcome to the forum and as Mike said
ask your questions. I had a Class A before this Coach but this one is a lot different so it is
quicker to ask then spending hours try to figure the problem on your own.
Peter and Frieda Morin
1999 36ft. U320 Foretravel
Build # 5436
1998 Suzuki Sidekick Sport

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Reply #5 –
If you have a desk, pull the lower drawer completely out. It's on the floor

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Reply #6 –
Congratulation on your purchase. Welcome. The search box at the upper right of this page is priceless in regards to prior information. Large learning curve to say the least. Its more like trying to eat a elephant, one bite at a time. Seems every day I learn something new. So curiosity ill ask why you need to access the level sensor? Sometimes the symptoms of a problem are just that and are not the actual problem. So what has lead you to needing to access it?
Scott

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Reply #7 –
Thanks Rudy.....found it on the ceiling of the first bay curbside. 
Lonny and Roxie
1999 U320 DGFE

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Reply #8 –
We have build # 5400 U295.
Bruce, Linda, and Macy
Zoey RIP 1/20/19
1999 U295 40' build #5400
2017 silver Jeep Wrangler, 1260 watts of solar on top
Moving around the country

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Reply #9 –
Welcome and congratulations on your purchase!  Wishing you many wonderful travels in America the Beautiful!
Joe & Dottie Allen
Sold!  December 2023.      2000 U320; build # 5645
Our coach " Maxine"
Motorcade #  15922;  Escapee 150950; FMCA F330833; Boondockers Welcome;  Harvest Hosts;  Thousand Trails
'98 U320 from 2000-'06
USAF '62-'66

"Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for." ―Epicurus

Re: 5389 Found a New Home

Reply #10 –
On my 42 foot DGFE it was under the pantry slide out next to the sink.  When we replaced it we put it on the roof of the first bay. Much easier to do it that way and it worked fine
2025 Wanderbox Outpost 32 on F600 Expedition Motorhome
2015 Born Free Royal Splendor on Ford 550 nonslide version  for sale
Former Coaches  covering. 360,000 miles
1999 34 U270
2000 36 U320
2001 42' double slide U320
2018 Jeep Rubicon

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Reply #11 –
Lonnie & Roxy, welcome along, you have found the best place to be if you own a foretravel!
Enjoy your travels and best of luck.
1998 U295 36'
Build# 5358

SMILE!....it makes people wonder what you have been doing.