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Reply #25 –
Most of us have bought convenient items from CW retail shelves such as door mats and so on, just don't let them install the door mat and you should be ok.
Dub McBride 1996 270

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Reply #26 –
Years ago I owned a SOB with a gas engine (454 Chev).
While driving to Calf. from Chicago it developed an exhaust leak. Back then CW was not the organization it is today, just a few locations around the country. I saw there was a CW in Anaheim Ca. so I planed to get a Hotel room there, drop the RV off at CW to have a Banks Power Pack installed and take the family to Disney.
When I went back to pick up the coach all seemed fine until I drove it a few miles to the Camp ground. It was suffering from huge misfires.
I crawled into the front wheel well to examine the spark plugs and wires. I found that when installing the new exhaust headers ( part of the Banks system) the "Tech" had broken the plug ends for half the plug wires when trying to pull them off. Rather than replace the plug wires they tried to glue the broken plug ends to the spark plugs with Silicone. My hand was covered with wet silicone when checking the first wire.
I went back to Camping World outraged. The manager could not understand my outrage, I could not understand his lack of regret for how shoddy one of his Techs did there job. It was obviously done with the hope that I would get far enough away from CW to return to there location. He said he would replace the broken wires, Not all the wires. Since the wires come in a set his offer again outraged me.

I left and went to a auto parts store and bought a new wire set and plugs and replaced them.
When I got back home from the trip I sent a letter to the guy who owned CW at that time( original founder). I included the receipt for the plug wires and spark plugs. He quickly sent me a check for the parts and a couple hundred dollars for my labor and inconvenience. He also mentioned that he would personally follow up on the Anaheim CW manager.

While I was encouraged by the actions of the CW owner I decided then (1980's) I would never do business with them again.
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Reply #27 –
               My feeling on this subject ---they cater to the crowd that buy their rubber roof RV's  . Don't think A Foretravel has any business going there .  Have spoken to their service manager  at the West El Passo location and came away with blank feeling . Outside was  " two "  ( Home Land Security ) --Provost coaches  ( RV's )  I spoke to one of the drivers and got an ear full of what was done there that was real badly done and the many times he was ordered to bring it back again and again .  Our tax dollars on this one --Hmm                                                                                                                                                        ???  ???    Brad Metzger
Brad Metzger
2010 Phenix 45'

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Reply #28 –
Quote from: Lon and Cheryl –
Years ago I owned a SOB with a gas engine (454 Chev).

I crawled into the front wheel well to examine the spark plugs and wires. I found that when installing the new exhaust headers ( part of the Banks system) the "Tech" had broken the plug ends for half the plug wires when trying to pull them off.
I went back to Camping World outraged. The manager could not understand my outrage,

I left and went to a auto parts store and bought a new wire set and plugs and replaced them.


Just to expand on Chevrolet 454 spark plug wires.  Sitting in a Cadillac racing down the highway the GM 454 is loafing along just above idle.  When installed in the P-30 chassis as used in trucks and motorhomes the cast iron exhaust manifolds become very hot.  There's another whole story about GM exhaust manifold but the subject here is spark plug wire, or more accurately heat shielding and spark plug boots.  Now $40 is short money but a bit pricey for ignition wires, but in order to make the 454 reliable as a truck engine, GM had to use metal heat shields with a mylar dielectric liner, and molded high temperature silicone rubber boots.  Now you know.
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Reply #29 –
I had one of them in a SOB coach--first thing manifold warped and broke 2 manifold bolts off flush with head--this made O2 sensor read wrong which put coach in limp mode.  Drove 200 miles with OBD2 on my lap so I could continually clear code.  Found shop west of Custer SD called WESTERN DAKOTA. They welded nuts onto the broken bolts and removed them -replaced manifold- and we were on our way.  Spark plugs and wires were not disturbed and he did it all without removing the front wheel. 
That wasn't his first rodeo and it gave me warm fuzzy feeling to have someone working on the coach that knew what he was doing
and was reasonably priced.
All that said-- what I liked best about that coach was when I watched it leave my driveway and I had cash in hand
Chris
1999 U 320 DGFE
Build Number 5523
Chris & Elka Lang
In the field, Lonoke AR