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by whemme
Mon Sep 25, 2006 5:47 pm
Forum: General and Technical Information, Questions, and Responses
Topic: too much play in steering wheel
Replies: 5
Views: 5930

AIR BAG INFLATION PRESSURE

The Born Free factory's recommended inflation pressure for the two rear air bags (not shocks) is 55 psi. On the two BF's that I have owned up to the present time, both had a red decal near the inflation fittings on the side of the fiberglass motorhome body indicating that recommended pressure. But s...
by whemme
Sun Sep 24, 2006 9:05 pm
Forum: General and Technical Information, Questions, and Responses
Topic: Michelin LTX vs. XPS?
Replies: 6
Views: 5790

Michelin LTX or XPS Rib Tires?

Approximately 3 or 4 years ago, the Ford factory started delivering E-350 and E-450 bare chassis to the motohome manufacturers with Michelin LTX tires in place of the previous Firestone Steeltex tires. Actually I have had no problems with the Firestone tires having run them for 55,000 miles on my fi...
by whemme
Fri Sep 15, 2006 1:25 pm
Forum: General and Technical Information, Questions, and Responses
Topic: Coach batteries & Freezing water lines
Replies: 15
Views: 17433

OUTSIDE SHOWER WATER LINES

Mike and Jean, Nice to know that additional info. However, if you were to shut off those valves, would you not have water trapped in those lines going up to the outside shower system that could still freeze and burst those lines? I would be worried about freezing both those inside hot and cold lines...
by whemme
Fri Sep 15, 2006 11:45 am
Forum: Coach Modifications
Topic: CONVERTING TO THE WINEGARD 'BATWING' SENSOR III TV ANTENNA
Replies: 0
Views: 9602

CONVERTING TO THE WINEGARD 'BATWING' SENSOR III TV ANTENNA

For those Born Free owners that currently have the Delta TV antenna installed, much improved over the air TV reception can be had by replacing that antenna with the Winegard 'Batwing' Sensor III TV antenna with the built-in signal pre-amplifier. As far as I know on most Born Free models, the Batwing...
by whemme
Fri Sep 15, 2006 11:26 am
Forum: General and Technical Information, Questions, and Responses
Topic: Coach batteries & Freezing water lines
Replies: 15
Views: 17433

OUTSIDE SHOWER WATER LINE PROTECTION

Jeff,

I assume your 2002 24' RB has an outside shower on the left side like my 2002 26' RSB. How do you protect the water lines feeding that shower assembly on cold outings?
by whemme
Thu Sep 14, 2006 7:25 pm
Forum: General and Technical Information, Questions, and Responses
Topic: Installing Winegard antenna
Replies: 19
Views: 18664

Winegard Model RV-5085 non-amplified Sensar III antenna?

Barb & Bill, That would seem to make sense to me but you might want to check with Kim Olson at the Born Free factory to make sure that would work. One thing though, did you mean RV-5095 rather than RV-5085 non-amplified antenna? I also noted that Winegard recommends in the link I mentioned above...
by whemme
Thu Sep 14, 2006 12:48 pm
Forum: General and Technical Information, Questions, and Responses
Topic: Coach batteries & Freezing water lines
Replies: 15
Views: 17433

FREEZING WATER LINES

Ann P, Be careful if that 22 degree temperature hangs around too long. Running the furnace and keeping the cabinet doors open will help but there are other water lines that that heat will not reach. You and I have the same 26' RSB and I froze some water lines this March 2006 on an overnight stay in ...
by whemme
Thu Sep 14, 2006 11:59 am
Forum: General and Technical Information, Questions, and Responses
Topic: Installing Winegard antenna
Replies: 19
Views: 18664

Winegard Batwing Antenna Conversion

John, Before my conversion to the Delta antenna, the TV wallplate had a slide switch with a red indicator light that both turned the antenna pre-amp on and off and at the same time switched between the Delta antenna and the cable TV input jack on the left side of the coach. After I had the factory i...
by whemme
Wed Sep 13, 2006 11:42 am
Forum: General and Technical Information, Questions, and Responses
Topic: Towing
Replies: 6
Views: 7346

TOWING RECOMMENDATIONS

5865, As Mel has advised above, 4-down towing is the way to do it and also use a motorhome mounted tow bar system rather than one that stays attached to the toad. The tow caddy method just adds additional weight and also causes storage problems on where to put the caddy while in a campground. In my ...
by whemme
Mon Sep 11, 2006 5:03 pm
Forum: General and Technical Information, Questions, and Responses
Topic: Coach batteries & Freezing water lines
Replies: 15
Views: 17433

COACH BATTERIES

Ann P, If you are serious about taking care of your coach batteries and plan on doing a significant amount of dry camping, you may want to consider replacing the 45-amp single-stage charger/converter section of your existing Parallax/Magnetek 7345 Power Panel with a good replacement 3-stage converte...
by whemme
Sun Sep 10, 2006 11:39 pm
Forum: General and Technical Information, Questions, and Responses
Topic: Grey Water Tank/Drain problem! Urgent!
Replies: 17
Views: 19021

GRAY WATER TANK SIZE IN 26' REAR BATH

Trish, I am glad you had a good time and enjoyed Alaska. The main reason that you have a 21 gallon gray water tank and a 35 gallon black water tank in your 26' Rear Bath versus the reverse that I have in my 26' Rear Side Bed unit is most likely because the two coaches have the same tanks mounted in ...
by whemme
Sat Sep 09, 2006 12:41 pm
Forum: General and Technical Information, Questions, and Responses
Topic: spare tire
Replies: 21
Views: 23181

SPARE TIRE AND WHEEL STORAGE LOCATION

I carried a spare tire and wheel in my prior 1999 BF 24' RB coach and also carry the same spare in my current 2002 BF 26' RSB coach. In both units, the tire fits nicely thru the outside storage door under the Flexsteel sofabed - on the left side of the coach for the 26' RSB and on the right side in ...
by whemme
Tue Sep 05, 2006 3:44 pm
Forum: General and Technical Information, Questions, and Responses
Topic: WISH LIST FOR MY NEXT BORN FREE COACH
Replies: 33
Views: 33063

WIDER TIRES!

Sab and Ann, Increasing the tire size width by changing from the current tire size LT225/75R16E to LT245/75R16E most likely would require wider steel rims and I am sure it would require these new rims to have a wider offset for the rear duals. If the 245 size tires were installed on the present rims...
by whemme
Tue Sep 05, 2006 9:52 am
Forum: General and Technical Information, Questions, and Responses
Topic: preventative maintenance
Replies: 15
Views: 18306

REASON WHY NOT TO USE SYNTHETIC OIL IN YOUR BORN FREE

Below is recopied an earlier post of mine pointing out that if your Born Free spends significant time in storage, it may not be best to use synthetic engine oil in that case. Not to cloud the synthetic vs petroleum oil issue too much further, but here is some info from Aviation Consumer magazine som...
by whemme
Sun Sep 03, 2006 10:27 pm
Forum: General and Technical Information, Questions, and Responses
Topic: Another question,.....and it won't be my last
Replies: 6
Views: 7728

Vent Cover Interference with Winegard Batwing TV Antenna?

John, I have the Winegard Batwing antenna on my 2002 BF 26' RSB and I know of a local 1999 BF 24' RB owner that has a vent cover on his BF and has the Delta antenna. I don't know if his vent cover is a MaxxAir unit or not but it looks rather large to me. The Winegard Batwing installs in the same loc...

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