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Well, if you're in the market for a camper or maybe you are wanting to become a Full-Timer living in your luxurious home on wheels, take a minute and skip over to "RV Horror Stories". Chuck Woodbury, an advocate for RV owners, has started a new forum dedicated to the 21% of owners who are...

Well, that's not the complete truth. Actually, the air compressor gave up the ghost after 4-1/2 years. I nearly croaked when I realized a replacement was $375. I really hate to tackle projects that require you to remove the wheel-well and fiddle around in tight places but today the job was...

It's time for an oil change on my '06 - 5.9L, so I hustle on over to Advanced Auto and see the only Valvoline Premium Blue 15W40 carries a CK-4 designation. It is supposedly backwards compatible but I'm leery with all this new-fangled foolishness. I've always used Valvoline and need a little help.

As usual, I like to turn to TDR when I have questions regarding something that has wheels on it. First off, DW and I are now full-timers and I have come to the realization that the camper in my signature just ain't gonna cut it as a full-timer's unit. It is an assembly line product that was made...

After some deliberation, I decided to get a PML differential cover; not to look too flashy, but for just the added capacity, cooling, and the convenience of a drain plug. A call to Geno's got me one within a day and I was immediately impressed with the ruggedness, design and machine work on the...

Yesterday, after posting a wrap-up on a thread dealing with disc-brake conversion kits and concerned about the consistently marginal design features and sub-standard components used by some manufacturers as far as running gear, I started an in-depth inspection on my 2010 Cougar High Country. I...

Has anyone installed after-market disc brakes on their camper? I suspect I am getting to the point of needing new brakes and rather than going with a drum replacement kit would be better off spending a few dollars more and getting the disc brake kit. Your thoughts would be appreciated. - Ed

I went on ahead and took my own advice and installed the attached gauge in the cubby hole opening. With all the added filtration (GDP MK-2 with a Donaldson P551313), using the Baldwin BF7977 as the primary fuel filter, and the clock showing 230,000 miles, I wanted to both monitor the lift pump...

I've got the GDP 2-mic filter set-up. My question concerns the feasibility (cost verses benefit) of adding a Hewitt dual pressure fuel gauge to monitor pressures before the primary and after the GDP. This would give me a baseline for filter replacement as well as a means to keep an eye on my...

After wading and surging through high water in San Antonio during a rather violent downpour we finally arrived at home after a long trip and I noticed my foglights had quit working. Must be a fuse or relay, no sweat. Where are they located? Oh great! The 2006 uses the TIPM to control all these...

Several threads were started lately concerning exhaust brakes (operation, installation, etc.) and my question wouldn't fit in either without hijacking the threads. So, let me ask this under its' own heading: Has anyone experienced a problem with the five-prong 40amp relay sticking and if so, how...

Well, it finally happened at 217k miles; I lost my #3 injector. Reading the many posts and taking Cerb's advice, I sprung for a six-pack of new, stock Bosch's with new tubes from a reputable outfit. This is not a daily driver but my tow truck for the fiver. With tears in my eyes I explained to...

Well tomorrow I go to the range for my annual qualification test to maintain my LEOSA 50-state concealed carry permit. That's right! If you are retired law enforcement with ten years of service, whether civilian or military, by Federal law, which was enacted in 2004 and amended in 2010 and 2013...

I must have missed this since I don't get behind the wheel of a big rig much anymore. I received a notice from the Alabama Department of Public Safety advising me that effective March 31, 2014 my CDL and/or driving privilege would be cancelled for failure to comply with Federal Regulation 49 CFR...

The other day I received a periodic questionaire from our Department of Public Safety - Medical Division. They contact me every year wanting to know if I can still see, what my blood glucose levels have been running, and of course wanting my doctor to give a statement as to my general health. I...

The other day as I bounded out of the cab of my truck at the state park dump station, an old man in an older RV in the other lane walked over to say 'howdy'. I tend to be jovial in nature with a smile that invites conversation: "How you doin, Son?", it started. (I'm seventy.) The jest of the...

Well, I went on ahead and sprung for the auxiliary fuel tank that I had been considering for several months. This week I installed an ATI 46 gallon tank with the Shotz System (similiar to the gravity feed system offered by Northern Tool). It fit very nicely, marrying up behind the Tractor Supply...

It's time for an oil change, and after attending the TDR-CMEP Tour in Columbus, I was convinced to make the switch from conventional to synthetic. Yeah, I use Valvoline, and I use it because I trust the folks at Cummins, and I respect the relationship that has existed between the two companies...

Sometime in the near future I plan to purchase an exhaust brake for 'my pride and joy'. I have read enough on here to believe that either the Pacbrake or the similiar BD exhaust brake should be my choice. I can't find dealer representation on the BD in this area. However, I plan to do my own...

I started writing an epistle on BigNasty's thread concerning a remote oil filter adaptor, which I think will be an advantageous item to have on the 2013's. (I was at the CMEP and became puzzled on how to remove the oil filter due to the tight quarters and could foresee, if I ever win the lottery...