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  1. Jimalberta

    Black film on interior

    Hi everyone, we have a black film of grime inside our Bighorn after about 10,000 miles this past winter. I don't know if it is diesel soot or general road grime but it makes a cloth dirty black if you wipe it on the cabinets , etc. I have inspected the seals on the slides and they seem fine...
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    Converter not charging

    Hi I noticed my lights getting dim this evening. I checked the incoming power and its ok..I have plenty of 110 volt power throughout the coach..checked the 15 amp breaker for the converter and it was tripped. I reset it but still no voltage to the batteries. I took the cover off the breaker...
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    shear pin on rear jacks??

    Hi ...I was raising my jacks and went a little too far and broke the pin that connects the motor to the worm gear. Has anyone replaced it before? I need to know if this is a specifically designed shear pin or just a standard pin. For temporary I am using a nail but need a more permanent fix...
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    Sewer smell when draining kitchen sink

    Hi all....we get a horrible smell of sewer when we drain the kitchen sink. I have looked through this forum at other posts and find a reference to an air admittance valve. I have searched every inch of my drain pipe from the sink and there is no air admittance valve in my unit. Could this...
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    Cleaning the exterior

    Hi can anyone tell me the best product to use to generally clean the outside of my BH. I've been traveling for a few weeks now and the diesel exhaust soot is getting on the front of my unit and down the passenger side . thanks....Jim
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    apex tv in bedroom

    We are currently sitting in Las Vegas in a campground with no cable. Set both TV's to air....turned on the booster and put antenna up. We have quite a few channels on the LR tv but nothing on the bedroom tv. Can't figure out how to get anything on it. Its an Apex tv combo unit with a dvd player...
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    toilet drains out.

    Hi , I have a small problem with the ball on the toilet not always returning back to fully closed. if I let the foot pedal snap back hard it will close or if I push on the ball slightly with my finger it seals off but often there is a slight crack at the back and the water slowly drains out of...
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    how to power my entertainment center from inverter

    how do you guys get power from your inverter ( mine is in the front storage compartment by the battery bank ) to your entertainment center. I know I can plug the entire RV into the inverter and then start shutting off fridge, hot water tank and A/C - heating unit but probably all I'm ever going...
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    greasing the wheel bearings

    Hi All, I have what appears to be greaseable bearings on my wheels on the BH. Trouble is it looks like you have to take the wheel off to access the grease nipples as there is a cover over them. Kind of a PITA unless there is another way. How often should they be greased?
  10. Jimalberta

    Crowsnest Pass , Alberta, Canada

    Hi all, My wife and I were just pulling out of our place in the Crowsnest Pass in Alberta Canada and stopped at a stop sign, and past us went a Landmark heading west....was noon today. Couldn't make out the license plates on it....was it you? cheers Jim
  11. Jimalberta

    Water pump not pumping?

    I was testing my new to me BH today and went through the city pressure side of the plumbing and it all worked great. Then I put some water in the fresh water tank and turned on the pump....it would run but no pressure..what the heck? So I decided to put more water in the tank but I could not...
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    Mystery drain

    Hi Folks, I was underneath my new to me BH today and I noticed a small drain line with a ball valve in the open position. This is directly beside the 2 wheels on the drivers side of the unit under the DR slide. As we haven't been out with the unit yet and there is no water in it I can't test...
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    Moab

    My wife Linda and I just bought our rig, a 2008 Bighorn 3100RL and a 2005 GMC Sierra 1 ton dually long box. We will be trying it out locally for a couple of trial runs this summer but in Sept we are planning on heading south. Our first main stop will be in Utah at Moab. We are taking our tag...
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