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It has been a while since we traded in our Big Horn. I have noticed in north and central California a decreasing amount of Heartland products. Then this last trip we saw just one. Along with very few Keystone products as well. We do see a lot of Class B and C's though. Perhaps it is a...

I, do to health problems, now have a SOB Class A diesel pusher. Mine does not have the power reel. I miss the power reel a lot. Well worth replacing. The cost is in the noise considering the total cost of your rig. Now the only problem I had with my power reel was the cable screws loosing...

Look up the Load/Pressure chart for your tires. Select the tire type and then select the tire size. This will give you the weight rating at the psi. Look at the load rating for the tire at 80 PSI. You may need a really good flashlight and a rag to find the PSI rating on the rim. I removed, when...

Do you run the exhaust vent fan? It can actually pull some of that some poop tank odor out when you flush.

One thing, we had both problems and employed both solutions. The big "BUT" do not purchase the cheep studor valve. The $35 - $40 dollor whit one is the one you want. Not the black $7 - $10 dollar one. The cheep one has a rubber flap to seal and the other uses a spring.

Do you have a light under your steps? On our Big Horn, it took six months until I found out that an unmarked switch turned the under the step on and off.

It may also be a coax connector that has the shield touching the center signal wire. It only takes one thin little wire to short the signal. You should have gotten a coax wiring diagram with your documentation. If not, ask Heartland to send you a PDF of it. That is one drawing that they...

Don't drain your fresh water tank fully. Drain it an down a little so that no water is going out of your overflow. If your problem is not solved, at least you have not used up an entire fresh water tank of water.

A better tool for the job, for a price, is this: Shot/Open finder

The factory, Heartland, does not stock parts for repairs. They like auto manufactures are on a on time parts delivery to match production. So when a part is needed, they place a new order for your repair. When the manufacture of the part finally gets to that order, then they are built. Your...

Maybe I am full of prunes on this. I enlarged the pic and then realized that the bottom is a 12V plug socket.

As far as the red button, it turns on your over the air antenna amplifier. For park cable the amplifier needs to be off.

Do you have slide toppers? If not, the sound with rain is very loud. Rain that hit our Big Horn roof was not so bad. The slides were more than what we could take so we got slide toppers. Realy helped a lot with the sound made by the rain.

Did you report this to the NHTSA, (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration)? Enough reports will force a recall.

I had one that was incredibly tight, but it did come out. Most of the others were easy to remove.

Just a note. There are no brass bushings used on trailer suspensions. They are Bronze bushings.

Best to be safe. Placing cribbing is safe, but I always had the truck attached to make sure it would not budge at all. You did not live this long to take unnecessary risks.

Wiring may very by assembler. Just where the junctions occur may depend on what the assembler decides. So if the schematic shows wiring one way verses the way the assembler wires it, well you may have a beef of how it was routed along with many owners. So the schematics are "Proprietary...

The torque is based on steal rims or aluminum rims. So be careful. If you have a steal rim spare, you need to get the proper torque for it as well. I had this, but did not save the information.

The modern fridge is designed to be efficient. My home fridge did the same thing. So it may be iced up. At the back inside of the fridge is the fan and coil. There is a drain tube at the bottom of the internal assembly. A small amount of dust collects inside it over time and clogs at the...

It is not that easy. The internal circuit board inside the antenna has to be changed to look for the Dish satellite.

Had an air mattress in the Big Horn and loved it. It went with the Big Horn. We now have a Denver Mattress in out SOB. Love it. Check out Oregon Campers Blog and reviews of products. I do when I need something and never have been disappointed. His Pre Delivery Inspection Document is one of...

I have Wineguard Direct TV, but that does not matter. I also have a portable with my SOB. I find that many parks just have a lot of mature trees and do not allow the use of the roof top antanna. The portable allows us to get satellite TV almost anywhere. The Dish portables are high def as...

I have learned over time Proflex on wall seams and Dicor on the roof.

Use DeOxit on the connector contacts. That should eliminate the question of bad contacts with oxidation.

They should not be so easy to install. Through shock and vibrations they may work their way off. So keep a close eye on them.

I checked with McMaster Carr on line and it seems that they are all standard not metric. They do have almost everything. if you check the web page, it shows that the push nuts are by shaft size. Like I said before, they are hard to start and I use a pair of needle nose pliers and a hammer to get...

You can get a digital caliper, which has metric and standard, at Low's or Harbor Freight. They should not cost you more then $20 and will always be useful.

If you use SS rivets, they will be extremely hard to drill out later. They are harder then the material and wall they go into. When removing the rivet the drill will grip the center of the rivet and then cause it to spin. That will ruin the hole and awning assembly. Aluminum rivets are best...

Get a good metal stud finder. Move it up and down and across the wall. If a mounting plate is in the wall, you will find it and the exact size as well.

Measure the diameter of the rod. Then look up push nuts, but I think you may want retaining caps, for proper size. You can get SS ones as well. You may find them at a good hardware store.

Don't think replacing an ignitor in the outside fridge area would cause a fire inside the RV fridge wall. The gas leak was in the water heater area outside the rig area and not between the inside wall and back of the fridge. There are not dots to connect between the fridge and the water heater...

What Bill Knight said will cure a lot of ills for $35 bucks and a little time. 64324

Try spraying your connector contacts with DeOxit.

Remember the OEM was placed down prior to anything being installed including inside walls, island, cabinets, etc.. Laying vinyl down is not as easy as people think. The OEM vinyl my not even be glued down except on the edges to prevent cracking with floor movement while traveling. You should...

If you look under each sink and up to the left or right, you will see the Studor valve. Only replace with the good one.

We did no have 4.5k brakes. That being said, the best thing we ever did is change over to disk brakes. What a big difference and a lot safer. Stopping distance became shorter.

You can use a metal stud finder to find the edges. I did just that for my convection microwave oven. I had to replace the original microwave and its mounting and put a new mounting fixture for the new one. Turns out that the factory screwed a quarter inch from the internal wall pate's edge...

Heartland did send me a PDF of my Big Horn's plumbing diagram. I called and requested it. You might call and ask for one for your rig. Then you will know.

I had to restring a few in my Big Horn. I found that there were a lot of burrs that did not allow the string to clear some of them. The plastic eyelet did not properly sit and that is what caused the original string to fray and break. I cleaned the burrs off and secured the eyelets so that...