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Back in the Game! - Bob & Carol Howald` - 07-17-2009 07:32

Hi All, Well after lot's of searching and looking We have bought another
Wanderlodge. It's a 99LX 40'It belonged to Bill Reed who owned Ramco
Engineering in Elkhart Indiana, He was the manufacturer of most of the
wanderlodge mirror's. Bill passed away several month's back and his widow put
the coach up for sale. Carol and I picked it up at his factory in Elkhart. It
appears to be a good coach, very few up front issues although Iam sure some will
surface. It has the cummins m11 engine and Allison 6 speed. All seems to work
well although we've only driven it some 350 miles. Currently it's in our garage
and we'll start going over everything as time allow's. I want to change all the
fluid's over to synthetic's, change filter's etc before we do much driving. the
LX doen't have as many bell's as the LXI but that's ok it appears to somewhat
less complex. Iam sure I'll have lot's of quetions about the LX, Iam wondering
how many forum member's have the LX ?
Bob & Carol 99LX Bunker Hill, Il.

Back in the Game! - Ernie Ekberg - 07-17-2009 07:38

We are happy that you finally made a good purchase. Did you sell your other coach I worked on?


Ernie Ekberg
83PT40
Wanderlodge
Weatherford, Tx 817-475-3991

--- On Fri, 7/17/09, Bob & Carol Howald` wrote:

From: Bob & Carol Howald`
Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] Back in the Game!
To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
Date: Friday, July 17, 2009, 2:32 PM


Hi All, Well after lot's of searching and looking We have bought another Wanderlodge. It's a 99LX 40'It belonged to Bill Reed who owned Ramco Engineering in Elkhart Indiana, He was the manufacturer of most of the wanderlodge mirror's. Bill passed away several month's back and his widow put the coach up for sale. Carol and I picked it up at his factory in Elkhart. It appears to be a good coach, very few up front issues although Iam sure some will surface. It has the cummins m11 engine and Allison 6 speed. All seems to work well although we've only driven it some 350 miles. Currently it's in our garage and we'll start going over everything as time allow's. I want to change all the fluid's over to synthetic's, change filter's etc before we do much driving. the LX doen't have as many bell's as the LXI but that's ok it appears to somewhat less complex. Iam sure I'll have lot's of quetions about the LX, Iam wondering how many forum member's have the LX
?
Bob & Carol 99LX Bunker Hill, Il.



Back in the Game! - mbulriss - 07-17-2009 08:03

>I want to change all the fluid's over to synthetic's, ....
Uh oh, evil synthetics!

Congrats on the new purchase Bob. Where's the pictures?!

And when will we see you in Texas again?

Mike Bulriss
1991 WB40 "Texas Minivan"
San Antonio, TX



--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Bob & Carol Howald`"
wrote:
>
> Hi All, Well after lot's of searching and looking We have bought another
Wanderlodge. It's a 99LX 40'It belonged to Bill Reed who owned Ramco
Engineering in Elkhart Indiana, He was the manufacturer of most of the
wanderlodge mirror's. Bill passed away several month's back and his widow put
the coach up for sale. Carol and I picked it up at his factory in Elkhart. It
appears to be a good coach, very few up front issues although Iam sure some will
surface. It has the cummins m11 engine and Allison 6 speed. All seems to work
well although we've only driven it some 350 miles. Currently it's in our garage
and we'll start going over everything as time allow's. I want to change all the
fluid's over to synthetic's, change filter's etc before we do much driving. the
LX doen't have as many bell's as the LXI but that's ok it appears to somewhat
less complex. Iam sure I'll have lot's of quetions about the LX, Iam wondering
how many forum member's have the LX ?
> Bob & Carol 99LX Bunker Hill, Il.
>

Back in the Game! - Bob & Carol Howald` - 07-17-2009 11:43

Thanks, Mike We plan on spending several month's at SPI again this winter.
Plan on arriving at SPI around the 20th of Dec.
Bob&Carol 99lx Bunker Hill,Il.
>
> >I want to change all the fluid's over to synthetic's, ....
> Uh oh, evil synthetics!
>
> Congrats on the new purchase Bob. Where's the pictures?!
>
> And when will we see you in Texas again?
>
> Mike Bulriss
> 1991 WB40 "Texas Minivan"
> San Antonio, TX
>
>
>
> --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Bob & Carol Howald`"
wrote:
> >
> > Hi All, Well after lot's of searching and looking We have bought another
Wanderlodge. It's a 99LX 40'It belonged to Bill Reed who owned Ramco
Engineering in Elkhart Indiana, He was the manufacturer of most of the
wanderlodge mirror's. Bill passed away several month's back and his widow put
the coach up for sale. Carol and I picked it up at his factory in Elkhart. It
appears to be a good coach, very few up front issues although Iam sure some will
surface. It has the cummins m11 engine and Allison 6 speed. All seems to work
well although we've only driven it some 350 miles. Currently it's in our garage
and we'll start going over everything as time allow's. I want to change all the
fluid's over to synthetic's, change filter's etc before we do much driving. the
LX doen't have as many bell's as the LXI but that's ok it appears to somewhat
less complex. Iam sure I'll have lot's of quetions about the LX, Iam wondering
how many forum member's have the LX ?
> > Bob & Carol 99LX Bunker Hill, Il.
> >
>

Back in the Game! - Bob & Carol Howald` - 07-17-2009 11:49

--Thanks Ernie, I sold the Pony to a racer in Iowa. I delivered it on the way
to wyoming in June. Never fail's I get things all fixed up and then sell them.
Plan on keeping the BB for a long time. Carpet in the Pony was great, It was
the hole in the floor underneath it that caused me to reconsider. Ha. Is
anyone using the Rotella T. Synthetic 5-40 ?

Bob&Carol Howald 99LX Bunker Hill, Il.

wrote:
>
> We are happy that you finally made a good purchase. Did you sell your other
coach I worked on?
>
>
> Ernie Ekberg
> 83PT40
> Wanderlodge
> Weatherford, Tx  817-475-3991
> http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/erniesremodelingandrepair
>
> --- On Fri, 7/17/09, Bob & Carol Howald` wrote:
>
>
> From: Bob & Carol Howald`
> Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] Back in the Game!
> To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Friday, July 17, 2009, 2:32 PM
>
>
>  
>
>
>
> Hi All, Well after lot's of searching and looking We have bought another
Wanderlodge. It's a 99LX 40'It belonged to Bill Reed who owned Ramco Engineering
in Elkhart Indiana, He was the manufacturer of most of the wanderlodge mirror's.
Bill passed away several month's back and his widow put the coach up for sale.
Carol and I picked it up at his factory in Elkhart. It appears to be a good
coach, very few up front issues although Iam sure some will surface. It has the
cummins m11 engine and Allison 6 speed. All seems to work well although we've
only driven it some 350 miles. Currently it's in our garage and we'll start
going over everything as time allow's. I want to change all the fluid's over to
synthetic's, change filter's etc before we do much driving. the LX doen't have
as many bell's as the LXI but that's ok it appears to somewhat less complex. Iam
sure I'll have lot's of quetions about the LX, Iam wondering how many forum
member's have the LX ?
> Bob & Carol 99LX Bunker Hill, Il.
>

Back in the Game! - whynotam - 07-20-2009 01:37

Congratulations Bob!

I saw that one advertised and it appeared to be a great coach. Have fun with it
and I hope we get to meet some day so I can check it out in person.

Alvie Miller
93 WLWB
Arthur Il




--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Bob & Carol Howald`"
wrote:
>
> Hi All, Well after lot's of searching and looking We have bought another
Wanderlodge. It's a 99LX 40'It belonged to Bill Reed who owned Ramco
Engineering in Elkhart Indiana, He was the manufacturer of most of the
wanderlodge mirror's. Bill passed away several month's back and his widow put
the coach up for sale. Carol and I picked it up at his factory in Elkhart. It
appears to be a good coach, very few up front issues although Iam sure some will
surface. It has the cummins m11 engine and Allison 6 speed. All seems to work
well although we've only driven it some 350 miles. Currently it's in our garage
and we'll start going over everything as time allow's. I want to change all the
fluid's over to synthetic's, change filter's etc before we do much driving. the
LX doen't have as many bell's as the LXI but that's ok it appears to somewhat
less complex. Iam sure I'll have lot's of quetions about the LX, Iam wondering
how many forum member's have the LX ?
> Bob & Carol 99LX Bunker Hill, Il.
>