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Welcome Tim,, Great pictures and web site.

Bill 88 FC


--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "tims_rv" fy@...> wrote:
>
> Hi everybody,
>
> Please allow me to introduce myself. I just recently discovered
this
> forum and I'm really enjoying reading these articles. There is such
a
> wealth of information here.
>
> Okay, a little about myself. I'm a 42 year old self employed Mobile
> RV technician. I run a 1 man mobile RV service and love what I do.
> I've been an RV technician for the past 13 years and have been
master
> certified for 9 of those. Somehow I managed to work on RVs all this
> time but never had the pleasure of working on a Wanderlodge! Boy
was
> I missing out on so much fun . Recently all that changed when I
was
> hired to perform some upgrades to an '84 FC31SB. This has been an
eye
> opening experience & I am quickly falling in love with this
> interesting machine. I am very impressed with the quality and heavy
> duty construction. Nothing else I've ever seen quite compares to
the
> way these things are built. The complexity of it's systems have
> challenged me in a way I haven't been challenged in some time. I've
> really enjoyed working on his coach, but my work is almost done
here.
> I am far from an expert, and there is so much I still don't know,
but
> still wish to learn.
>
> As a result of this project, I am now considering finding a
> Wanderlodge of my own to play around and travel with. My youngest
> daughter is a sophomore in high school now and I have aspirations
to
> sell my home so my wife and I can travel full time. I may even take
> my serve van in tow so I can work on the road to help finance our
> adventures.
>
> As for my nearly completed Wanderlodge project, I completely
removed
> all copper plumbing (for fresh water system) and replaced with Pex
> and Flare-it fittings. I also eliminated the sporlan valves and
> simplified the system (per my customer's request). On the
electrical
> side, I installed an inverter and modified the wiring per his
wishes.
> For those of you interested in seeing pix, I've uploaded them to
this
> site. To view just copy and paste the following to your web browser:
>
> http://autos.ph.groups.yahoo.com/group/W...show/dddb?
> b=1&m=s
>
> I'm really glad I found this site and plan on hanging out
> and reading your archives in my spare time. Looks like that will
keep
> me busy for some time to come. Bye for now, you'll be hearing more
> from me. Tim
>