Steering angle on 2000 Wanderlodge LXI

[Pete Masterson]

On May 16, 2007, at 8:31 PM, Allen & Conny wrote:

> --- I'm always glad
>> to see a fellow LXi owner join the list. I was feeling a bit
>> lonely here for a while...
>
> Hi David!
>
> Funny you should say that, we were wondering where all the LXI owner
> were hiding!! We even contacted Bluebird about it....apparently we
> are the rarest birds of all!! (Are we protected?)

Only when you are migrating... (a "Migratory Bird")...

> I guess everyone
> is working to pay off these rigs and doesn't have time to chat...
> (As you can see, my husband doesn't have time to do any posting..)
> Anyway, your advice is welcome.

I get the feeling that most Wanderlodge owners on the list are 2nd or
3rd owners of the coaches involved. 2000-2001 is probably about the
most recent year that will be moving into that category.


> We take delivery next Friday so I
> advise that everyone stays off of I75 southbound between Ocala and
> New Port Richey that weekend!

I'll be in Texas ... I'm safe!
>
> At this point, we have nothing but questions regarding diesel
> operating ranges (where the redlines are on all of those gauges),

That was one of my first annoyances... none of the gauges in my coach
has a red or yellow caution line. Is a little red paint _really_ that
hard to apply? Go through your "blue box" and you'll eventually find
a section in the documentation that lists the normal operating ranges
for the various items measured by the gauges. I made up a sticky note
that I had on the dash ... until it fell off after some months.

Still, on some of the items that don't become an issue often, I've
forgotten the normal range, and I get a bit of heartburn when
circumstances show a slightly abnormal (but not unsafe) reading. Your
comment is a good reminder to me to dig out the blue box and re-copy
the range readings on a new note. (Due to parallax error, marking the
glass on the gauge isn't very effective -- there are times when the
gauges go to the maximum of the normal range (on a long grade, for
example) and reading a mark on the glass becomes a frustration.)


> toads, basic maintenance issues and how best to store in Florida's
> humidity. It's a case of we don't know what we don't know...
> But thank goodness for this forum, we have already learned more by
> reading the threads than any of the dealers we have visited so far!
> Thanks!

This is the place to learn ... and don't worry, we were all beginners
at one time.


Pete Masterson
'95 Blue Bird Wanderlodge WBDA 42
aeonix1@...
On the road at Lockhart Texas