Somewhat perplexed, non-understanding

[dthollis1961]

What I did to my bus works for me, and it will work EVERYTIME. It
will not fail a day before a weeklong trip as it did to me. It will
not fail on the road like it did to Bill. I prefer dependability in
something that I'm driving and living in thousands of miles from
home.

Anyway...a forum member had a problem and I think I pointed him in
the right direction. No one else did.

David Hollis 84FC35(junker) Springfield,IL



--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Ralph L. Fullenwider"
wrote:
>
> Good morning everyone:
>
> Charolette and I are just back in from a nice 9 day camping spree
on the
> Blue River trout stream, one of several in Oklahoma, but was almost
totally
> out of touch as it is a cell phone and Internet dead area.
>
> I get a little confused some times with some of the threads on the
Forum. I
> some times wonder why someone would take a good high line Motor
Coach and
> turn it into junk. I mean it is ok with the SOB's perhaps, they are
not
> going to live longer than 10 years, as a rule of thumb anyway. But
to just
> change a well designed and engineered system because a little work
in
> finding the parts or simply removing a part, clean and lube it and
re
> install for another 20 year working period, I just don't get it.
>
> Yes, I do understand a part being obsolete, thus a change needing
to be
> made by finding another part type that will work with the orig.
system,
> thus keeping the Coach engineered integrity in tact! So many safety
systems
> are by passed or removed that were designed into a system to save a
Family
> from being blown up because of live steam in a hot water system or
an LP
> system safety by passed as a permanent fix because a sensor goes
bad on a
> board some where.
>
> The 3 way valve at the bottom of the water heater has a purpose,
there was
> not a by-pass winterizing system added by the Factory because the
Bird does
> not need it, that is what the built in designed air blow out system
is for.
> If one follows the manual, which someone took the time at the
Factory to
> put together for we owners, most of the systems in these beautiful
Coaches
> make sense and are understandable.
>
> Then I also wonder if changes that are made are documented for the
next guy
> who has the Coach because he is going to be like so many on this
Forum has
> been, asking questions like "how does this or that system
work?" "where do
> I get the parts or find the parts to up grand or bring it back to
> original?" Sound familiar?
>
> Yes I am venting in a way, but it is a venting from simply trying
to
> understand how a professed top of the line Motor Coach, have the
very
> systems that made it "Top of the Line" in the first place, simply
torn out,
> by passed, do for, second best type of work done on them, can be
documented
> and or professed as to being "the way to go" unless you have sat
down with
> design engineers and designed the system or at the very least,
taken the
> time to go through the documented diagrams, sat down to fully
understand
> the system in question to the point that you can write a "sequence
of
> operation" for that system.
>
> Come on guys if it is worth doing at all, then it is worth doing
right the
> first time.
>
> Safe travels,
>
> Ralph and Charolette Fullenwider
> 84FC35 "Ruff Diamond"
> Duncan, Oklahoma
>