Somewhat perplexed, non-understanding

[Ralph L. Fullenwider]

Hi David:

I mentioned no names at all. I did use the thread subject as an example
only. This thread was not nor is pointed at anyone individual. The water
problem or the 3 way valve subject has come up 2 times last year, 2 times
the year before and 3 times the year before that one, and so on.

My point was and is, re build or up grade rather than completely re design
a system or by pass one, it does not matter what the system is, be it
water, LP gas, hydraulic, pneumatic and so on.

There again, if the proper prevent maint is done, these systems are
designed to work each and every time as well.

Safe travels,

Ralph and Charolette Fullenwider
84FC35 "Ruff Diamond"
Duncan, Oklahoma

At 03:58 PM 3/19/2008 +0000, you wrote:
>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
> >
>
>