Somewhat perplexed, non-understanding

[John Stiles]

Good note Ralph and I completely agree with you. I have
spent "bookoos" of money in upgrades and improvements on mine but
systems wise and basic coach wise it is still all WL. I view myself
as the temporary care taker of this old coach and whomever the next
owner is, they will find that they can troubleshoot anything and
every thing because the basic original WL design is still there. No
offense to anyone but on occasion I am sickened by some of what I
think of as butchery. A made up example being someone posting to the
group saying "hey I just bought this older WL FC and I want to rip
out the bedroom and make it into a travelling hair salon". Thats an
exaguration but there have been a few that come closet. There was
one fellow several years ago who bought a perfectly nice FC and then
proceeded to rip out ALL of the interior including cabinetry, walls,
ceiling, shower stall etc. When he was finished there was nothing
left but a painted shell. He could have started off with a school
bus and had the same thing when he was finished. I would almost bet
that that old FC is sitting somewhere as an empty shell painted as a
WL. Oh well, thanks Ralph, you got me started..... ;^ )

Ranting off....


John Stiles
1980 33FC
"My Navion"




--- 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
>