Newer Wanderlodge For Me...Or Not?

[brad barton]

Amen on the metal bumpers, chrome and stainless steel. I miss those.

Brad Barton 00LXiDFW bbartonwx@...

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To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
From: Petrover1@...
Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2009 01:09:47 +0000
Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] Re: Newer Wanderlodge For Me...Or Not?

Dave, all in all if you can fix a sporlan valve, you can fix
anything on a newer 90's. prob is after 1990, Wanderlodge lost its
look. I like the 88 to 90 ptwide. but never found an interior in one
I could live with. I flipped several of the classics and some day
will move over from my 94pt to a 90pt unless Macy brings back the
chrome bumpers and chrome side stripes on one of his slide models.
I'm gonna keep an eve on ebay for their latest.

GregoryO'Connor of Tim&Greg
94ptCa

--- In "WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com", "dthollis1961"
.> wrote:
>
> I started out 5 years ago with a nice '78FC33. Great coach,
reliable
> and simple. It never left me stranded and when I got done with it,
it
> went to a happy new owner.
>
> I've now owned my present 84FC35 for 3 years. Great coach- More
> power, retarder, diesel generator, air ride, etc. It is also more
> complex. That makes sense with the upgrades over the '78. What I
> can't seem to get over though, is what appears to me as taking a
> reliable, simple way of doing things and making it complex only
for
> complexities'(?) sake. For instance: The '78 has fresh air vents
for
> driver and passenger operated by either a cable or a rod. This
allows
> the vent to be opened a little or wide open with a touch of your
hand
> to give just the right amount of fresh air. The '84 has air
operated
> vents that are either fully opened or fully closed. It's the same
> with the driver's and passenger's heat. '78 has a cable operated
> valve in a coolant line that can be opened anywhere between full
on
> and full off to fine tune the coolant flow to the heater. '84 has
a
> Sporlan valve that is either opened or closed.
>
> I've got the '84 in great shape now and have been thinking of
moving
> up since I've run out of things to do to it, but I find myself
> thinking of more complicated things on a new coach(early '90s).
I'm
> talking toilets here!(among other things I'm sure) If I want to
take
> a dump, you're telling me I have to have not only water, but also
air
> and 12 volts for a royal flush? Primus heating also seems to
generate
> more discussion than Suburban furnaces. I don't mind working on a
> system to make it right, but by reading the posts here it seems
that
> some of these systems cannot be made to be as reliable as say
pushing
> a pedal on the toilet and the poop drops through the trap door.
That
> is simple and it works every time.
>
> What I'm looking for is for you guys to tell me that I am wrong.
I'm
> looking for owners that have moved up in model years that say that
> the benefits are far and away better than the negatives that are
> stuck in my mind.(and not just because it cost a bunch more money)
>
> I should be out working on that stuck Sporlan valve, but it's too
> cold.
>
> David Hollis 84FC35 Springfield,IL
>

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