Anniversary

[erniecarpet@...]

Thank you Alan. Words like that keeps me wanting to work harder.

Ernie Ekberg
83PT40
Livingston, Mt




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[Alan]

I'm one of the newbies that might not have bought a BB without this
forum. (I bought in August last year.) I read nearly every post on
here before I bought mine. In the first month of ownership I
experienced a list of problems that most people would go through over
a few years. At least it felt like that! But now, with the help
of many of you, I know a lot more about my Bird and it has had it's
legs stretched after sitting a lot for several years. (Next month it
goes from Dallas to San Diego.) I'm really looking forward to that.
I think one of the most amazing things about my Bird is that even with
it sitting for so long, with everyones help and a lot of elbow grease,
I haven't had a breakdown on the road yet. (Knock on wood.)

Thanks to you guys for putting this together for the rest of us!

Alan Johnson
87FC35

[Mike Hohnstein]

If a tow is required a Cat local dealer book is a good source of competent
towing contactors. A 60" Stinger is the key word to tell the tow operator.
Elevating the front axle and removing the rear drive shaft section is the ONLY
way to haul a FC.
MH
----- Original Message -----
From: Alan
To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, March 16, 2007 8:33 AM
Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] Re: Anniversary


I'm one of the newbies that might not have bought a BB without this
forum. (I bought in August last year.) I read nearly every post on
here before I bought mine. In the first month of ownership I
experienced a list of problems that most people would go through over
a few years. At least it felt like that! But now, with the help
of many of you, I know a lot more about my Bird and it has had it's
legs stretched after sitting a lot for several years. (Next month it
goes from Dallas to San Diego.) I'm really looking forward to that.
I think one of the most amazing things about my Bird is that even with
it sitting for so long, with everyones help and a lot of elbow grease,
I haven't had a breakdown on the road yet. (Knock on wood.)

Thanks to you guys for putting this together for the rest of us!

Alan Johnson
87FC35





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[ronmarabito2002]

Time flies when you are having fun. Congratulations to all the
members for their continued contributions and smooth running forum.
Many thanks to Mike Bulriss for being the guru on forum management,
Ernie for your continued tempered leadership and enthusiasm and we
can't overlook the great humor and technical sense of Ralph Fullenwider.

Thanks guys. Glad to be a part of the team.

R.E. (Ron) Marabito, Dallas, TX 92WB40
Waiting patiently for the next outing in April

--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Ernest Ekberg"
wrote:
>
> Two years ago, I asked Mike Bulriss, Ron Marabito and Ralph
> Fullenwider if they would be willing to help out in the venture that
> has evolved into the Wanderlodgeforum as we have it now.
> I could not have made it on my own doing all the behind the scenes
> activities that we do that not many folks know about.
> I owe them a heartfelt thank you and am so grateful that we are
> all friends who have a common goal-Bluebirds.
> Each of us has a regular job that we must do for a living, and we
> work on the forum when we can.
> It is in this light that I ask all our members to keep up the good
> work of posting questions and responses. Also- the fact that if you
> sign your post with your name, year model of coach and or wannabe-
> that would make our job easier- as we would not have to post
> reminders all the time.
> We have come to over 1100 members in 2 years. Now that is a great
> accomplishment. I thank you very much.
>
> Ernie Ekberg
> 83PT40
> Livingston, Mt
> Wanderlodgeforum owner
>

[erniecarpet@...]

Brad, i would like the screens.

Ernie Ekberg
83PT40
Livingston, Mt




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[Wilhelmus Schreurs]

Thanks to you all for keeping this a well oiled machine. Hopefully I will be
able to meet the rest of you folks who do all this great work.


Bill 84 FC 35 SB "$quanderlodge"
Terrace, B.C. Canada




----- Original Message ----
From: ronmarabito2002
To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, March 16, 2007 8:28:59 AM
Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] Re: Anniversary


Time flies when you are having fun. Congratulations to all the
members for their continued contributions and smooth running forum.
Many thanks to Mike Bulriss for being the guru on forum management,
Ernie for your continued tempered leadership and enthusiasm and we
can't overlook the great humor and technical sense of Ralph Fullenwider.

Thanks guys. Glad to be a part of the team.

R.E. (Ron) Marabito, Dallas, TX 92WB40
Waiting patiently for the next outing in April

--- In WanderlodgeForum@ yahoogroups. com, "Ernest Ekberg"
wrote:
>
> Two years ago, I asked Mike Bulriss, Ron Marabito and Ralph
> Fullenwider if they would be willing to help out in the venture that
> has evolved into the Wanderlodgeforum as we have it now.
> I could not have made it on my own doing all the behind the scenes
> activities that we do that not many folks know about.
> I owe them a heartfelt thank you and am so grateful that we are
> all friends who have a common goal-Bluebirds.
> Each of us has a regular job that we must do for a living, and we
> work on the forum when we can.
> It is in this light that I ask all our members to keep up the good
> work of posting questions and responses. Also- the fact that if you
> sign your post with your name, year model of coach and or wannabe-
> that would make our job easier- as we would not have to post
> reminders all the time.
> We have come to over 1100 members in 2 years. Now that is a great
> accomplishment. I thank you very much.
>
> Ernie Ekberg
> 83PT40
> Livingston, Mt
> Wanderlodgeforum owner
>




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[brad barton]

Mike, Ron, Ralph and Ernie,

As a newbie re-entering the world of Wanderlodge after 8 years,
congratulations on the anniversary of your forum. I can see how useful it
is to Wanderlodge owners now and how useful it will be to me in the future.
I have a couple old parts from my 84FC35SB anyone is welcome to. I have 2
sliding screens from the forward windows on both right and left sides of the
cockpit. They are 26.5" tall x 14" wide. The latches and plastic spring
clips still work and the screens and frames are still virtually perfect. I
also have one of the chromed metal shelves from the standard Dometic
refrigerator..not the cutout, but the full shelf which is roughly 12x20".
Minor rust but I could clean it up. If anyone wants the screens or shelf,
just come get them or pay shipping and you can have them.

Couple questions: Has anyone painted the plastic roof-air vents on late
model coaches? I think it was fairly common that the AC's underperformed
with just the side vents above the mirror panels in the ceiling. Buddy
Gregg installed some fine directable and closeable plastic vents directly
under the AC's to fix the problem, but they're white. I'd like to paint
them a dark metalflake gray to match our countertops, but wonder if they'd
take primer and paint. Any advice would be welcome. And has anyone had any
experience re-sanding and polishing Corian countertops? Thanks again.

Brad Barton
2000 LXi 12882


>From: "ronmarabito2002"
>Reply-To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
>To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] Re: Anniversary
>Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2007 15:28:59 -0000
>
>
>Time flies when you are having fun. Congratulations to all the
>members for their continued contributions and smooth running forum.
>Many thanks to Mike Bulriss for being the guru on forum management,
>Ernie for your continued tempered leadership and enthusiasm and we
>can't overlook the great humor and technical sense of Ralph Fullenwider.
>
>Thanks guys. Glad to be a part of the team.
>
>R.E. (Ron) Marabito, Dallas, TX 92WB40
>Waiting patiently for the next outing in April
>
>--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Ernest Ekberg"
> wrote:
> >
> > Two years ago, I asked Mike Bulriss, Ron Marabito and Ralph
> > Fullenwider if they would be willing to help out in the venture that
> > has evolved into the Wanderlodgeforum as we have it now.
> > I could not have made it on my own doing all the behind the scenes
> > activities that we do that not many folks know about.
> > I owe them a heartfelt thank you and am so grateful that we are
> > all friends who have a common goal-Bluebirds.
> > Each of us has a regular job that we must do for a living, and we
> > work on the forum when we can.
> > It is in this light that I ask all our members to keep up the good
> > work of posting questions and responses. Also- the fact that if you
> > sign your post with your name, year model of coach and or wannabe-
> > that would make our job easier- as we would not have to post
> > reminders all the time.
> > We have come to over 1100 members in 2 years. Now that is a great
> > accomplishment. I thank you very much.
> >
> > Ernie Ekberg
> > 83PT40
> > Livingston, Mt
> > Wanderlodgeforum owner
> >
>
>

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[davidkerryedwards]

With one exception. If you can run your engine at idle in neutral while being
towed, you'll get
transmission fluid circulation and cooling which means the rear axles can be
left in place.
Got towed that way myself last summer. FMCA by the way, has a great road
service available
which far exceeds the worthless Allstate RV RoadHelp which I had previously.

Kerry
82 Fc 35
Denver

--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Mike Hohnstein" <MHOHNSTEIN@...>
wrote:
>
> If a tow is required a Cat local dealer book is a good source of competent
towing
contactors. A 60" Stinger is the key word to tell the tow operator. Elevating
the front axle
and removing the rear drive shaft section is the ONLY way to haul a FC.
> MH

[Mike Hohnstein]

Yeah, it's all good if the engine is still running. Most of the time you get
towed because it DON'T run.
MH
----- Original Message -----
From: davidkerryedwards
To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, March 16, 2007 12:58 PM
Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] Re: Anniversary


With one exception. If you can run your engine at idle in neutral while being
towed, you'll get
transmission fluid circulation and cooling which means the rear axles can be
left in place.
Got towed that way myself last summer. FMCA by the way, has a great road
service available
which far exceeds the worthless Allstate RV RoadHelp which I had previously.

Kerry
82 Fc 35
Denver

--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Mike Hohnstein" <MHOHNSTEIN@...>
wrote:
>
> If a tow is required a Cat local dealer book is a good source of competent
towing
contactors. A 60" Stinger is the key word to tell the tow operator. Elevating
the front axle
and removing the rear drive shaft section is the ONLY way to haul a FC.
> MH





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[ronmarabito2002]

I believe there is some info on polishing Corian in the files section.
As far as painting plastic is concerned, there are paints formulated
specifically for plastics and I would bet you need to prime the surfaces.

R.E. (Ron) Marabito, Dallas, tX 92WB40

--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "brad barton" <bbartonwx@...>
wrote:
>
> Mike, Ron, Ralph and Ernie,
>
> As a newbie re-entering the world of Wanderlodge after 8 years,
> congratulations on the anniversary of your forum. I can see how
useful it
> is to Wanderlodge owners now and how useful it will be to me in the
future.
> I have a couple old parts from my 84FC35SB anyone is welcome to. I
have 2
> sliding screens from the forward windows on both right and left
sides of the
> cockpit. They are 26.5" tall x 14" wide. The latches and plastic
spring
> clips still work and the screens and frames are still virtually
perfect. I
> also have one of the chromed metal shelves from the standard Dometic
> refrigerator..not the cutout, but the full shelf which is roughly
12x20".
> Minor rust but I could clean it up. If anyone wants the screens or
shelf,
> just come get them or pay shipping and you can have them.
>
> Couple questions: Has anyone painted the plastic roof-air vents on
late
> model coaches? I think it was fairly common that the AC's
underperformed
> with just the side vents above the mirror panels in the ceiling. Buddy
> Gregg installed some fine directable and closeable plastic vents
directly
> under the AC's to fix the problem, but they're white. I'd like to
paint
> them a dark metalflake gray to match our countertops, but wonder if
they'd
> take primer and paint. Any advice would be welcome. And has anyone
had any
> experience re-sanding and polishing Corian countertops? Thanks again.
>
> Brad Barton
> 2000 LXi 12882
>
>
> >From: "ronmarabito2002"
> >Reply-To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
> >To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
> >Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] Re: Anniversary
> >Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2007 15:28:59 -0000
> >
> >
> >Time flies when you are having fun. Congratulations to all the
> >members for their continued contributions and smooth running forum.
> >Many thanks to Mike Bulriss for being the guru on forum management,
> >Ernie for your continued tempered leadership and enthusiasm and we
> >can't overlook the great humor and technical sense of Ralph
Fullenwider.
> >
> >Thanks guys. Glad to be a part of the team.
> >
> >R.E. (Ron) Marabito, Dallas, TX 92WB40
> >Waiting patiently for the next outing in April
> >
> >--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Ernest Ekberg"
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > Two years ago, I asked Mike Bulriss, Ron Marabito and Ralph
> > > Fullenwider if they would be willing to help out in the venture that
> > > has evolved into the Wanderlodgeforum as we have it now.
> > > I could not have made it on my own doing all the behind the scenes
> > > activities that we do that not many folks know about.
> > > I owe them a heartfelt thank you and am so grateful that we are
> > > all friends who have a common goal-Bluebirds.
> > > Each of us has a regular job that we must do for a living, and we
> > > work on the forum when we can.
> > > It is in this light that I ask all our members to keep up the good
> > > work of posting questions and responses. Also- the fact that if you
> > > sign your post with your name, year model of coach and or wannabe-
> > > that would make our job easier- as we would not have to post
> > > reminders all the time.
> > > We have come to over 1100 members in 2 years. Now that is a great
> > > accomplishment. I thank you very much.
> > >
> > > Ernie Ekberg
> > > 83PT40
> > > Livingston, Mt
> > > Wanderlodgeforum owner
> > >
> >
> >
>
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