Southwind by Fleetwood – sporting its new paint job
This one had me going for a while. While I was working on broken exhaust studs, I had the Southwind sitting for a couple months with the batteries physically disconnected and no shore power. After reconnecting everything and getting ready to apply power for engine testing, I noticed the coach Continue reading BCC – Coach battery disconnects immediately after its connected
Changing the belt on the older F53s looks like a task best left for a contortionist. But its actually fairly easy once you’ve done it about 50 million times.. When I had my chirping problem on my ole Mirada, I must have had the belt on and off 100 times… Continue reading F53 – Serpentine Belt Replacement
UPDATE NOTE – May 2019 – After testing and installing a hard start kit, I’ve come to the conclusion this inverter has a difficult time starting the compressor on my frig. I will be installing a 2000 watt unit to see if this resolves the issue. Stay tuned.. When I Continue reading Pure Sine Wave inverter install
UPDATE – June 19, 2019 I made a couple mods to the frig to help it when on the inverter; I removed the large white condensate drain pan that was directly above the compressor. When it got full (it never did), it overflows into the smaller pan on bottom right Continue reading Residential Frig Replacement
On the original floor plan, when the bathroom door is opened, it swings out and forward. The door can’t swing completely open as it hits the frig cabinet. This may have been done intentionally by the floor plan designers to perhaps block the bath / bedroom area from the living Continue reading Reversing bath door so it swings other way
I thought I had this fixed, but the problem came up again. REVIEW When we bought the Southwind, we were told the didn’t work on gas. When we tested it at home, It worked OK on electric and seemed to intermittently work on gas. After a one week shakedown cruise Continue reading Frig doesn’t work on gas when its warm outside.
When we bought the Southwind last spring, the slide seemed like it was dragging and binding on something. I looked around and didn’t see anything obvious, so I grabbed a little chassis grease and put it on the rack and drive gears, and also the rollers. This seemed to help, Continue reading Slide lube and adjust
The following article is a summary of my painting project. While working on the project, I kept a day-to-day log, It contains a lot more info and photos READ HERE for the log. For many of us who own older RVs, we generally do our own maintenance and like to Continue reading New paint for the ole Southwind
We had our Southwind out for a shakedown cruise. One of the items I looked at specifically was how the TV, Cable, and Satellite systems performed when hooked up. I had sorted out all the coax connections and where they went to and was able to test the two different Continue reading Satellite – Cable – TV – Coax connections
UPDATE – May, 2019 – I replaced the starter relay. This is the starter solenoid looking thing that’s on the radiator support in the front passenger side wheel well. NOTE – The new solenoid had a “I” ignition terminal. I cut it off to make sure there was clearance for Continue reading F53 – Replacing starter