Southwind by Fleetwood – sporting its new paint job
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.
I run across this a couple times a week on various forums and in RV parks… Owners complain how the motorhome is squirrelly when driving in crosswinds or being passed by large trucks. Before doing these things, driving my Mirada or Southwind was a two handed white knuckle adventure in Continue reading F53 – Improve the handling
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
When we bought the Southwind, the hood cover was not aligned and stuck out almost 1 inch at the top. I inspected the mounts, bolts, etc and couldn’t find anything wrong. The hinge part that mounts to the hood. I first tried shimming the hood side of the hinge to Continue reading Hood Alignment
On our recent shakedown cruise I noticed I had a distinct vibration between 50 and 55 mph. I was able to do various tests to see if I could isolate it, engine, tires, drive-train, etc. I placed the shift lever in “N” and the vibration was still there so that Continue reading F53 – TSB Funny vibration around 50 mph – Wheel Centering on F53
We’ve never owned a motorhome that had jacks, so this was a new experience for us. With our previous motorhomes, leveling was never a problem, I had small bubble levels mounted near the drivers seat and could normally jiggle the motorhome back and forth and get it level enough for Continue reading Leveling the Southwind – Jack Pads have many uses
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 – JUNE 2019 – I originally ran my flexible intake tube down, then back up in front of the radiator. Although I didn’t have any problems with this. I decided to reroute the tube so it doesn’t block the radiator.The new route takes it down then over and back Continue reading F53 – TSB air intake reduces water ingestion
ALERT – If you own a Ford vehicle (including F53 chassis) manufactured between 1994 and 2004 – Take you VIN number to any Ford dealer and have them run the VIN number for you. They can tell you if the Recall applies, and if its been complied with. It could Continue reading F53 – RECALL Ford fires and the cruise control recall