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I filled the water tank on my Alaskan yesterday so I could go scale it out for some axle weights. Unbeknownst to me, some critter had built a nest or cocoon or the like in the vent/overflow hose since last summer, and packed it completely off. Consequently, the only way I realized the tank...

I think I remember we did use the camper water for drinking when I was a little kid, but I haven't heard of anyone doing that since. It would be useful if I could use that water for drinking because then I wouldn't have to carry a 5-gal jug in the gas can rack. I figure if I circulated a...

I have an old Dometic FC-140 freezer whose AC heater has expired. The part: Is NLA. The element is 7 1/2” in length, and the wattage is 160. Can someone help me locate an equivalent heater? The only ones I’ve found are “L” shaped, not straight. This freezer worked REALLY well before this...

I hope this is the right forum for this query; it is a sort of storage problem, after all. A friend and I spent 2 1/2 years building my IH/Alaskan camper, sweating a myriad of details like having enough gas (three tanks, two original IH tanks with stock selector valve, third is a transfer...

This is in my '85 Alaskan 8' CO, and the burner does everything it should: lights, stays lit, heats the boiler. After reading a period service manual for this fridge, I've established the refrigerant isn't circulating; the boiler jacket halfway up is hot, while the coils next to it are not...

I have a positive cable running to the back of my IH project truck that I want to use to charge the 2 group 31 AGM's that I'll be using for house power, and I want to install an isolator. The cable was installed for for fire-fighting equipment (power hose reel, I think), is connected to the...

My buddy Harry & I hatched this plan two years ago over a 12-pack of Michelob. We were sitting in his Wyoming shop trying to come up with a new project, after he’d finished this one: And we’d finished this one: It was pretty simple build, really: bed and engine from one truck onto the...

Can someone enlighten me on how to assemble the dinette cushions in my ‘85 CO into a usable bed? I’m apparently not bright enough to do so. Here’s the sitch: Those base cushions have small wood blocks screwed to the bottom to hold them in place. They don’t work well anywhere but the...

I just raised my '85 8' CO for the first time since I brought it back from Portland, OR in February. In the course of lowering it, the front would lower much faster than the rear (this makes sense to me with that extra weight hanging out so far beyond the lift rams) and then the whole system...

I just bought this ‘69 Alaskan: It’s in good shape inside (with the exception of lift cylinder o-rings), looks & even smells like the one my grandpa had in the early ‘70’s. The roof, clearance lights, and some window components are hail damaged. It’ll go on this... ...because it’s...

1977 Dodge M886 4x4 military ambulance: [/url][/IMG] [/url][/IMG] - 45,500 miles - 318 V8 2bbl - 727 auto trans (rebuilt at 13K+-; works fine, though the pan gasket has developed a leak while sitting) - NP 203 transfer case (military rebuild-- works fine) - Power brakes (new pads installed...