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    Budget friendly 2000Watt pure sine wave inverter?

    Greetings. After much deliberation in your same situation. I also went with a samuelux .The reason being is I believe the S in the model number is for solar and a tolerates voltage swings so it doesn't shut down the inverter for over voltage maybe take a look at the high voltage disconnect...
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    going nuts

    Hey those Astros are tough I see them on the road every day cocking in the miles away.you got to rebuilt training let's keep some clean fluid in it hopefully you're running synthetic. I'm an old old auto mechanic. The front suspension on the Astro is from a b body car think Caprice Impala of the...
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    Keeping a commercial or regular title on a conversion?

    You're going to lose the weight fees$$. If you go motor home the only way you can really tell i it is a motorhome by the license plate your neighbors can't see your registration. But the unstealthy paint job might give you away choice point.
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    Keeping a commercial or regular title on a conversion?

    Check out California reg form 256a. It's form used when you change the body type on a vehicle .
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    Keeping a commercial or regular title on a conversion?

    I think if you have Windows you probably already look like an RV
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    Calypso’s Ogygia .. the Odyssey of the P42

    GreetingsI'm a Makita guy too. I purchased extra batteries off Amazon seem to work out pretty well. The diesel heater is going to be a game changer for you. I have two of them just because one is none and two is one and they were I got a good deal on them off of eBay. Still running through my...
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    Calypso’s Ogygia .. the Odyssey of the P42

    There's some standards that apply to RVs and Federal motor vehicles standards you need to have safety glass the kind of doesn't make shrapnel when it breaks your house is not going to get into collision at 50 mph. Maybe the kid next door throws a baseball through it ...I'm in the process of...
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    RV Mechanic in Lake Havasu?

    Greetings I agree with it with a high desert ranger about the ammonia loss maybe you don't know how an absorption refrigerator works and maybe it's not time to learn about that. Go outside open the compartment for the refrigerator if you see any yellow yellowish stains that's the ammonia...
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    Auto Repair in Parker / Lake Havasu

    I was kind of trolling around on Craigslist quartziteHavasu City the other night looking at RVs and RV prices and of course employment. for some reason theres a redneck garage just struck me as a couple of guys just doing what they need to do it's always hard to find a good mechanic I've seen...
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    Cummins Canoe (A Stepvan Story)

    It's all good just take the all out of the issues. I will continue to accept that as a compliment River 🏞️
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    Cummins Canoe (A Stepvan Story)

    I agree completely get to get the preventative maintenance up on it it'll go forever
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    How can I fix this rust? First time doing this.

    I seen the replacement floor pans at RockAuto I believe they were about a hundred bucks. My 92 floor was completely rotted between the seats as in see-through.I thought I replied to this last night but what I wound up doing was just wire brushing chiseling chippingall the rust off went over it...
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    Step Van Black/Grey Tank?

    20 and a 27 gallon tank toilet Will go on top of the 20 we're going to plumbing the 27 for shower and sink it's mounted under the side of the box on the G20 I still got about 14 in of ground clearance equal to the bottom of the cab.probably never use the toilet just to hook both the tanks...
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