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Something you can do to learn is find good youtube vids specific to your vehicle with certain problems, many of which may be titlted with figuring out that issue or fixing it. Online forums often give clues also. I was raised messing with vehicles and tearing motors apart, but theres enough...

One thing to consider, once they are working on it to fix the leak, they probably had to remove the belt, and at least spend time cleaning it. Even if it wasnt at the end of its useful life, replacing it now is basically free as regards the labor for the belt itself. Having the old one for an...

Plan A for me hasnt been to be full time nomad. Its a part time seasonal plan for me to escape winter, so semi-nomadic seasonally. A friend that sold his place in the Rockies is now full time nomad and currently in Quartzite. When I mention how much I dislike winter now he keeps telling me to...

Its certainly not a fragile and delicate flower of a vehicle.

A 351 should be fine, thats what the 79 Bronco had. Ford fans will say theres a difference between the 351 Windsor and 351 Cleveland motors, but I dont recall what th difference was, or if it still had any meaning in the 90s. That referred to the location the motors were built, Windsor Ontario...

If it was used successfully to tow a large camper, it should when empty strongly accelerate up any grade in Illinois without any real effort, AC or no AC. I dont recall if you mentioned the motor size, its probably either a 351 or 460. If its a 460 it will probably strongly accelerate up any...

What Maki said is good advice, particularly in her smaller vehicle, though in your case with a 3/4 ton with V-8 youre not going to have issues running empty and using the AC. Pulling the camper up a long grade, if the temp starts going up and you can actually feel the difference in pulling power...

Ive discovered Matts Offroad Recovery youtube channel. (hugely fun to watch) They interact with a couple other people doing similar stuff like Fab Rats and Trail Mater. They all have several specially built offroad rigs and pretty much all run stock junkyard motors. If one goes bad for some...

Thats not much for mileage. I dont recall how long its been since I owned something with so few miles on it. I wouldnt worry about its age or miles for some time. I think the last 4 or 5 vehicles Ive bought had 175K or so on them, and I drove the heck out of them for years each, putting another...

How many miles are on it? Thats probably more of a thing than age alone. Before the transmission came apart, (probably from extended hard use) my 95 Suburban was my main driver with 250-275K miles. I ran the AC on Maximum Arctic Blast setting full time when it was hot out. I probably should...

I wouldnt worry about it unless the temp starts going up much on a long grade. in the mountains a long grade can be many miles long. If you have an automatic transmission, a transmission temp gauge is helpful. When i traveled with the Winnbeago, if the trans temp started climbing much on an long...

I agree most heavier duty trucks or vans or whatever would be better suited for towing, though the devil is in the details. If a 150 is set up with a towing package, it may be fine, and conversely, a light duty F-250 thats not set up with towing package or suitable diff gears/motor/trans may not...

Without more details on what motor and differential gears your F-150 has, its not giving much useful information to say "an F-150 is underpowdered". Theres too may possible variables to make a blanket statement. A 6 cyl and tall diff gears (like around 3.00 ratio) and higher transmission gear...

FWIW, Ive spent fairly extensive time living out of the back of my trucks in the past with camper shells of various types and a couple years off and on in a 79 Winnebago. No insulation means they get very hot very fast and very cold very fast. Ive had some condensation and frost inside on parts...

Do you think you could find that source? It doesnt make sense that grey water, meaning dish water and bathing water, could turn into black water with human waste in it and the possible related diseases associated with such. It may in fact get funky, but thats not the same as black water...

Its been mentioned that grey water is sewage, period. Well, not really. In some agencies definitions, it may well be, and its not a bad thing in their situation. They dont have any way to easily distinguish between grey and black water, and people being people, many would claim any release was...

I moved to the Northern Rockies almost 35 years ago. I used to go visit friends in Az in the winter, but its been 25 years since ive done that. Im pretty sick of winter at this point. Im determined to never spend another winter in the N Rockies again. First my supply line to my kitchen water...

Having stumbled across a Welsh Rarebit (rabbit) recipe long ago, I tried the simple bachelor version, a grilled cheese with mustard and pepper. Very good. Its the primary way I eat grilled cheese now, made with sharp cheddar and whole wheat bread. Ketchup on grilled cheese isnt bad either...

The weather, watch it for a while. it looks pretty darned nice to me. https://www.weatherforyou.com/report/quartzsite-az Does anyone use evaporative basins for their grey water?