Recent content by Van_and_Terri

According to “Car Edge” on YouTube; the VW ID4 is the slowest selling car in America.

My first bike was a Hodaka 90. A great trail bike in the mid to late 60s. Always noticed with that big chrome gas tank. Not to be confused with Honda. After owning most of the commons brands over the years including pulling a Leisure Lite Camper behind my Honda Goldwing; I sold everything when...

I just remove the fuse on the bottom of the Autobrake in the galley to de-power it and limit my power loss when not towing.

I’ll try to contribute with my limited knowledge in what I have observed with my 560. Every time, solar will take my lithium battery to 100%. On AC power, the charger will initially kick in but will quickly terminate charging if the lithium battery is over 85% to 88% charge. The charger will...

96 F in NE Florida today. Have to get everything done before noon in the summertime here.

I have made a frame of out pvc which matches the outline of the floor. I made it so it comes apart and I store the pvc under and along the bed mattress. There used to be and probably still is a post on here with the dimensions.

My wife and were sitting at a picnic table one evening when a raccoon jumped on the table in front of us and scurried off with a bag of marshmallows.

That’s one benefit for being of small stature as I can get my arms where others can’t. I just use a mild bacterial wipe to clean there. When I was an Airframe and Powerplant Mechanic in the late 70s the other mechanics were always asking me to access bolts/nuts through the inspection panels.

The latest Motortrend article on the RAV4 was very good. Definitely a consideration for me if I could get the wife to sell our Escape 21C. My 2023 RAM etorque died with no warning recently. It doesn’t have a traditional alternator. It has a Motor Generator Unit and a 48 volt battery which powers...

I’ve listened many nights to Art Bell.

Are you coming to the east coast of Florida?

Hard 8 BBQ in Coppell, Texas is one of my favorites for brisket.

One of the best deals I’ve seen!

The front is headed our way in Florida. Forecast is for it to stall and give us 2 to 4 days of much needed rain. I’ll be headed to the flyin at Lakeland next Sunday. Hopefully it will dry out before then.

It was a GCFI issue. I did learn something when changing it. Depending on the manufacturer of the GCFI, the load and line end of the GCFI may be reversed. I installed the new one insuring same orientation, and the GCFI was not working properly until I noticed the orientation of the load and line...