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It was stored in my steel pile with who knows what. I probably should of cleaned it before installation but it was 8:30 PM before I finished that lot. Besides!!! I said it was stainless I never said it was quality stainless [emoji1][emoji1]

Just dropped the truck off to get 2 motorcycles worth of transmission work. [emoji27][emoji27] But they will have it done by the time I get back to town this weekend. [emoji3][emoji3][emoji3]

I just popped my hand up over the roofline and snapped this couple. Hopefully that will help you out otherwise I will be able to pair the truck with a ladder on the weekend.

I have a plan to convert one of my cabinets to a toilet/shower but it is a lot of work. I will also need to make it into a slideout (to use the shower) as we are very space constrained. Most people obviously use the toilet more than the shower so it will be usable without the slide deployed...

As another option you could consider putting rivnuts/nutserts to bolt to. When I prototyped my awning mounting I found that it initially comes out at a steep angle and the door would foul on the fabric and arms at anything less than full extension. So I did have to raise it a bit. I used...

We currently have a porta potti that sits in the cabinet in the cab (extended cab) and we just pull it out and leave it in the cab for use when required. Benefit to this is that the cabinet is accessible from the outside as well so no carrying a full potty through the rig and down the stairs...

I replaced my bulbs with 2 sets of LED's. The old "Low" setting runs a set of red LED's for night time etc. The old "High" setting runs white LEDs. The ones I got were the cheap ones off eBay out of China or Hong Kong. From memory (risky at my age) they owe me about $3 per light fitting. Bought...

Also finally got the bunk bed sorted. This is for my grand daughter to travel with us. For normal use it is where we store our bedding. When required we will drop it down and place the supports and send the kiddo upstairs. Luckily I had some leftover quick rail fittings from one of the other...

While waiting on a replacement Tranny I am working on a few items on the punch list. Managed to put a rack on the roof using stainless unistrut and mounted a Fiamma F45 awning. I do need to replace a couple of rivnuts that didn't set properly but it's basically finished. Took all day hence the...

Chased down some other pricing. Looks like I can get a reman unit with 2 year unlimited miles warranty for around $3300 (pickup in Tuscon). I do have a line on a used low miles motorhome version with a retarder. Very tempting but time is against me. If I go with the retarder version I would have...

I have mine registered and insured as an RV. All I had to do was complete the AZ transfer from commercial to RV and then with insurance the "Manufacturer" I listed for the last one was Medic Master and it went through OK. Some companies have online insurance applications. Just go through them...

Wrap the up and down pipes and get an insulation blanket for the turbo. Will help with the annoying turbo whine and also reduce heat. Then as the other guys said. Insulate the crap out of it. Then never buy a Freightliner. They are definitely worse.

Some vehicle regs state the exhaust must exit past the rear of the most rear opening to the cabin. (Australian ADRs for example). They put this in place for a reason. Swirling air around a vehicle can suck exhaust fumes into the vehicle. Really consider the need to change the exhaust versus the...

Like these ones I have been checking out. The bugger is the rust fund will not cover a new tranny and a set of axles with transfer case.

I might just have to take you up on that :wings:

Thats where I am torn. I like the simplicity of a manual but I am a lazy bugger and like driving auto's now. Red I will keep that spicer in mind. But I think I would prefer a few more gears.

Bugger!!! All that effort and no change. Still not getting 4th gear. :( Time to sit back and take stock of my options. Reman installed $4500 - $5000 2nd hand from RV. Will need to change bell housing and add brake plus I would have to swap it out. Pull this one and rebuild. I can do it but I...

Here is the lazy bugger method of getting bulk fluids into a tranny. And here is the workshop. Today we had 18 mph winds so not really conducive to opening transmissions. The panels and tractor are there to stop some of the wind and dust. But I really only have this week at home before expo.

Just spent the last 4 hours doing stuff I swore I would never touch again. This is a Hail Mary type repair replacing a single solenoid that has a slight possibility of causing the problem. But for $100 part and 5 or 6 hours of cursing and swearing against a $4500 plus fitting replacement Tranny...

Freightliner service manager was actually good to deal with and the truck is back there this morning to get the required testing done on their dime. Fingers crossed