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Mark-N-Jodi On The Road
เข้าร่วมเมื่อ 14 ส.ค. 2022
Hi, and thanks for tuning in. We’re Mark & Jodi and live in Colorado Springs, Colorado. We’re just a few months away from retirement and when that happens, we’ll be hitting the road full time. Until then, we’ll be selling our current motorhome and Jeep Wrangler and transitioning to our full time setup, a dually and fifth wheel. We'll try our best to share those videos with you. We’ll also include some other random videos that are RV or down-sizing related.
Our primary audience is our family to keep them up to date on our progress and adventures, but you're welcome to join us.
Again, thanks for watching and we’ll see y’all on the road.
Our primary audience is our family to keep them up to date on our progress and adventures, but you're welcome to join us.
Again, thanks for watching and we’ll see y’all on the road.
Winterizing our 2016 Thor A.C.E. 29.3
When we first bought our A.C.E. in March of 2021, it was already winterized. I found a little info on dewinterizing and was able to take care of that before our first camping trip. But when it came time to winterize it last October, I had to watch multiple videos and kind of figure it out for myself. Since then, I’ve found more information and came up with a procedure that works well for me. I also didn’t find anything specifically for our RV. Hopefully this will provide other A.C.E. owners with some decent instructions.
One thing not in the video is how to bypass and drain the hot water tank. I’ll do a separate video on that later. You definitely don’t want to forget that important step in winterizing your RV.
One thing not in the video is how to bypass and drain the hot water tank. I’ll do a separate video on that later. You definitely don’t want to forget that important step in winterizing your RV.
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Cheap Handling Fix - 2016 Thor ACE 29.3/
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Installation video of Cheap Handling Fix (CHF) on our 2016 Thor A.C.A. 29.3.
How did you bypass the hot water tank? That would've been helpful. Just sayin'...
Unfortunately, life keeps getting in the way and I forgot to record this. I'll be winterizing again in the next few weeks and capture that video. Thanks for the reminder!
Are you in the road yet
@@pollyburton9750 Not yet. We hit the road full time next Fall.
Watched your video… concerning the outdoor kitchen sink. I have the exact same RV as you. Underneath that kitchen cabinet is a switch that empties the sink bowl. It took me a while before I noticed it. Maybe you have the same thing. Hope this helps.
Kudos on how clean the undercarriage is. Secondly, Dad always said "A screwdriver is not a drift pin." "Right tool, right job." Lastly, I am a little cocerned about the change in geometry between the swaybar link and the swaybar end. I'm getting ready to make this mod on my Seabreeze, but I have a pair of Helwig extended sway bar links. I'm hoping those will keep my geometry closer to stock. There is a chance of metal fatigue from the geometry change. Good luck and be safe.
Thanks. The ACE only has about 40K on it and we’ve tried to keep her cleaned up as much as possible to discourage corrosion. As for the screw driver not being the right tool, when it’s all ya have, it can become the right tool. I have a lot of tools currently, but not every tool. I don’t have that kind of space in my garage. And when we go full time in a couple of more years, we’ll downsize even more and specialty tools will be rare. I’ll really be looking at multipurpose tools for a lot of things. Finally, I made the decision to do this after reading through multiple accounts of folks doing this and determined it safe for us. Your decision will be based on your own comfort level. Good luck and take care.
You didn't blow out the lines with air now you're mixing water with antifreeze so it takes much more antifreeze to remove the water. Water with antifreeze is mixed going in the drains, unless you pour more antifreeze into the drains. I go overkill, I blow out the lines add antifreeze and blow that out because you can freeze what isn't there, then every faucet is left open because when a pipe freezes it the 2,000 psi that breaks the pipe at the weakest point not where it freezes. If the faucets are open it can't create pressure
Thanks for the feedback. As I mentioned, I decided to go this route and prepared this video for those who want to just do antifreeze as well. I may change my mind down the road, but with PEX pipes, I’m not as concerned as I would be with rigid pipes. I do keep the faucets open so I have an open system. In our sticks and bricks home, I drain the irrigation system to the low point and keep an open system. That’s worked well for over 20 years. I also didn’t show draining the hot water tank, which I did. It’s also open. Again, thanks for the feedback.
Update: The ACE handled much better on the way to CW to have the Safe-T-Plus installed. We got the ACE back from CW right before a trip (air, not RV) and put it in storage right away. I noticed it tracked a little better on the way. Brought it home last weekend and did the cheap handling fix to the rear. Took the long way to the storage area today and it handled so much better with pretty decent winds. Used to, it would wear me out after a half hour in high winds, but not today.