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11-15-2014, 06:52 PM
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#241
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Rivet Master
Port Orchard
, Washington
Join Date: May 2009
Posts: 4,463
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If you're going to wish, go all the way. I want a lock with a retina scanner.
Ken
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11-15-2014, 08:03 PM
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#242
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3 Rivet Member
Currently Looking...
Seattle
, Washington
Join Date: Jul 2014
Posts: 136
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Realistically though, I wish they'd drop the mechanism that enables motel-mode on the door. I can't imagine ever a time when I would want my door to automatically lock when I shut it. Does anyone actually use this?
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11-15-2014, 08:20 PM
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#243
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Rivet Master
2012 25' Flying Cloud
Battle Lake
, Minnesota
Join Date: Jun 2009
Posts: 7,714
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Have a Hide-a-Key somewhere to save yourself from a cold night outside.
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2012 FC RB, Michelin 16, ProPride 1400
2016 Ram 1500 Laramie Crew Cab 4X4 Ecodiesel 3.92 axles
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11-15-2014, 08:29 PM
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#244
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Moderator
2015 25' FB Flying Cloud
2012 23' FB Flying Cloud
2005 25' Safari
Santa Rosa Beach
, Florida
Join Date: Jul 2006
Posts: 13,156
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We have always had an outside hide-a-key.
Brian
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WBCCI #3628 -- AIR #14872 -- TAC #FL-7
2015 FC 25' FB (Lucy) with ProPride
2020 Silverado 2500 (Vivian)
2023 Rivian R1T (Opal)
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11-16-2014, 04:45 AM
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#245
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Rivet Master
2011 34' Classic
Westchester Cty.NY
, / Miami FL
Join Date: Jul 2007
Posts: 3,122
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Tomy
Realistically though, I wish they'd drop the mechanism that enables motel-mode on the door. I can't imagine ever a time when I would want my door to automatically lock when I shut it. Does anyone actually use this?
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i use that feature most of the time as it save lock wear. i also wear the door keys around my neck.
i'd like a release for the door hold-open latch that i can unlatch without going outside. it should not make more holes in the exterior shell.
use a 12v buzzer for the door bell. in the longer trailers i think you need two.
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2012 F150 Super Crew 5-1/2' bed Ecoboost 4x4 3.73 elec. lock diff. Propride hitch
give life. kidney & pancreas transplant 9/9/06
Ingrid-my unofficial '"World's Oldest Streamer" 1909-2008 R.I.P.
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11-16-2014, 07:58 AM
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#246
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Rivet Master
Airstream Dealer
Corona
, California
Join Date: Feb 2002
Posts: 16,497
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Silvery Moon
I want a lock that never mysteriously locks itself when I close the door.
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We have a free "lock out kit."
Send us a SASE with 2 stamps and it's yours.
Andy
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11-16-2014, 08:55 AM
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#247
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Full Time Adventurer
2007 27' International CCD FB
Nomadic
, USA
Join Date: Jul 2013
Posts: 2,748
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I'm still dreaming, but I would love it, it the port hole windows over the living area windows in the FB's where also over the windows in the bedroom. More light!!!!
I don't know about anyone else, but all the windows and natural light has always been the biggest selling point of an Airstream to me. I've never seen so many windows on a SOB. Maybe a bus, but rarely.
More windows!! LOL
I know, more things to leak
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11-16-2014, 12:39 PM
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#248
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Rivet Master
2007 22' International CCD
Corona
, California
Join Date: Jul 2013
Posts: 9,180
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We have a key box with a push button combination lock built into the lid. It's permanently mounted in a concealed area into the AS structure. Simple matter to gain access, pop it open, and retrieve the spare keys.
I have no idea where my kid found it, but it saves you when you can't find the keys.
Sent from my iPhone using Airstream Forums
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'The Silver HamShack' ('07 International 22FB CCD 75th Anniversary)
Multiple Yaesu Ham Radios inside and many antennae sprouting from roof, ProPride hitch, Prodigy P2 controller.
2012 shortbed CrewMax 4x4 Toyota Tacoma TV with more antennae on it.
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11-16-2014, 11:18 PM
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#249
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Rivet Master
2015 27' Flying Cloud
Portland
, Oregon
Join Date: Nov 2009
Posts: 684
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Inland RV Center, In
We have a free "lock out kit."
Send us a SASE with 2 stamps and it's yours.
Andy
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Let me guess, a rubber band. I know why the one lock mysteriously locks itself.
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11-16-2014, 11:39 PM
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#250
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Rivet Master
2015 30' International
2009 27' FB International
2007 25' Safari
Currently Looking...
Greensboro
, North Carolina
Join Date: Aug 2008
Posts: 1,564
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Some note about storage..... My new Serenity 30 RB has huge storage with the side closets in the bedroom. And now they all have lights which come on when the door is opened.
But, access to wiring might be nice except it would create a structural problem as the Airstream has no real frame other than what it sits on.
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Ms Tommie Fantine Lauer, Greensboro, NC
AIR #31871 KQ3H
www.fantinesvoice.com
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11-16-2014, 11:41 PM
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#251
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Rivet Master
2007 22' International CCD
Corona
, California
Join Date: Jul 2013
Posts: 9,180
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Ours is modified with a plastic friction washer that prevents lockouts--its a very simple fix...dunno where it came from. PO (My son) and I installed it...
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'The Silver HamShack' ('07 International 22FB CCD 75th Anniversary)
Multiple Yaesu Ham Radios inside and many antennae sprouting from roof, ProPride hitch, Prodigy P2 controller.
2012 shortbed CrewMax 4x4 Toyota Tacoma TV with more antennae on it.
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11-17-2014, 03:02 AM
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#252
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Rivet Master
Airstream Dealer
Corona
, California
Join Date: Feb 2002
Posts: 16,497
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Quote:
Originally Posted by hhendrix
Let me guess, a rubber band. I know why the one lock mysteriously locks itself.
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Sorry, but your guess is very wrong.
The kit consists of 2 special washers with instructions of how and where to install them.
2 stamps is a very cheap investment, as many other owners have experienced.
We invite anyone else to better the fix, and at no charge, except the 2 stamps.
Andy
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11-17-2014, 05:55 AM
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#253
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Rivet Master
2014 25' Flying Cloud
Cuddebackville
, New York
Join Date: May 2007
Posts: 4,333
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Yup, the kit worked well on our 2007 Safari. But it looks to me like our 2014FC already has it- or something very similar.
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2014 25' Flying Cloud Rear Twin
2019 Ford Expedition Platinum
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11-17-2014, 08:35 AM
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#254
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Rivet Master
Airstream Dealer
Corona
, California
Join Date: Feb 2002
Posts: 16,497
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Wayne&Sam
Yup, the kit worked well on our 2007 Safari. But it looks to me like our 2014FC already has it- or something very similar.
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Could be.
I showed our kit to Airstream, several years ago.
Their answer was "the fix is not needed", just don't slam the door. HUH??????
Sorry that a few folks only like things that they come up with, and most always they also kick simple things in life, "to the curb".
Oh well, as always, the majority rules.
Will that kit last foever?
Heck no.
But what does??
Especially when it's free, other than for the huge amount for shipping.
Andy
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11-17-2014, 08:54 AM
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#255
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Moderator
2015 25' FB Flying Cloud
2012 23' FB Flying Cloud
2005 25' Safari
Santa Rosa Beach
, Florida
Join Date: Jul 2006
Posts: 13,156
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I got one of Andy's felt washer fixes for the '05 Safari some years back. Easy to install and it worked. The new '15 Flying Cloud came new with the felt washer already there.
Brian
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WBCCI #3628 -- AIR #14872 -- TAC #FL-7
2015 FC 25' FB (Lucy) with ProPride
2020 Silverado 2500 (Vivian)
2023 Rivian R1T (Opal)
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12-16-2014, 08:51 PM
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#256
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3 Rivet Member
2013 27' FB International
2016 28' Land Yacht
Baton Rouge
, Louisiana
Join Date: Jun 2013
Posts: 235
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I admit that I have not read the entire thread.
But seriously what I would like is a white porcelain sink in the bathroom. Every time I spit toothpaste in that silver one I need to clean ASAP
It's the little things...
annie
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12-16-2014, 09:02 PM
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#257
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Living Riveted since 2013
2016 Interstate Lounge Ext
Green Cove Springs
, Florida
Join Date: Dec 2013
Posts: 8,201
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Good one. I'd like to see a faucet in the bathroom that's actually long enough to pour water into the sink...the first thing I'll upgrade in our trailer is that stupid extra-short faucet.
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12-16-2014, 11:02 PM
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#258
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Rivet Master
2015 25' FB Eddie Bauer
2013 25' FB Eddie Bauer
2012 20' Flying Cloud
Small Town
, *** Big Sky Country ***Western Montana
Join Date: Feb 2010
Posts: 2,860
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Quote:
Originally Posted by m.hony
That would be really easy to have a welding shop do.
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Or, get an Eddie Bauer (one of the features that we liked and moved us into the EB) ... naw, you'd just say that the D-ring tie downs on the rear exterior frame are just bolted on ...
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2022 Ford F350 6.2 V-8; equalizer hitch + Shocker air hitch
Honda Eu3200; AIR# 44105; formerly WBCCI 2015.1
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12-17-2014, 08:33 AM
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#259
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Rivet Master
2000 25' Safari
Davidson County
, NC Highlands County, FL
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 4,493
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I would like to see Airstream add a metal flashing beneath the exterior walls. It would be installed on top of the floor before the walls are set in place. This would be a modified "Z" shape so that the inside edge would turn upward inside the interior skins. The outer downward leg would be outside the belly wrap to let any accumulated water drip outside. The outer leg would be hidden behind the lower rub rail. At the sections of wall that are not straight, a flexible adhesive flashing would be needed on top of cut metal sections that would be used to accommodate the curves. In lieu of or additionally to caulking, maybe a strip of EPDM self healing adhesive flexible flashing could be placed continuously on top of the metal flashing to take care of potential leaks from the necessary structural connection penetrations.
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2014 Silverado LTZ 1500 Crew Cab 5.3L maximum trailering package
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12-18-2014, 04:06 PM
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#260
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Rivet Master
2013 27' FB International
El Dorado Hills
, California
Join Date: Jan 2013
Posts: 2,023
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Like T1-11 siding Z flashing. Sensible suggestion.
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