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Old 06-30-2015, 09:35 AM   #1081
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Yall must be wearing silk clothes or parked at a steep angle!
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Old 07-01-2015, 08:49 AM   #1082
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Thanks for the replies. We haven't been real thrilled with the dinette arrangement and are looking at alternatives. Maybe the cushion material is so new it needs broken in. We normally are wearing cotton shorts and T shirts.
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Old 07-01-2015, 09:08 AM   #1083
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I hope that over time the slipperiness goes away. Ours are still very slippery especially when lounging
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Old 07-01-2015, 12:50 PM   #1084
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We haven't been real thrilled with the dinette arrangement and are looking at alternatives.

I'm not real thrilled with it either. It's actually really uncomfortable for more than about 30 mins. I work from mine quite often and would love to find a modification like what they have in the Classic.

For whatever it's worth though, I have found that that small square cushion (on the other side of the wall from the fridge) combined with another small cushion makes a good backrest against the aft wall/window. I'll try to take a pic.
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Old 07-01-2015, 01:50 PM   #1085
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I have found that that small square cushion (on the other side of the wall from the fridge) combined with another small cushion makes a good backrest against the aft wall/window. I'll try to take a pic.
I open the drawer under the seat and put that cushion on top of the open drawer. Make a good footrest on that side of the dinette.
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Old 07-01-2015, 02:22 PM   #1086
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We tried a reclining chair in Old Lucy for her last five years. It was on the curb side of the dinette. We are using New Lucy in her OEM dinette seating configuration. We are quite satisfied with the seating at this point, and are not planning any changes.

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Old 07-01-2015, 08:17 PM   #1087
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I just need more of a recline I think. Probably something that thousands could be thrown at with no real result!
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Old 07-02-2015, 09:00 AM   #1088
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The major modification for us on the plywood based dinette seats was finding a substantial enough filler or stuffing for the factory cushions. I realize there is more of me than the doc wants, but I get sore points on the hip bones as the factory cushion bottoms out.

The analogy was the term "monkey B***" on motorcycle seats. We found a chap that built custom seats with different grades of foam in different spots to spread the body weight evenly over the seat. I was able to do 1000 mile days with no sore backside after the modification.
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Old 07-03-2015, 03:38 PM   #1089
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The seats in ours were cloth covered. They got dirty easily and didn't clean well. They fit badly and the cloth would slide around on the foam innards. We bought a roll of high quality vinyl at a close out sale and found a seamstress who recovered them for $5 each. Total cost about $100. We have lots of vinyl left over. We put sheepskins on the dinette seats and they slide around instead of us and add to comfort.

Our awning also hit the door until we realized we hadn't pulled out the awning supports far enough. Problem solved.

We found some Winnebago registers online that rotate to direct the air wherever we wanted it and can close so we closed off the heat in the bedroom. They are brown instead of white and look better. The only problem is they sometimes close themselves and when we forget to check them, it can get pretty cold when we run the furnace. I assume the heated tanks get warmer when the registers close themselves in the cabin.

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Old 07-04-2015, 03:33 PM   #1090
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In Old Lucy, we had the dinette seat cushions reconfigured with much denser foam rubber. We found that the denser foam made a much more comfortable seat. Now that we are getting some wear on New Lucy's seats, we are considering doing the same upgrade to New Lucy.

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New Lucy is now sporting bug screens on her water heater and furnace access doors. We had already seen some evidence of Mud Dauber infestation in the exhaust area of Lucy's furnace. Old Lucy had these screens and we never had any bug problems in those areas. We also have these screens on the truck camper.

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Nice work Brian! What it custom or out of a box product?
I seem to find ants in my outside refer compartment.
Anyone care to share a solution?
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Old 07-09-2015, 08:12 PM   #1093
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New Lucy is now sporting bug screens on her water heater and furnace access doors. We had already seen some evidence of Mud Dauber infestation in the exhaust area of Lucy's furnace. Old Lucy had these screens and we never had any bug problems in those areas. We also have these screens on the truck camper.

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Do you have part numbers for those screens and possibly where I could pick them up at? I have not gotten to that on our Airstream but did have them on our previous camper
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Mud Dauber Screens to Protect RV Furnaces - PPL Motor Homes
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Old 07-09-2015, 08:19 PM   #1095
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Do you have part numbers for those screens and possibly where I could pick them up at? I have not gotten to that on our Airstream but did have them on our previous camper

Sure, the bug screen for Lucy's furnace is Camco part number 42142 (FUR300). We got it on Amazon Prime for $9.78.

The bug screen for Lucy's water heater is Camco part number 42145 (WH500). We also got it on Amazon Prime for $15.80.

The prices are current. We bought these last week.

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Price went up 5 bucks for the WH500 but purchased anyway - thank you very much for this reminder as well as the part numbers.
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Old 07-10-2015, 07:06 AM   #1097
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I went into my Amazon account and found that I had ordered the WH500 on June 27th for $15.80. It has since gone up to $20.56. That is not the way my luck usually runs. The screen is very well made and worth the price.

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Based upon recommendations here on the Forums, we started using Angel Soft two ply septic safe toilet paper a couple of months ago. In our testing phase we have found that it dissolves as well in Lucy's black tank as the Camco two ply RV toilet paper that we have been using for a number of years.

We now feel that the Angel soft is suitable for Lucy use. The Angel Soft is half the price of the Camco RV stuff and is available just about anywhere.

For those of you in Publix country, they have the Angel Soft on BOGO this week. With this deal, it ends up being under $1.50 per four pack vs. the Camco 4 pack at $4.67. Needless to say, I stocked up. Now we can buy Lucy some treats.

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On some RV forum we discovered the test to for suitable TP for RVs. Simply put a couple squares into a mason type jar fill 3/4 with water. Shake. If it retains its shape it's not suited for BW tanks. If it breaks up, use that brand. Has worked for us.

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On some RV forum we discovered the test to for suitable TP for RVs. Simply put a couple squares into a mason type jar fill 3/4 with water. Shake. If it retains its shape it's not suited for BW tanks. If it breaks up, use that brand. Has worked for us.

Waiting word on our 2016 FC 25 Twin. Was to arrive in Vancouver today. We pick up July 17!
We used the water soluble test on the Angel Soft before we ever tried it in Lucy. We sure hope that it works in the long run as it 1/3 the price of the RV stuff.

I bet you guys are excited about getting your new baby. Be sure to post some pictures when you get her. Is she an FB or an RB?

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