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General Discussion / Finally After Two Years

« Last post by Ron Dittmer on July 21, 2026, 06:45:38 am »

Between my battle with stage-4 Lymphoma and our legal battle that is now scheduled for review at SCOTUS on 9/28, I finally fired up our PC after 2 years sitting inside our garage. It started right up as if it had ran the day before.  The same with the generator though I had installed a fuel cut-off on it to drain the carb for long term storage.  All systems I operated like the a/c, inverter, etc. are working fine.  I never let our PC sit that long before, wondering what to expect.  We took it to church last Sunday, a 30 mile round trip to put some miles on it.  I can't tell that it is burning 2 year old gasoline.  At the gas-filler, the fuel smells fine without STA-BIL.  We will be taking it out soon on a short get-away, hoping to go cross country later in the season.  Two years ago, I did prep the rig with the gas tank topped off and all batteries disconnected and maintained, be it done rarely.  The tires dropped 10 psi during those 2 years in storage.  Our 2007 PC has only 45,500 miles on it today.  We need to do something about that.  I plan a full mechanical go-through at 50,000.  I have done only partials up to this point.

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General Discussion / Re: Introduce Yourself!

« Last post by Ron Dittmer on July 20, 2026, 07:16:20 pm »

Welcome wideglide!

Glad you got connected.  We sure could use some new members to wake up this forum.

Your 2011 2350 will have some natural improvements/upgrades over our 2007 2350 as Phoenix made little improvements along the way, as did Ford with the chassis.

I store my write-ups on this forum and refer to them often on iRV2.com  To find them quickly, I store all the links to them HERE.  Some will apply to you, others will not.  Go through them and see what may be of interest and applicable to you.

Again, Welcome!
Ron Dittmer

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General Discussion / Re: Introduce Yourself!

« Last post by wideglide on July 20, 2026, 01:57:56 pm »

Hello all,

New member here, been waiting for 1 month and Tina finally got me approved.

New owner of a 2011 PC 2350. This is our 1st motorhome and looking forward to getting to use it. Even though im just now able to post, this forum was very helpful in sorting out some of the issues this rig had when i bought it. In 2 weeks we will take it to a local campsite for our maiden run. Ill add a pic when i can but it looks exactly like Ron Demitters. I feel we got a pretty decent deal on it even with the issues i discovered before purchase. 98000 miles and no signs of any leaks or structural defects other than some small trim work inside and a couple small areas of wallpaper damage. New tires and mattress.  $18000

So far i have done the following repairs.
1. Water heater had bad thermal fuse for TSTAT.
2. Power mirrors didnt work. Cut wire @ fuse holder.
3. Sanicon system missing. Replaced with new turbo 400s model as original is obsolete.
4. Converter bad. Also obsolete so replaced with PD9360 so its ready to upgrade to lithium batteries if i choose.
5. New wallpaper throughout because wife wanted to...lol.

If anyone needs advice on any of those items i can offer my wisdom i have gained.

Planned future upgrades, any recommendation id love to hear.
1. New radio for cab to have apply car play/android auto.
2. New kitchen faucet. Already bought but yet to tackle that job.
3. Battery monitor system. Looking at the Renogy one.
4. In dash phone charger with usb A & C.

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General Discussion / Re: Macenator pump - again

« Last post by Ron Dittmer on July 19, 2026, 08:40:31 am »

An interesting idea, but I fear that the area of the impeller, the macerating area where a drain plug is ideal, would disrupt the movement of sewage.

Maybe your system is different, but on my macerator, the end of the motor has a slit in it to use a screwdriver to free up things.  Replacement macerators lack the opening to access the shaft of the motor, so I drill a hole as part of the installation process.  MANY PICTURES HERE.  I also posted the replacement process HERE.

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General Discussion / Macenator pump - again

« Last post by Jerry brown on July 17, 2026, 03:36:21 pm »

I have a suggestion for the designers of the pump. Add an Allen key access on the bottom of the pump similar to your sink mounted garbage disposal to loosen jams.


For the secound time I have had to remove the clear plastic cover to free the impeller blades - which results on “tank residue “ dripping down on me while working. An Allen key would be a much better solution - just saying.

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General Discussion / Re: Sink and Stove Cabinet Separating from Side Wall

« Last post by Jerry brown on July 17, 2026, 03:30:44 pm »

Late response - I had similar experience with the stove top / microwave cabinet on my 2910d slide out. The bolts used to secure the cabinet are inadequate as mine failed after 40k miles. I found a local shop that was able to replace with stronger ones. - tight space but doable to work on with drawers out.

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General Discussion / Re: Power side view mirrors, 2016 E450

« Last post by LRUCH on July 15, 2026, 10:45:59 pm »

Agreed, the round knob is for moving the upper mirror. Twist it to the left or right dot position to select a mirror, with center turning it off.


The rectangle switch will heat the upper mirrors in the up position and off when down. (I've seen a few models with no red dot and I suspect it just wore off, but not sure.)


The convex mirrors are mostly manual.


Larry

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General Discussion / Re: Power side view mirrors, 2016 E450

« Last post by Camperfan on July 15, 2026, 06:25:26 pm »

Exactly what I thought Ron.
From day one when I bought it the convex mirrors only moved manually and they didn’t have the same ratcheting feel that power adjust mirrors have when you move those with force.

I bet that rocker switch is for heat. Although this isn’t the weather for checking, someday I will be at the coast and will have forged/frosted  up mirrors and can confirm for sure!

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General Discussion / Re: Power side view mirrors, 2016 E450

« Last post by Ron Dittmer on July 15, 2026, 04:50:50 pm »

Our 2007 mirrors are singles with a small stick-on extra convex mirror, not dual mirrors like the later PCs have, so I wouldn't know.

My own logic thinks your convex mirrors are stationary.  You can check yourself.  Push on an edge of the main flat mirror to make it move with micro-clicking.  Doing so will NOT damage it.  Then try doing the same with the lower convex mirror.  If it doesn't move with equivalent force, then it doesn't adjust.

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General Discussion / Re: Power side view mirrors, 2016 E450

« Last post by Camperfan on July 15, 2026, 03:12:23 pm »

Hmmm that is good for thought Ron. I wasn’t aware that I had heated mirrors. Is your convex mirrors power adjust?