Usually, winter here equates to a couple of cold nights - high 20s. However, the weather nerd is calling for low teens Saturday night here in the
hills, so simply draining the water tank and black tank mightn't be enough to preclude damage. So, on with the air fitting and blow out all the
lines. A good shot of alcohol down each drain trap. Then I got to thinking - the 23' has merely had what was in it put back when the new radiator
went in, and the 26' got well water when the hose came off going to Orlando. They've both got something green in there,but who knows... So I picked
up a $2 hygrometer from Advance. The one with an eyedropper containing five plastic balls of increasing density. Tested on the Mousetoad and Paula's
van, everything floats. On the 26', all five sank. On the 23', one sort of maybe floated. On the ratrod pickup, one float, one sort of. Wonder of
wonders, Advance has Prestone concentrate on sale, plus military discount and I got five gallons. Each coach got two gallons drained and two gallons
of Prestone added, the fifth one went into the ratrod. All three cranked and run for twenty - thirty minutes to get the heat up in the engine and mix
everything in the cooling system. I expect a light dusting of snow, the weather folks are calling for doom and destruction. We'll see.
--johnny
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'76 23' transmode Norris upfit, 76 26' Eleganza(?) with beaucoup mods and add - ons.
Braselton, Ga.
"The road goes on forever, and the party never ends" --Robert Earl Keen
hills, so simply draining the water tank and black tank mightn't be enough to preclude damage. So, on with the air fitting and blow out all the
lines. A good shot of alcohol down each drain trap. Then I got to thinking - the 23' has merely had what was in it put back when the new radiator
went in, and the 26' got well water when the hose came off going to Orlando. They've both got something green in there,but who knows... So I picked
up a $2 hygrometer from Advance. The one with an eyedropper containing five plastic balls of increasing density. Tested on the Mousetoad and Paula's
van, everything floats. On the 26', all five sank. On the 23', one sort of maybe floated. On the ratrod pickup, one float, one sort of. Wonder of
wonders, Advance has Prestone concentrate on sale, plus military discount and I got five gallons. Each coach got two gallons drained and two gallons
of Prestone added, the fifth one went into the ratrod. All three cranked and run for twenty - thirty minutes to get the heat up in the engine and mix
everything in the cooling system. I expect a light dusting of snow, the weather folks are calling for doom and destruction. We'll see.
--johnny
--
'76 23' transmode Norris upfit, 76 26' Eleganza(?) with beaucoup mods and add - ons.
Braselton, Ga.
"The road goes on forever, and the party never ends" --Robert Earl Keen
