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WHEN YOU HAVE TO GO - YOU HAVE TO GO ---> THE TOILET IN THE ROADTREK
Toilets are everywhere. Toilets are in houses, in apartments, in stores, in schools, in restaurants, in places of worship, in hotels, in theaters, on street in some places, at rest stops, and in...
View ArticleWHAT TO KNOW ABOUT BUYING A PRE-OWNED ROADTREK
A lot of new buyers go looking for a Roadtrek that is in their budget (of course) and are attracted by low prices regardless of the year of the Roadtrek. They see ads and they go out to look at the...
View ArticleHOW TO AVOID PROBLEMS WITH A BAD CAMPSITE POWER OUTLET
This article applies to any Roadtrek, motorhome, RV, or Travel Trailer. All plug into a campground power box pretty much the same way, You get to a campground and are going to plug into the 30 amp...
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REMOVING THE SCREEN ON THE FANTASTIC FAN
There are times that the screen on the Fantastic Fan on the ceiling of the Roadtrek needs to be removed. The screen seems very fragile when taking it off the fan base, but if you are careful and...
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THE BEST CABINET LATCH REPLACEMENT IN YOUR ROADTREK
In December 2013 I wrote an article about the cabinet latches in the Chevy chassis Roadtrek models. https://roadtrek190popular.blogspot.com/2013/12/roadtreks-cabinet-latches.htmlSince the original...
View ArticleROADTREK TIRE PRESSURE
When we first got our Roadtrek 2011 190 Popular new I was curious about the tire pressure that should be used. Inside the driver's door frame there is a sticker that says 50 psi front tires and 80 psi...
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HOW TO CHECK THE COACH BATTERY(IES)' VOLTAGE ON A ROADTREK THAT HAS A TRIPPLITE
With the battery switch on, when you press the test button on the monitor panel in Roadtrek the battery column of LEDs light up to show you how much charge is in the coach batteries, The top C green...
View ArticleA ROADTREK HAS TO BE DRIVEN
There is not a lot new to learn from this article other than what its title states - a Roadtrek has to be driven. Like any car, van, or truck if it is not driven it will not run well especially when...
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CONNECTING TO A CAMPGROUND CITY WATER SPIGOT
What would just connecting to a city water spigot in a campground need an article for? After all you take your hose and attach to the spigot, connect the other end of the hose to your city water...
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CARBON MONOXIDE, PROPANE, AND SMOKE DETECTORS
Roadtrek installs detectors to protect you inside the Roadtrek from three dangers - carbon monoxide poisoning, a propane gas leak, and fire by detecting smoke. Two of these detector units are...
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THE GENERATOR SEEMS DEAD - THE GENERATOR RUNS BUT THERE IS NO POWER IN MY...
This article applies to Roadtreks with the Onan gasoline powered generator Microlite 2800 models up to the KY model that came out mid to late 2012. It applies to the KV model that is the model before...
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TWO BATTERY CHARGING SYSTEMS IN A STANDARD CHEVY ROADTREK ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
This article gets into some very technical explanations which I have tried to simplify as best as I can! There are two key components of the battery charging system in the Chevy Roadtreks. The two...
View ArticleChevy Express Van Tire Pressure and some things to know about the Roadtrek tires
This article applies only to Roadtreks that are built on the Chevy Express van chassis. This does not apply to Dodge, Sprinter, Dodge Pro Master or any other chassis that Roadtrek has built an RV...
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THE COOL CAT AIR CONDITIONER AND HEAT PUMP
Early Chevy and Dodge Roadtreks had a home air conditioner installed. Roadtrek then in the Chevy - and some later Dodge models changed to using the Dometic Cool Cat air conditioner and heat pump...
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REMOVING THE FILTER FROM THE COOL CAT AIR CONDITIONER/HEAT PUMP
In the mid-2000s Roadtrek started installing the Dometic Cool Cat RV air conditioner/heat pump. This replaced what had been used previously which was basically a home air conditioner that had a...
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THE ONAN GENERATOR
My 2011 Chevy based Roadtrek 190 Popular has the Onan Microlite 2800 KV model generator. Since this model, starting in 2012, Onan introduced a changed generator model - the Microlite 2800 KY...
View ArticleA TRIP FOR REPAIRS AND THE MACERATOR'S TALE (DAY 2)
Our last article on April 26, 2019 has the first part of this two part article - DAY 1. Here is the conclusion - DAY 2. We had figured from the day before's test drive to the Roadtrek dealer/service...
View ArticleA Trip to Connecticut
I wrote about having the Ezee-Lift installed on our Roadtrek. To do this we had to travel to Connecticut which I figured, given the price that shipping must be a heavy package and not having to do the...
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EMERGENCY WINTERIZING
First - THIS IS NOT A SUBSTITUTE FOR WINTER-LONG WINTERIZING. Emergency winterizing is when you find out the weather is going to change dramatically and get cold to the point of freezing that night...
View ArticleHOW I GOT MY BLACK TANK SENSORS TO READ ACCURATELY
The infamous black tank sensors on the Roadtrek are well known for never reading accurately. I found this out soon after I bought my 2011 190 Popular new. I even brought it back to the Roadtrek...
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