The Coleman lift system is a very interesting animal. Hard to find information and manuals for, hard to find parts. Since I had such a hard time, I decided to scan and post the manuals that I found when I was fixing my 84 Coleman and post those repair documents here on RVHobby.com for you. Enjoy!

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Parts list: http://www.fft-inc.com/korkwerks/1968_1995/tableoc.htm

If the parts list link above doesn’t work try a google cached copy: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:http://www.fft-inc.com/korkwerks/1968_1995/tableoc.htm

De-winterizing your Motorhome Water System usually comes around as a task in the spring time. This simple process of de-winterization is basically the removing all traces of the RV antifreeze that (you hopefully) used to protect your water system (so you didn’t crack your pipes or water heater!).

Here are the quick simple steps:

1. Put several gallons of water into the fresh water tank.
2. Turn on the on-board water pump, and open a cold water tap.
3. Allow the water to flow for several minutes.
4. Connect the water hose to your city water supply inlet. Turn on the supply.
5. Open all taps one by one and allow the water to flow for several minutes.
6. Flush the toilet several times.
7. Now open the water heater bypass and fill the water heater with fresh water.
(You may want to allow a few gallons to flow through the water heater, then let it drain completely before re-installing the water heater drain plug)
8. Run water through all the hot water faucets.

That’s it! Pretty simple and painless, and you saved your RV Water System from damage and costly repairs.

On the RV – My screen door just flopped around because the metal magnetic latches were broken.  I decided that this was the easiest and quickest fix and a good place to start with my rv restoration process on this 1982 Fleetwood Jamboree .

1. First I removed the broken latches with a handheld screw driver.
    
    
2. Then I took the broken part over to Al’s RV (a motorhome and trailer parts store in Arizona) to match it up with a new part.  I purchased 2 latches (one for the top of the door and one for the bottom).  This is what one package looked like:
   
    
3. After getting the latches back to my house, I took the original screws and manually screwed them into the door frame with the new latches in place.  Here is the finished piece.
   

In total I spent $7 for the new magnetic latches – and I am very happy with the result

I am in the process of writing a series of step by step articles (with pictures!) about my restoration process. If you would like to be notified about that series then tell me your email address: