Actually, I'm moving to Texas from Ohio, so I drove it to Texas. and this is long, but thas ok, I'm the only HR here!
Interesting trip, left Dallas, Tue 3am, took the Geryhound from Dallas to Cleveland, Ohio, 2 day ride, we ended up  5 1/2 hours late. That was ok, but GH wont' drop peeps off on the road anymore. Said it's too dangerous if the bus is on the interstate. Fortunately a nice lady and her husband gave me a ride back 25 miles I could get the rv.
Got her to the shop,  got me a rental car for 2 days. She got new plugs, fan and powersteering belts, rotor and cap, then off to Camping World.

CW had installed new front air bags a couple of months age, both went flat,ok, new hoses last month, then this time one was flat, got that all fixed. I knew one of the rear bags was also flat, they both need replaced, oh well, just run em both flat.

Saturday evening, loaded her up with a few things and took off.... in the rain. RainX works pretty well, sitting far back from the front windshield does wonders as well. Stopped for the night at a truck stop. She ran pretty well, but I was only going about 55-60 since it was raining fairly hard. Oh... no wipers. They need new blades, found a site on line, but not sure which ones to order. The vacuum is plugged on the carb, so the wipers wouldn't have worked anyway.

Sunday started nice, got sunnier and sunnier, but the coach seemed to run slower and slower. Was still getting lousy gas mileage, maybe about 4mpg... not sure since the speedo quit about 30 miles north of Columbus. The rig wasnt' runing as fast as I thot it should, so I went west on I70  from Columbus...no hills . As the day wore on it seemed that every time I needed to get more power, she'd slow down. Not knowing what else to do on a Sunday afternoon, I just kept going.

Big mistake!.... she finally quite on an off ramp, going downhill, thank goodness, and I coasted to a stop on the 70 south of Indianapolis. Said a few appropiate words, then called CW RV towing. Dang insurance towing person asked me where I wanted to go! Well, like how should I know? The tow driver showed up after about 2 hours, hooked her up and took me to his shop. They have worked on rv's before simply because they're the only peeps on the East side of Indianapolis that can tow them. Had a nice 1 1/2 hour ride in the tow truck.... all the way back to the shop on the other side of Indy!

Landels Towing in Noblesville, In, is pretty cool. I stayed there 2 nights, the owner ran out electric for me. Nice big grassy field and quiet. The mech found that the gas lines were so old, between the heat and the fuel, they were swollen and or wimped out so no gas was getting through. Oh, and the passenger side gas tank had a hole in it. Seems not only were the lines swollen, the two tank are connected and it was pumping gas from the drivers side tank to the passenger one right out a hole in it. so much for gas mileage! Fixed the hoses, disconnected the one connecting hose he could find and drained the  tank. There's also a bunch of solienoids and other crap under there, he wasn't sure what was what, he was a truck mech, not an rv tech. All seemed well and I left early Tuesday morning.

Hmm.... it's only about noon, and as I get out for the third tank of gas, wow... gas is just pouring out of at least two holes iin the passenger tank! lLuckily, there was an RV sales/repair shop just across the street form the gas station. I believe it's called Midwest RV. They had a real RV mech there, took him a couple of tries, but he found all the lines that hooked the two gas tanks together, plugged them, drained the leaky gas tank again (but did put all the gas back into the good tank) and I was good to go.

The rest of the trip was fine, ok, except for the humougous pothole I hit somewhere on an I40 exit in Arkansas. when I stopped for a bit, the left rear of the coach was leaning. Guessing a broken shock. I hit the pothole hard.
Found out that I-70 and down I 57 in Illinois  south to I 55 in Missouri/Arkansas is a pretty flat road. Boring, but nice and flat! Way flatter than I 65 and I 44. The only bad part of the road is I 40 west of Memphis, nuttin but washboard.
That can be avoided by taking Arkansas 64 west, nice road. Also a section of I 30 a bit west of Little Rock is choppy as well.

What amazed me was how well she handled. I expected a great running engine and lousy handling. I wa pleasantly suprised. I cant' say it's easy to drive compared to my Jeep Liberty, but it's about the same work as a day on my Harley Softail Deuce, not bad at all.
Went about 1150-1200 miles, used 2 quarts of oil, but seemed to be getting decent gas mileage. No real idea, since odometer is tied to the broken speedometer. This was on the first oil change in 10 years.
For the longest trip she's taken in pbly 20 years, she didnt' do bad at all.
Now to fix the speedo, the wipers, take off the leaky gas tank and put a small one in for the gen, fix the gen, the a/c, check out the water and the lp systems. And fix the 2nd motor for the electric steps. And give her a bath.

Told you this would be long! Think I'll keep her for a bit. I got a lot of compliments on how good she looked (ok, for her age!) and how good the engine sounded. It does have a different cam and duel truck exhausts.
You guys take care and drive safe!
Mary aka Krashdragon

I guess "driving it around the block" doesn't qualify as "taking the old gal for a drive" in your book anymore! What a story. Glad you made it and glad you and your motorhome are back together again. Keep us posted on your adventures!

I'd really like to just take a nice peaceful boring trip sometime.
Seems all my trips, whether by 2,4 or 6 wheels always turn into anventures!
Thanks
Mary

Well, Krash, this sounds like one of my adventures.
I took ours out last week for its' shakedown cruise. I figured that 450 miles roundtrip would shake out the bugs after 5 months of being parked for rehab (the MH, not me!). I'd redone the interior, front airbags, plugs, wires, cap and rotor, and cleaned the corrosion off ground strap and battery terminals. I hadn't messed with the w/s wipers (mine don't work either), but I figured that I had cured the sudden death problem I'd experienced on the way home with her in May (see other thread in HRs for that one).
Planning to spend the week hunting, I was ready for a little getaway. I got about ten miles before the coach died, only this time it never would restart. Actually, every electrical circuit connected to the motor part of the motorhome was completely dead. Three hours on the cell finally yielded the only nearby towtruck that could handle her and the only repair facility that would even take a look within the next three weeks.
Words of Wisdom: Don't count on your regular insurance company to cover the tow charges! State Farm denied my towing claim because I didn't have her taken to the closest repair facility. I had considered getting Good Sam's ERS, but procrastinated $346.50 too long.
It turned out that I had a fried fusible link. There are apparently 5x 10 gauge fusible links tied into a 12 gauge one at the starter! So a $3.63 part cost over $200 to find and replace! The best part was that it kept us off the highway that day - the wind came up and roared at 30-40 continuously with 60 mph gusts!
I would have been all over the road, probably in a tangled mess in the ditch.
So the shakedown cruise will now also be her maiden voyage, to Dallas/Ft Worth, ironically enough at the end of this month.
I still have a few things to check out. I'll be looking for a vacuum line to the w/s wipers, for one thing! I also plan to look at the rear brake calipers as I've noticed a little leakage around the right rear tires. Does anyone know the wheel torque specs for the wheels on these P-30 chassis MHs?
Yet to be finished is the baseboard moulding and caulking around the shower and throne areas. I may replace all the fuses, on a lark, just to see if any of the nonfunctional gadgets will resurrect without a fight! I'd really like to have that musical horn functioning so I can blast out "Green Acres" or "Dixie" as I putt down I-25 through Colorado!
I promised to post pics long ago, and I will...soon! I think she looks pretty nice inside, now that that putrid rose carpeting and upholstery is gone!
-Brian

We had dinner at a friends house this weekend (BBQ in October is strange by the way) and got to talking about the motorhome. My wife started telling everyone that no matter how many times it breaks down - it's always a $40 part to fix it.

So far, we've avoided the tow truck scenario. Thankfully there is usually a NAPA nearby and the tow'd gets us there in a jiffy.

Not true!  We do BBQ the year around!  Got the old grill pulled up to the sliding door to the deck.  Right down to zero we consider good BBQ weather.

I finally got a few pics up, if anyone's interested. Now I just need to get her out on a successful road trip!

We do too!

Gee, I'm glad I'm not the only one to have adventures!
$40 aint' bad for a part.... you know what the Harley Davidson H-D stands for...Hundred Dollars....!
Cost almost as much for one rear tire for my Harley as it does for one tire for my HR!

The bad thing is that we moved again.... and parking space here is very limited.... I'm thinking I'll finish a bit of inside painting and see if I can sell her... right now I need the money for a few other things.... like my kids' college tuition.... :o(
I really enjoyed the drive, except for the leaking gas tank, but since I want an rv to actually live in, my little HR's just a bit crowded...not really enuf storage space to fulltime....

Now all I really need is a rich boyfriend... I found my perfect rv.. a Powerhouse coach. and I even figured out how to carry a bike so no need a trailer... I guess there'd be room for two people in a little 35 footer...
You guys take care...I still have lots of stupid questions to ask.
Mary

I got the HR out for a couple weeks and 2,400 miles. No electrical problems. I've got a list of little things to work on, but nothing outrageous. The heater core did develope a small leak on the second day out, but I bypassed it when we got to Dallas and did the rest of the trip without a heater. The furnace worked like a champ the first night, almost too well, then I never could get it to light again. Go figure. We had a similar problem with the water heater except that the thermostat wouldn't ever tell the burner to quit. We had to remember to turn off the WH after about ten minutes or the overpressure relief valve would open and the pump would refill the tank so it could vent hot water and refill itself constantly.

I won't be bragging about our fuel mileage. It did improve some when we kept the speed in the 55-60 mph range. 5.5 ain't too bad if it's an earthquake, but it's not good when gas is over $3/gallon!

I will be replacing the master cylinder this winter - I just didn't like the "feel" of the brakes, and I suspect the mc is the main culprit. I had a hard time with the leveling jacks, but part of that was due to not knowing how to interpret the red and green lights. I know next to nothing about that system, so that'll be fun, I'm sure.

One thing I know I can't fix is the 46x75 bed. It's just a bit confining for (average-sized) people who are used to having a little extra room to move and stretch.

Brian

These old gals are always fun, right? I mean the motorhomes! :o)
I need to find out why the posted text is coming out light grey instead of black when I read it ... oh well...

I'm not sure about my mileage because the speedo cable broke, but after I got the leaks plugged, I seemed to drive for hours without needing gas.... My main tank gauge is the one that's empty, the reserve tank, which is still 50 gal, shows 3/4 when it's full.... when it gets to about 1/4, I fill it up since I have no real idea about that gas gauge .... but I do the same thing when I'm riding a bike... not only is running out of gas bad, but what is worse is pulling up to a station while you're running on fumes, and finding it's closed down and blown away with nothing around but tumbleweeds.

I should have brought my GPS, but I didnt' really want to lug it on the Greyhound.... so I have no real idea about mileage.
I got to hook up the battery charger, havent' driver her since we moved...again.... and the coach batteries are dead... My friends and I were sitting in there, and I think one of them left a light on...they have no idea about MH's...
I did decide to sell her, she's nice to travel in, and I really like it that it's shorter as in not as tall, so not to worry about pulling into gas stations, but OTOH, there's just not enuf storage space to actually live in it. Ok, for a guy there is, for a lady, no!

Thanks for remending me to check the brake master cyl..... pbly needs topped. I used 2 quarts of oil in about 1400 miles, but cosidering it hadn't been run for a few years, I guess that's not too bad.
My friends I bought this coach form told me that they always pumped the brakes, just got used to doing it that way. I did make a few fairly hard stops... danged cagers!.... but better to check.

I made the board wider for a single mattress instead of a bunk sized, but I dont' know if that's an option with yours...
One nice thiing about these old gals, dont' mind taking a hammer and saw to them!

Take care and drive safe...

Well, I got this coach sold to a very nice family.
I hope they enjoy it.
Now to find a job, starving sucks big time...
Thanks for the help everyone, I really enjoy reading this forum, I'm going to keep my susbcriptiion and keep reading!
Thanks
Mary