Robert, You have my interest now. You mentioned that you are able to read the tranny temp.. Was that with a new gauge or a Scan Gauge or what? I come to Sprinters from the wacky world of VW Eurovan ca

Leo & Robert, Thanks for all this information. Now I must decide whether to go digital or old school analog. Regards, Dale, 07J Portland, Oregon

All, Has anyone been able to service the original carrier bearing? If so what is the technique? If not why not? If there is anyway to get some new grease in there, I would certainly be using Royal Pur

Byron, Thanks for this information, sense we have an 07 on an 06 chassis this might be good new for us. Ours is low miles at 31K, no issues so far. I was under there this weekend, looking up, wounding

All, We just returned from a loop trip to the coast over the coast range here in Oregon, part of the trip was at speed south on I-5 and the other 2/3 was 45-55 mph. Got home and scored 17.9 MPG. Our 0

All, Has anyone be able to read the tranny temp. with a scan gage or any other arrangement other than adding a traditional gage? Thanks, Dale, 07J, 06 chassis Portland, Oregon

Thanks Leo & Byron, What a group. I will pursue that direction. I will be installing a tranny cooler this spring for our next adventure into the desert southwest and of course would like to know the r

Brian, Now I'm interested. Was this a difficult project? Did this mod change the ride, (reducing the pitch and dive)? Also, there was a rumor on this forum of Bilstien about to make a heavy duty front

Thank you Brian & Byron, What a group. I'll get under the front end this weekend and take a good look at that spring. Nice to have all this information and options. Getting the shop manual sounds like

Richard, I changed the rear (& front) shocks on our 06 chassis and I did need a few washers to act as spacers between the upper steel shock mount and the chassis frame. I used a combination of steel a

All, This may be a good time to assess and compare tire pressures according to Winnebago. I discovered the effects of full pressure first hand. It handles like a pig. Once I put the pressures down clo

Bill, I like your idea of injecting grease past the seal. I have a needle adapter for my grease gun (got it at NAPA) and the gun in full of Royal Purple grease (the stickiest, best grease ever) all I

Thank you Byron, I will stop worrying about this one thing and move on. I really appreciate your observation and interest. Regards, Dale, 07J on 06 chassis Portland, Oregon

Iver, We are also rather new to this group. I have found it to be very friendly and extremely helpful. Just know that as you shop for your "escape pod" that Winnebago generally has a chassis year one

Joel, Is this the solenoid switch that connects and disconnects the batteries to the coach or the one next to it. I have a small silver one with 2 large wire connections and 1 small wire connection fo

Byron, There was a rumor that Bilstein was going to ,make a Heavy Duty front shock for our rigs. Has that ever happened? Thanks, Dale, 07J on 06 chassis Portland, Oregon

All, While on this brake thread, has anyone had a mushy brake pedal or do Sprinter breaks typical operate high and tight, like a new Porsche? What I mean by mushy is the breaking action is not right a

Jack, Now you give me hope. By firm do you mean the brakes start to work at the top of the pedal (like a new Lexus, Porsche, etc.) instead of down a ways? Thanks, Dale 07J on 06 chassis Portland, Oreg

Thanks Jack What a group Dale, 07J on 06 chassis sunny Portland, Oregon From: mookiedog88 To: View-NavionTech@... Sent: Wednesday, July 3, 2013 10:34 AM Subject: [View-NavionTech] Re: Brak

John & Joy, What you will hear from everyone is age gets to these tires before wear. For cars with full size spares, it has been the practice to keep all the tires up to the same age and wear by rotat