New 2018 Thor Windstar 29M Owner

[RetiredArmy98]

Hello from Peoria, IL my wife and I decided to enjoy traveling and working while on the road. Traded in a 5th wheel for a Class A. Haven't had too much trouble with "Thor".
Hope everyone stays well during this crazy time.

[SuperD]

Welcome to the forum! Check out Jerry’s Hurricane mods for lots of Great ideas for your coach, lots of good tips there too!!!

[coachray]

Welcome to the forum

[Bob Denman]

Pull some chairs up to our campfire, and roast some marshmallows with us!

[RudDer1]

Welcome aboard from KS!

[Ron1Z]

Hello Army, and welcome,

I also have a 2018 Windsport 29M We purchased it new in June 2017, and we love it.
We are actually camping in it now for the next 6 days here in Florida.
If you have any questions let me know. ROn

[16ACE27]

Windstar? Isn't that a Ford van?

[bsampson55@aol.com]

Ok I'll admit it, I am almost totally clueless ( I know the difference between black and gray water but question the difference between inverter and converter) when it come to owning a motor home. Is there a Motorhome for dummies or something in that order for first time owners. Thanks in advance, Bill from Michigan's beautiful upper peninsula.

[16ACE27]

Originally Posted by bsampson55@aol.com

Ok I'll admit it, I am almost totally clueless ( I know the difference between black and gray water but question the difference between inverter and converter) when it come to owning a motor home. Is there a Motorhome for dummies or something in that order for first time owners. Thanks in advance, Bill from Michigan's beautiful upper peninsula.

This forum has all the answers for "dummies" AKA newbies. No question is too "dumb" although sometimes you will have to wade your way through some too in-depth answers.

Although written for the Axis/Vegas crowd, Ed Felkner did a great job writing a "manual" for those coaches but since most coaches use the same components and systems it is a great resource for the newbie to start their journey of knowledge. Highly recommended you download and read it here:

https://www.thorforums.com/forums/f1...nual-4961.html

It's way better than the "Owners Manual" Thor provides.

And welcome aboard!

[Bob Denman]

The difference between an inverter and a converter?
The converter turns 110 power into 12 volts, and inverter turns 12 volts into 110 power.

Opposite sides of the same coin!

[Golfbum18]

Originally Posted by RetiredArmy98

Hello from Peoria, IL my wife and I decided to enjoy traveling and working while on the road. Traded in a 5th wheel for a Class A. Haven't had too much trouble with "Thor".
Hope everyone stays well during this crazy time.

If it's not "Thor" it will be Forest River, Winnie, Eagle, Newmar, Entregra, Fleetwood, Jayco even an Airstream that had a bad awning....and they're manual!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!....you name it....problems with all. I don't think there's a company out there I haven't heard of problems with from other RVers. If you remember, our US cars sucked back in the 60s and then Japan came on board and there workmanship put ours to shame....making our big Three work better for better workmanship. Maybe we need the same to happen in the RV industry....but doubting that will happen

[rudyhehn]

Welcome. Great place to learn, safe too.

[Golfbum18]

Originally Posted by 16ACE27

This forum has all the answers for "dummies" AKA newbies. No question is too "dumb" although sometimes you will have to wade your way through some too in-depth answers.

Although written for the Axis/Vegas crowd, Ed Felkner did a great job writing a "manual" for those coaches but since most coaches use the same components and systems it is a great resource for the newbie to start their journey of knowledge. Highly recommended you download and read it here:

https://www.thorforums.com/forums/f1...nual-4961.html

It's way better than the "Owners Manual" Thor provides.

And welcome aboard!

Did anyone do this for Hurricane users?

[Mr Sunshine]

Originally Posted by Golfbum18

Did anyone do this for Hurricane users?

The short answer is no. Shame on the RV companies for neglecting this so far. Wouldn't be that hard to do in a digital format like a flash drive.

As was stated, Ed's Axis/Vegas manual has a lot of useful info that will apply to your Hurricane and most everyone's rig on this forum. Try it, you'll like it!

[gdurden188]

I have a 2017 Windsport 29M, F53 chassis as well and if you have a residential refrigerator and decide to run the A/C while driving as we do, you will need to run your generator while driving.

I did this and it took me 1 1/2 years on my own to resolve the problem of the generator cutting off all the time while running down the road. I won't go through all the things that were suggested as you can look in forum for this problem and see all the comments. I did however, purchase the Cummins/Onan fix which turned out to be similar to a hood scoop that is mounted on the bottom of the generator to capture the air to help cool it down while driving. It was $179.00 wasted. I also installed a helper pump next to the tank thinking it would help being closer to the fuel source, no joy! What I did do was remove the fuel pump out of the generator frame housing and mounted it on the outside rear frame exposing it to the air. With the fuel pump inside the generator frame it was getting so hot that a safety circuit would shut it down.

Also, trying to use the inverter to run refrigerator while driving and the generator shutting down while driving also cost me two inverters at $200 each. Didn't make sense because it was not suppose to be tied to the A/C circuit but they would overload every time. I would have to do a hard reset once we stopped and had 30 minutes to allow this to happen.

If you're wanting more info on my journey in trying to fix this problem I would be glad to discuss with you. To much to put on the forum in detail. My number is (813) 817-7318. Leave a message because I let my Robo killer APP stop all calls from those not contained my contacts, but does allow messages so I may call back.

George Durden

[Golfbum18]

Originally Posted by Mr Sunshine

The short answer is no. Shame on the RV companies for neglecting this so far. Wouldn't be that hard to do in a digital format like a flash drive.

As was stated, Ed's Axis/Vegas manual has a lot of useful info that will apply to your Hurricane and most everyone's rig on this forum. Try it, you'll like it!

Thanks for that. I have talked to the techs at Thor and they understand the futility of their "manuals." It's generic at best and so general that it could pertain to any coach made by anybody. We have to read the forums to get the real info and you're right...a lot of the Axis/Vegas stuff is the same on most thor coaches.

[RetiredArmy98]

Windstar, Windsport, what's in a name - both are
Fords. The best vehicle I had was a 1963 IHC Sout 80 with a 152 CID slant 4 cylinder.