1987 TravelMaster (7.5L 460) RV with 62,550 miles

Hello,

I bought a 1987 TravelMaster RV about 3 months ago.  It's a 28 foot RV based on the Ford E-350 chassis.

It's had the interior totally redone and when you fire up the engine it idles smooth as a kitten.



I've taken it out once with the wife and other than that I now have it parked under a canopy to keep it nice and dry.

One thing I'm totally blown away by is that the rig has two fuel pumps!  One apparently in the gas tank and one up front.  The gas generator is also powered from the same tank.  Right now the AC in the cab doesn't work so when we drive anywhere I have the gas generator running and then powering the main AC in the RV.

In the next few months I'm going to get the windshield replaced and replace the door seal, have someone reupholster the doors and put in a rubber liner for the front

Welcome!  Glad you joined.  

And while what you have isn't truly a Bullnose, several of our members don't have a Bullnose either, so you won't be an outsider.

Where's home?  I ask because we have a map (Bullnose Forum/Member's Map in the menu) and we could add you if we had a city or a zip.  Who knows, you might be a neighbor?

Again, welcome.

Welcome to the forum!  

While we don't have all the documentation for the E-Series there is a lot of crossover, and many things like wire colours remain the same across lines.

A few of our members have RV's or motor homes on Ford chassis.

Are you trying to troubleshoot the cab's air conditioning?

Welcome!

Welcome aboard travelmaster!

My wife and I have a 1993 E350 cutaway RV (31ft). We renovated the interior while we were locked down during Covid-19, so it made for a great project. Not the best thing on fuel in the world...lol, but it has been fun this summer.

Thanks ArdWrknTrk!

Not trying to troubleshoot anything at this time as I was able to get all of the AC components sorted out except a bracket I'm missing.  I posted in the Want To Buy section.

I can't wait to get a few more things touched up!  I've already gotten a few thumbs up while going down the road!  I guess there's not that many of these old RV's are still on the road and in good condition?

I'll get some interior shots posted up soon!

Rembrant,

Sounds like a great deal of fun!  Yeah, I've had other projects go sour during this Covid-19 thing and I've had others that went smooth as butter.  This RV is a bit in between, I managed to get it for a great price $8,000 and took it out for a few weekends then we had the wife's sister stay in it one weekend and it rained a lot and the second day the whole rear twin mattress was soaked.  Haha so she had to stay in the house that night.  Off to the RV repair shop it went and they fixed it for $600 another with a few other little things.

I'm a big hands on kind of guy and love to do it all myself but I'm also taking some hints from the wife recently that I should just pay someone and get it done so I can spend more time on fun stuff with the family.

I think the RV is getting about 10 MPG is my guess?  She can go 65-70 MPG easy down the highway.  I can't wait to take out again.

My wife and I had a similar conversation yesterday, but in reverse.  She recently had the kitchen cabinet doors refinished by a local guy that did a great job.  But as we drove by his place yesterday she said "I need to refinish that table.  I can do it."  I said "Pay him.  He did a great job, can surely use the work, and you can use the time to do fun things."

This reminds me of an episode from The Andy Griffith Show [1964] titled "Bargain Days".

To save money, Aunt Bee buys a side of beef from a discount butcher shop. When she gets it home, the freezer doesn't work right but she won't pay 'the man' from Mount Pilot to come and fix it.

Andy kept encouraging Aunt Bea to just pay 'the man'!