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Three Months with the Truma Aventa
Truma Aventa Eco Air Conditioner Update 2025-7-27: Truma now offers a unit that includes heat in the same footprint. Here’s a comparison of the available Aventa units: Update 2025-2-14: The system continues to operate as it did during the test the only issue we’ve had was when birds decided to build a nest…
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Pleasure-Way Owner’s Groups
East and West Clubs at the Pleasure-Way Connect Rally in 2018 2022-6-20 Meeting a few new owners recently, we wanted to give them places to learn more about their rigs. So… here’s a list of groups we know about. Nothing beats getting together with other owners. Join a group and attend a rally. If…
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Re-fanning the Fantastic Vent
Our Fan–tastic Vent fan wasn’t working at maximum speed. It would run for 5-10 minutes, then stop. We rely on the cooling breeze this fan brings while camping, so decided to order a replacement motor and see if we could get it working ourselves. This is the standard fan installed in a 2018 Pleasure-Way…
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Sealing The Bugs Out
Our 2018 Pleasure-Way Lexor TS has all the available options to keep insects from getting inside the van. Rolef screens cover the big sliding door opening and cover the space revealed when the back doors are open. The Fantastic Fan has a screen and all three of the CR Lawrence awning windows have screens. Despite…
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Windshield Weed Whacking
While we love our ProMaster based Lexor, there are a couple of design quirks that are annoying. The cowling at the base of the windshield is one of these. Clogged drains can lead to water overflowing onto the engine. Our solutions involve a little silicon caulk and a bit of plastic from a string trimmer.…
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What’s that Hissing Sound?
13 May 2021 Readers may recall me mentioning a hissing sound when we stepped out of the van in Folkston, Georgia a few days ago. That sound, accompanied by a strong propane smell, had us rushing to turn off the propane solenoid. With the leak stopped, we looked underneath where a nicked hose appeared to…