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Thanks for info....I think  More stuff! And the gas shocks on storage doors is work'n just fine....2 left for tomorrow.
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12-26-2015, 06:06 PM
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Join Date: May 2014
Location: Halifax Nova Scotia Canada
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I'm having problems opening the stove top exhaust flapper door. Don't want to break them. Do the opening tabs slide down or flip out? Thanks for your response. Merry Christmas!!!
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Ours had some caulking holding it closed......Finally got it open......Now I leave it unlocked all the time......I take apiece of pool tube sponge and jam it up underneath the cover to keep it closed in transit...works!!!!!!!!!!! J
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12-26-2015, 06:12 PM
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Site Team - Lou
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Mine slide down
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12-26-2015, 06:13 PM
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Left Coast
Join Date: Dec 2014
Location: vancouver,washington
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Factory vent? (lou)
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12-26-2015, 06:45 PM
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Changed mine to steel "mini" hinges today. Easy job and works better. Will be on the lookout for a new one anyway because I was able to use a pocket knife to trim a little plastic to make the hinges fit flatter. That's really cheap plastic.
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12-28-2015, 07:15 AM
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Mod free 5er
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Concord, NC
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The SAM-1 has an internal slide door so you can just remove the original junk flapper.
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12-28-2015, 07:50 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2012
Location: Mount Laurel, New Jersey
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SAM-1 is the way to go! I got mine a couple years ago, great mod! FM, when something happens and no one knows how! F----- Magic!
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12-29-2015, 12:57 AM
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Location: Utah
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Do all Sunseekers have flappers or just certain models?
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12-29-2015, 01:44 PM
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I had to check out this SAM hood.
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12-29-2015, 02:35 PM
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Location: Mount Laurel, New Jersey
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That's what I did with mine. Hardest part was holding up the vent to remove and replace the screws that hold the vent. Not hard to drill out spot welds. Main thing is keep a picture or drawing of wiring before removal.
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12-30-2015, 03:20 PM
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Mod free 5er
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Concord, NC
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Do all campers have roofs?
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12-30-2015, 03:22 PM
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Left Coast
Join Date: Dec 2014
Location: vancouver,washington
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Dunno....
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12-30-2015, 04:14 PM
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Location: South Carolina
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My first one did not. It was a 1965 Apache that was all canvas. It was a true "folding camper".
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12-30-2015, 06:06 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by OldCoot
Do all campers have roofs?
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These are still being made with canvas roofs:
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01-04-2016, 09:26 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2013
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I bought and installed the SAM-1 fan and light. I think it's great. HOWEVER, I do not like the exterior outlet, nor its gasket. I left my OEM outlet and flapper on for now.
A driving rain can enter the SAM outlet grille. Maybe it will never happen to you or me, but it could. The gasket is a foam material that I've seen disintegrate in outdoor applications. I don't know what kind of foam it is, but I know I would not trust it. Why they didn't provide butyl tape, who knows. I think they mean well, but I don't want to be a water intrusion test dummy for them. I can't figure out why they didn't use a downward opening outlet like have been on RVs for decades.
My hope is to take the flapper on my OEM unit, and cut out the middle of it and affix screening, much like the SAM one. Then it can stay latched.
Edit: going back to the earlier posts, it looks like most of you SAM users kept the OEM outlet too.
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01-06-2016, 12:53 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2015
Location: Utah
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Stove top exhaust flapper
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Do all campers have roofs?
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Had no idea mine had a flapper till I went outside on the drivers side and saw it. I thought the range hood fan worked liked the one in our house, no outside vent. Now that I found it, how do you open it? Do you have to go outside and unlock it somehow every time you use your stove ? Thx, Ben
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01-06-2016, 09:50 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: Southeast Wisconsin
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Quote:
Originally Posted by benagi
Had no idea mine had a flapper till I went outside on the drivers side and saw it. I thought the range hood fan worked liked the one in our house, no outside vent. Now that I found it, how do you open it? Do you have to go outside and unlock it somehow every time you use your stove ? Thx, Ben
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Seems we can't win, your flapper is locked shut and my is always open....stove vent flapper!!! And, on top of it, the darn thing is 9 feet up.
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