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We just got back today from a 1,300 mile round trip with the MPG from Houston to the Davis Mountains in west Texas. This was our first long distance excursion as all our prior trips have been within a 75 mile radius of Houston. All went well except for two things. 1) While on the road we...

Nine work bigmaho, I could sure use a window in the door to my 183 ... it's dark back there with the lights out. Thanks for the inspiration, I may give it a try myself ... good thing all my hairs are already gray! LOL

Ryanman, since I've done a lot of backpacking in the past I've no problem throwing on some extra blankets at night or even enlisting the service of one of my good ole trusty down sleeping bags if need be. As such, I never use the heater at night so it's not a problem for me when I'm camping...

The bunks on your 183 sound to me like a manufacturing defect. Heartland's website (which still has the MPG last time I looked) shows the floor plan for the 183 with option of using the space where the bunks are for "bike storage". It's the reason for the big side cargo door as it's big enough...

Mike, I'm back looking at installing a new antenna again and I was wondering which Jack antenna you installed that gave you the better reception over the factory installed Winegard ... the OA8000 (goes for around $50-$70) or the OA8200 (goes for $140+)? Craig

MountainTop, since my MPG came with the TV installed I’ve just kept it there even though it hasn’t been used very much since the reception seems so poor wherever I take it (I’ll try to fix that with a better antenna). The space below the TV by the net, however, seemed to me to be screaming for...

Nice idea with the cutting board Mike. Looks good too! Since I made a stove top cover/cutting board I discarded the cutting board that came with the MPG (besides, I put the new stove top cover over the sink when I'm using the stove). On another note, I've checked out all the connections from...

I've been getting around 11-12 mpg towing our MPG with a Ford Expedition with the V8 5.4 liter engine (I get about 18 mpg when not towing). I've only used it so far in 200 mile (or less) round trip camping excursions and I tend to keep it about 70 mph when towing. After reading FoxHunt's last...

I purchased my MPG 183 last January and finally got around to making modifications to it over the course of the last month. I was surprised to find that installing/making many of the modifications was almost as much fun as taking the MPG out camping! Added 7 LED lights. Put one LED in each of...

When I tested the dome wires with the meter it was showing voltage, albeit somewhat lower than what I would have expected (see the values I mentioned above). Anyway, I was looking through some of the other threads on electrical problems and came across this one from Bill in Ontario: "Maybe...

I also completely removed dome light fixture and hooked it directly up to the battery to check to see if that was the problem and it works fine that way. When I reinstalled it in the kitchen I'm back to the same ole problem. I've checked the voltage feeding the light fixture and it runs about...

The slideout kitchen dome light in my MPG 183 no longer works. It appears that not enough power is being delivered to the lights (I've checked them and they work fine in other fixtures). From reading the electrical thread on this forum it may be that there exists a 12 volt breaker that needs to...

Thanks for the info everyone. I've been getting an email almost daily from an Andrea Williams concerning the Superguide and I was wondering if it indeed was too good to be true. I'm planning on a trip from Texas to Iowa next month and was thinking it might be of some use. BTW, when I turned 62...

Thanks for the infomation Mike. I'm still trying to make up my mind where to put my solar panel (120 watt). My options are putting it on the MPG roof like you did, or put it on the roof of my TV. As the TV is pretty much dedicated to "play" (I drive a Prius to work) I'm leaning heavily to...

Mike,nice modifications! Isn't the 360 deg antenna that comes with the MPG a digital antenna? If not that could explain the crummy reception I'm getting. Also, did you tie into the wires from the nearest light for the additonal DC outlet or did you have to route a new set of wires from the fuse...

Oh never-mind, I just threw caution to the wind and yanked the darned thing out. As I suspected, it doesn't matter a lick if the antenna is connected to the radio or not (terrible signal either way) although the incoming antenna cable and the connector seems to be okay. I'll need to check the...

The radio/DVD player that came with my MPG (183) is either the world’s worst radio, or the antenna is not connected (or crimped) correctly. I initally thought the unit should easily come out of the entertainment center wall once the two holding screws were removed, however, the unit simply will...

Hi Razorbill, congrats on your new MPG 183. I just got one myself last month. Oh, and sorry Jim and Mountaintop, but I'm afraid I'm the guy that bought the last 183 that Ron Hoover had on their Houston lot. I think the other one was a 185 and it still may be there. My TV is an 06 Ford Expedition...

TXSWICK, my wife and I live in Spring, TX and we just bought our MPG 183 last month and I'm loving it (my wife perhaps not so much but she's never been much of a camper!) ;) I've been a backpacker and car tent camper for the better part of the last 40 years but now I'm getting a little old for...