1996 fleetwood bounder questions

[RLS7201]

1996 fleetwood bounder questions

Jon,

Look under your Bounder at the welded on frame extensions. They are part of the reason for the 3500# towing limit. Also Ford only rates the drive train for 20,500#. That's 17,000# load on the chassis and 3500# being towed.

 

[jkill2001]

1996 fleetwood bounder questions

is there anything i can do to upgrade or beef up the drivetrain? for the extensions im going to have the guy at my rv dealer weld in supports on the extensions and on the hitch

 

[RLS7201]

1996 fleetwood bounder questions

Jon,

Probably the worst link in your drive train is that ol soft shifting E4OD tranny. Banks makes the Trans Commander (or something like that) or you can firm up the shifts with $5.ØØ worth of resistors from Radio Shack. If you care to play electrician, I can provide a wiring schematic to firm up the shift points.

 

[jkill2001]

1996 fleetwood bounder questions

i don't really wanna start changing the electrics or anything.

 

[BounderBoner]

Can anyone here tell me the best code reader for a 1996 fleetwood bounder f53 thanks much appreciated!!