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More info please. Type of batteries? What voltage do you see when you press the Battery button on the SeeLevel monitor? Are you plugged into shore power or running off batteries? Do your interior lights work? Do you have a multimeter?

This video will give you a basic outline to some of the upgrades we had done earlier this summer on the Outlaw Oliver.

Glacier National Park, Saint Mary Campground near eastern entrance to the park. The campground amenities vary a bit depending on the loop, but they have hot showers (free) as well as fresh water spigots, waste water dump station (for gray water from dish washing) and an RV dump near the entrance. Full of berries and full of bears; maybe that's why the campground isn't full! The sites cannot be reserved before the day-of-arrival, but it wasn't a problem to find space. I'm so glad I took the opportunity to come here this year, at the suggestion of a friend. The weather has been perfect camping weather; cold enough to want a camp fire, and damp enough to be allowed to have a camp fire.

That's nice work and a good looking toilet!

Today, my unit suddenly indicated through the Xantrex solar unit that the batteries were dead! New batteries as of last year! Circuit breakers checked out fine. Why is the system apparently draining the batteries?

I'm thinking they came to their senses that adding colors would not sell more trailers, would increase production complexity and increase inventory costs. not a winning formula

Thanks Mike - I couldn't remember his Forum name for the life of me. Bill

Somewhere here on the Forum there are pics of the colored Ollies, the stories behind them and the story as to why they are not produced. Bill

The Tejo is about 19.5" tall so it is definitely a couple of inches taller than our stock flush toilet. Not sure what you have in yours but it was definitely higher than mine. A foot stool may be in order for comfort!

There are a couple out there, one red and one black. The owners of the red one are forum members here. There are others that have wrapped their Ollies. You just don’t see them very often.

We need some colored Ollies

Thanks for the details. As I’d mentioned on the FB group, this is the toilet we’ve been considering. I like how you vented it vs what I’d talked about by tying into the black vent. How is the height compared to the OEM flush toilet! We’re both somewhat short. Don’t want legs dangling like a little kid.

@tractors1 is Charlie Young’s forum name. Mike

We finally decided to get rid of the flush toilet after much agonizing internal debates. I looked at all the various models and decided on the Air Head Tejo which doesn't have a urine bottle and dumps right into the black tank through the toilet flange with a supplied fitting. This version is not yet on there website so you will have to call if you want this specific version that has clearance to sit over the toilet flange. It is still possible to use a urine bottle behind the tank with some possible ingenuity as there is a quick disconnect for the urine line. I'll try and keep the pictures in somewhat of an order so you can see the progress but feel free to ask with any questions. This is on our 2021 Legacy Elite II. If you're taking the plunge, the biggest hurdle you'll have is getting the old toilet flange out. It can be a pain but it will twist out with some lifting at the same time. The existing toilet flange will not work as it had too small of an internal diameter as the 3" waste pipe is glued on the outside of the male flange. You will need to swap out the toilet flange for a female flange that the pipe will fit inside which isn't a big deal nor is it costly. You will need to bevel the end of the pipe so that is slides fairly easily into the black tank. I also shortened it up a bit as it dropped down a few inches lower into the tank than seemed necessary. The supplied urine house fitting will be glued into the toilet flange facing the rear of the toilet and the hose will be connected to the urine outlet on the upper left rear. Mounting the toilet is pretty much dictated by the toilet flange mounted to the floor. I kind of did it by feel and moving the toilet side to side and centering it along with a few rough measurements. It worked just fine. I put the toilet in place where I wanted it, slid the brackets into each side and penciled around them so I knew where to go back and drill holes for the brackets. I used six stainless steel #10 - 3/4" long screws to secure it. Be careful not to drill to deep and go through the top of the black tank! I drilled one hole for each bracket and test fit the toilet before finishing drilling and it worked just fine. The biggest concern for me was venting. The Air Head has the fan at the exit point to the exterior so I wanted to be able to take advantage of that rather than having to install an inline fan or something of the sort. My first consideration was to vent into the existing vent pipe in the vanity but that was not recommended by Air Head and they had even mentioned that they had discussed that with Oliver at some point. My next consideration was through the front wall and into the propane box which would have been really easy as well. However, I did read a lot about that not being acceptable for a whole host of reasons. I did consider running it into the box with the hose continuing down underneath the trailer so it vented below the open box. After poking around inside the trailer. I opted to mount the fan housing below the gray and black lines underneath the forward seat of the dinette. The gray line comes off super easy and it was pretty simple area to get to both inside and outside of the trailer. The hose connects to the housing and loops around and through the left side bathroom wall which keeps the vent hose visibility to a minimum as well. As you'll see in the pictures, I haven't caulked it all in yet and buttoned it up but I had a couple people as if I was done yet so I though I would post where I'm at. I like that it vents underneath with minimal bends in the hose and it is towards the outside of the trailer so I don't believe fumes will be an issue.You can place the vent hose on either the center hole in the back or the hole in the right side. I opted for the back since the hose was going out the left side anyhow and it gave it more clearance for the internal mechanism of the toilet and less hose length. They have an inline screen that will also be used in a coupler behind the toilet. I also used a heat gun to give the hose a slight bend but be careful as if you let it get a little too hot it will separate at the corrugations. All in all is was a pretty simple install once I figured out how I wanted to do it and had all the miscellaneous parts ready to go. Now for a test run in a few weeks!

Pulled the truck up for Starlink to be centered between the trees! 😎

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I spied an LE II headed West on Interstate 40 just West of Asheville, NC late this morning - of course the Ollie was white but the pickup towing it was a dark grey. Bill

Charlie "used to be" a member of the Forum. I say "used to be" because I've not seen him on the Forum for several years now. After just getting back from a bit over two months on the road it might take me a couple of days to see if I can find his Forum name. Bill

Greetings to the Oliver from NY — camping in St Mary’s Campground, Glacier National Park! I didn’t see you arrive, but left a note at your door this morning. You’re my first Oliver sighting after months on the road. I hope to see you later in the campground. Update: I was happy to meet my neighbors Larry & Gracie, and look forward to seeing them again at the rally, if not sooner. Happy Trails!

I love meeting people who disagree with me 😄Chance to learn something new, happy to find I got something wrong or just see another perspective Sorry not following ikr 🙂 Actually its interesting, we get a fair number of automotive engineers in my field (we sell into the 'software defined vehicle' space). Talked to one about the computers in ICE and EV; they're always awake. Can't have them boot everytime you jump in. But for safety they do need to quietly reboot to ensure some random bits didn't flip from a cosmic ray. So they have to do fancy stuff to make sure they reboot when you're unlikely to use the vehicle, like 3AM .. Just got rid of my last ICE vehicle, a 2000 era mommy van. Gave it to my BIL. Owned a number of ICE trucks in the past too, midsize, this is my first full sized. Actually my love affair with EV's started as a teenager, I tried fixing up a Triumph Spitfire, those carbs are something to behold (not in a good way lol). I studied internal combustion, and was blown away at what a mess it is 😅 You waste half of this incredible energy source, and have complicated mechanical breakdown-prone systems just to take all that unused energy away. Anyhow I've been waiting ever since for electric to mature and now here we are finally 😇 Sorry 😅 Tesla term for the storage under the hood. "Front Trunk". GM calls it an 'eTrunk'. I usually call it a trunk but used frunk thinking that was pretty well known by now lol .. but when you don't have a big engine there's the possibility of having front storage space Anyhow this thing has two electric motors, one per axel. Ford - with their Lightning truck, squeezed the motors and associated stuff low enough to have a ginormous storage space which established the standard for EV trucks. Here's what I've got in mine under the front hood. The side panel covering the battery/fuses has been taken off, the rest of it is tools and tire changing gear Love to! I'm expecting we'll meet one of these days. My wife however is shall we say, 'easing into this lifestyle'? I'm the outdoorsy type of the family, so I think Quartzite will be a while, not quite civilized enough. Anyhow I'm retiring the following March and saving vacation to get paid out (I'm maxed out), so won't happen this year at any rate.

Lexington Barbecue - at least by reputation. 100 Smokehouse Lane Lexington, NC 27295

Welcome to the tribe. What is the best BBQ there in Lexington?

Dan, we disagree half the time and you always come back with something good.