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As we were packing up our Elite II today (hull #351) to leave from Ridgway State Park, just north of Ouray, CO, the owner of hull #2 rolled up in his pickup the say Hi. He said that he first saw his eventual trailer (hull #2) when Jim Oliver was camping in it at Quartsite. He later visited the factory and bought the exact trailer (hull #2) as a demo unit from Jim. When he went back to the factory in the early days for a few issues, he said that Jim would ask him to stay at his house as a guest while waiting for the work to be completed. It sounds like he lived in it for a few years when he first bought in, now it’s just for recreation. I asked if he’d had any issues I should look for and couldn’t think of anything except a leaking double pain window seal. He was very nice and look forward to meeting him on the road again. It sounded like he spent little if any time on a computer and won’t stubble on this thread. I thought I’d add to the story by letting everyone know hull #2 is still in service.

This is the type of hose that will fit your Ollie, and I guess you’d need this as well. I’d recommend getting more than one hose, to give you some flexibility in setting up your campsite.

Yep they’re just some magnets (see picture) I found at a local hardware center. Put a dab of Marine Tex epoxy and centered on bolt heads. They work better than I expected.

I replaced my cables with chains, just because they are much easier to use. I purchased a set from Ebay, they are 3/8" links and were 36" long with hooks that were larger then the size on the cables that came with the Oliver. I did have to purchase two quick links as the 3/8' chain would not go thru the U-Clamps that come with the Oliver trailer, just something else to deal with, well it's only $$$$. One thing that really worked out well was, the large hooks fit my new Ram factory receiver very well and were much easier to hook and unhook with ease. Since I just installed the chains I have not shortened them as of yet, but will do so with my next trailer hookup in two weeks, I will see what others have said about getting the correct slack and cut them for the correct fit. I purchased these, https://www.ebay.com/itm/2-35-SAFETY-CHAIN-3-8-SLIP-HOOK-CLIP-TRAILER-HEAVY-DUTY-TOWING-AUTO-PULL-145/132502180937?hash=item1ed9bed449:g:M8IAAOSw7p5agOMy:sc:USPSPriorityMailPaddedFlatRateEnvelope!76020!US!-1 trainman

From the manual, it looks like the JWM40 only supports Bluetooth in, so you can send audio from your smartphone to the stereo, but the stereo can't send audio to another device. The main Oliver manual says there is a headphone output on the stereo, but I don't see one in the stereo manual itself. If you can get a headphone out working, you can use a device like this to stream over bluetooth for up to two headphones: https://amzn.to/2T4xmyK