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Hi I am new to the forum and wanted to introduce myself. My wife and I just bought the MJ motorhome from Ben. I was very impressed with the support offered by this board. it was a big part of my decision to buy it. We live in Portland, Oregon and Ben was kind enough to drive it down to us from Battleground. When I saw it online I was out of the country, so I had my wife look at it and make the decision. She grew up in a car family and has a real talent for anything mechanical. We just retired last year and are looking forward to using it quite a bit. After getting things sorted out, we plan a trip to Arizona via Utah and then a trip to Yellowknife in Canada. The plan is to never use an interstate. The rig is is great shape. The exhaust leak was a combination of a split in the down pipe (now welded) and a leaking exhaust manifold gasket (now replaced). I don't plan on converting to 4X4 until I see how much we need it, but a select-able differential might be the first big upgrade. With that big rear overhang, we will not be doing any rock crawling, and with all that weight on the rear dualies, i think having traction to both sides on the rear might be enough for sand and mud. Maybe a winch, bit we will see how it goes. Given that this is one of 3, maybe 2 of these, I sort of feel like this belongs to all of us and i am just taking care of it. I'll post here before making any changes to see what the community thinks. I look forward to getting to know all of you Bud