Scotty Hutto

Welcome Greg!

9 hours ago, b_faster said:

Typically how many rivets should someone start with?  I know I have 7 -9 screws that I can see need tending to, is this a process of purchasing 250 and just do the majority of them?  

 

Thanks in advance for all of the help from all of the contributors.

 

Darin

 

Now, @throgmartin is the expert, but I used about 75-80 per beltline (300 SS rivets / 4 beltlines = 75 per)  Now, I may have been overzealous - I generally replaced 1 for 1 plus a few...  At each screw, a few inches over, plus I doubled up at the ends, a splice in the aluminum beltline, and a trouble spot or two, but "mathing" it:

40' / 0.5' between screws = 80 rivets per beltline. 

So my guesstimate would be (length of coach) x 2 = # of rivets for each beltline. That includes drops, losses, and shrinkage, but buy extra anyway.  You'll eventually use them. 🤣

Also, I ended up using exactly 1 tube of ProFlex per 40' beltline. Buy an extra tube of that, too.  It's handy to have around when you need it.

The most expensive part will be your time, so my point is buy a little extra so you don't run out. 😉

Best sources I’ve found are McMaster-Carr or Albany Fasteners. McMaster-Carr was faster and less expensive for me. 
 

McMaster-Carr:
“97525A522 - 18-8 Stainless Steel Blind Rivets, Domed Head, 3/16" Diameter, for 0.751"-0.875" Material Thickness, Packs of 25”

https://www.mcmaster.com/97525A522 

Albany County Fastener:

https://www.albanycountyfasteners.com/POP-Rivets-3-16-304-Stainless-Steel-p/11950000.htm

Yeah, because the shunt is not supposed to be more than 5’ from the sense module.  I guess you could mount the shunt in the battery cable coming to the inverter, then use a short battery cable from the shunt to the inverter?

I’m sure others with a similar year Dynasty / Executive / Signature have done it; hopefully someone will chime in…

Gotcha. Sorry, I misunderstood. 🤦🏻‍♂️

Tom,

I’m confused, as I thought the Tecma is a macerating toilet, but - your coach is much newer than mine so it may be different. 

I have a Tecma in my Diplomat that is macerating, and the sole purpose of the macerating toilet in my coach is that the “rear” toilet is 15 feet or so from the black tank, and the toilet grinds and pumps the waste to the black tank, not leaving it to gravity to do the work.

From the symptoms - if it were my older macerating toilet - I would say the macerating unit inside the toilet is clogged or otherwise stopped up.  

7 hours ago, Dr4Film said:

Scotty,

I have one to install myself but that won't happen until I return to Florida for the winter. I was planning to install it next to the inverted ceiling mounted Magnum Inverter in my rear storage bay.

I thought I read in the instructions that they stated NOT to install it in the battery bay.

That is correct.  My shunt is in the battery bay (as it must be!), but the sense module is in the next bay over in the inverter bay. 

I installed a Battery Maintenance Kit (BMK) on my Magnum Inverter today. The BMK is a single battery bank amp-hour meter that monitors and provides important information about the condition of the battery. This information will let you know how much energy you have available, and let you plan your electrical usage to ensure the battery is not being over-discharged.

My understanding is that the BMK will allow the inverter to compute a fairly accurate State Of Charge (SOC).  As we intend to travel more and will occasionally boondock (at Harvest Hosts and the like), I wanted more insight into how my battery bank is holding up.  

Instructions are pretty straightforward forward to install. Annoyingly, Magnum does not include two items required to complete the installation.  It would be nice if Magnum (or someone) offered these already made up as an option with the BMK kit.

1. A short negative battery cable.

2. 12v black/red power wiring with a 2A fuse to power the BMK.  

If you decide to install a BMK, make sure you have those items on hand.

Install took about an hour (I made up the battery cable and power wiring prior to starting the install.)

Install area before shunt installation:

With shunt installed. Blue and orange wires run to BMK. Short negative battery cable run from shunt to negative distribution stud  

BMK installed by inverter (next to MagWeb, which broadcasts inverter data via the internet to my phone.)

https://fb.watch/ltqvPGfG5T/?mibextid=YCRy0i

1 hour ago, Coach J said:

Can you please tell me if the inside leakage you discussed should last for a day or so?  All of a sudden I am getting a pretty good bit of water dripping into the Rv from the ac unit. The drain pan is empty so i is not a full drain pan. I cannot really tell where it’s coming from and I did the cleaning 2 days ago. Just your thoughts. Thank you 

The leakage I referred to was simply the coil cleaner dripping from the coils.  That should clear up in a couple of hours at most.  Our Diplomats don’t have drain lines, so the condensate (drip) pans drain directly onto the roof.  If the foam gasket between the roof and the AC unit is compromised, if can allow condensate to drain back into the AC opening.  The gasket is not very expensive, but replacing it requires removing the four bolts that hold it down and disconnecting any power and control wires that run through the opening.  Shut the AC power off before attempting this!  Here’s a decent video explaining it; there are others that go into more detail.  The Steele Rubber gaskets he suggests are good, or you can buy the OEM Dometic gaskets if that’s your issue. I can’t vouch for any other brands.  Hope this helps!

1 hour ago, Coach J said:

Just looking for info on a Dometic ac freezing up some. A looks like it may be dirty coils. Will clean those today. Looking for info on possibility of a Freon leak. Could that be my issue which is much bigger it appears. Thank you 

The two most common reasons for coils freezing are low refrigerant and dirty evaporator coils. As this is a closed system and freon leaks would disable the system, I would suggest the most likely reason is dirty coils. Since this is *likely* a heat pump, both indoor and outdoor coils need to be cleaned. I vacuum the coils, then use coil cleaner spray.  Put plastic and towels on the bed / floor / whatever inside the coach under the units.  Although most of the coil cleaning is done from the roof, it WILL leak through to the inside.

Here is the coil cleaner I used last time.  You can find it (or a comparable alternative) at a local hardware store, or get it on Amazon.

https://a.co/d/aCK5AW9

I’m pretty sure Chris @throgmartin waited until mine was done before he started offering kits. 🤔

35 minutes ago, FLynes said:

This is your old antenna, Scotty, just now getting around to installing it.

Well, now you know! 🤣

11 minutes ago, Gary 05 AMB DST said:

Scotty, you don't have an aluminum roof? I thought that generation Monaco, HR had aluminum.

Gary 05 AMB DST

Nope. Fiberglass.  Aluminum would be nice, tho!

I had mine installed on the roof (I’ve since removed it). I used #10 x 1-1/2” stainless steel sheet metal screws screwed directly into the Coach roof, and sealed everything up with Dicor self-leveling lap sealant. I had it mounted like that for about 5 years and never had any problem. 

This is where it was…  (I’ve filled the screw holes with Dicor and patched with Eternabond…) I’m doing a roof renovation, so please  ignore my dirty roof  🤣.

3 hours ago, vito.a said:

Doug, what's the temperature there?  Sometimes those shuttle valves like to stick in cold temperatures.  Maybe try it again during the warmest time of the day.  

Good luck!

Not Doug, but in Anchorage it’s overcast, rainy, and about 60°F today; high 40s at night.  I think Doug is a bit southeast of here. 

…tomorrow night I can tell you the temp in Atlanta (home). 😉

@Steven P had a similar problem a while back (last year?).  Turned out to be a cable rubbing against the frame (?)  had severed a wire.  The Allison tech patched the wire in the field and everything has worked since.

Simple fix, but hard to find.  I’ll message Steven and see if he can log on and give more specifics.  Since he also has a 2006 Dip I’m hoping there’s some similarity. 

Tim,

I can’t speak with authority about the 2007 Endeavor, but the 2006 Diplomat (twin coach) had a 1.5 DIN Magnadyne. 

I was able to enlarge the hole on the top and bottom to get a double din unit installed. Here’s a link to my install:

Since moving to AWS for our email, we've had a much better experience with our email system.  At the risk of repeating myself (and for the benefit of new members since my last email diatribe...)

• Periodically check your spam folder and if you see any emails there from Monacoers, highlight them and select the option to mark them as not spam.
• If you ARE NOT getting emails as expected - please send me (Scotty) a private message. (Use the little white envelope thingy in the upper right hand corner) I will work with you to get emails flowing again, if at all possible. Please don't just post it on the forum, as it may or may not be seen... I try to read every post, but I am human...
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• If your mailbox is full and your email bounces, I'll send you a private message to let you know. If it continues, we'll turn off your emails until it if fixed.
• If you or your email provider mark monacoers.org emails as spam, we will turn off all emails to that email address to protect the reputation of our email server.  We will send you a private message that your emails are turned off. If you don't respond to that message within two month, we will delete your account. Any response at all will prevent your account from being deleted.
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Most of all, if there's a problem, reach out to your moderators for help.  

Happy Motorhoming!
Scotty

Awesome!