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    Monaco
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    Knight
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    2002
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    TULSA

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    2152 S 78TH EAST AVE, TULSA, Oklahoma, 74129

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  1. Hi Bob. I have a very similar story and coach and was close to Bill in the old days also. Would you tell me the selling price, by private message if you wish. Scott
  2. Over the 140,000 miles in my 02 Knight, 300 hp ISB, I have replaced the lift pump three times. When I learned that low pressure from the lift pump can damage the injection pump ($$$$$$$), I installed a 5 psi warning light on the lift pump output. It tells me when the lift pump is getting weak. I carry a spare lift pump and can change it out on the road. The pump is much less expensive when you can buy it at your leisure at home, rather than getting it from Cummins on the road. Scott 02 Knight
  3. We all have our favorites but after 31 years with coach batteries, this is what I like best. It is a one gallon HDX sprayer from Home Depot or Amazon. You put in the distilled water, pump it up a little and you can add just the right amount water without spilling a drop. I like to keep the top of the batteries clean and dry. The handle and hose allow you to reach even the very back cells. Note that I have cut off the spray tip of the nozzle and bent it a little so it fills just perfectly.
  4. Bob Now that sounds like one heck of a rally. Lets see, 24 hours per day minus 6 hours rest is 18 hours divided into 1000 miles is 55 mph average? I can not imagine completing it. Thanks for letting us read about it. Scott
  5. Hi Jim We shut it off at night so it just had about 70 hours. From my "calibrated" fuel gauge it used about 35 gallons. So about 1/2 gph. It really was just above an idle most of the time. Scott
  6. Here in Tulsa we just finished a week of widespread city power outage. A strong storm with clocked winds of 100mph downed many trees and 700 power poles. Along with out of state workers, the 3000 line workers have restored most of the 200,000 outages in the city. I feel so fortunate to have such a dependable, quiet, powerful generator with a full tank of diesel fuel in the coach. It allowed my wife and I to keep food cold and frozen, use lights, use fans and a small room air conditioner that I keep for just this purpose. I watched several neighbors go out and buy portable generators and then give up due to the noise and hassle of refueling with gasoline. My Onan has has just over 1000 hours and I keep it serviced on schedule just for this purpose and of course while traveling in the coach . I know many of you in hurricane areas have bigger stories to tell but here in our state this one is big. I also know all the discussions of hooking up a generator to house power but I do it very carefully and will continue when necessary. Thanks again Cummins and Onan. Scott
  7. In my previous mechanical engineering life, I did wind load calculations on oil derricks. I did a calculation on this rig based on side wind as an overturning moment and 43k lb. dead weight along centerline of the coach to the opposite dual wheel centerline as he resisting moment. I came out with 131 mph wind when the two moments were equal. However the variable is the formula used to get wind load per square foot. Google says to use 0.00256 times the velocity squared which is what I used this time. In my old days I think we used 0.004 times velocity squared which would give 105 mph wind. Who knows. It was a great wind and a very unusual event. Comments welcome.
  8. jacwjames Thanks. There is a lot of good information there. Glad you saved it from the old site. I saved some, but not everything that applied to my situation. And my needs are different today. I will certainly explore a second charger since my charging time with a 75 amp inverter charge is slow when dry camping. Scott
  9. Ivylog Do you use this additional 100 amp charger at the same time as the regular inverter charger? Also how did you wire it up to the batteries? thanks, Scott
  10. On my 2002, 36ft Knight with 5.9 L (ISB) a standard drain, refill of the complete system takes 10 gallons total.
  11. I have the same setup in my 02 Knight. JC compressor (120v) and run it off of the top outlet that was from the inverter. My top outlet was INTERMITTENT. It drove me crazy till I found out that wiggling the plug would cause drop out. I put in new residential outlet. Scott
  12. The discussion about lube of the coach reminded me of a tool that is a necessity for me. The issue is lube of the u-joints. The Zerks are in a very narrow space in the joints and a regular grease gun nipple it too large to get in the space. I found the "Alemite B6239 Hydraulic Push-Type Adapter" that solves the problem for me. It has a very small diameter neck that will go in the narrow opening in the joints. The opposite end of the adapter has a regular Zerk fitting that snaps on your grease gun. The trade off is that it does not snap on the u-joint Zerk. You must hold pressure against the Zerk to get the grease in but it allows lube of these very important locations. Note that it may be necessary to rotate the driveshaft some to get the greatest space to lubricate. Although Amazon shows the adapter not available it is available at other sources. Just do a search. On the issue of age, lets just say I'm over 80 and am fortunate to have good health and I love working on my coach.
  13. Some of the truck refrigeration service companies will work on DP dash air systems. We have one it Tulsa that does. https://www.wbservice.com/ Scott 02 Knight
  14. The suggestions by others for an external filter is a good idea but I chose to replace the rigid OEM filter line with a flex line leaving the OEM filter in place. It makes the connections much easier to make up. I also always use flare nut wrenches which work much better than open ends. Scott
  15. Going back to the original question "Where would I install a plug on the RV to back feed the house panel?" Here is what I did on a 7.5 KW Onan in my "02 Knight. Scott
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