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Bob. My problem is with the deadbolt. An entrance lever lock uses a spring loaded bolt

 Not the same

 I went to that website and did not find anything

 However I am going to visit a few of the warehouses that supply commercial locks. Might find something. Thanks

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Here are a few pictures. The bolt attaches to a tube.There is a slot in the tube has opened up

 I can fix that. But the plastic bushings are worn.

Bob. My problem is with the deadbolt. An entrance lever lock uses a spring loaded bolt

 Not the same

 I went to that website and did not find anything

 However I am going to visit a few of the warehouses that supply commercial locks. Might find something. Thanks

.

I am very frustrated. Yes it is obsolete. You can buy a deadbolt latch with a 5 inch backset but this one is over 6 inches. The bolt on the Monaco latch is removable and I think I can tighten it up.  When I could not open the door that bolt extension was loose and fell out. Hard to believe that someone does not make that part or a workaround.

Thanks Barry but I do not think that is the correct animal. Has a super long bolt

 We spent the night at a rest area in Colorado. In the am I tried to open the door and nothing happened. When my Dynasty as in my shop I had removed the inner door panles and checked that the latches were timed correctly. All was good so I lubricated everything with white grease. Worked great. But here I was locked inside. My old body could  not get out the emergency window. Another RV'r came over to help but without making a hole in the inner door panel one cannot access the  bowels of the door. Finally I called an RV shop. He had a tech that lived next to the  rest area in a KOA. We still could not open the door. He finally realized that the problem was the dead bolt. With a bent putty knife we got it open. The dead bolt had split. I taped up the openings and we made it back to Canada. I tried the paryts list but found nothing. Did some googling and found this: 

Deadbolt Lock for use on entry door I 08408788 I 10116265 (findmyrvparts.com)

This is an exact duplicate of the oem lock. But $62.00 for Chinese junk is outrageous. Any ideas? It is a weird lock.  Thanks

Although the TSD card can save you money there are some problems.  If you preplan your routes and fuel stops the night before be aware that prices may change overnight. I do not know when TSD changes the prices in the app. Twice I have been gouged by Loves. Ended up paying more than the pump price as a particular Loves was no longer on the list. TA appears to be more stable. I do like that Maverick has been added to the available list.It is a shame that Flying J is a no go. This is due to Good Sam complaining. The Oracle of Omaha should pick his associates carefully.

TSD has improved. More Loves listed and Maverick. There used to be many areas in the SW where TSD had no locations. I refuse to use any card that requires me to go inside and stand in line.

TSD gives you locations where 18 wheelers fuel. Access should never be a problem. You are also getting  fresh fuel. The pumps will notstop after any predetermined amount. The pumps are also fast. In most cases the locations are close to the highway.

John. The photo is in this thread. 

DR.4 film posted a picture of the latch. You need to rout out the door. It mounts at the bottom.  Sorry. I have a picture but did not know how to add it. DR.4film's pic is nice and large.

Thanks

Jack James. How did you run a wire from driver's area to the rear. I needed to run a wire from under the dash to the lower outside of the firewall. Could not find any existing boots. There is a removable upholstered panel at the bottom of the lh area  that houses shifter and switches

 Nothing. I ended up poking a hole in the boot for the steering column. It was temporary so no big deal

08 Dynasty

I will get a photo tomorrow.

On out 08 Diamond 4 there are 2 pocket doors. One at the entrance to the bedroom and one between the walk thru bath and the living area. Each door has on "bolt" at the bottom. There are holes in the floor.

Thanks to Frank and Tom I have partially solved my problem. That J2 connector was  the problem. I. Pin5. I just sprayed it with electronic cleaner and the radio is on. But the  back up/Alladin monitor is dead. I installed the Voyager replacement for the Sony monitor last February. .  I do not have time for further  diagnoses . May notes say to connect a white wire that used to be the Sony power to the red wire which is the Voyager power. It was connected. . I removed the solder joint and temporarily reconnected. Immediately the radio is dead and the monitor still does not work.  There is one fuse  near the radio but I am not sure what it powers. I need to remove the monitor and and   connect a fused 12volt to see if it comes on. I am suspecting either a connection problem or a dead monitor. We are leaving Mexico on Tuesday and I do not have time to work on this problem. That whole area is full of wires. I had to remove the radio and the HVAC panel to access that mess. I find it strange that Sony would  use a white wire for 12 volt positive. It does have the odd red  mark on the wire. I wonder if there is a monitor fuse from the old Sony monitor. The Dynasty has a small monitor in the bedroom and it still brings up the Alladin.

Thanks om> I think I have some noax.

Thanks Frank . I will attack that in the morning.

Thanks Tom> I have to admit I have never used this file. I fooled around and once I figured it out I see that the Monitor has a fuse in the RRB. I will find that tomorrrow. But the radio diagram shows the fuse but it says underneath: 15-J1-5. Where is that?? The radio fuse in the FR bay is good but no power to the radio? I could just steal some 12 volt from another wire but would prfere the correct way. Thanks

I am having trouble with the BU monitor and the radio. My unit has been sitting in my shop for 3 months. I used it yesterday and the monitor was working. Today it is back in the shop and the monitor is dead. I can hear the alladin beeping when I  use the control. I cannot find the fuse.  I finally found the fuse from the  monitor I installed a year ago. I just stopped for lunch. In the meantime I need to find the fuse for the radio. In the FRB there is a fuse marked radio but it is fine. I would just run a new power  wire to the monitor but it needs to go through the junction block for the Alladin system. Sorry if I am rambling. Getting too old for this stuff!

I am Canadian but I use  my US account. Some Canadian banks offer US accounts: BMO ,RBC

There used to be a fellow who posted in a few forums. He was an engineer who specialized in filtration. Worked for Cat and then Cummins.

 He was against all of those washable  filters. He did not like to open up your filter housing as it can spread dust into the system. What really would help is a larger filter.  But in most rv applications there is no room for a larger filter.

Washable filters can kill a diesel engine. We use a lot of air and you can end up dusting your engine

When we were looking for a coach in 2008 we visited a number of mfrs. Narrowed it to Monaco or Tiffin. We visited the Tiffin facility. At that time Tiffin had a free CG and a huge service facility. The workmanship was sloppy. But you could bring it to Tiffin and they fixed everything. Many of the workers worked privately after hours doing upgrades. Very inexpensive. We left and went to Lazydays in Florida. They brought a Dynasty and a Tiffin to their CG and parked them side by side. Left me for 2 hours. Then we did a test drive in both units. The Dynasty won hands down. We ended up buying one I'm Georgia

 Tiffin had a cult like following.  That changed but the quality has dropped in recent years. My  2 cents worth.

I would either call Cat tech support or look online for their pages of info on Coolant requirements. Cat has some of the best support of all the engine mfrs.