Neil Loveless

I had a similar issue 3 times, 1 on I-95 and 2 on I-75, running great when the check engine light came on and the coach went into slow mode 45 MPH, each time it cleared out and went back to normal cruise. The issue was diagnosed by P&S Road Service in Ocala, FL, turned out to be a faulty oil pressure sending unit, installed a new one and everything is great ever since.

Thanks for commenting, the first time I experienced this issue was 8/28/22, I had full service performed on 9/29/22 including all filters, and the 2 recent occurances were on 10/28/23 so just over 1 year, and approx. 2,300 miles driven since service. Do you think this could have been the filters?

Thank all of you for your great input, you've provided much needed advice, I really appreciate it!

I'm wondering if any of you experienced folks out there can help me out with an annoying and potentially dangerous situation, I was cruising down Rt. 75 toward Tampa doing about 68-70 mph when the check engine light came on and the coach went into slow mode running 45. I managed to get to an off ramp about a mile down the road when the check engine light went out and all was normal the rest of the way. Same thing happened again on Rt. 75 north heading home, this time the check engine light went out while I was still on the road and I was able to get home without further issue. Last year coming home from NY state the same thing happened on Rt. 95 in GA, I got off the road, shut the coach off and restarted and all was normal. It seems I have some sort of intermittent glich probably in a computer that monitors all the systems. In each case everything was normal (oil pressure, engine temp., tranny temp, oil pressure, etc.). I know that intermittant things can be hard to detect, but can someone point me in the right direction? Thanks for any tips!

I have no knowledge of that brand or dealer, however, I will say if you ever look at the Villa seats sold by Coach Supply Direct the Villa seats are great but don't do any business with Coach Supply Direct! It took me 6 months to get my new captain's chairs, but I learned later that Coach Supply Direct waited 3 months to place the order with Villa. I also ordered a new Lambright recliner at the same time, I continually asked Josh for a delivery date and he told me that the Lambright chair was lower quality and he finally convinced Villa to make my chair to expand their offering since Flexsteel was out, he didn't have a date yet but said I'd be very happy. Months later with lots of calls, texts and emails I was still getting the run around, so I called Villa directly and discovered that they never received an order from Josh for my chair! Since then I've called, left messages, sent texts with no response. Putting this all together it's obvious that Josh was using the money from one customer to advance and earlier customer that he also must have cheated. I emailed Josh telling him that I now know his scam, and to give him one more chance to deliver by ordering the chair I originally bought and paid for (lesson learned!!), with no reply. I now have filed a claim with the Small Claims Court, and in doing so I also discovered that I'm not the only one. I've always been the type to trust others, but have learned a hard lesson! Getting back to the Villa chairs, we just made a 1,300 mile trip from upstate NY back to FL over 2-1/2 days, and did so without a single butt cramp! The chairs are great!

I hate to be asking this, but does anyone have information as to what is going on with this company? Last Jan. I ordered two new Villa front seats and a recliner chair from Coach Supply Direct in Edwardsburg, MI, I had to pay in full at time of order. I was told that delivery would be late Apr. for the 2 seats and the recliner would come later, the long lead time due to no more Flexsteel and more owners upgrading coaches rather than buying new in this market, also a long lead time on Ultraleather. I finally received the 2 front seats July 5th, they are fantastic seats, however, one had a damaged pedistal base and went back to Villa in Elkhart for repair, got it back with a new base and all is good. I continued following up on the recliner chair also being built as a new offering by Villa, and Josh at Coach Supply said the chair was done and would ship out the last week of August. I was traveling from NY to FL so I told Josh to hold it a few days until I got to FL for delivery there, so when I got home in FL I called to tell Josh to ship it out. I left phone messages, text messages and sent emails to Josh starting on Sept. 12 and every week day since, and his tel. mailbox was full. On Sept. 14th Josh finally sent me a response that he was personal time this whole week, and that he would be in touch with me ASAP. When I didn't hear from him on Monday 9/18 I called him, his phone mailbox was now open so I left him a message to call me to say the chair is shipping, I also texted and emailed the same, however, it's now Tue. 9/19 and his mailbox is again full and I haven't received a text or received a call. Does anyone have any knowledge of the status of this company, and/or does anyone in this group live anywhere close to Edwardsburg that could advise me if they are even open?

I don't know if anyone has ever tried Poliglow to restore the finish on boats & RV's, but it's a fantastic process (Poliglow.com). I used this process to restore the finish on my sailboat and the results were amazing! Poliglow is a multi-step process that took me about 3 days to complete the very first time, but the work was fairly easy. The web site explains the process starting with cleaning all of the oxidation, etc., off the boat, when completed the finish looks dull, they have a separate product for "stubborn" stains if needed. After this you apply the Poliglow finish using the applicator they supply, this is very easy to apply as it's a liquid, and it dries within a minute or two. You do one area from top to bottom, then move over about 3' and do the next area, after you've been all the way around and you inspect your job you will see a little difference where the sections were done. Go all the way around again with a second coat and you will be amazed. All season long walking down the dock it was unbelievable, the reflection of little waves in the mirror finish was something to be proud of! The best part now is the annual refresher, in the spring just wash any dirt off and then apply one easy coat in a few hours, now be ready for the compliments from everyone else! I have no connection to the Poliglow company, but the process and result are amazing! I just ordered my products to restore the finish on my 2005 coach!

Hi, did you order these from Velvac directly or from another source, my mirror heads barely work for adjustability, and are peeling? $150 each would be a great deal! Sorry, I didn't read this correctly, I see now that you are selling these. I'm interested in replacing both of mine, I'm in upstate NY for the summer, where are you located?

Thanks, our coach was actually built in the Monaco factory, came with extra wide Flexsteel seats and both are shot. Plan is to put in new standard size seats.

Good morning, I'm curious to know if anyone has replaced the original front seats with ISS installing the new Villa seats, I'm just wondering how the quality and comfort compare? Also, I'm having an intermittent problem with my Aladdin, I removed the old Kenwood system and with the upgrade I installed a new separate monitor on the dash for the Aladdin status screens which allows me to continuously monitor the engine, tranny, etc. screen full time while driving. I connected the video cable to the new screen and all of the Alladin screens are there just fine. My problem is intermittent data, some of the time all the data is displayed, but some of the time while all of the list is displayed (rpm's, temp's, speed, etc.) the data shows XXXX, XXXX, etc., then eventually the data info comes back on. I'm wondering if resetting the Alladin might help this issue? I've never touched the reset and don't want to cause something to happen in a bad way. Any suggestions would be appreciated, thanks!

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Wife had oral surgery this morning, just saw your post. What a tremendous amount of information, THANKS, now I've got some work to do, but I'm pretty sure these "old batteries" need to be replaced, the coach sat at a Detroit Deisel/Allison Transmission house for 5 months while waiting for a part for my old hydraulic pump driven off the tranny PTO, and the batteries were dead, since then they've been dead two more times. I'm heading out on a 1,500 mile trip and will feel better with a new set to start. If I have issues after that I'll have a lot more knowledge on where to start!

I park my coach in the RV Lot in our community and have never had an issue with the chassis batteries going down until the last week, I went to move it to my driveway to work on it and discovered everything was dead. Got a jump from Coach-Net, parked it in my driveway and plugged into 50A outlet, everything came up full overnight. After a few days at home I moved it back to the lot, this time I turned off both chassis & house disconnects, went back a day later and chassis batteries are dead. While at home I did no electrical work on the coach. When the chassis battery disconnect is turned off does it actually kill power to everything?

I'm sorry, but my mechanic strongly advised against a used unit for multiple reasons so I'm going to have to pass, but thank you anyway.

I'll double check with the mechanic working on my coach, but I'm sure I can use either the ME2012 or the MS2012, I have an '05 Beaver Patriot with the MS2012 installed. I live in Leesburg, FL and can drive up to get it, I'll get back to you ASAP. Thanks!

Do you still have the inverter, and do you know the age of it?

Excellent advice, thanks for your time and your thoughts, and same goes to everyone who has taken the time to respond to my request!

Thanks to you all for your input, I'm sure I'll be able to do better with all the suggestions! I'm told that the reason FL rates are so high is that they are making up for all of the uninsured motorists out there.

Great suggestion, thanks, I'll definately look into this!

Thank you for the input, I'll start in on the recommended sources.

I neglected to say that it's my RV insurance that went up so much, my car and motorcycle went up some, but not like the RV!

We moved from NY to FL in the past year and my insurance with Progressive is up for renewal, I just discovered that the identical coverage went from $1,219/yr in NY to $2,514/yr in FL, can anyone recommend a more reasonable insurance provider? Thank you for your thoughts.

I understand, I was thinking we might be too old! Thanks for the reply.

Jack, what kind of insurance did you get and at what cost? I've been considering this but thought it was very expensive for an older coach, we have an '05 Beaver Patriot.

After adjusting my tire pressures I still experienced quite a bit of porpoising, especially at bridge joints, etc., at first I thought that shocks were my problem, however, ruled that out after learning that I had fairly new Bilstein shocks. The solution came when I installed (4) new Comfort Control Valves on my front air bags, they are manufactured by Source Engineering, Inc., in Elmira, OR, they sell for $100 each and take about 15 min. each to install in the air lines to the air bags. Our '05 40' Beaver w/tag has a much smoother ride and even handles better on curves and when being passed by trucks. This has been the least costly upgrade we've made to date! Look up Source Eng. on line, call and ask for Jim!