CapnDean

New to me Coach. Best I can tell the AH has never been serviced. It works great but I plan to tackle it anyway. Anybody got any pointers? It should be pretty straight forward yes?

Thanks Guys..... I live in South Mississippi. We never winterize. In fact Winter is Camping Season for us, Summertime is Yachting Season,,

We just upgraded our 2002 Discovery 37T to a 2008 Monaco Camelot 42PDQ. Logic is that I have retired and my wife is close to retirement. Once she's retired we won't need to be shelling out more $$ for repairs etc. This 40K mile unit ought to last us until we are too old to enjoy it. Value retention? Not a factor. Coaches have a one way value. It goes down from the day you get it.

Small tank located behind wet bay in fresh water pump area, it’s empty. Anybody know what it’s for? im adding a check valve because I’m filling fresh water tank while connected to city water.

I'm a diesel guy. My pickup's are diesel, my lawnmower is diesel, I have 2 diesel tractors etc... I know the importance of clean fuel and good fuel pressure. Has anyone replaced their stock filters and installed a FASS setup? I am considering doing this and I am interested in seeing if anyone here has plowed that ground before me.

2008 ISL 400 new to me. 40K miles. I do all my own maintenance. Getting right at 7 mpg. Funny tale, The first time I topped it off to check mileage, I fueled it where it sits. I fueled from my work truck slip tank. What I didn't think about, was that the coach was listing to port ever so slightly. I brimmed it, when I put 500 miles on it and filled it again at a truck stop, it only took 50 gal. For a minute I was thinking WOW 10 MPG for a 40,000 tag axle rig? But subsequent fill ups showed me the error of my ways.....

The older coaches are definitely better made. Having recently sold off my 2002 Fleetwood Discovery and purchased a 2008 Camelot. {rather purchased the Camelot and then sold the Discovery} - I knew every inch of my Discovery, it was a well made coach the systems were straight forward and fortunately I never needed a major repair - (Transmission, Engine, etc...) But I knew that if I ever had the big one, sheesh what would a man do? Replace an 18 year old Caterpillar engine in a coach that is worth $30K? That's always a tough call. New to Monaco, I am enjoying the AquaHot & the Valid Air leveling system. Still cant ma ke myself look at the rear view camera when the turn signal is on, I have to use mirrors!

Pulling up anchor from a park in Milton FL, I discovered that my fresh water tank was completely full. So full that when I removed the fill cap out came about 5 gallons of water. I have diagnosed that the check valve in the FW pump must have failed or simply stuck. I ran the fresh water pump for about 10 minutes and then drained the entire tank. I am leaving the city water on for tonight in hopes that cured the problem. If it hasn't solved the issue I will either install a second check valve or replace the pump. I suppose that there is not a vent on the freshwater tank OR the check valve was slowing the flow enough to prevent it from leaking out the vent OR worse rupturing the tank. The thought crossed my mind to drill a hole in the fill cap and install a tube to direct water overboard, at least if this occurs again I would notice the water leaking out first. Has anyone else had this issue? Am I just wasting tome hoping I cured a stuck check valve or should I just go ahead and replace the pump?

If we learned ANYTHING from the horse that got beat last week it is this. You will absolutely have to get the number off of your current shocks in order to guarantee that you order the correct replacement. Heck I called the Monaco support line at REV and the part number that they offered to sell me for $200 a pop was the incorrect shock. FWIW, I am happy with the Bilsteins that I bought, BUT: Ill bet you I would have been just as happy with Koni, Gabriel or Monroe. I was only curing a porpoise issue and YES the monroe shocks that came off were worn out. Good LUCK to you my friend!

Directed at Stephen P. Hail State in his signature. Mississippi State fan. To anchor at the equestrian center in your RV to attend a State game is the shizzle!

Hail State! Ever anchor at the Equestrian Center for a game? If you haven't you need to!

Might want to check for an unusually large draw. If you’re eating a pair of trolling motor batteries in a few hours you got something pulling on em hard. what do you have pulling on them when in storage?

And now for something totally different. when the (4) 6v house batteries on my previous coach went sour, I replaced them with a pair of sealed, 12v deep cycle marine batteries. They were 5 years old and still going strong when I sold the coach. Before I get bombed with negatives on this hear me out. The marine deep cycle batteries would run my residential fridge off the inverter for 48 hours before they were too weak. In my 20+ years of Rv’ing, I have never dry camped without power for more than a couple of nights. The last time I did, it was so hot I wound up running the generator anyway. bout the only time I need 12v to do it all is when I am underway - and even then the alternator pretty much keeps up with everything. it sure was nice not having to worry about those water guzzling golf cart batteries!

Anybody?

The Official report from the original post: Bilstein 186605 on the front, Bilstein 186612 on the rear. That's what I installed. There is a pile of information and multiple recommendations from others in this thread, all of which are greatly appreciated. The new Bilstein shock absorbers cured the porpoising issue that I was experiencing. That was the original complaint and the original reason I started looking for Koni shocks for my coach. I did not have any other handling concerns and did not set out to make the coach ride any different than it did. With 40K miles on the factory installed Monroe shocks, the coach rode very smooth. The new Bilsteins have not changed that at all, the coach rides as smooth as it did before. IF ANYTHING changed with the handling, it would be the way the coach handles in a sweeping curve at highway speed, I think it may rebound slightly better (this could just be in my head since I know I have new shocks LOL). All in all, if anyone out there has a 2008 Monaco Camelot on the RR10S chassis and they strike out to replace the shock absorbers... and of course run into the same issue that I did finding the correct replacement shock - please note for the record that the Bilstein 186605 & 186612 fit correctly, and at least in my case were a suitable replacement for the worn out Monroe 557034 and 557035 shocks which are no longer available. Would the Koni shocks have done any different? Maybe so, Maybe not. The Bilsteins were $107 each shipped, the Koni's would have been $177 each shipped. Both have a lifetime warranty. Again THANK YOU to all those that posted their experiences, as it truly helped me make my decision.

Wow that looks Great! Does the steel door use the same method to secure it in place?

Why you think worse? Because the shock is stiffer? I’m thinking that the old wore out shocks weren’t doing anything....

so the saga continues. I called the REV support desk and they gave me some part numbers for the shocks on my coach. They also offered to sell them to me for almost $200 a pop. Since it was going to cost me that much I decided to go with Koni shocks. Koni shocks cross referenced the number for me and of course the Koni replacement came out to be $170 a pop BUT.... Koni shocks that matched that number were EYE on each end shocks..... My coach has Eye on bottom stem on top. Koni was able to give me the correct part number for the Eye/Stem shock. I used that number and crossed to a bilstein which came out to be Bilstein 186605 front and 186612 rear. I ordered the bilsteins. $107 each. I removed the Monroe shocks that I suspect are worn out - Monroe 557034 on the front and Monroe 557035 on the rear. Now here's the deal: The diameter of the bilstein shock is considerably smaller than the monroe's that came off. The bilstein shock is quite difficult to compress manually. The old monroe shocks (which are likely worn out) were relatively easy to compress and rather slow to return to full extension. All 10 compress easy and return gradually, but they do return. I am wondering if I am going to experience a stiffer ride. As noted in the original post, the coach rides like its on a cloud and there were no handling problems EXCEPT one instance of really bad porpoising on a really crappy section of interstate. Next I decided to make sure that I have installed a suitable replacement shock..... I googled the Monroe numbers off of the shocks that I took off. MONROE's website says "Part number returned no results" several vendors show that shock as "not for sale". I went to the Bilstein site and of course Bilstein does not have a matching shock listed as a replacement for the monroe. I find this irritating that I cannot simply go to a shock manufacturer and punch in the part number and get the correct part as a cross reference. I mean HELL - you can plug in the AC Delco oil filter number and get the correct WIX filter.... I can plug in the Bosch Spark plug and find the suitable Champion plug - WHY does it have to be so tough? WHY on Earth MONROE doesn't list the part number for a part that THEY manufacture? (Or manufactured in the past). If I had not done my homework and hit several forums like this.... I would have ordered the wrong shocks the first time, and paid a premium price for them. For the record: Bilstein 186605 is the correct fitting front shock absorber for the 2008 Monaco Camelot 42PDQ. You will need 4 of them. Bilstein 186612 is the correct fitting rear shock absorber for this coach. You will need 6 of them. The 2008 Camelot is on the Roadmaster RR10S chassis. Whether or not this shock makes the RV ride better or worse than the old worn out Monroe 557034 front and Monroe 557035 rear, remains to be seen. I punched all this in just in case some other poor soul finds themself searching the forums for the correct shocks for their Camelot.

I too have experienced the compressor that wont shut up. I killed the coach power (both man batt switches) to shut mine up. It hasn't done it again since. I am going to replace the pressure switch and install a kill switch too. Great idea!

Jim, I just installed the TST 507 color unit on my 2008 Camelot. I am interested in hitting the road now to see how well it works!

WOW That's an earful. Well - - Here's my situation. I have a 2008 Monaco Camelot. It is a tag axle and is on the Roadmaster RR10S Chassis. I am not experiencing any handling problems. What I did experience is a bad case of porpoising on a crappy section of interstate. The shock absorbers on my coach at present areMpnroe brand. Since the Coach is 12 years old and has only 40K miles on it - I am confident that the monroe's are factory and are due for replacement. Truth is though that absent the porpoising on one trip, I wouldn't have even started worrying about the shock absorbers.

Gulfport MS. Will travel for fun!

This is a master tow car dolly with a Golf Cart platform. It has an added aluminum channel so that you may carry a pair of ATV's instead. asking $2100.

Exactly where I am today. My shocks have studs on the top. Every shock seller says I have eye ends.

Well Ill be a monkey's uncle. My rear shocks are dowel and nut on the top. The Koni's that I have been told will fit mine have eyes on each end. Clearly the wrong shock. I am going to have to climb under there and try to get the numbers off of the current shocks in order to get the right ones. I am not trying to cure handling issue as my coach handles well. The reason for changing them is that I porpoise a tad on wavy roads.