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After making a living owning a trucking company, avoiding a known on the road break down, it will be better, easier and cheaper to do the repairs at your convenience, not when the coach forces the repairs, sometimes when those repairs need to happen it’s not at a repair facility of your choice! For me, it would be a peace of mind knowing that a major repair was complete and not around the next corner. Also, if you drop a value the money you allowed on the purchase probably wouldn’t cover the repairs after you drop a valve! JMO! Like I said, I have a different point of view when it comes to repairs, they’re always cheaper when you plan the repairs!

Cracked boiler chamber……..?

I did the C low tank a year ago, probably 6-7 thousand miles, excellent quality and fast shipping, I’m happy with it, I would do the same tank again! The reason I chose this tank is because you can see the coolant level.

Kiloah, could you please give us the info on the relay you used and your wiring diagram please. Thank you sir.

Well I had to use one of the magnets last week that I purchased previously, we left Cody last Thursday and the steps would not retract, tested with a magnet I had in my tools and then the steps retracted, installed a new magnet on the door and back in business!

Imo, it sounds like you are at home, change them out for new, at five years old they are subject to failure, do you really want to be dealing with this on the road somewhere, if so leave them in and run them till they die! JMO Most definitely get group 31 950 cca, most truck repair shops should have them on hand. NAPA Peterbilt Kenworth

Ok, I misunderstood your post then, sorry. Probably needs an o-ring then.

If you tightened the fitting and not the nut it may still leak, that’s why I said to use two wrenches, hold the fitting and tighten the nut, if you have not already, you may only need a new o-ring.

Here’s the sales brochure for the 05 Monaco Diplomat, read through it and see if it was available to order new. https://recreationalvehicles.info/2005-monaco-diplomat/2005-monaco-diplomat-brochure.pdf I believe they were standard on a Dynasty, that’s one of the benefits of buying a upper tier coach.

I believe that others have been using McMaster-Carr.

I think I might try to tighten it up a bit, don’t get too aggressive with it, that washer just compresses a o-ring, use two wrenches , one to hold the elbow and one to tighten the nut, so I’d start with that and see what happens. I assumed it was hydraulic fluid based on the color, jmo. If you’ve never changed your hydraulic fluid now would be the time! Remove the hose, slowly, and see how much you lose, probably not that much. Just have a couple gallon bucket ready to use. Jmo.

Looks to me as though the o-ring on the fitting the screws into the pump is all that my be the issue, again, it looks like it is the problem, I would start be trying to tighten the fitting and see what happens, jmo

My bulbs and the inside of my fixtures were dirty, I cleaned the fixtures and installed new bulbs and it seems brighter than before on my. FWIW

There’s some construction in South Dakota on I-90 that puts you on a single lane with oncoming traffic, a couple of the cross overs are kinda wonky! Expect hot weather too! And yes, lots of motorcycles and high prices a 100 miles each side of Sturgis.

You can down load the maintenance manual on line and go through the trouble shooting steps and it will point you to the issue. You will have to take the cover off of the Aqua Hot and know how to use a multi meter and read the trouble shooting guide, make sure you turn off the power (120volt) when instructed! I had a problem with mine last winter and it ended up being the high limit switch on the 120 volt side! Just make sure you understand what you are doing!

Today, working our way across South Dakota from Hot Springs to Lusk Wy I stopped at Mule Creek Junction to use the restroom, it was almost 100* the wind was blowing everything was running hot, engine, transmission, the dash air was running on max, fan on high, when I jumped out and headed in the fan was running, I thought maybe my fan controller took a poop on me, when I returned to the coach the fan was still running fairly fast, I jumped in turned the dash AC off and when I got back out and to the rear of the coach the fan was winding down. Turned the AC on and headed to Lusk Wy when we checked in at BJ’s RV park the fan was running again, we checked in and I turned off the dash AC when we came out to unhook the Jeep, when I got to the rear of the coach the fan was slowing down significantly and you could no longer hear it working. Engine temp about 190*. I guess for me anyway, I will stick with the Danfoss fan controller, it confirmed to me that the fan needs to pull air thru the cooling stack other than when the engine has warm coolant. JMO

I ordered all new canvas for our coach this spring, Stone Vos was my choice.

I don’t have any answers but could you please post some pictures?

Sorry, I should have made it more clear, yes, sun side was warmer.

I realize this is a older post but this is the first time I’ve had a chance to do some testing. On our way to Wyoming, ripping our way across South Dakota, it’s hitting *90 and I’m running 65 mph for a steady 2 hours, pull into get fuel and did a tire temp reading with my laser temp gun, tires on the passenger side were 115-117, inner and outer were the same, tires on the driver’s side were 124-126 inner and outer were the same. I’ve never weighed my coach side to side but in my opinion the reason the drivers side was warmer was due to the wind blowing from the NW and the sun was on the drivers side, once again, jmo. I didn’t see any difference between the inner and outer tire temps on either side of the drive axle.

Your wheel seals are seeping a bit, kinda damp so you should keep an eye on it or have them replaced at your convenience not when it’s mandatory, it’s usually not convenient when the seal goes bad and then the brake shoes need cleaning or replacing, make a mess…….. It the least you should try and carry spare seals if possible, imo. Good news is, you have lots of brake shoe left!

Mine did just the opposite, after using the Jake’s they would stay on, I removed the fuse in the front run bay. Be somewhat thankful yours went the way it did, mine stayed on, melted the fixture housing and the bulb sockets. Not a huge deal but it still created some work, and obviously it doesn’t happen at home. I would try and locate the fuse and remove it so it doesn’t go the direction mine did, jmo!

Congratulations on your new coach, and welcome to the greatest Monaco owners group!

So my best friend is getting interested in buying a used coach, my question is, how does a person know if the title is truly a clear title without any liens on it? I understand that it should show on the title itself but how do you really know if it is truly clear? And how do you know if the documents that you are presented with are truly official documents? Is it best to go to the DMV with the seller and have the DMV look it up? Thank you!

I live about 45 minutes from the resort you’re currently at, I trucked for my self for many years, these are the people that did all of my alterations and starter rebuilds, I always had good experiences with them, they are on the northern side of the cities but at least you have a reputable resource, at least they did right by me. https://www.grayautoelectric.com