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16 hours ago, JDCrow said:

Not buying this one. But definitely will be looking for a Detroit when I’m ready 

The best engines on the planet. I’d love to find one with the 8V92TA.

3 hours ago, dl_racing427 said:

Years ago, I was looking through an engineering magazine, and I came across an ad for Lucas Aerospace Corp.
Would you fly on a spacecraft with Lucas (The Prince of Darkness) electronics??? 😱

https://www.mez.co.uk/lucas.html

Too bad I can’t weigh it on just one side…there’s an arch between the two pads preventing that from happening.

35 minutes ago, Bruce S said:

This is what a individual wheel weight scale looks like...  The vendor we dealt with had 4 of these scales which were positioned ahead of our wheels and then we drove on top of them.  He had to weigh our tag axle separately...

I wish we had something like that around here, but I haven’t found it so far.

I just weighed our coach this morning at the CAT Scale, but they don't do individual corners. With a full tank of fuel and 1/3-tank of water, this is what it came in at.

3 hours ago, nvrtoofast said:

I got the same ATOTO unit. Works well. Original unit was 1.5 DIN and had to open up the hole but there was plenty of room for it. The unit has a few cost cutting elements to it but works well and you can't really beat the price. I'm going to take a bit more time soon with the connections as there are multiple connections that can be used that I don't currently have hooked up.

Unfortunately, ours has no room to open up the hole.

2 hours ago, Georgia Mike said:

Having the Bluetooth is a very nice feature for sure. We never used are original dash radio but after changing it out to a unit with Bluetooth we stream Sirius all the time while traveling now. With all the technology now it seems we are always upgrading something in the Motorhome but it is fun to do.

Mike, is your dash radio 1.5din? Ours still has the original Magnadyne and I'd like to switch that out eventually with something newer too. What dash radio did you end up getting?

7 hours ago, waterskier_1 said:

This looks like an A/V Receiver, without a DVD of Blu-ray player, much like many have recommended, but also was packaged with speakers you don't need, 

  - Rick N 

That's exactly what it is. No, I don't need the speakers, but the reason I bought it is because it's new. Like I wrote above, I can sell the speakers. Again, what I was looking for was something that would be plug and play with what Monaco installed but also have new features like Bluetooth and HDMI inputs/output. I already have a BluRay player that I'll connect to it, once it arrives.

4 hours ago, Georgia Mike said:

I Always look at marketplace on Facebook before I buy anything it’s amazing what you can find. This is near me and I think it’s the same one you bought.

I don't have Facebook or any other Meta-owned social media. In fact, this forum and the Jeep forum are the only ones I really peruse, the Jeep forum not so much anymore! The price I paid doesn't bother me, because the unit is new in the box. I've been burned enough on eBay with used electronics. Besides, that one you posted doesn't have Bluetooth, the one I bought does, and to me that's a game-changer, as are the HDMI outlets. I'm pretty excited to hook everything up.

The thrift shops were a total bust. The first one had some speakers and an 8-track player. The others had dvd players, but nothing I needed. I went home and did more research. My goal in all of this was to try and keep the spirit of what Monaco had installed, but with some modernity added, so I present you the RCA RT2781HB. I bought ours new in the box from Mercari, $185 shipped. Since I won't be using the speakers that are in the box, I'll just resell them on eBay.

The great part about this unit is that it has Bluetooth, so we can stream from our iPhones (or Android, if that's what you have), and it has 3 HDMI inputs, so I can now connect our Dish satellite box and a BluRay player, and it has an HDMI output to go to the TV. The best part is that the original speaker wires will plug right in and work, as if Monaco had installed it themselves, so it won't look out of place, goal accomplished.

I hope the mods can add this somewhere for those owners who want to upgrade their systems and keep the existing speakers and subwoofer. Keep in mind this is for the Monaco coaches that were built with RCA. I know there were coaches built with Sony.

I'll update, after I receive and install the unit.

I'm going to hit the thrift stores today and see what they have.

16 minutes ago, Dwight Lindsey said:

My suggestion of the Marantz was just because it's less than 17 inches wide.  As I recall, in my cabinet where the speaker wires are . . . 17 inch wide receivers don't fit.  At that time, many years ago, I found a Sony that fit.  

I just went out to the coach and measured the inside of the cabinet....22" wide by 17.5" deep, so I have some options.

4 hours ago, Ray Davis said:

I was in this same quandary a few years ago and Bill G (RIP) mentioned a simple RCA surround system that he liked.  So I put the model # in Ebay and bingo, there it was.  Now it was already obsolete so I bought it, still using it, it's simple and I like that.   In my younger days, I was all into electronic stuff.  Building HiFi equip, & cabinets for tweeters & woofers LOL  hot vacuum tubes.  It was fun but now I can put all of that stuff in my pocket, it's crazy.

Anyway, as I started out to say you can find a lot of that old stuff on eBay.

Yeah, solid state can never compare to 6L6 and 12AX7 tubes, when it comes to great, rich audio, one of the same reasons why CDs can’t even come close to the sound of vinyl. I’m looking at Sony systems on eBay, but I like Dwight’s suggestion of going with Marantz, they were a real powerhouse of sound in the 70’s.

Guys, I’m not talking about the dash radio, I’m talking about the home entertainment system that sits above, in the cabinet.

Hi all,

     When we bought our coach, there were no A/V components in it whatsoever. Thanks to some great folks on this site, I was able to piece together original components and make everything work.....for a while. The RCA RT-DVD1 is starting to work erratically, so I've decided that it's time for something new.

     Here's the tricky part. I want a system that is like the old RCA but new, i.e., has the same speaker wire receptacles, has a dvd player, has an AM/FM receiver.

     Does anything like this exist today? Crutchfield is just about worthless, and the minimum wage chuckleheads at Best Buy are really only good at selling gift cards. Gone are the days of walking into Radio Shack and being able to discuss electronics with someone who was actually knowledgeable. Hell, Radio Shack doesn't even exist anymore, but that's a conversation for another post on another forum.

     Your input is greatly appreciated.

Is there not a cycle to drain and spin the laundry?

6 minutes ago, Ray Davis said:

Okay, but I gotta drink it to empty the bottle and there we go again. 🧐  Not a bad idea though. 👏  I wonder if my DW would throw a book at me?  ROTFLMAO

You try it and let us know how it goes

I did it several times, when I had to move from California to Alabama in 1994, and the Army only gave me three days to do it. I tried it once in the motorhome, when traffic was bumper to bumper, but Brooke put the kibosh on it quickly with, “What the hell are you doing??? Stop that, put it away!”

13 hours ago, Ray Davis said:

Oh yeah, wait until you get my age you go ahead, pull off, and take your chances.

That’s what Gatorade bottles are for, no stopping required! 😂

2 hours ago, JDCrow said:

Here ya go 

 

https://supersteerparts.com

Brooke just walked by and saw me looking at Henderson's site and replied with one word, "No". Our budget for this month has apparently reached it's limit, LOL!

38 minutes ago, JDCrow said:

Ahhh yours is gas. I’m not up in the workhorse chassis. Have you been to Henderson’s website? 

I have not, I've never heard of it.

12 hours ago, JDCrow said:

On your Lapalma there no bags at all? 

Nope, no Workhorse got them, just really big parabolic leaf springs, front and rear, and Bilstein shocks.

2 hours ago, Martinvz said:

We only have hydraulic jacks,2 up front and 2 at the rear (no airbags on the gas coaches, that I know of).  
I have found that I need to get the wheels as level as I can using large planks. Then I can level the coach quite easily, doing it manually. If I do not get the tires onto blocks first then the leveling system, (auto or manual) tends to lift one rear jack off the ground (or blocks) and will not stabilize the coach. Very irritating. Front and back is not a problem but side to side is and only the rear jacks will correct a low side with dome twisting of the frame. 
one other thing I find is that the coach is stable for about a week and then becomes somewhat unstable, requiring some relevelling. 
I have no magical solutions but hoping someone has advice. 

Our leveling system acts the exact same way as yours, Martin.

6 hours ago, JDCrow said:

I’ve never heard of Tiger Track. Let me look 

Looks like Tiger Trak is a sway bar. It’s a different application. Sway is different than “wandering” which is what the RR8R chassis seem to suffer from. 
 

I’ve yet to achieve the “one hand” steering that is claimed in some instances. Hoping to find that right combo. 
 

I have a Source Front sway bar on, and a rear one on the shelf. The front was an easy install. The sway bar is Frame to axle, it doesn’t take into account the H-Frame and airbags like the Watts does. 
 

I’ve been putting off the rear sway bar until I have a shop and time. It involves drilling of the frame. 

Makes sense. The Workhorses suffers from tail wag, and the TigerTrak eliminates it completely. I also installed a Safe-T-Plus up front and I can now drive with one finger, even with the wind blowing pretty good. We don’t have airbags on ours, but sometimes I wish we did.

Is the Watts comparable to the TigerTrak?

Tom, up until '05 Monaco used '73-'89 Chevrolet pickup truck tail lights; in '05 Monaco kept the same Chevy design but changed to a completely new look and even advertised it in the '05 LaPalma brochure as, "Taillights with Upgraded Styling". When we bought our coach, the original "Upgraded Styling" taillights were still there, but they were crazed, cracked and fogged up. I don't remember if they had DOT numbers on them, but that really means nothing, poor quality is poor quality, regardless of who made them or which fat, lazy, mediocre government official approved them.

When you manage to find a set, let us know. I installed the same tail lights as the ones in your first two pics. Yes, the dust is definitely a PITA. Ours haven't cracked yet, thankfully. I do like the design of them, because they give the coach a bit of a face lift, but it really sucks when all you can get is "Made in China". What really sucks is that these tail lights aren't cheap, at least by my standards. I don't relish the idea of spending $600 on an entire set every couple of years.