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Thanks. I know Chris from Talen asked me if he could link my videos to his channel so I figured there were at least one or two people who've seen them. 🤣 As for the Webasto unit. I almost forgot that I have a couple of Aqua-Hot videos and for some reason those seem to be quite popular. 🤔 Thank you. I bead blasted and painted the intake elbow for aesthetics mainly. In my experience raw cast aluminum doesn't bode well in a dirty environment as the pores get contaminated with filth. I figured by glass beading and painting it would seal off the pores and make future cleaning easier. When I'm in the engine bay a quick wipe with cleaner and a shop towel should do the trick. I too adjusted my Jacobs compression brake to the recommended setting of .090". I'm not sure any tighter would do much in terms of performance, in fact I think it might hinder it. A few thousandths one way or the other shouldn't matter, but I'm a stickler for details so I set them exactly @ .090" even though they were very close initially. Much tighter and I don't think they'd allow the exhaust valve to properly close as it relies on the oil pressure to bleed off so normal valve function can continue. I think if it is too tight that may be a problem but I've never tried it so I have no personal experience. Just a hunch.

I saw the Monacoers group had YouTube channel and recently subscribed. I would be ok with linking my Monaco videos to that page. I just didn't think that was something we do ourselves. I have quite a few videos on my channel specific to Monaco coaches such as FASS fuel pump install, skylight replacement, Guardian plate installs on various slide floor designs and I'm sure there are some I'm leaving out. I am working on one explaining the vertical trailing arm support gussets that I added to ours and plan on doing one showing the Onan Quiet Diesel valve adjustment when the parts arrive that can be posted as well. I'm good with sharing anything that will help fellow Monaco owners.

Thank you both. I greatly appreciate the comments. I hope to have some new videos coming in the near future that I hope will be helpful for fellow Monaco owners.

Thanks Jim. I may be done over there as I got another private message this morning saying my comments about the site's moderation were not allowed. All I said was that "my video was taken down by moderators because evidently trying to help others and make a few bucks for the time it takes and adds to projects doing videos is a big no-no, but the ads on the site every time I log in are ok." It sucks after giving 14+ years of myself to end it this way and as you can see, I'm a bit frustrated over it. I did do quite a bit of browsing yesterday and came to a similar conclusion that you mentioned about the Monacoers, that people here seem to be a little more technical which I think I will like and appreciate. Seems to be more genuine interest in caring for our aging coaches here than over there. One thing that has bugged me about irv2.com over the past few years, as well as the Monaco FaceBook page for that matter, is that there seem to be more and more "takers" than givers. By takers, I mean they join only because they are desperate for a quick answer for something and then won't be seen or heard from again. RV.net got that way years ago so I completely quit going to that site about 6 years or so ago. Seems like over the past several years there have been so many new Monaco owners, as well as other more upper tier lines, but I seem to follow more the Monaco, Country Coach, Alpine and Foretravel groups than anything else. It seems there have been more recent purchases of these coaches and people chime in to ask the most basic of questions and it was obvious that they did absolutely no research or investigating before signing on the dotted line for their expensive rig. I have been dumbfounded on the number of questions on some of those formats from people who can't even open their owner's manuals before letting their fingers do the walking on social media and it's been quite a turn-off. The little bit of looking around here I don't seem to get that feeling as there appears to be much more intelligently thought-out questions asked and what is more impressive is that more active participation and contributing. Givers giving information and less takers if that makes sense. I'm happy to be a part of the forum and hope I can continue to both learn as well as help. Thank you all for such a warm welcome. I had heard of this site over the years but to be honest, I am not one to be on a ton of forums. I like to have a couple/few and stick to them. One such forum was irv2.com but it looks like that has now changed. 🤣 The other one that I am quite active on is garagejournal.com but those were the two I was most active on. At one time I was on several Jeep forums and even a moderator on one as their technical moderator but then it got to be similar to what the RV world turned into the last few years with all of the idiotic and most basic questions coming up over and over and over. I very quickly realized that moderator duties were not for me as I seem to not beat around the bush and say it as it is at times. 😏 I'm not one to bounce around sites and feel I try to be loyal to a site I belong to and take it seriously. I really appreciate the sense of pride of ownership I have witnessed here in a very short time of looking around. I want to be part of a "community" if you will where people interact with one another and contribute worthwhile information, especially when trying to keep these older houses on wheels running as they bounce down America's highways. Thank you all for such a wonderful and warm welcome.

Thank you. Happy to be here.

Just now realized there was a Monacoers YouTube channel. Definitely subscribed.

Thanks guys. Much appreciated. Thanks Tim.

Hello everyone. I recently joined the Monacoers community and thought I'd post up a few pictures and a video of a recent procedure that I have performed on our Cummins ISL in our 2003 Monaco Dynasty. The beginning of the process was to raise and support the rear of the coach to allow access to remove the starter motor. Then bar the engine over to cylinder #1 TDC and start removing components. Rocker cover, compression brake housings and then rocker box were all removed. Then the actual valve adjustment could commence on half the valves. Our coach has over 140k miles on it and Cummins recommends this procedure to be performed @ 150k. All of my valves were tight by a few thousandths. Once I set each valve at the correct setting, Intake valves @ .012" and Exhaust valves @ .022", and torque the jam nut to specification, I mark each rocker with a paint pen to ensure I don't miss any. Continuing on with the process. I barred the engine over one revolution to get the engine to cylinder #6 TDC, then adjusted the remaining 6-valves. Cleaned the rocker box and added sealant and reinstalled, torqued the rocker box to 212 in/lbs. then cleaned the rocker cover, bead blasted the intake elbow and painted as well as cleaned the intake ducting tubes and hoses. Lastly, installed the Jacobs C-Brake (compression brake) and rocker cover before completely buttoning everything up in the engine bay. Also, here is my video of the overhead procedure for those who are interested.

Thank you all for the kind words. I have just registered here after being encouraged over on irv2.com. Evidently the administrators over there don't like us helping fellow Monaco owners too much so I figured I'd register here. I think I'll kick of my time here by posting pictures and video of the overhead that I just completed on our Cummins ISL. Thank you.