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  1. dennis.mcdonaugh
    I’ve been running Final Charge in my coach since around 2008 and changed it again in 2017 when I had a hose fail. I drained the system and replaced all the hoses - including the heater hoses - and refurbished the metal pipe. I have not tested the coolant, but I only put about 70,000 miles on the coach in that time.
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    I had one of those, but it wouldn’t work on my coach. I had to shorten the bit by half and use a mini vice grip to turn the screws.
  3. dennis.mcdonaugh
    I fixed one about 5 years ago and haven’t had issues with it since. It’s not a difficult process and you don’t need special tools although two home made ones might help, one to remove the screws holding the window in place and one to measure the distance between the edge of the glass and inner seal. https://www.irv2.com/forums/f115/2000-dynasty-drivers-side-window-334706.html
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    How does that tool work? I used a 90 degree air wrench to get them loose on my Dynasty. The two in front of the rear wheel were the hardest as access is an issue. Removing the wheels would have made a lot of difference, but would have introduced other problems since I had no way to break the lug nuts loose or retorque them to specs.
  5. dennis.mcdonaugh
    I removed and repaired the slider on my 2000 Dynasty. It cost me around $100 in supplies and took a little over 4 hours of actual work. Here's my thread on iRV2. I took it out by myself, its not hard, but make sure the window is locked, otherwise it'll slide and that change of balance can surprise you. https://www.irv2.com/forums/f115/2000-dynasty-drivers-side-window-334706.html
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    I’ve heard that Dicor will crack skylights, but never from someone who had it happen to them. I’ve been told by the fewpeople who’ve used it that they had no issues. I used it when I replaced mine a few years ago and have contemplated removing it, but decided it wasn’t worth the effort. I had two skylights custom made so I could use them as a double pane skylight. The inner was about 2” shorter than the outer. Even with two skylights, it’s not as dark as the original was.
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    Good explaination! That’s about what I did, but my jack stands aren’t tall enough to do it exactly the same way. I have hydraulic jacks so I drove up on ramps made of 3 layers of 2X lumber then placed blocks under the jacks and dumped the air. I removed the nuts holding the air bags and air connections, then raised the jacks to clear the air bags and put blocking between the frame and axle. I had plenty of room to remove and replace the air bags.
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    Check your bay door switches. They have interlocks and must be closed to activate the slides.
  9. dennis.mcdonaugh
    Running a new air line shouldn’t be an issue. All the air lines on my coach run through corrugated plastic conduit. It doesn’t look like yours does.
  10. dennis.mcdonaugh
    Just a thought, I repaired my drivers side slider about 5 years ago and it’s held up great. The materials cost a little over $100 then.
  11. dennis.mcdonaugh
    I don't think my 2000 Dynasty has a gravity fill.
  12. dennis.mcdonaugh
    We always run the generator when cooking if not plugged in to shore power. I put in the switch because the induction cooktop has some parasitic power draw even when off. https://www.irv2.com/forums/f115/do-you-smell-smoke-411575.html https://www.irv2.com/forums/f115/inverter-or-appliance-trouble-429382.html
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    I installed an induction cooktop and used the outlet under the back of the propane cooktop. I removed the outlet and made it a junction box and extended the wires to a switch just inside the cabinet door.
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    here’s my post on iRV2 about changing my lines and rebuilding my cylinders. https://www.irv2.com/forums/f115/2000-monaco-dynasty-slide-room-cylinder-rebuild-and-hose-replacement-547651.html
  15. dennis.mcdonaugh
    I replaced all my hoses a few years ago. I connected the new hose to the old with a coupler and pulled it through. The difficult part was disconnecting the hoses from the Tee connector since it was outside the basement over the fuel tank.
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    Hail took mine out. It looked black from the outside. I replaced it with the darkest bronze color I could find. It lets in more light, but I like the color better.
  17. dennis.mcdonaugh
    I hit something (don’t know where or when) and put a small crack in the tire. I noticed it while doing a walk around at a fuel stop. We found an RV park nearby and located a tire dealer a few miles away.
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    I replaced one of my steer Toyos in that size while on the road in Richfield, UT and it took the shop one day to get it from their distributor’s warehouse in Salt Lake City, UT. Not a big deal.
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    That definitely looks like a split rim. Dangerous things.
  20. dennis.mcdonaugh
    I bought a new gasket from a company in Alabama.
  21. dennis.mcdonaugh
    My HWH system had ATF in it when I got a leak. I replaced all the hydraulic lines with HWH replacements.
  22. dennis.mcdonaugh
    Mine had a short bead down each side of the bracket. I put one on each side and the front and back along the frame rail.
  23. dennis.mcdonaugh
    I disconnected both sets of batteries and turned off the chassis and house switches in the rear run bay when I had to reweld the hydraulic motor mount on my coach.
  24. dennis.mcdonaugh
    I removed my window to reseal the glass after condensation got between the double panes. I used rope caulk behind the frame with proflex around the frame to reinstall the window.
  25. dennis.mcdonaugh
    I didn’t see this info. Is this a 4 or 8 air bag coach? If it’s an 8 bag coach, it’s not the solenoid that’s the problem. The air lines on my coach go from the ride height valve to the front airbag, then to the rear air bag and the solenoid so the front air bag deflates through the rear bag.
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