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    8 hours ago, ccchuck said:

    I guess that silence we hear is Subaru's way of telling us how important RV towing is to them, or, for that matter, how important we in the RV community are to them. I am disappointed, not only that Subarus apparently suddenly became untowable, but even more so at the lack, or so it seems, of a response.

    Same with Honda.  They went from one of the most popular toads in the country to can't be towed four down with the '15 model and it's new transmission.  I called and complained and sent them a snail mail letter...to which they sent me a number to call.  I called, but I don't think the guy on the other end grasped what I was trying to tell him.  It seems they are trying to squeeze out another mpg to meet the gubmint's requirements.

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    Some general comments, Joe:

    -  Why not leave the 295s on the front?  My last coach had a 14.6k front axle and plenty of reserve carrying capacity with 295s.  However, as you noted, they are hard to find.  We had a RF blowout last year and sat on I 55, south of Chicago for five and a half hours while GS Road Service found one.  But at 15 months old, they are virtually new.  This coach has a 17k front axle and 315s.

    -  The feds just recently gave approval for increasing the rear axle GW above 20k...are you sure yours is 23k?  I like to do things the easy way, so if you want to change the rears, I'd put on 295s.  Then you are back to all OEM, no adustments for speed, mpg, trans shift points, etc.  As noted above, the biggest disadvantage is finding one if you have a failure.

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    greenbarn1, you don't mention the year/make/model of your coach...that would help with our input.  So this might not pertain...anyway...our last coach was a new AC Allegiance.  We had trouble with the forward thermistor, no matter what we did it would not work correctly.  An AC dealer finally solved the problem.  All ACs are wired for all possible options and appliances.  Our Allegiance had two ACs, but was wired for three.  It seems one of their highly skilled workers wired the #1 thermistor to the non existent #2 (mid) AC unit.

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    Joe...when you take your coach to the factory you have three options...depending how long they'll keep it:

    -  Stay in the coach (unless being painted).  Turn it in at 6 AM, and they'll bring it back out to the REV CG at 2:30.

    -  Stay in a motel.

    -  Go home.

    They told me they would keep the Allegiance two weeks so I drove home in the toad...750 miles.  I got first class service at Decatur.  Plus you can walk around the shop all you want and watch what they are doing.  They fixed the problem, fixed other things I did not even mention, and reimbursed me for 1,500 miles of diesel fuel.  I did the same thing when I took this coach to the REV Repair Center in Alvarado, TX...which, barring a very serious problem and I can't get into Decatur, I'll never use again.

    I disagree with the lawyering up comments.  If you get hold of the right guy at REV, he'll take care of the problem that's what I did.  When I talked to him, I very briefly explained my problem and its history, he said, "you need to bring that coach up here so we can fix it!"  I don't want to put his name on a public forum, but sent it to the OP in a PM on another forum.  In the long run, the OP will be better off working with REV than in an adversarial relationship when the lawyers get involved.

     

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    11 hours ago, Manholt said:

     

    Happy you got your "Magnum" fixed ! :D

     

    Carl

    Thanks, me too!!

    We have long time friends, who are also MH friends, who say a MH is in one of three conditions, not in any particular order:

    -  It's broken.

    -  You just fixed it.

    -  It's getting ready to break again.

     

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    First a bit of clarification on some earlier comments.
     
    Rich...most AC coaches like mine have two inverters and two banks of four 6 v batteries each.  They are wired separately with one inv/battery bank solely for the residential refer, the other inv/battery bank for all other 12 v requirements.  My set up is only one inverter charger but eight 6 v batteries to run everything.  Your analysis was pretty much right on target.
     
    Bill...read the above paragraph.
     
    As Paul Harvey would say, here's "the rest of the story:"
     
    The repair facility sent it back and I reinstalled it.  While installing it, I noticed a long very heavy duty copper wire coming from the battery bank, behind the wall to underneath the Magnum.  I looked in my Magnum paper work...not the operator's manual, the installation manual.  I noticed a lug/bolt on the right side rear corner on the bottom of the Magnum as sitting in the coach.  Called Magnum and the AC tech line, both said that's where a ground goes.  I secured the copper wire to the lug/bolt, rechecked all connections, turned on shore power and only the charger and inverter circuit breakers.  All looked normal on the Magnum remote in the coach.  After a few days, I turned on all the other circuit breakers, all still normal.  Turned off the power, turned on the inverter and ran the microwave off the inverter, all still normal.  Turned shore power back on, all still normal...float charging.  Two days later I unplugged from shore power and took the coach out for a 20 mile run and to refuel it.  When I parked it the Magnum remote again indicated all was normal, it was float charging.  I've put off writing this to be sure all is well, apparently it is.  The copper wire noted was not in the grounding lug/bolt originally.  I don't know if it was grounded 'enough' to be functional up until it started acting weird in April... then getting progressively worse.
     
    I violated one of my cardinal rules going through this drill.  This is RV number six for us.  When there is some kind of problem, I always (not  this time, though) check the simplest and easiest to fix aspects of the problem first.  This time, I was talking to the "experts" and did not even think about doing the easiest thing first...check the security of all wires and grounds.
     
    Thanks to those who made suggestions.
     

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    Yes, I have the manual.  Coach is listed in OP...2014 American Eagle 45 T.  Also, the configuration is eight 6 V AGMs for the coach, and two 12 V AGM for the chassis.  Many coaches of this model have two inverter/chargers (one for each set of four batteries, and one dedicated to the residential refer), my coach has only one inverter/charger.

    Be off line tomorrow for a week or so.  Thanks.

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    Part of Rodger's rant is not correct.  We do not have an "RV" convection  oven.  Ours is off the shelf residential...and it works fine.  Much rather have it than all the storage space we'd lose for a very very seldom used regular oven.

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    No sure what a "sub panel" is... inverter and charger each have separate breakers.  I do have an ammeter, although unsure as to how I would use it to check current on each line.  Therefore, since I have a normal Magnum remote panel, seems it would be easier to check using it.  I'll be off line for around a week, I'll keep you posted.
     
    Thanks for the help.

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    For a couple of months, I've been getting a red fault light and an "AC Overload" message in the Magnum remote...Magnum is a 2812.  Very seldom at first, then quite often.  Made numerous calls to the Magnum tech line, reset it many times.  Finally, it happened right after being reset and just after I talked to Magnum.  I called back immediately. 
     
    After many tests, the tech said to disconnect from shore power and send the Magnum to a repair center.  I hooked the coach up to a trickle charger and sent the Magnum off to a repair facility.  Shortly thereafter got a call that the Magnum was fine and there is a short somewhere in the electrical system in the coach.  I do lots of maintenance and repairs on this thing, but I don't think I want to tackle a serious electrical issue.  I'm looking for suggestions as to what I can check (not too complicated) and suggestions I can give to an RV shop as to what they can look for and check.  Coach is a 14 American Eagle.
     
    Thanks

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    19 hours ago, Manholt said:

    As Herman suggested.  I was there 2 weeks ago getting work done on mine and a nicer, more knowledgeable are hard to find.  That said, they have a great selection and fair pricing!  Since your in FL you might also try Lazydays in Seffner....they always have 1,000 + RV's on hand.  To buy there is good, but service stinks.  My suggestion would be a pre 06' Monaco DP, Holiday Rambler DP or Safari DP. 

    Welcome to the Forum and wish you luck.

    Carl C.

    Carl, I have to disagree on the statement regarding pricing.  I did not buy from them because their price on the same coach was much higher than the competition.
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