hermanmullins

This is for anyone who knows SEAJAY. Keep this forum up on him. I hope his other commitments do not keep him away for too long. "FAIR WIND AND FOLLOWING SEAS," my friend.

SEAJAY Thank for this forum. Let me know if I can help. Herman Mullins U. S. Navy Airdale 9-1956 to 3-1964 PR-3 Great Lakes Boot Camp Hutchinson, KA TDY Norman, OK School Pax River MD VW-15 Argencia, New Foundland Norman, OK School Lakehurst, NJ School Pax River, MD VW-15 McGuier A. F. Base VR-6 Quanset Point, RI VS-31 USS Wasp CVA 18 Even at 72 I would go back in a heart beat. GOD this is a great Country!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Being a Sailor or a Marine is quite the same as being a Texas Aggie or Texas Alum. There will always be discussions as to which school is what. But in the end they will always tell you they are both in TEXAS. I have been on Shore Patrol and always felt secure when we had to work with the Marine M.P.s. We had sticks and they had side arms. Marines always have your back no matter what branch of service you are or were in. Besides, how else could all of us swab jockeys go on liberty if we had to guard the gates. "SIMPER FI" to all you USMC Vets. and "FAIR WINDS AND FOLLOWING SEAS" to all you sailors. Now get back on the gates so I can go on liberty.

John, Most states have recipical agreements on drivers lic. If you go to five different lic. offices you will get five different answers. I don't know of any state thats really knows the answer. I think everyone has their own interpertation of the laws. So you know the regulations had to have neen written by Lawyers Goog luck and safe driving

Seajay, From one old salt to another, how did you get 6 years out of your 6volt bats? Which of the 1 out of 2 was correct, luck or dist. water? I always like to see your entrys anlong with Tom's. I know your situation. Last year I replaced four 6 volts and both 12 volt chassis. This past month every time I went to start the M/H my batterys would light up the dash but would not start the coach. I would start the Gen. let it run for 15/20 min and try again. When I would try to start the coach the gen would die. As you put it SHUX. After replacing the starter ($500.00++) It started with a jump. Ilet it run for 2 hours turned it off tryed to start the coach SHUX. I removed both coach Bat.s to take to Interstate. I got my old paper work, purchased on 8-8-2008, today was 8-11-2009,SHUX. However when I got to Interstate they tested both Batteries and found both bad and exchanged them for free, super SHUX. I went and bought a load tester so I can check the batteries now. I bought my 6 volts at Sam's Club for less then $60.00 per. They didn't carry the larger 12 volts. Keep up the post.

CDL, Commerical Drivers License, are required for all drivers of commercial vehicles. Class will depend on what you are driving. This being said Section 383 of the TXDOT says,under exemptions, driver of Recreation Vehicles are exempt from the CDL requirement no mater the weight. I Have checked the states of Washington, Virgina, Oklahoma, and so. They all state the same thing under their Exemptions. Go to any state you desire, DOT CDL Exemptions. Check it out. When you find the page, copy it and keep it in your coach, not all Police Officers or Troopers know this. Hope this helps

Brett, you made a good point about the filter(charcoal), and the strainer. Our coach has a strainer between the inlet side of the pump and the tank with the filter on the outlet side. We had a problem with our Flojet pump. It didn't have a check valve in it. I called Flojet and before I finished telling my problem to the tech he said that he needed my address to send a check valve. Seem they have had this problem many times before. I did remove the Flojet and replace it with a Shurflo (I had from a previous water problem). How many people use a Charcoal filter when hooked up to the camps water and decide to add water to their tank before leaving? That is why many coach manufacturs put a filter at the kitchen sink. Brett, thanks for your responce to so many questions. In 9 years and three coaches I have learned much from your answers. Keep up the good work.

Bret has given you sound advice, as allways. I recently had your same problem. The first place that looked at my problem spent 5 hours and found no problem. They did replace both fuel filters. At this same time I had a service bullentin from Cummins so I took it to the closest dealer. They first said they could preform the bullentin, but when they attached the computer to my unit they found a code they could not find anywhere in the books or on line. A call to Southern Plains Cummins told them that it was a factory code and that they would need the coach to preforn the task. The dealer didn't charge me one red dime. I took the unit to Southern Plains, they did the work and Cummins picked up the bill. We have a Monaco Dynasty, 2002, with 60,000 miles on the unit. Our engine is a 400 HP ISL. If you have the 400 HP ISL I would advise you to check with Cummins on the Service Bullentin. Your Bill for $1,800.00 is excessive. That is over 16.63 hours at (our area) $108.00 per hour flat rate. As Bret said be nice and cool and ask for a recount with 1) Service manager, 2) General Manager and 3) Owner. My total out of pocket was $301.41 at Diamond Service Center, in Howe, TX. They are great people to work with and they keep you informed with their progress. I hear these horror stories of over charging and I feel greatfull that we haven't been in those situtations. (Now that I have put it in writing I am sure I will have my own story. Good luck and Happy traveling. "FAIR SEAS AND FOLLOWING WINDS"

This look like a typical off road light. They have them at WalMart, Autozone, O'Rileys, NAPA or you might try your local 4X4 Off Road accessories Store. If all else fails try looking at J.C. Whitney. Hope this helps.

Herman "TEX" "MOON" Mullins United States Navy 7 years 8 months 11 days September 17, 1956-----March 24, 1964 Parachute Rigger 3rd Class Petty Officer Being a Airdale I had many Exotic duty stations, Great Lakes NS, IL-- Hutchinson NAS, KA-- Norman NS, OK--Pax River NAS, MD-- Argencia, NewFoundland (Several times)--Lake Hurst NAS, NJ--Pax River NAS, McGuire AFB, NJ--Quansit Point NAS, RI ( Finaly got to Sea with duty on the USS WASP CVA-18, 3 cruises). While stationed at McGuire AFB I came to understand what is was like to be a MINORITY. I was a Sailor, on an Air Force Base inside and Army Fort (Dix). I found out just lately that I am considered a Vietnam Veteran. I thank the Government for this desiganation but I am no where near the ranks of our brave men who served in that conflict. I salute each and everyone of those that served over there. GOD BLESS YOU ALL!

Before you reverse the wires switch relays from one slide that works with the relay on the one way slide. it might be as simple as a bad relay. I have had bad relays on my coach before. Herman 02 Dynasty

If you love a cross wind go from Cheyenne to Rock Springs, WY. Jackson is beautiful and so are the Tetons. However if I was going west I would take I-90 to Rapid City. Visit Mt Rushmore (a must see at night),Crazy Horse then up Silver City DeadWood and Sturgis (don't go in August).Then on to Buffalo WY on I-90,16 to Woodland (I haven't been on Hwy 16 looks pretty high) and on to THERMOPOLIS. Natural Hot spring Baths, Great small town with several Antique Stores (a must for my wife anywhere we go). Then up to Cody. You must visit the Buffalo Bill museum. Then it is a beautiful drive on into the East Entrance of Yellowstone. This road will take you right by Fishing Bridge Camp Gorund, This is the only full hookup CG in Yelstn. Check with them on your coach length. We have not been west of Yelstn. but getting there is a wonderful trip. Maybe someone can tell you about Hwy 16 from Buffalo to Worland.

Be sure and take a test drive. The concept is OK, but there can be a lot of noise with a front engine Diesel. Have your wife talk to you and if you can hear without shouting it should be OK. That being said there are times when shouting occurs even when the engine is off. Tiffin make a very good coach. Herman Mullins 2002 Dynasty 400 ISL

Well we got the coach back from Cummins today. There is a technical bullentin (camp0330A) to recalibrate for Injection Timing During Overheat- ISL.In driving back from Cummins (aprox. 45 miles) I had no reorrucance of the problem. This was all done at no cost to us, as it fall within the emission section. I will let you know if there is any change. You might take your Engine Serial Number to your Cummins Dealer and have them check it for any Service Bullentins. I appear to me that Service Bullentins are not advertised to the public but you can get the information at Cummins. Thanks for you Responce. Herman (AKA Grumpy)

We have a 2002 Monaco Dynasty with a Cummins ISL 400. This week, while taking the coach to have the Norcold recall done, I experienced loss of power and billows of white smoke coming from the tailpipe. I left it running while calling Coach-Net. During the call the engine cleared up and ran fine. When I was returning from having the service done, it statred to smoke and lose power again. This time it took over 45 minutes to clear up. One service center did over five hours of diagnosis and found nothing wrong. They drove it almost 100 miles during their investigation and had no problems. Next, I took the motorhome to our local Cummins dealer for work associated with a technical bullentin. They found weird code and are having to call Cummins. When they started to pull it into the shop, white smoke and no power again. Sorry for the long explination. But has anyone out there had a similar problem? If it was solved, what was found? All help greatly appreicated.

M&G Engineering makes both electric and air braking systems. If you understand power brakes you know how hard it is to stop a vehicle when the engine is not running. M&G unit fits in between the power brake booster and the master cylinder. When the brake is applied (Air or Electric) it applies pressure right to the master cylinder with the same force your coach brake is appling. Great, great, great unit. With a life time warrenty. Happy RVing Herman

I found the best place to buy 6 volt(golf cart batteries) is at Sam's Club. They are reasonable and you can install them yourself. However when you install the batteries it appears that you will need to make up new cables since the previous owner took evey thing with him. First of all, that was a rotten thing to do. How were you able to check out the coach before you purchased it? Sorry back to the instalation. You will need several feet of 1/0 cable, and cable lugs. You can get the cable from your local welding distributor. He will know what you are looking for. The lugs will need to be for 1/0 cable with 1/4" or 5/16" holes. on my last battery change out I had flickering with my 12 volt lights. I solved the problem by cleaning the lugs to bright brass. I purchased brass flat washers (2 per post) and brass nuts. You will only need to do this if you have the old cables. Put washer, battery lug washer, then nut. After installation get and apply a battery sealent from your auto parts store.The cable will be very/very/very stiff, so before you install the batteries set them on the ground or table top as they would fit in the battery tray and make the cables so you know length bends and so forth. I hope this will help you with your batteries. Happy charging. Herman