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glad i'm not the only one that has experienced this! I've had conversations in CG's that make you wonder who ties their shoes in the morning. The engine brake doesn't put anymore of a stress on the engine than the accelerator does. Keep in mind on an emissions engine, they produce more heat surrounding the engine than a older engine, this will cause hoses to fail sooner.

Its more like 15-20 gallons on mine. When I pull into the fuel lanes, I lean the coach before exiting, as soon as I start it up it levels itself within 10 seconds. What do they think? I could care less, no one ever passed any comments and I've talked to a few at the fuel islands. I called Monaco on this a few years back, the tank is physically 158 gallons, but only could take 128 of liquid. 30 gallons of air space is to much, in the winter that is like not filling the tank and creating condensation issues.

Herman, you and I have the same fuel tanks, after reading the post above I do the same, lean the coach and fill it up as I could never get a full reading on the gauge either. There is still quite a bit of space above even after leaning the coach for expansion. I actually remove the vent fitting with a full tank, I do it every spring to make sure no bugs clogged it up and the fuel level was still 2" from the top. Our fill necks are directly on the tank like a road tractor saddle tank, not like the Freightliner chassis (or a gas coach) where there are rubber hoses going down to the tank which you cannot access or see. The fill necks are too low on the side wall's of the tank.

It would be easier to avoid them if there were braided hoses connected to them, without the hoses you forget about them until you're washing them. If you noticed they are now in the garage, because of these tabs I had to replace them. The dealer removed the hoses prior to us purchasing the coach but the tabs remained, their response "I just saved you two flat inner tires, you're welcome!"

LOL!!

Jim, I believe he is referring to these tabs to hold them securely. I have called these many names none of which were nice and I have scars and damage wash mitts to prove it

I use one of these and straight into the valve cover. We have a side radiator that might be the reason of ease. Keon's recommendation sounds like a winner!

This KOA you speak of. That's where you talked us into for the up coming holiday? Carl, can't imagine you in Alexandria VA . The highways are much better now around the chaos but once off of those it's a mess. We liked Cherry Hill for D.C. so we can hop on mass transit in the park and go.

Rick I saw the photos on Facebook of the coach detailed. Looks fantastic especially with the underglow.

Ahh, now it really sounds like a good idea! Forgot you two were still running like that

Kay, you feel unsafe or feel like it wasn't built for endurance in that 88 MCI?

Carl, you could put that behind your coach, put the jeep behind it, Pull Doubles . M&G both units off the coach!

Richard you made some good points! I believe this has been beaten on more than one angle and we all agree to disagree! Certain circumstances i.e. vehicle build determine's what safety items are needed and what are a waste of time and money due to the vehicles design, unnecessary items. The more installed in a vehicle the more that can and will go wrong, ultimately leaving the owner with the burden of paying for repairs, scroll through the technical forums above to emphasize that. There is so much technology being introduced into the automotive/truck and RV industry daily that isn't proven, costs an exuberant amount of money and becomes a burden on the owner. Adding more of this stuff that wouldn't work due to the placement would be a larger problem for the consumer. i.e. collapsible steering columns and air bags in a class A would be a waste however better front end construction of a safety structure on certain makes would be a benefit to the occupants as other manufactures have done already, if fiberglass or aluminium skinned is a moot point, what is behind that is the meat and potatoes! Most are not advertised because most consumers just don't care, people want bling an status today the ones that do will research it and seek out the specific brands accordingly. Why would air bags and a collapsible steering column be a waste? Cant speak for most but I can for ours, my steering column isn't pointed toward me even tilted all the way down air bag (if equipped) is at most pointed on an angle mostly toward the ceiling, if there was one and it deployed it would pass the top of my head by at least 1', thus rendering both a bad idea, waste of resources and money. One huge safety item often overlooked is visibility to the driver, in a B or C (not super C) the driver is sitting at level with the majority of the traffic, the class A is up above most automobiles (heck my tires are taller than most automobiles and I sit higher than the top of them) I can see pretty far ahead. Avoiding the accident is the utmost important, that's the reason for roll stability and ABS. A safe driver is constantly panning around looking at the guy on his phone or the aggressive driver, etc. I drive with the vehicle in front of me is so far ahead I cant read the license plate, cars jump in front of me I decelerate to maintain my safe following distance. I follow the "Smith System" when driving anything, the coach gives me a much better picture of whats going on in front of me with the view we have. So to answer the OP's question on the topic YES, a better safety cage in certain manufactures should become standard, perhaps other safety devices would help, none mentioned above would in most class A's ! Sad to say but the increase in costs will most likely drive 90% of their market away resulting in a decline in sales. Richard, that bus equipped with ABS or roll stability?

Now I was thinking perhaps a smaller campsite like a tent site that wasn't on a platform or in grass. That would save a good amount of money other than the 20 amp electric would be a hurdle to overcome, maybe you could run the AC off of that, start up might trip the breaker.

But not seat ejecting air bags

Carl, now that makes sense with the air bags on the jeep, that would ruin an off road adventure! Motorcycles need air bags, motorcycles! Hear me out....If they could deploy based off of the collision avoidance systems early warning it would be fantastic, system would sense a problem blow you right off the seat and out of harms way . We can call it "kick in the shorts safety" KISS for short! I'm gonna Patent that queen size RV mattress air bag. The driver side one would be entertaining, since my steering wheel doesn't point toward me it points upwards it would be like kissing the side of a mushroom, you would need the hand portion of the wheel to explode and the bag come out of there, who needs hands afterwards . Call me stubbs or Handy

Good thing this road tractor had air bags, oh wait it doesn't nor did it need them. Perhaps a ladder would be helpful right about now Manholt, you disconnected the ones in your Jeep ?

When I patent this technology ill let you know prototype under way in my cookie cutter POS coach built on a commercial bus semi monocoque chassis from the 80's, but what do I know i'm not a NHTSA expert like others, no experience in either industry (rescue or vehicle repair). Just an EX LEO and Vol Firefighter, never seen an accident or cut someone that was screaming from a cookie cutter automobile that passed the controlled environment tests,,,YUP you bet they all passed, some with 5 stars, didn't help those people that night, why,,,,the accident scene wasn't controlled, if it were there would be no accident and I could have stayed in bed those nights. Ever wonder why Tractor trailers don't have air bags until recently, and not all do even in 2018? There is metal in front of them and under them, heavy metal, the ones with air bags don't have the metal its all plastic and tin like a car, cutting back on heavy metal to keep costs and weight down will all of the Emissions junk weighing the unit down. The weight reduction has to come from somewhere so more freight can go into the cargo area, thus increasing the amount of revenue produced. Collision avoidance systems; they do work but only if you are headed toward a metal object, fall asleep and head off the road into the woods..... I agree a controlled environment is exactly what that is, and the cargo area of the vehicle was empty, it didn't even have rear doors, add 4000 lbs of RV equipment to that and hit the block wall, how about slide that van over 1" and miss the frame rail that was intentionally aimed for, head on into the tin and flimsy bumper, any volunteers? This post covers many moot points, saying all class A's are created equal is about as far from the truth as saying all RV's are created equal or all automobiles that have all passed the same crash tests and go the same score are all created equal, tell that to the people I have seen, but they will all argue with the experts on here.

Great! They have always been helpful to me for my projects and replacement parts.

Good find Puff!

Eddie, call them, they might have something close and can send you a photo.

Mike, my guess is it froze and cracked, but before we jump to that the hose clamp looks loose. Are you sure its coming from that brass portion and not the hose on side, trickling down? Maybe try to snug up the clamp first, if no success pull the valve and see if an o-ring is replaceable, it shouldn't be something beyond what you might find at a hardware store. If no luck try for a replacement valve or upgrade the entire toilet.

Welcome to the forum!

I tried to make my response entertaining . I thought you were near Dickinson? Isn't it humid over in that area? I was looking NE of Dallas, near Herman. But ultimately work will dictate that.