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That is a great way to bring in new chapter members! I chased down three locals, only one responded after several emails and phone calls. The one that responded doesn't appear to be a good fit for us on the surface. Another new member and I have discussed starting a chapter, geared toward younger families. The pending outcome of the vote will determine if either of our families continue to be a part of FMCA. My membership expires in November I'm not going to renew until the decision is announced, if it passes, the eggs come off the coach, including the Diesel RV club and we turn the page on this chapter of our lives already a GS life member, I'll put those dues to other use. Dons; here is our "towable"

I was thinking the same

I believe the wheel design is key to selecting the tire valve extensions. Tireman I also didn't like the airless extensions, having a plunger that long just seemed like it was going to create more problems that do good. If your wheels have large hand holes the flexible extensions work good, if they are small as the wheel rotates centrifugal force pulls the braided line into the wheel and if you have wheel simulators the opening has a sharp edge. That's what burned me on our E-450 chassis, they were centered but as I drove it pulled the hoses into the sides of the hole and chaffed the hoses. Here is an example of the size of the holes I was dealing with, there was no hope for a flexible hose. It became a routine to inspect the hoses, which later turned into me sliding a small fuel line over the air extensions with a zip tie to stop the protector from sliding, and replace the rubber protector annually in lieu of the extensions.

YUP, ours also!

Tom, no good! That is one reason I wont consider a coach with slides on the passenger side.

YUP!!

RR, as mentioned, to remove shouldn't take much more than an hour at the most. I pulled the last one from an 03 Wrangler before we traded it in 30 minutes. Installation always takes longer as you are trying to route stuff to keep it protected, so there is a delay, to label and remove is much faster.

I remembered this story, every time I open mine I clean that and look it over carefully. It sits just behind the nozzle. The manual says to clean it also while in there.

Jim, the video is for an F53 chassis not the E450. I had the same chassis under this coach. Here's what I did. As Brett mentioned, inspected the steering and suspension, front and rear, anything worn out, replace it. Weigh coach (loaded, full tank of fresh water, fuel, normal belongings in the coach), set tire pressures accordingly. Alignment; have a good alignment shop check Caster I recommend they increase the caster setting, (link https://www.quicktrickalignment.com/fleet-alignment-tools/) it usually will help and set the toe, if ok, move onto aftermarket parts to correct you concern. I ended with aftermarket parts. All of the steps above helped but none took me to where my expectations were. I installed Roadmaster front and rear sway bars bought them from this company http://www.supersteerparts.com/ Also installed a Rear track bar, also purchased from the link above. Installed Bilstein shocks, searched the web for the best price. they make a different rear shock based off of the coach length, make sure you purchase the correct ones. Once you determine the part numbers of the individual components if you get to that point, do a web search you might find a better deal. The track bar they custom build for your chassis, maybe call them for a package discount?

Carl, from the look of the receipt they replaced every part except the main boiler housing . Don't know what problem they were chasing but when you replace everything inside you're bound to fix it Arm the parts cannon Matey's RRRrrrr

When they break, hold on tight to your wallet. Replacement parts are expensive, the routine parts are fairly cheap. Ours was rebuilt a few years back (prior to is owning it) the receipt for parts was over $4000, that was the last receipt I could locate, I can only assume that was the last service also. I purchase my parts from Rodger, his link is below. Genuine Aqua Hot parts, and when you purchase parts from him the repair advice is free. He is a certified Aqua Hot technician. http://forum.rvhydronicheaterrepair.com/forumdisplay.php?5-Aqua-Hot-Questions

Yes, very simple to install, here is a photo of what they look like on the outer wheel when it pops through the support

When I did my last service I replaced the nozzle $30.00 Pressure cap replaced $15.00. It took me about an hour to do it. My burner combustion chamber was melted and cracked from over fueling, as it turned out the nozzle hadn't been replaced in 6 years which was the cause of the failure. Not part of a Normal service to replace a combustion chamber, that set me back $295.00. I was shocked how easy it was, hats off to Monaco for its placement, easily accessible.

Pros, cant think of any, maybe help against stone chips if you are a driver that follows that close to the traffic in front of you. Cons, have to replace every 5 years or so, expensive to put on and take off. Looks terrible around the 5 year timeline

yea, but we don't hold any of that against you, love you just the same

If you smell Diesel, either the nozzle wasn't replaced, wrong one was installed, it wasn't installed properly or you have a fuel leak in the unit that is dripping raw fuel into the combustion chamber or air fuel ratio is off. Do you have any smoke while its running? Not at start up, but after 15 seconds? I ask as I made a mistake when installing my burner, it wasn't seated properly which allowed for a rich burn, I had black smoke.

Check your outside shower, make sure both the hot and cold valves are shut off. If they are open and the switch on the handle is clicked off the hot and cold can mix.

YUP, here is the link for that specific page, you will have to measure to see what length you need. http://yourtireshopsupply.com/category/9_864_424/valve-extensions-truck

Since you are hanging TPMS sensors off of the extensions, I would definitely go with the rubber support plugs in the wheels.

YUP, that's where I bought my extensions and supports from, they were the only company that had the Monaco wheel supports (they (supports, not extensions) are wheel manufacture specific).

This is what I have on the inner rear wheels https://www.finditparts.com/products/7666749/haltec-127393?srcid=CHL01SCL010-Npla-Dmdt-Gusa-Svbr-Mmuu-K7666749-L83&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIjLm644GT1gIVWrXACh2k7gk6EAQYBCABEgIPqPD_BwE

The flex hose extensions are known to leak and cause problems, the solid extensions are not, especially if they have a support on the outer wheel to keep them stabilized. When I picked up the new tires this year I asked about balancing beads (powder is no longer available from what I was told), was told not to use them by the tire dealer since most manufactures will void your tire warranty, our coach already had Centramatics installed so I have nothing in the way of balancing other than the Centramatics.

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