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I believe issues like this are not related to roadside assistance only, but if you stop and think about it you will quickly begin to notice a lack of responsibility, service and professionalism across many industries. Today you have to help your DR properly diagnose your illness, or they will likely get it wrong. Today you have to double check your order, it could be fast food or it could be something you purchased on line, the description, photo and product could be incorrect or packaged wrong. Take your RV to a shop with a problem, you are more likely to have a workmanship problem or a miss-diagnosis today more than ever. Call the cable company with an intermittent problem watching a movie, they wont be able to figure it out. I could go on and on, I think everyone gets the picture. Attention to detail and professionalism are falling by the waste side. Now it all about money, not service or pride and its everywhere in every industry. I wasn't brought up this way and I see it every single day in the work place. I am learning to let it roll off and its not easy thing to overcome. I am not so sure any RS assistance would be better than another, sometimes its all about how willing the person on the other end of the phone is or how bad they actually want to help. Sadly most are contracted through the same call center, just the face and name are different where you purchased it. I believe its a roll of the dice when you call and that persons mood that will determine the outcome, not the carrier or the colorful brochure that sold it.

Driving down the road the my Alternator switches between chassis and house batteries. The batteries I run are a direct replacement for a flooded acid battery which means they can withstand the charge rate of the alternator which isn't uncommon in today's AGM. No AGM will take an Equalization charge kindly, which my alternator is NOT capable of producing. When parked the inverter charges both banks but not at the same time. My inverter is set to AGM so it will not go into an Equalization cycle. Over the road sleeper tractors are also set up this way when they have Hybrid or Battery powered APU's, very common amongst that industry to have flooded to start the engine and AGM on the APU.

Google maps. If you go to Google maps and type in campgrounds near xxx. You will get the pinned locations of campgrounds. Then to the side will be the campgrounds listed. Check each website and reviews and make a decision from there. Reviews and campground lists; http://www.campgroundreviews.com/

Here is a topic on an Imperial that is similar to a Dynasty and Windsor;

Do you have a macerator toilet in the 1/2 bath area?

Campalot, Welcome to the FMCA forums! To answer your question, yes. I have our coach set up like that for three years now.

Looks to me the screws fell out of the motor and it separated from the gear box

Have you owned this coach since new? The reason I ask, have you ever heard the air dryer purge when the air gauge reaches 110-120 PSI? When we bought our Monaco product I thought it wasn't equipped with an air dryer, turns out it was broken and the previous owner didn't like the noise when it purged so he built a wooden box around it. Once I discovered it by following the lines I replaced the dryer and removed the ugly modification. Based off of your initial issue, I believe you have a problem with the air brake system. Below is a test to perform to narrow down to which side of the system has an issue. At a minimum its a good test to get into a habit of checking for safety. Air brake safety devices vary. However, this procedure is designed to see that any safety device operates correctly as air pressure drops from normal to a low air condition. For safety purposes, in areas where an incline is present, you will use wheel chocks during the air brake check. The proper procedures for inspecting the air brake system are as follows: - With the engine running, build the air pressure to governed cut-out (typically 100-125 psi). Shut off the engine. Turn on the key but do not start the engine, chock your wheels, if necessary, release the parking brake(s). Check the air gauge to see if the air pressure drops more than two (2) psi in one minute for single vehicles and more than three (3) psi in one minute for combination vehicles. - Then, fully apply pressure to the foot brake and hold for one (1) minute. Check the air gauge to see if the air pressure drops more than three (3) psi in one (1) minute for single vehicles and four (4) psi in one (1) minute for combination vehicles. If the air loss is greater, check for leaks and fix before driving the vehicle. You could lose your brakes while driving. - Begin fanning off the air pressure by rapidly applying and releasing the foot brake. Low air warning devices (buzzer, light, flag) should activate before air pressure drops below 60 PSI. - Continue to fan off the air pressure. At approximately 40 PSI to 20 PSI on a tractor-trailer combination vehicle, the tractor protection valve and parking brake valve should close (pop out). On other combination vehicle types and single vehicle types, the parking brake valve should close (pop out). - Check rate of air pressure buildup. When the engine is at operating RPM, the pressure should build from 85 to 100 psi within 45 seconds in dual air systems. (If the vehicle has larger than minimum air tanks, the buildup time can be longer and still be safe

Mike, you cannot go wrong with the OEM Fleetgard filters. Hopefully you will never stop learning. there is a lot to absorb, so much most couldn't absorb most of it. Glad you are all fixed up!

The best way to check it is to remove it and manually rotate each bearing cap. I have seen on many instances where a shop reported ("its all tight, nothing wrong") and they were right, one cap was seized causing the vibration. Most will check for looseness, not seized caps.

My thoughts exactly. A high frequency vibration would be a driveline issue where a wobble would be on the wheel end. As mentioned, was the ride height checked? Too much of an angle on the drive shaft can cause a vibration as well as a drive shaft being perfectly level is also not a good thing. U-joints are designed to be at an angle so the needle bearings rotate.

Tim, our class c had a similar set up as you except we had added air bags on the front also (they were inside the coil springs) I always added air to level the coach at each corner, ours leaned to the right side loaded without any passengers. The front, I would add air so the front wheel Camber looked proper. Ford E-450 with twin I beam, if it was front heavy the top of the tires would be tilted inwards. Our old C was over axle weights from the factory. I suspected that was the reason for the air bags to stop it from bottoming out. Who installed them I have no idea. I set mine to level the coach when I had it aligned and the coach was loaded as it would minus the passengers. It worked, just rode like a tank!

Mike, most likely they created a fault code for "low fuel rail pressure". If the filters were pre-filled it shouldn't have happened. Do you have the capability of retrieving the fault code? I will say its odd the light didn't go out by now if the issue was caused by air in the fuel system. Can you see the filters? Make sure the Water sensor is has the electrical connector connected, if not that can illuminate the engine light.

YUP, seems like most get replaced from neglect after they begin to melt down. This one wouldn't switch on and looked like new inside.

I love grilled asparagus! Looks like you got one trying to escape

Glad to hear it’s resolved.

Carl, I fixed your old transfer switch. Next time we meet up I’ll bring it along. Out of boredom and curiosity I took it apart and found the control circuit board had a loose solder joint on the board. I resoldered it, put it all back together and made a power cord, plugged it into my 50 amp RV outlet and after about 15 seconds it activated. I tested the output with a meter and it works.

Yeah, too many miles between us!

Good to know, I guess they sprayed that to everyone, we’ve been life members for 10 years or so now.

Glad to hear there is nothing wrong but the fuel! We bought bad fuel a few years back, it began growing bacteria at an alarming rate in the tank. I picked up a bottle of Diesel biocide and treated it within 3 days of purchasing the fuel. I was replacing the fuel filters around every 900 miles or so afterwards. It took almost two seasons to get rid of it! The filter changes gradually increased in mileage shortly after the first round. Now at every fill up I use diesel fuel treatment that also increases the cetane rating of the fuel. Cheap insurance as far as I am concerned and the coach does perform better with it. Make sure you carry extra filters, tools and a way to prime them. Probably couldn’t hurt to run through it at home first. I also carry a small hand pump to fill them, and a plug for the center of secondary filter so I do not introduce unfiltered fuel to the injection pump. Can you see into your tank from either fill neck?

Carl, I forgot the annual dues portion. I have a life membership. Either way it’s not nearly as good as a deal as FMCA.

Andy, can you roll through your selling dealer for them to locate it?

Ironically Good Sam sent me a coupon for their assist program yesterday. Regularly $89.95 per year reduced to $59.95 for now and if I use the coupon it will drop another $5.00. This can go up as you select different options. I didn’t care to dig deeper and run a comparison. When you consider the FMCA rate with all of the other benefits it’s certainly a bargain.

Herman, I’d love to do something like that. My wife is a master at Potato, macaroni salads and deviled eggs. DW and I were both raised that no one leaves hungry! This always calculates to large amounts of food. Jim, that would be a lot of fun with a smoke off. Events like that is where we learn techniques. Today I am smoking a ham. My youngest has been requesting it. I use to do them at our annual Easter camping trip with friends over a campfire. It has been a few years since we have been Easter camping. When I did those Easter cookouts I also had a Dutch over over the fire with potato slices, butter, bacon, cheese and onions simmering over the fire. Few weeks comes Halloween camping and I’ll have a pot of Chili simmering. For those of you that don’t know, it’s not yankee chili, no beans and it’s not sweetened! Sweet foods are desserts in this house. apparently I have a southern soul

What’s everyone cooking for the holiday? We are home for the weekend and this was today’s dinner. I smoked an 11 lb brisket and made homemade Mac and cheese which I finished off in the smoker. note the juice on the left side of the photo, it was bubbling out