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  1. On my Cat 350 C7 loss of power was huei pump 2 times it was replaced 1 yr 2 mos ago and failed again a month ago pump was gone again cat picked up 70% this time they told me that there were no pumps available and would not be till July or August.

    Cat service mgr. said he would check around other dealers and came back and told me a cat dealer in Maine said to use a marine pump which he did he told me that the marine pump was a more robust pump with dual bearings instead of single and designed to operate at high RPM s for hours and hours at a time only mod to fit it was to move the fuel filter to the frame rail next to the separator which was on my to do list for accessibility.

    Trip last week into the rolling hills of Vermont ran great more power than the first replacement he said any extra fuel it pumps just goes back to tank my guess is the extra fuel flow will also help keep the fuel system cooler. Time will tell-- only out of service for one week.

    Milton Cat did a great job getting me back up and running.


  2. One night sitting around the fire with my sons family and several other young family's ( friends of my son and his wife ) And all towable owners with young kids. I brought up FMCA and was immediately told by my son there is nothing in FMCA that benefits us and all his freinds agreed with him they said it's just a club for old people with motorhomes. They don't care about the rally's don't need any road assistance tire are easy to change yourself they don't worry about getting sick and needing a way home I couldn't come up with a good argument why they should join I was totally outnumbered by them.


  3. Joe that's what I do drove a bucket truck with saddle tanks for a bunch of years those were a piece of cake to top off coach has fills on both sides and about 5 ft of hose leading to the tank from each side. Curb side fills best so I try to favor that one. Won't have to worry about that for a while blew another huei pump only about 2500 miles lasted for a year and 2 months so naturally it was just out of warentee cat said they will pay for 80% if I buy an extended warentee. The bad news is they don't have any and don't expect any till July or august they are trying other dealers. At least I drove it to Milton cat this time didn't have to get towed. oooooo well only dirty green paper with dead presidents pictures on it


  4. Martin it's a medallion monitor it monitors engine systems like air, op, temp, rpm, gear your in, total mpg since original start up ( can't be reset) instant mpg and many other items only problem is display is very dark and hard to read while under way on early models. Manual can be found on medallion instrument web site.


  5. My father bought a new 1998 35 ft chieftain and the dash was 2 inches from the windshield he noticed it when every time he put something on it he had to go on a treasure hunt to find what was missing and kitchen counters were not fastened down right he had to fight with them but they finally made it right. You would think they were doing it right by now.

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