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I don't spend much time on FB. We mainly have it to keep in touch with our RV'ing friends as most of them full-time. I just joined the Monaco FB page because I am quite knowledgeable about Monaco coaches and thought I could contribute, however, I am about ready to give all of the above up and...

I was called an unsafe idiot, crazy, nuts and others because they saw the small 3-ton floor jack and automotive jackstands but didn't read the description nor decipher the pictures showing how I had supported the actual weight of the coach.

That is exactly how I've done them on our OTR trucks and trailers as well but not the norm in the RV world for some reason. To me it just makes more sense to use the weight of the suspension to pull the air spring down and easier to lift out and reinstall but blocking between the suspension and...

So I’m going to try this here as I think most are tool and shop minded and maybe I won’t get verbally abused like I did on Facebook over the weekend. I belong to the Monaco owner’s group on Facebook and there seems to have been a lot of people with air spring issues lately so I thought I...

Friday night I pulled the wife’s Acura TL into the shop to replace the passenger airbag cutout switch. Her SRS light came on last week and after diagnosing to check for short or open from SRS module to switch I determined it was the switch. I ordered one last week and it arrived Thursday night...

One thing most people don't realize is that building one of these things it is not a one and done deal. When I was building street rods, race cars and muscle cars I found myself assembling and disassembling them at least 3X in order to make 100% certain everything fit properly and cleared...

Awesome. Figured you had already thought of it but figured I'd mention it as now is the time vs. after paint and bright work are complete. Mike

Thanks Colton, I appreciate that. Mike

Here is a little project I worked on the past couple of nights before dropping it off to my upholstery guy yesterday to cover. After installing wiring for several new gauges to monitor engine vitals during my FASS fuel pump installation I wanted to create a custom gauge panel to house them that...

Here is a quick little project that my son and I tackled last weekend on his WJ. The front coil springs had quite a bit of arch to them as we didn’t correct the spring buckets when we clocked the knuckles last year. As much as I hate to admit this, it was an oversight. Usually a little arch...

Thank you. I appreciate the comments.

Thanks for the information. I knew of the 25th Amendment but missed the part about there needing to be a 2/3 majority. That being said, with the poor representation from our Republican house lately, I'm still worried.

I ran the wiring into the front run box which is on the driver’s side just ahead of the steer axle. I used the wiring harness that came with the FASS fuel pump and installed the relay on the side of the run box and tapped into an unused “key on” power terminal with a 3 amp fuse. Battery...

Drilled & tapped the exhaust manifold to accept the K-style pyrometer probe. Secured wiring away from the exhaust heat. Ran the wiring for the fuel pressure sending unit into the left rear run panel and tie into the wiring in which I run through the chassis and up to the cockpit. Encased...

Next was to bypass the OEM lift pump. I removed the hoses and capped off the inlet and outlet of the LPM (Lift Pump Manifold) then extended the wiring for the lift pump. The inlet hose going to the OEM lift pump now goes directly to the CAPS inlet. This portion of the entire project was hands...

Moving to the rear engine bay. Seeing as how access to my original secondary filter was limited, I opted to remove my primary filter and relocate my old secondary filter to its location. This will provide a third filter in the fuel system and just before the CAPS pump. Probably overkill...

Prepping the pump by installing fittings. 1/2” NPT to a -10 JIC elbow. This will be the supply from the tank. 1/2” NPT to -10 JIC straight (black fitting) for the pressurized and filtered fuel leaving the pump manifold. The silver fitting is a 1/2” NPT to a -8 JIC which is the FASS return...

Next was to design and build the mounting bracketry for the FASS pump and filter assembly. I don’t want to merely bolt to the approx. 12-gage steel sheeting at the front of the fuel tank bay. Partially because of support but also I didn’t want to create a “tinny” sound from the pump being...

It's been a long couple of weeks and I should have posted this as I've done it but here is a HUGE photo and description dump. Sorry guys. I've been working on installing a FASS (Fuel And Air Separation) system on our 2003 Monaco Dynasty on the Roadmaster S-Series chassis for the past couple of...

That press conference was hard to watch and the freakin' media just continued to pamper and cater to him. Even when he didn't math well the media calmly inquired to give him a chance to correct himself. :mad2: The media's bias is SOOOOOO obvious but those who listen to them continue to repeat...