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John___Angela's avatar
Mar 31, 2015

Itasca Latitude Rear gas Pusher. Opinions

Hi folks. We have a friend who is looking at buying a 2008 Itasca rear gas pusher. I know little about these things. Would love to hear some opinions, motors, transmissions used etc. Whadayathink?

Thanks in advance.

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  • There is a member on here by the name of "Gramps", and I believe on IRV2.com also, that has a wealth of knowledge on the UFO pusher, and has one, not sure if it was a Monaco or Itasca, but you might try searching for any of his posts. As I remember, he talked quite highly of the UFO that he has, and I do not think overheating was an issue with the UFO gas chassis, that I recall reading. Hope this May help. Bert
  • sch911 wrote:
    It's gotta be the Workhorse UFO chassis with an 8.1 I think....


    It is the only chassis that had a gas pusher. I understand they had resolved the overheating issues. I really wanted one, but there were so few built and the mfg I wanted didn't build any at all.

    I loved my 8.1 L Vortec engine for 110K miles!
  • It's gotta be the Workhorse UFO chassis with an 8.1 I think....
  • Hi John: Very few of any rear gas pushers have been reliable. Lots of overheating problems. What engine ? What chassis?

    Moisheh