Breakdown Information

Two years ago I bought a ten year old Monaco Dynasty from one of the biggest RV dealers in the U.S. thinking I'd be fairly treated, NOT. Picked the unit up in Fl. in the Tampa area, drove it as far as Baton Rouge when the starter went. Then in Texas punctured a rear tire, which was my fault. The first three trips it broke down and had to be towed twice, thank goodness for Good Sam Emerg. service. To make a long story short, found the Cummins' 300 turbo had been overheated by previous owner which was the source of the major problem that of not starting. We had to resleeve one cyl. replace the piston, the head and exhaust manifold. In addition had to replace the alternator, starter, starter solenoid (twice), fuel shut off solenoid valve(twice),inverter and rewire some mickey mouse wiring tapped into the starting circuit. The bottom line was $8,300 later I think we have a pretty good rig, but the grief getting there was awful. We had all the work done by authorized Cummins' shops, and when they first put the new head on hadn't torqued it properly so our trip to Oregon was cancelled as we lost five gallons of water in 500 miles. But lucky for us the Cummins' shop in Sacramento knew what they were doing and redid the head job right. But we had spend a week of our vacation getting the repairs done, lucky for us we had friends in Sacramento. I really kick myself because I noticed a little milky color in the breather pipe when I was in Fl. but because the crankcase oil was clear I dismissed it as being the result of the damp weather in Fl. This was my really BIG mistake and I'm convinced the dealer knew there was a problem, but saw me coming. Oh well I guess I'm not to old to learn, but oh my the price. The turkey that owned it before and had traded it in had the nerve to came by when I was picking it up in Fl. and I thought he was going to cry when he started telling me what fun he and his wife had experienced in this RV. The R.V. Dealer did send me a check for $750 said thats all they would pay. Hope this story gave someone comfort seeing their problems weren't as bad as they thought, if so my time hasn't been wasted writing this story.

Borrego Ed