Engine Maintenance 2013 Thor Tuscany 40

[cody2426@bellsouth.net]

Just curious how the manufacture expects you to do any engine maintenance? Mine is rear radiator, can’t access any hoses or water pump from the rear as had no access. From inside engine hatch cover you can only view the very rear of the engine, no access to be able to do any maintenance? Driver side has a panel at the rear you can get to for replacing air filter but not big enough to access any other components? Would appreciate any feedback as how to get to the engine to replace hoses and such? It would suck to remove the radiator just to replace hoses! Come on Thor you could have done better than this?

 

[lwmcguire]

Rear mounted radiator motor homes have been just that since the inception and production of the first unit. I have a rear radiator 400 ISL and have no problem sitting up beside the engine. However, for major maintenance a pit is usually utilized, and radiator is removed if access is required to the front of the engine.

Millions of these Motor Homes with rear radiators built by various companies, almost all Cummins powered since Cat dropped out years back, are on the road although the current trend is to go with a side radiator although it bumps the price point a bit.

Very little maintenance is required for the life of a properly serviced Cummins.

Belts can be changed from the ground as well as the hoses, but it is so much simpler in from a pit.

 

[ducksface]

Owner Maintenance is not a priority for any vehicle manufacturing engineer in all but any instance.

What about your daily driver?
Same problems for many of its parts.

Come on Honda...

 

[RV Driver]

Just curious how the manufacture expects you to do any engine maintenance?…

Simple. They don’t.

I have a very easy fix for all my maintenance. Call my local Freightliner Oasis dealer. Done.

 

[simidrm]

That’s why truck dealers charge about 120.00 an hour because they don’t wanna do it either, but what others said pull the radiator is only way to do water pump.

 

[RV Driver]

That’s why truck dealers charge about 120.00 an hour because they don’t wanna do it either, but what others said pull the radiator is only way to do water pump.

Where do you get RV service for only $120 per hour? That’s cheap!

Most Freightliner Oasis dealers charge TWICE that!

 

[simidrm]

Where do you get RV service for only $120 per hour? That’s cheap!

Most Freightliner Oasis dealers charge TWICE that!

Well when I retired from stoops freightliner in 2018 it was 120.00 an hour

 

[RV Driver]

I called Stoops once about service on our 2006 Mandalay. I was told, in no uncertain terms, by a very rude and unpleasant person, that they do not work on anything older than 10 years. Then he just hung up!

So I now go to Fyda Freightliner, Stoops competition further east on I-70, where they treat me like royalty. They have made a lot of money servicing my “too old” coach.

 

[simidrm]

I called Stoops once about service on our 2006 Mandalay. I was told, in no uncertain terms, by a very rude and unpleasant person, that they do not work on anything older than 10 years. Then he just hung up!

So I now go to Fyda Freightliner, Stoops competition further east on I-70, where they treat me like royalty. They have made a lot of money servicing my “too old” coach.

Stoops definitely doesn’t like working on rv’s but luckily I can do all my own maintenance and up till a year ago I still had access to Cummins insight software, but any international or kenworth, Volvo dealers can work on Cummins as well

 

[simidrm]

I called Stoops once about service on our 2006 Mandalay. I was told, in no uncertain terms, by a very rude and unpleasant person, that they do not work on anything older than 10 years. Then he just hung up!

So I now go to Fyda Freightliner, Stoops competition further east on I-70, where they treat me like royalty. They have made a lot of money servicing my “too old” coach.

I think I know where your talking about, we go to buckeye lake