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Technical Support / Re: Electrical shutdown on highway

« Last post by Jose Rita on July 23, 2026, 03:09:10 PM »

Steve you are the man…if we should ever meet I owe a drink of your choice.  With your information I checked the solenoid.  As you said power on the battery power on the left side and with key on power on the little wire.  I ran the engine wiggle the key with no effect. I then kept trying until I had a no start condition.  Tested the solenoid, it had voltage to the little wire.  I then tapped the top of the solenoid and I could here the ignition cycle. This may, fingers crossed, be it.  Is rhis something that I can get at a auto parts store?

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Technical Support / Re: Electrical shutdown on highway

« Last post by Steve Huber on July 23, 2026, 02:46:12 PM »

Jose,
It could be the large solenoid in the front electrical bay that feeds the 2 buss bars that contain the various circuit breakers. As you look at it, the large wire coming off the left terminal powers the functions you say stay on  during a shutdown The wire coming off the right side powers engine functions. The solenoid could be bad but since it drops out when hitting a bump, I'd check for loose connections on the 2 wires mentined and the 2 small wires attached at the front of the solenoid.
The large terminal on the left side has battery voltage on it at all times. The rignt side terminal will have voltage when the ignition is on. The small wire attached to the left terminal on the front of the unit is the ignition signal that activates the solenoid.
Another possibility is a bad ignition switch. If that's the case you will have no voltage on the small left solenoid terminal when the engine shuts down. You might try wiggling the ignition key when the engine is running to see if that kills it.
The layout diagram is on pages 35-36 of the 2002 Patriot wiring diagrams in Coach Assist.
Steve

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Technical Support / Re: Shocks for a Magnum B-Series Chassic

« Last post by Jose Rita on July 23, 2026, 01:31:11 PM »

Jack I have the same year as yours and just did my shocks.. 4 in the front and 4 in the back.  I have the Cat C12 engine.

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Technical Support / Electrical shutdown on highway

« Last post by Jose Rita on July 23, 2026, 01:28:04 PM »

So my headaches continue.  While traveling on 40 thru Knoxville I had a flickering dash lights and complete engine shutdown.  I was able to pull it off to a breakdown lane and after about 5 minutes with no ignition it started back up. Went down the road about a mile, hit a nasty bump that I didn’t see and shut down again. Same thing started after 5-10 minutes.
The conditions were that it was night time, raining and hot. So, headlights were on windshield wipers on and the overhead fan on to assist airflow from the house AC unit.  The voltage dial on the dash read just slightly over 12.

We made it back home to MA without using the overhead fan and traveling only during daylight.   It is going into the shop in a couple of weeks; shop closed on vacation.  I have tried to recreate it and it does shutdown sometimes.  When it shutdowns down I first notice that the voltage dash dial starts to drop voltage while the digital (silverleaf ?) shows 14.4.  Dash lights flicker engine shuts down.  Funny is that once shut down, dash lights are on, parking lights are on and the hazard flashers work. I have checked the obvious, the battery connections and any other loose connections.  Any guidance would be appreciated.

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Technical Support / Re: Shocks for a Magnum B-Series Chassic

« Last post by David Ciotti on July 23, 2026, 12:39:33 PM »

My 2002 40' Marquis no tag axel has 4 Bilstein shocks.

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Technical Support / Re: Shocks for a Magnum B-Series Chassic

« Last post by Steve Huber on July 22, 2026, 11:08:07 PM »

Jack,
If memory is correct it has 6 shocks, 4 on the front axle and 2 on the rear axle. OEMs were Bilstien Gas. Hopefully an 02 owner will confirm. I just checked Shock Warehouse and they indicate 4 but I think this is incorrect as my 01 Contessa had 6.
Steve

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Technical Support / Re: Shocks for a Magnum B-Series Chassic

« Last post by Carl Boger on July 22, 2026, 10:46:05 PM »

I believe most have 4 shocks located at the tires.  Mine had 6 shocks, but the extra 2 in the front were likely because it was a shorter MH.

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Technical Support / Shocks for a Magnum B-Series Chassic

« Last post by Jack W Hannah on July 22, 2026, 07:18:13 PM »

Unable to drive at present, recovering from knee surgery. I want to order a complete set of shocks for my 2002 Patriot, that I found at Shockwarehouse, but they're asking how many.
Can anybody respond, as I currently am unable to get under coach to investigate.
Thank you,

Jack Hannah

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Technical Support / Re: 2002 Beaver Patriot rear axle alignment…thrust adjustment.

« Last post by Jose Rita on July 22, 2026, 10:38:19 AM »

Thank you I will give them a call.

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Technical Support / Re: 2002 Beaver Patriot rear axle alignment…thrust adjustment.

« Last post by Keith Moffett Co-Admin on July 22, 2026, 01:51:34 AM »

I can suggest Source Engineering in Vaneta Or. Having been engineers at Monaco they know these coaches well.  When we lost a drag link they made one from scratch angles and all. 
Found out later that the other shops we consulted would have had these guys build it too.
I bet they would suggest a shop near you.
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