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Technical Support / 2007 Patriot Thunder Starting

« Last post by Bill Heffernan on March 10, 2026, 10:37:03 PM »

I went down to our coach to start it today after it had been in storage for the last 4-5 months and could not get it to start. Neither the engine nor the generator would start. Both acted as if the batteries were very low, but my meter showed that the batteries were fully charged. The dash had a low battery warning. Using the battery boost did not seem to make a difference. All the connections seemed good. We'll occasionally get low battery warnings, but it has always started, sometimes using the battery boost. I'm scratching my head on this one. Anyone have any suggestions. Thanks! 

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Technical Support / Air Springs and Shocks for 2002 Patriot Monticello Magnum Series B Chassic

« Last post by Jack W Hannah on March 10, 2026, 06:17:15 PM »

Any suggestions for a source of the Air Springs and Shocks for my 2002 Patriot Monticello?

Thank you.

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Technical Support / Re: Rear Passenger Slide

« Last post by Bill Heffernan on March 10, 2026, 05:49:11 PM »

Thanks. I think this one is beyond me. I've got an appointment with a mechanic who has been pretty good in the past. Fortunately, it doesn't seem like it'ss going move while driving.

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Technical Support / Re: Vorad

« Last post by Michael Hammer on March 08, 2026, 02:16:29 PM »

I opened up the CPU, not the Smart Cruise display.

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Technical Support / Re: Vorad

« Last post by Michael Hammer on March 08, 2026, 07:06:41 AM »

Thought i would also mention that my smart cruise display was unreadable. All the leds were lit at the same time. There was no way to retrieve fault codes. So, I went ahead and opened it up to inspect. Pulling the pcb board out it was obvious there had been water intrusive. Since my unit sits against the inner wall horizontal, the bottom edge of the board had sat in about 1/2" of water at one time. After inspecting the components I found 1 transceiver where 2 circuit legs had been destroyed. I cleaned everything with alcohol and a tooth brush. I attempted to bridge solder the 2 damage circuits but there was not enough circuit left to attach. I noted the device p/n and ordered several which will arrive this week. For the heck of it, I put everything back together and reinstalled. Now my smart cruise display works and I can even retrieve fault codes. Only 1 for the moment 11. Cpu failure. I figured when I install the new transceiver maybe that will fix it.lets hope.more to come....⁷

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Technical Support / Re: Vorad

« Last post by Michael Hammer on March 08, 2026, 05:30:49 AM »

You are a mind reader. I joined earlier today after stumbling on to the forum. There are several owners with this vorad issue. I was going to suggest if Mr. Youngblood doesn't work on these units anymore,  perhaps he would consider selling or donating the software and interface cables to the club. I see from posts that there was an example or two of reprogramming units obtained from eBay. I have 2 enroute but they will likely be worthless unless programmed. Of course,  I would only advocate acquiring software, cables, etc as long as there is no infringement on IP and completely legal.

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Technical Support / Re: strange settling "bump"

« Last post by Gene Obie on March 07, 2026, 02:48:35 AM »

With hydraulics my coach does this. One rear jack has very small leak and maybe once a day i will feel and hear a pretty loud bump. I'm just assuming it's the coach settling. Where I'm at now its pretty level so I just dumped the air and didn't put jacks down for about a week at first and no thumps. The bumps/thuds only show up when I decided to hydraulic level due to slight wind movement. So pretty sure it's the jack, but you could also have seals or valves leaking at the manifold at the pump.

What bums me out is that's a brand new jack as my previous jack got torqued with unstable base and wouldn't fully retract - it doesn't take much with this heavy coach. But last fall I was at a new park that had a lot of non compacted deep gravel and even though I had a good sized 1.5" thick , 18" square plywood pad under the jack, the gravel still settled funny under the  jack and it must have still got torqued a bit because it starting leaking after that night and won't retract that last inch anymore. The leak is very small - just enough to wet the pad over a couple weeks. I've heard they are sealed and it's pretty extensive to replace the seals. So as careful as I thought I was being - it wasn't good enough.

BTW, I use a SnapPad on the front jack as it is harder to get my plywood pad under the center of the coach (3 jack design) and that jack has lots of ground clearance for the additional thickness for the SnapPad. Highly recommend.

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Technical Support / Re: strange settling "bump"

« Last post by Steve Huber on March 06, 2026, 10:08:54 PM »

Ante,
Nor sure about hydraulic jack systems but an air bag system automatically adjusts every so often if the system detects a slight out of level condition which is normal if you are parked for an extended time. May want to check your owners or hydraulic system manuals. If that's not the case and a single jack is settling the system should detect an out of level condition at some point.
Steve

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Technical Support / Re: Vorad

« Last post by Frank Bergamo on March 06, 2026, 08:13:11 PM »

I really don’t have any idea concerning the different numbers. Hopefully Rick will get back with you. Over on the Monacoers forum this topic was brought up and presented to a couple of the forum gurus about trying to figure out how to repair these CPU’s. As of now, no solutions have been presented. You might consider joining this forum, lots of really good info concerning Monaco motorhomes! If your coach has the Kongsberg CCM, one of these guys has recently figured out how to repair this system, saving several motorhomes from the scrap yard. He has developed some safeguards to protect the CCM from failure. Well worth your time! Good luck!

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Technical Support / Re: Vorad

« Last post by Michael Hammer on March 06, 2026, 07:29:09 PM »

Boy you were not kidding about the CPU being behind a bunch of wires! I did locate and remove. My unit has a number 80628-164 and the label says replace with the same number. I see several used units on Ebay with the same core number (80628) but different suffix numbers. like -161, etc. Do you have any idea what the difference is? I assume that suffix number matches up with what is was originally programmed for. Any thoughts would be appreciated. Unfortunately, Rick Youngblood has not responded to my email as yet. I'm sure he could clear this up in short order. Cheers.