06 Dynasty Leaking Radiator

[Twomed]

Has anyone replaced their TransPro X6925-51 with something different? All aluminum? All brass? The stock one is plastic tanks and aluminum core. It is out, 3 1/2 hours at Alliance Coach Wildwood, FL and heading for a rad shop in the morning to be tanked, checked if repairable.

I have Googled/searched the number to death for a cross or whatever to no avail. Good news it was not one of the Monaco custom parts, but what else it fits I haven't a clue.

58K miles and it just started spewing while stopped for fuel. no overheat, place to park, great FMCA tow to Wildwood.

Great breakfast buffet next door at the Speckeled Butterbean

[DriVer]

Have you tried to call the Jim at Source Engineering for a consult. I believe that his company also does cooling systems on Monaco coaches.

[Twomed]

FOLLOWUP...don't you hate when folks never resolve these things?

Alliance Coach...big thanks to to Brett, Bill Harvey, Brian Smith (Tech) for their hard work. Denise for being so cheerful!

Ten hours labor to remove and replace the radiator. Brian worked outside which allowed us to stay in the coach (FT where else would we stay). It was a big job, I do most all my own work, a lot of this was four hands. They allowed me to take the radiator out for repair. Cedric, at Becks Radiator in Brooksville, FL in business since 1958, real old time radiator shop. "No problem"....one day and $125 later we were ready to re install.

BAD NEWS... the radiator is a Monaco only piece, made by TransFlo, no longer in production, (this from the factory) spares increasingly expensive and hard to find, if at all. The rad is almost Frieghtliner, but just enough that a FL will not fit the frame.

Plan ahead, be proactive on this issue. You may not be by a good shop to R&R, or even harder to find a real radiator guy anymore. You could be hung up for a very extended period of time.

Mine now has 1/8' hardware wire screen protection in the outside grill and the back of the fan shroud as well. Whatever little piece of road debris was kicked up into the inside of the rad bounced off a fan blade and holed the radiator from the inside! Freakish in over 400k miles of RV travel...but could have beeen a lot more trouble at other times and places.

IF you've been thinking screen protection as I was in the past... do it!! This little adventure cost about four days and $1500. It could have been a LOT worse. The hardware wire was $20...duhhh!

[ejagnut]

I too have had a bad radiator experience with my 03 Zanzibar. It developed several leaks at the tube to tank joints. . The radiator is all aluminum, tubes bonded to the tanks by epoxy, the cheapest way of fabricating an all aluminum radiator. Unfortunately, this type of construction is NOT repairable. The manufacturer indicated that they were replacing failed tanks with copper tube/steel tank radiators, but had none in stock and would be several weeks before any would be manufactured. I had one fabricated locally, almost $4K including removal/installation labor, The cost of the radiator was only slightly more than from the manufacturer.

Rod
03 32' Zanzibar

[Barlow46]

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Originally Posted by Twomed FOLLOWUP...don't you hate when folks never resolve these things? Alliance Coach...big thanks to to Brett, Bill Harvey, Brian Smith (Tech) for their hard work. Denise for being so cheerful! Ten hours labor to remove and replace the radiator. Brian worked outside which allowed us to stay in the coach (FT where else would we stay). It was a big job, I do most all my own work, a lot of this was four hands. They allowed me to take the radiator out for repair. Cedric, at Becks Radiator in Brooksville, FL in business since 1958, real old time radiator shop. "No problem"....one day and $125 later we were ready to re install. BAD NEWS... the radiator is a Monaco only piece, made by TransFlo, no longer in production, (this from the factory) spares increasingly expensive and hard to find, if at all. The rad is almost Frieghtliner, but just enough that a FL will not fit the frame. Plan ahead, be proactive on this issue. You may not be by a good shop to R&R, or even harder to find a real radiator guy anymore. You could be hung up for a very extended period of time. Mine now has 1/8' hardware wire screen protection in the outside grill and the back of the fan shroud as well. Whatever little piece of road debris was kicked up into the inside of the rad bounced off a fan blade and holed the radiator from the inside! Freakish in over 400k miles of RV travel...but could have beeen a lot more trouble at other times and places. IF you've been thinking screen protection as I was in the past... do it!! This little adventure cost about four days and $1500. It could have been a LOT worse. The hardware wire was $20...duhhh!

Twomed,
Since you have verification that a piece of road debris was thrown up from the roadway (possibly by the vehicle in front of you), could you not contact your insurance carrier to determine if they would help with your expenses?