ronhix
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I am looking for an electronic version of the owner's manual for a 1995 Monaco Dynasty. Anyone know of a website where you can download RV owner's manuals?
RV Owner's Manual, Online Downloads?
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Ron
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I am not aware of any but then RV manuals include the appliance manuals which are provided by the manufacturer. I would suggest calling Monaco and have the coach S/N available and I am sure they cane help you.
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ronhix
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I called them and the only manuals that are available are the ones that came with the unit when it was new and/or purchasing a replacement manual.
I'm no so much concerned with the appliance manuals.
To be honest, I feel very unqualified to evaluate these used RV's.
Access to the unit's owners manual BEFORE going and evaluating the unit would assist me in better understand the RV's various systems, thereby allowing me to better evaluate the unit.
This 95 Dynasty looks great, but I really want to do a good job of checking it out before I pull the trigger.
Maybe just a good website that goes over all the RV's systems and how they work together would help? (Inverters, batteries, 30Amp/50Amp, Chassis Batteries vs Coach Batteries, etc, etc)
I'm no so much concerned with the appliance manuals.
To be honest, I feel very unqualified to evaluate these used RV's.
Access to the unit's owners manual BEFORE going and evaluating the unit would assist me in better understand the RV's various systems, thereby allowing me to better evaluate the unit.
This 95 Dynasty looks great, but I really want to do a good job of checking it out before I pull the trigger.
Maybe just a good website that goes over all the RV's systems and how they work together would help? (Inverters, batteries, 30Amp/50Amp, Chassis Batteries vs Coach Batteries, etc, etc)
John From Detroit
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There is one and only one place to get genuine owner's manuals for a motor home and that, is the company that made the beast.
And that said, I know of no company which has the manual in Electronic format.
Your only electronic would be to purchase a few things.
1: A genuine, paper manual
2: A scanner
3: I rather like PDF documents do Adobe Acrobat if you want to do it right, Else you need a good pdf document creator which allows you to make INDEXED Searchable PDF's. Not something that I can find in my budget range.
And that said, I know of no company which has the manual in Electronic format.
Your only electronic would be to purchase a few things.
1: A genuine, paper manual
2: A scanner
3: I rather like PDF documents do Adobe Acrobat if you want to do it right, Else you need a good pdf document creator which allows you to make INDEXED Searchable PDF's. Not something that I can find in my budget range.
Gary RV_Wizard
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Most of them don't even have a paper manual, or at least not one that is more than some fluff. The "meat" of the owner's set of manuals is always the dozens of individual manuals for the various components, large and small. There will be separate manuals for the various appliances, entertainment gear, inverter/chargers, maybe the dashboard (from the chassis manufacturer), water heater, battery monitor, etc. etc. etc. As an example, mine came with two three ring binders stuffed full of manuals, with only TWO PAGES actually from the coach manufacturer.
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Monaco apparently does a better job of documentation than American Coach. In addition to the stuff from individual vendors, they provide a respectable (as far as owners manuals are concerned) spiral bound book containing, for the most part, useful information.
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Our coach builder provides 2 4" thick binders....One for the chassis & one for the house portion. It provides FULL schematics for electrical, both AC & 12v, and plumbing.
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Sounds like Country Coach also does a better job of documentation. We also have large-scale full schematics for our Monaco in addition to the small ones in our thick spiral bound book. Why would a manufacturer provide only two pages to help educate their customers? Maybe there's a binder/book missing from Gary's coach ???
Ron
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We have a book from Spartan Chassis, one from American Coach, and one containing all the appliances etc. for our American Eagle.
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Sounds like Gary is missing a book.
chaajoad
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Ron - I went through the exact same thing after buying a MH with no manual. The one I ordered from Fleetwood has been of very limited help. I've since found out new MH's come with a STACK of manuals for the basic rig and everything in it. Chances are you will never get few - if any - of the original manuals. At least that's been my experience -
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Ron, it's too bad the manuals for that coach have been lost. Have you tried to find another 95 Dynasty owner to see what they have? There's a Monaco Owner site on Yahoo that might give you a lead. At least then you might have an idea what you're even looking for! Unless you can find another owner who has them, I doubt you'll have much luck getting them for a 12-year-old coach. Tom is right though, Monaco is usually pretty good about manuals. We've had good ones in both the Windsor and Executive, including electrical diagrams. Don't need them often, but when we do, we do! ;D
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John From Detroit
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I agree with the "Stack of manuals" comment. Mine came with a good size suitcase
For the Motor Home itself the only source I've found is printed or xeroxed from the dealer, In addition you can get things like "The RV Book" or Woodalls "RV Owner's Handbook" (IF I got it's title right) which are generic.
However for all those accessories, Those you can often find the manuals online, I found online manuals for every device in my motor home including a few that were not represented in that suitcase The house itself, and the chassis, were Printed only, but the fridge, hot water heater, toilets, water pump, converter, inverter, televisoins, video switch, CD/DVD player, VCR, Radios (both of them) and so on and so forth even the various detectors (Smoke, CO2, Propane) all had online manuals I was able to download from their makers.
For the Motor Home itself the only source I've found is printed or xeroxed from the dealer, In addition you can get things like "The RV Book" or Woodalls "RV Owner's Handbook" (IF I got it's title right) which are generic.
However for all those accessories, Those you can often find the manuals online, I found online manuals for every device in my motor home including a few that were not represented in that suitcase The house itself, and the chassis, were Printed only, but the fridge, hot water heater, toilets, water pump, converter, inverter, televisoins, video switch, CD/DVD player, VCR, Radios (both of them) and so on and so forth even the various detectors (Smoke, CO2, Propane) all had online manuals I was able to download from their makers.
Even our 98 Pacer has a brief folder that is about 4 inches thick. All the original indo and then some. If you bought it used you should have gotten the previous owners name and address, when you got the certification of mileage. In this case he hasn't purchased it yet so consequently no books or folder. If you have the the info on the previous owner contact him. If not I suggest you follow John and others advice.
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ronhix
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Thanks guys.
I haven't bought the unit yet, as I said before I was hoping to use an online version of the manuals to learn more about the coach before evaluating the unit. Sometimes I feel like I am just "looking at stuff" in these coaches without really understanding how to tell if it is working as it should.
I fly to Louisville, KY on Thursday to check it out this coach. Hopefully things will be as the owner has portrayed them and I will be the proud owner of a Monaco with all the manuals.
Thanks again!
I haven't bought the unit yet, as I said before I was hoping to use an online version of the manuals to learn more about the coach before evaluating the unit. Sometimes I feel like I am just "looking at stuff" in these coaches without really understanding how to tell if it is working as it should.
I fly to Louisville, KY on Thursday to check it out this coach. Hopefully things will be as the owner has portrayed them and I will be the proud owner of a Monaco with all the manuals.
Thanks again!
