At Last!!!! - Montana Owners Club

Charlie · 03-23-2005, 01:27 PM

It has been a long time, seems like an eternity, since we ordered the Monty on Jan. 20. It finally wandered into Houston last Friday.
We got a quick look at it on Saturday and had walk-thru scheduled for Monday. The walk-thru for the most part was good. Only found a few minor things that they had to do on site. The one thing that was of concern was the LP gas system. The regulator on the kitchen stove was found leaking. Bad thing is they pulled six off the shelf for replacement and all these also failed. We left after spending most of the day waiting for the repair. Yesterday after finding a regulator that would not leak, the main gas system failed a manometer test. They spent all day looking for the leak and found the "T" that goes to the furnace had a pin hole on the very top, looks like it was a casting fault. They called us at 5PM and we hurriedly drove the 50 miles to pick it up. The LP system was the only inspection left for us to do and it went quickly.

Coming home I could not get over how easily it pulled. The truck squatted about 1" more than it did with the old TT, but it towed better than the old 5er and it was about 800# lighter than the Monty.
Backing it in off a narrow street in the dark last night was a challenge. We have spent all day today getting all our things together and putting our personal touch on it. The only thing I found today that we missed on the PDI was the plug on the washer drain apparently contacted some PVC cement during installation because this will not move. This is not a big thing since we are not full-timing and do not have a W/D combo. First trip back to the dealer I will let them sort this out.

I had some concern about the thermostat situation from everything that I read here on the forum, but from what I was able to see today was that, yes, it is reading about 6 degrees high, but does control
the temp within 1 deg. of set point. Unless there are other problems I will probably live with this. Otherwise life is great, we are just about back in the camping mode. Weather has been good in this area lately, can't wait to get back on the road again.

Thanks everyone for all the info.

rlwhit · 03-23-2005, 01:37 PM

Wich one did you get? Great news as we are waiting for new Monty.

Bill Hill · 03-23-2005, 01:42 PM

Congratulations! Best of luck and happy camping to you!

Chester · 03-23-2005, 02:05 PM

Glad it finally came in Charlie. Ours came in 2 weeks ago and Glenda and I have gone to see it a couple of times. I'm not bringing it home until April 6 in hopes we get rid of some of the snow. It's snowing pretty heavy tonight but it is supposed to be above freezing tomorrow so this snow will not stay.

Good luck getting evrything ready and happy motoring!!

Wordsmith · 03-23-2005, 02:09 PM

Congratulations! I know that you will love that unit!

campbud · 03-23-2005, 02:23 PM

Congratulations and glad everything worked out well!

Montana_738 · 03-23-2005, 02:27 PM

Congrats. Charlie,

Glad to hear you finally got her home. Tell us about her.

Happy Camping,

Bill

Joyce H · 03-23-2005, 02:49 PM

Charlie, Can hear the excitement in your post. Always fun to share in the delivery of a new unit with a Montana owner. You have chosen a great unit. We love our 3295RK. Be sure to post and share your first outing with us. Safe travel and many happy miles in your new wheel estate.

Parrothead · 03-23-2005, 03:13 PM

Charlie Congrats on your new unit. On the washer drain - they are glued on. We spent about an hour trying to get it off and finally I got the hair dryer out and in just a few minutes the glue was soft enough to unscrew the cap. Another great use for hair dryers!

Charlie · 03-23-2005, 04:31 PM

Sue-
Thanks, I will try that the hair dryer trick on the drain tomorrow. I had a pair of channel locks and holding back up with a pipe wrench...thought I better quit pulling before I broke something. rlwhit....it is 3295RK.

stiles watson · 03-23-2005, 05:32 PM

Congratulations, Charlie. Sweeny will never be the same with a Montana fanatic around. You don't have to answer, but is your dealer Holiday World? Happy camping.

Charlie · 03-24-2005, 02:13 AM

Stiles,
Yes we bought the Monty at Holdiday World in Katy, on I-10. They really went out of their way to make everything happen right, so far very happy with them, appears they want satisfied customers.

fulltimedreamer · 03-24-2005, 05:31 PM

Congrats on the new Monty!! We'll look forward to your RVing adventures.

sreigle · 04-08-2005, 03:54 PM

Congratulations to both Charlie and Chester! We look forward to hearing more from both of you!

I'm sure curious why the glue on the caps. Almost sounds like thread compound (anti-leak) that took a set.

Charlie · 04-08-2005, 04:03 PM

Steve-
You could be right about thread compound that took a set....whatever it is I could not make the plug turn with a pair of channel locks on the plug and a 18" pipe wrench holding back-up on the coupling. As we will use this area for storage, not worried about it right now, will let the dealer take care of it first time I take it in.

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