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May 4, 2017 at 10:21 am

Rocky wrote: “Turn off OTR A/C when You drive into a gravel / Dusty parking lot, Unless You want to create a dust storm.”

Discovered that the first time we turned into a campground with the OTR running.

Tim

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May 4, 2017 at 10:34 am

Some generators will do the same thing, depending on how the air passing through the radiator is routed.

Gary

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May 4, 2017 at 12:44 pm

He made them out of the original units. He’s handy w/fiberglass.

DON

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May 4, 2017 at 1:01 pm

This where there at on my bus.

4 rheostats on mine(no digital). The cabin fan rheostat is above the cigarette lighter outlet. It doesn’t have an OFF position, Low to HI only, never completely OFF. The cockpit fan rheostat DOES have an OFF position.

Dick

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May 4, 2017 at 7:22 pm

Our configuration is very similar to Don’s. Excuse the shadows, makes the first letter or two on the left difficult to decipher.

What I find puzzling is the layout of the rheostats/controls. The cabin fan speed is at the top of the cluster (“in front”) while the driver fan speed is at the bottom (“towards the back”). Logically wouldn’t it make sense for the driver’s fan control to be in front of the coach fan control? Then the dash light dimmer control is between the two fan speed controls; I would think it should be off to the side or above the temp/fan controls and not in the middle of them. With the fancy CNC routering of the plastic dash material, it pretty hard to change the location. The lights must be burned out under the dash as at night its difficult see much of the labels on these controls so I use the red aviation night light on the B-post. I haven’t looked at what’s underneath, maybe there is something structurally or configuration of the business end of these controls that forces the layout like this.

Here is the controls for the air control doors which is below the rheostats in the previous picture. The knob to the left is the control for the train whistle (to be augmented at some point with a real “train horn”). Have any of you guys figured out how to adjust the Defrost/Floor and Recirc/Fresh knobs while you’re driving without running into the ditch or across into oncoming traffic? I realize these are usually adjust and forget, but they are really difficult to get to from the driver’s seat and I hate getting down on my hands and knees when the coach is rolling, even when its on cruise control. I can get to the train whistle knob OK as that actually sits back a ways.

Notice that something was fastened to the right with two screws at some point. Anyone with a late 90’s Liberty XL or XLV have any idea what that might have been? What did the previous owner take out of the coach?

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OK! OK! OK! Before Jon or Tom call my cell … I DO NOT actually leave the driver’s seat and get on my hands and knees to adjust those two knobs while the coach is rolling down the highway. I don’t want any of you guys who don’t own a coach yet or maybe just bought one to think that is a good practice. Just messing with you tonight.