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Welcome to this crazy world of Prevost ownership.

To address your specific question about tools the correct selection will be based on your talents and skills and your willingness to do some or all of your maintenance and repairs.

As a new owner step number one should be to study your coach and its systems to the extent your can and then decide what you are willing to do and what tasks you want to leave to others. You definitely want to bookmark or save web sites or phone numbers you might need for help or advice.

And most of all try to view the PC forum as a place to go to ask questions. For some it is very difficult to come out of hiding and asking questions, but here is a dose of reality. Nobody, and I mean nobody ever bought their first Prevost and had a clue. Every single one of us ended up with our first coach overwhelmed at its complexity and we all realized we were in over our heads. So despite your reservations about using the forum as a resource for answering questions think of your questions as not only helping yourself but the hundreds of others who are reluctant to ask the same question.

Try to schedule a visit to the October Prevost Community seminar. Register early because the seminars fill fast and we have a limit. As a means of complete honesty I have to disclose Tom and Jeff (of ETLC) and I make money from these seminars, but I think you will find a seminar worth every penny. You will meet other owners and especially owners who have conversions like yours and you can share information with them about systems, problems and how to operate things.

Keep in mind information you receive from the internet is always of questionable value, but despite what might seem like teasing and kidding on the PC forum we work pretty hard to make sure you get accurate answers to questions so don’t be hesitant about taking advice posted here.

[Roy]

Jon,

I know the change is major from my coach. I do do a lot of work on my Essex and have read your posts about work on the Prevost. One item for instance is a set of wrenches which I do not carry now, even though I do carry air system parts. We attended the weeklong Spartan seminar to learn more about their systems and are trying to schedule the October one at Jeff’s now.

Harmon

[Dick]

Welcome Harmen, you found a good bus, Gary took really good care of it while he was owner. Hope to see you at ETLC in October.

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Every owner regardless of skill levels should have basic tools. Wrenches, screw drivers, socket wrenches, etc.

But one category of tools I consider very important and that is the kind used to read voltages, amps, and temperatures. But they are no good unless the owner takes some time to understand and use them, even if the usage is just to do something basic such as reading a voltage or identifying an open circuit.

Not a lot of forum questions relate to repairs that involve hand tools. But we get a lot of questions that can only be answered by the use of something like a Fluke multi-tester. If we know electrical values or the presence of voltage we on the forum can get close to or even solve a problem. But if we do not know what the voltage is a specific terminal or device we are in the dark.

I mentioned Fluke as a brand of tester, but only because the quality of the testers has been consistently good and they take a lot of abuse. But the equivalent of a more expensive tester such as a Fluke can be bought at places like Harbor Freight often for pennies on the dollar. When trouble shooting we do not need voltages so accurate we are in hundredths of a volt so if it does not make sense to spend $80 for a tester, consider one you can get for as little as $10.

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Hey Harmon, this is Andre’ @ Anchor Storage in Florence. Glad to see you are moving up to a Prevost. Are you still at Florence or are you exclusively in S.C.

If you’re still in the area give me a holler

Andre’

[Larry & Diane]

Harmon, welcome aboard. Since you have been monitoring this site, you will remember Jon saying that the first introduction is like drinking water from a fire hose. He was not kidding. I would suggest that, if possible, you have someone following your initial walk around(s) with a camera and film almost everything. You will be amazed what you forgot, went through one ear out the other, or just failed to soak in between all the other bits of information. You are not going to learn everything on that introduction so, as Jon said, ask questions and you will find that few of us are bashful and will always share information.

Please add your bus information to your PROFILE so that like conversion owners can respond with more appropriate answers. What fits one conversion does not always fit another conversion.

Again, welcome to the asylum.

[Bernard]

Welcome… You will love your Prevost… we have the exact same model as yours with almost the same interior… Jeff at ETLC has done a lot of work on that coach… floors, ceilings etc…it’s a gorgeous coach …I hope you enjoy it.

The seminar is great….you will learn a lot and meet lots of great folks there….I wish we were making it to this one.

Cheers and safe travels, Diane

[Joe]

Thank ya’ll for your welcome to the forum. We close on our coach tomorrow and will be picking it up in Dallas in a couple of weeks.

We plan to get to know the Liberty and travel, ending up in Traverse City, Michigan. We signed up for October at ETLC so hope to see some of you there.

Concerning tools, I do have a Fluke meter and heat gun, basic tools, will buy wrenches and will see what else comes up.

Harmon

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The only tool I carry is an iPhone. The only two numbers I call are Marathon and Prevost.

Let me correct that statement.

I carry two iPhones. One has Verizon service and the other has T-Mobile.

Congratulations on the new bus!