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Locked in coach!!! Help
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Jon, great idea! What did you use to hold the strap next to the window, when it is closed, there is a gap between the window and frame, about 3/8 of in. Moma does not want anything ugly in here bus!
Larry and Miriam Nelson
2002 XLII VISION
2012 HONDA CRV
HURRICANE, UTAH
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Jon,
I had to exit my H via the rear window one time, and again had to crawl in through the rear window when the door would not unlock due to broken parts. Simple: (1) Open rear sliding window (2) Close Rear Slide (3) Lay on bed face down with legs out the window. (4) do reverse belly crawl and once your belt buckle gets past the window, let your legs dangle down (5) continue backing out, hooking fingers over window sill (6) After you are hanging from window sill by your finger tips, let go of window sill. Viola! You will be out of the bus.
Getting back in requires a ladder of some type, but just reverse the process once you get your head and shoulders in the window.
Remember Jon, your desire is to get out of the bus. If you start slipping and you miss the finger grab of the window sill, you will still have accomplished your goal of being out of the bus. Of course, you may be laying on your back … on an Ambulance gurney, but you WILL be out of the bus.
Just tying to be helpful.
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I cannot get the mental picture of my ass departing the bus as described out of my mind.
Bring on the jaws of life………
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Last summer, we visited Marathon in Oregon and I happened to pass by a coach they were working on (an H, I think) and noticed the door panel had been removed and the mechanism was visible. I was moved to take a photo, and thought to myself, “what could possibly go wrong”.
Kirby
P.S. Jon, where does that tie wrap get attached?
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At the bottom of the rod that is attached to the release mechanism is where I connected the strap.
The rod is the zinc plated one going down at an angle and as can be seen from the photo it is a real Rube Goldberg mechanism with a lot of joints and pivot points that can come apart or break. By attaching the strap to the small lever the rod is attached to at the bottom 100% of the mechanism is by-passed and when the strap is pulled the door is instantly unlatched.
The mechanism may vary based on the coach vintage but the mechanism variation doesn’t matter because the object is to by-pass it all and attach only to the lever that releases the door latch. How and where to orient the strap so it can be accessed is going to depend on the door / window configuration on the coach and maybe even how the converter trimmed the window opening or door panel.
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I added arrows for the top and bottom latches.
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