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PDI, things I NEED to know….
Hi again,
Brandon is getting my coach ready and he is going to be doing the training in Nashville with us. I’ve read Jon’s article on maintenance and I’ve come up with a list of things I better know when it is all done.
1. How to manually retract the slides and overide the safety features to get the coach on the road.
2. Awning maintenance and how to bring it in if it fails.
3. By-passing the inverter if needed.
4. What to do if the coach won’t air up.
5. Changing belts and filters (especially the fuel filter)
I’ve asked Brandon to order an extra set of all belts including the generator, filters I may want as a back up and……
So, what else should I make sure I know before Brandon lets us fly solo? I’ve driven lots of 45′ coaches so I’m going to assume once we are on the road I will simply enjoy the comfort and ease of driving. Our plan is to be in Branson for the rally so I know that I can get questions answered there from all you pro’s but what else should I put on my list of questions? Any other parts I should carry on board?
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Any other parts I should carry on board?
This comes to mind,
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Hey Al, like they always say—-Cash leave no tracks!!! and no Obama tax!!!
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…….That’s the best tool I have in the tool box…..LOL
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If it has original starter in it I would replace it
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There was a time when I carried a lot of spares. A tire, brake chambers, belts, filters, etc.
My spares now consist of belts, fuel filters, and spare relays, circuit breakers, and spare engine sensors for oil temp, water temp and oil pressure. I carry some other miscellaneous stuff, but a whole lot less than ever.
To Peter’s comment I have probably put close to 350,000 to 400,000 on my coaches over 23 years and never had to replace a starter. On a semi tractor I once had I had to replace a starter solenoid.
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I would be sure to take time to fully understand power management. What is on what leg and what you can have on at the same time. Not sure about your coach but my guess is we are all in the same boat that these things need more than 50amp to have it all at the same time… with a family of 5 it took us a while to figure out what combinations of roof ACs, water heater, Dryer cooktop etc that we could have on at the same time.
If you have auto gen I would take some time with that as well as just understanding inverter operation how to change shore power to 30 amps or lower if you have to…. what to do if you get a fault or error code etc…
We did a 2 day PDI on ours and I thought I had most of the above covered but once you load up and start using all this stuff real world… things pop up.
Enjoy!
Bill
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Bill has mentioned some things that as a long term owner I wouldn’t be thinking about and he is right on target.
If a person is new to Prevost ownership the learning curve is very steep on the front end. Buying a coach definitely involves learning the systems and devices and making sure they work and as an owner you understand how to work them properly. But despite a lot of us having a lot of experience we forget to mention what Bill has pointed out.
And to illustrate how we even need to know the smallest of details it took me 10 years to finally learn how the tool worked on my manual awnings and that is just one example of the little tidbits that we have to understand.
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Jon
See that is why I started with the manual awning first,!!! then learn the important systems. My first RV of any kind and echo Jon’s comments on steep learning curve. It can be somewhat overwhelming.
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Just spoke to the engineer at Royale Phoenix is Elkhart. Nice to know that two of the engineers that worked for Royale when Monaco owned them started their own company to service Royale owners and the best part is they are only 5 hours from my home. Holland Motorhome and Bus company also works on Prevost conversions all the time so the guys I’ve relied on the last 3 years can also help if and when I need it. Now we are just sitting back and waiting for Brandon to get her done and set up delivery in Nashville.
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One week and counting until we leave to pick up the coach in Nashville. They are putting on the new air bags this week with the norgren valves, new brake lines, headlight package, tires, batteries ect……I’m hoping to pop in to the POG rally for a day if we can but we need to head back to Michigan earlier than expected. Still planning on being in Branson for at least the first 3 days of the rally. I’m going to call the KOA and see if my site is available a day early so we can at least squeeze in 4 days.
BTW- Prevost quoted the parts at about $3,800 (bags, valves and brake lines) and $11K for the labor to do it all. I’m having the service center at Legacy coach do the work so I’m hoping the labor part will be much less.
Jim
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I’m sure you are getting excited. I hope to se you in Nashville; we can’t make Branson.
$11K for labor…ouch! That headlight package must be labor intensive.
Enjoy the ride!
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The labor number was only for the new bags, valves and brake lines!!!! Ouch is right! Brandon included the tires, batteries and headlight package in the price of the coach as well as the PDI, diesel service, new belts, gen service and aqua hot service.
The service department at Legacy said they can do alot better on the labor number than what prevost gave them….I certainly hope so. I swapped out 4 air bags on my last coach and with the bags it was less than $2500 total, parts and labor.
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My air bag (suspension only) was about $2,400 parts and labor. My guess on Norgren valve replacement labor would be less than $1,000. Brake lines…I have no idea what’s involved. BTW, I can’t imagine brake line replacement without also replacing the brake chambers.
The good news is you’ll soon be enjoying your coach and will soon forget what this cost, especially given it was probably viewed as just part of a much bigger number, the purchase price.
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Jim,
Shop that air bag and valve replacement. You will have enough money difference from what you were quoted to buy me a first edition Lawrence Welk album and a HiFi to play it on.
Actually you will save multiple thousands and you won’t have to buy me the Lawrence Welk album or HiFi.
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Thanks all….I haven’t received a final price yet from the legacy service center on the labor portion. The parts total was under $4K for the bags, valves and lines……..Based on how fair Brandon and his guys have been with everything else I’m expecting to see a labor number much, much less.
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