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Please give me your opinion
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Thank you, yep i will do that but having a hard time seeing where I can change my profile settings?
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Yep, I am in Florida, SW Florida. Likely to be there 21,22 or 23rd of this month, trying to arrange it now.
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After you login and go to the “forum” home page there a big box that says “PROFILE”. Click on it and fill in your information. At the bottom there a question asking if you want to show your email or not. Answer “yes” and hit “update”.
If your using a smart ph? I have no idea 🙁
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Nice. It looks like a very nice unit
2000 Featherlite H3-45
2024 Jeep Grand Cherokee
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Yep, How could have i missed that?? What a dummy, thanks for the tip.
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FYI
Purchase our Coach about 5 yrs ago. Searched for over a year and half. Made the decision to purchase it knowing it needed a lot of attention/money but the price was right.
Looking back I would have been better off financially, buying one for more money that had already been gone through. Having said that, I now know more about my coach than I ever thought I would and know each and every thing that was done giving me a great amount of confidence in my coach.Chuck
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Footnfan 1, 5K miles per year is not much of a sample size. You might be better getting numbers over a 3 or 4 year span which would put you in the 15-20K mile range then working backwards. Since pretty much zeroing out my bus i have put almost 5K miles on and all i have done is change the oil once. I am sure as the miles continue to rack up other expenses will pop up.
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Thank you Mike and Chuck, very much.
By zeroing out, do you mean bringing it back to a reliable state? I have seen that term, but never had it defined.
Thank you again. I appreciate all of the knowledge, and experience you all are sharing.
I think I have decided to continue looking and learning for the next year or so. My late father , a brilliant chemical engineer ( born a poor farm boy in Indiana) told me many times, knowledge and cash are power and freedom all tied up in one.
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Footnfan1, yes, zeroing out to me means replacing items like air bags, brake canisters, brake lines, brake shoes (pads), Tires, Shocks, coolant, oil, radiator rodding, window/door seals, Hub oil/Bearings, etc. My Bus is a 92 and was a severely neglected, i knew that, and i was looking for a project. This is my first bus, 4th RV and I always do all my own work chassis and converter, and recommend to folks that have the ability to do so, to do your own work. You will be more confident taking an older bus out on the road when you understand how all the systems work. Even if you can’t physically do the work, studying and learning how your bus works will pay dividends in the end.
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You can’t truly zero out a coach, that would be call a new coach. However, you can repair/replace the critical components. Air bags are likely the first step along with all the leaking air connections and valves. Belts, oil, filters, radiator fluid, generator belts and fluids, mini air bags if they are used for ebgine belt tightening and generator sound isolation. The brakes, shocks, bushings, tie rods, and much more, all need to be inspected and a determination made about replacement or time to replacement. We have a level 3 service done at Prevost annually when possible and they check around the underside to see what else might be an issue. My next visit will include having the engine air compressor replaced and at least a couple of Norgren valves.
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Thank you Mike, very much.
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Makes perfect sense, Thank you Bill.
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Whoa I’m also an hour outside dayton… northern Columbus 🙂
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When you coming over to help me finish my bus?
2000 Featherlite H3-45
2024 Jeep Grand Cherokee
Leesburg, FL -
Batteries and tires will reasonably last five to seven years. You can do the math. This is a start.
From what I see on the list, lots of the things I’ve had replaced either at the beginning of our ownership in 2014 or over time are mentioned.
Any of us could get a “surprise” from a Cruise-Air tomorrow or in five years or maybe (fingers crossed) never.
Being a Liberty I presume it has over the road (OTR)/bus air. For many Liberty owners, the Carrier OTR compressor lasts forever. I had to have ours in about 2016. Its lost its Freon charge a couple of times, and needs a recharge right now.
We had to have our radiator recored (we could have completely replaced it but went the recore route) a few years ago in Kerrville Texas.
Is the Liberty an Elegant Lady (24 volt coach)? With the Allen-Bradley programmable logic control system? We have the A-B system in our coach. In nine years of ownership and three years of shopping prior to that, I have yet to read of any Liberty owner having the A-B system completely fail. The tiny backup battery has to be changed once in a while. I recall a Liberty owner a few years ago reporting their A-B system “quit” in Arizona and they were able to get an A-B programmer to come to the coach and get it going again. The programmer IIRC charged $300 or more per hour, but were very knowledgable. Once in twelve years of watching Prevost. I’ve been told by people who use the A-B system in industrial settings that the A-B systems are bullet proof and tend to last forever. Our coach and A-B system are 24 years old. Is that approaching “forever”? or are we well within the reasonable bounds of “forever”? Only time will tell.
Based on an experience a year or so ago with our coach, I would recommend replacing the DD coolant filter fixture, hoses, and fittings in the engine block and water pump on ANY Prevost over 15-20 years old. Reasonably priced preventative maintenance.
Good luck with your search! Keep us posted.
Joe Wilhelmi
1998 Country Coach
Dixon,IL
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