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Sewer Tank Arlarm
I think I have a bad sensor on the sewer side The alarm was going off when I checked the coach yesterday, but the tank is empty, Is this probably a sensor? Gary
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Gary,
It might just need to be recalibrated. Easily done. Headhunter lists the steps. You have to pull the sensing tube from the tank (it’s on the top and is a 1 1/4″ pipe thread) to clean it because that could be contributing, but if that doesn’t do it just run the calibration procedure.
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Gary…
I was wondering if you have ever had a problem with your holding tank leaking? We were warned by our seller that they are prone to leaking?
Do you know what they’re made of? Stainless or Aluminum or Plastic?
Just wondering hoping we don’t have to replace ours anytime soon… I guess I should call Liberty and see what they’re made of… hopefully they’re stainless steel !!
Cheers, Diane
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Talk to Jon about this…..he just replaced his with stainless. It was aluminum….and ready to leak big time.
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Hi Diane I am replacing mine, it is aluminum with stainless then I will never have to mess with it again call Jeff Rowe he has the tanks made
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I replaced my tank with stainless for two reasons.
First, I had planned a big project that involved making some changes in my plumbing bay that really needed me to pull the water tank. I added thermostatic control for limiting the HW temperature when it is being heated with engine coolant. I had an aluminum tank for holding and I had no problems with it (I thought) but my two previous holding tanks were stainless steel and I knew they would never corrode like aluminum would. So this summer was when I did the project.
The second reason is my daughter now owns my former factory and she made the holding tank for me for free. How could I refuse?
I am glad I made the change. The aluminum tank was fractions of an inch away from having the main discharge fail since the flange that the rubber connector to the dump valve connects to was almost totally corroded away. When I got the tank removed and could look at it closer I realized it had already been repaired with a plastic section of tubing bonded in place to replace a similar aluminum flange.
For reference my coach is registered as a 2006.
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Obviously something that is “gratis” has to be considered, but otherwise, isn’t a plastic tank something to be seriously considered from a weight perspective? I replaced an aluminium water tank with a plastic one on a race truck a few years ago and the weight saving was huge. The difference with steel would have been even higher. Compared to a 50k+ bus it probably isn’t much, but every little helps.
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FWIW the original aluminum tank was 1/8 material thickness. The replacement stainless steel tank was made in 16 gauge material, welded inside and out at all joints. The increase in weight even though it is half the thickness was about 30 pounds. I never thought about making it in plastic because I have always been a “tin knocker”.
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Or ‘tin basher’ as we say in the UK. Suspected the SS would be a thinner gauge and I suppose 30lbs isn’t that much in the scheme of things. Like the Crapco mirror thread I have been following, looks like tank deteriation is something else to add to the pre-purchase inspection list!
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I wouldn’t allow the mirror issue or the tank issue prevent me from buying a coach that otherwise met my needs. In the overall scheme of things replacement of those, even at full price is chump change compared to the purchase price of all but the oldest coaches. The key is knowing this stuff so as a buyer you can be alert to the need, and deal with it in the negotiations or plan on a resolution when you take possession.
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Absolutely. Neither things are show-stoppers, but are good to know about, together with any other relatively minor issues when entering negotiations. If you have to spend $10-20k or more bringing a coach up to scratch you want that to be accounted for in the buy price.
I’m sure there will be other ‘not so obvious’ issues I will learn about in the coming months which will make the whole buying process much more enjoyable and far less of a risk.
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I tend to hang on to my coaches, so I want it zeroed out. With the exception of the delam issue being a biggie I found the coach to not want for much. The delam was addressed immediately prior to my buying it so in my case there really wasn’t a lot I needed to get concerned about.
But I am sure every conversion has its not so good points that aren’t in immediate need of attention, but do demand attention at some point. It is the surprises that get us, and not something we are aware of and can deal with either in negotiations or at a later time on our own schedule. There are a number of things that stack up in that category. The obvious ones we all face are tires and batteries. Some AC units for the house have relatively short life spans because they were made for price rather than durability. We all know about air bags and brake chambers, and valves in our suspensions. Depending on the model year of the coach the TVs may be the big old picture tube type. All of these things represent some serious money but none are likely to prevent someone from buying a coach.
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Diane, Obviously I am living right, The other night we had a srong storm and the power was off for about two hours, I do not have a generator at the bus barn, as I do at the house. So I went down to the barn to make sure I did not have the shore power loss protection on, While in the barn I checked the sewer tank gauge perfect! tank was showing empty. gauge has been right ever since! So maybe the man above fixed it for me? By the way if you store your bus in an enclosed space without ventilation I would never leave the shore power protection on, I always use this feature at campgrounds because of my dog sometimes in the bus. I forgot to turn it off after parking the bus in the barn one time and was on my morning walk and heard the gen running opened the door and a lot of smoke lucky It did not affect the interior caught it early, Gary
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