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Before you shut down for the night go out and do a zero to 60 MPH timed run and when the engien is done repeat the zero to 60 run. Thats the best way of knowing. Anyting else is guesswork.

[Sid]

Jon,

I don’t see a drag strip here!

I’ll just take whatever improvements we may get and be happy with it

[Jerry]

If you do that 0-60 test maybe Harry will let you use his calender.

[Art]

Per,

A dragstrip is only 1,380′ long, not counting the cool down area. The H-3 45, or any other Prevost would be hard pressed to reach 60 MPH within 1,380′. You might get close but me thinks the timing ticket will show something less than 60 MPH.So when the run is complete, please post the timing ticket, for verification. Th edrag strip might even pay your fuel and or repair bills if you do it as part of a weekend program.

Of course I have a “classic” 8Vp2 so who am I to judge.

[Bill]

I have a feeling when Per floors it, the front tires will lift off of the ground. :o)

Mark

PS. Hi to Margrit.

[needtocamp]

I was unaware a drag strip was needed to enter an interstate with a 65 MPH speed limit. My point is anytime we all spend money on our coaches we post how great the improvement is, but nobody ever quantifies it making it difficult to determine the value of the repair or adjustments.

[Tony]

Mark,

Margrit says hi back to you and C. Ran into a couple of nice guys at Prevost who said they knew you a few months back, Tom and Bill.

I guess it will be this afternoon before they get us in the shop. They are switching out a Cat/ZF combo with a DD/Allison on a bus. Gave me a chance to go over the coach with the waterless wash–ran into a lot of rain out of Fayetteville yesterday.

They do not have plug-ins here, but will run a 15 Amp cord so at least we can run the refrigerator–I’ll just shut down everything else in the coach while they are working on it.

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Why do you have to shut down house side electrics?

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Because they only have 15 Amp service available. 15 Amps won’t run much besides the refrigerator.

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Per,

Step your shore down to 7.5 each side and that should run fridge, lights, water pump, etc.

[Bill]

Tom,

As long as the fridge is running, we’re fine. We can’t stay in the coach anyway while they are working on it. Will move to a motel tomorrow.

[DON]

Per,

When I was there getting valve’s adjusted… they requested I completely shut the coach down house and all… So after it was parked inside I shut it down in the order Leon suggested and then brought it all back up online. It was the first time the bus was totally off since I got it.

Good Luck. They did right by me….

Bill

[Will]

They started on the coach yesterday morning, and by 1000 this morning, it was done. In addition to the valve adjustment, they replaced the buttons on the valve train. The buttons were still there, but six of the clips had come loose. If you have the old style buttons, it is a matter of time until they come off–Tom posted some pictures of his engine. In addition, they also fixed oil leaks at the oil cooler, oil filter, and the rear crank seal. The mechanic who did the work has about 50 years experience–he has been working with the owner all that time. Nothing like having someone with 50 years experience work on your coach! Super nice folks to deal with, and I would highly recommend them for engine work.

[Richard]

Per and Margrit,

Thanks for coming in, and I’m sorry that we could not start on your coach on Monday as we had planned a few months ago. I’m not sure if you noticed or not, but we are almost done with the addition to our building, which is the cause of the pile up of buses that I know you saw when you pulled up on Monday morning.

As most people know, construction never finishes on time, but when you and I spoke 4 months ago about your arrival, I thought June would be a safe time to get you in and out quickly. Well, it turns out I was wrong. Anyhow, we stayed late on Monday to make sure you bus was started Tuesday morning and it all worked out just fine.

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Brian,

We make sure we have plenty of time when we travel, so the extra day was not a big deal. We appreciate the good work that you all did–it was well worth the drive up from San Antonio. I just hope folks with similar vintage coaches to ours will ensure they don’t have the old style buttons on their valve train.

We also like supporting locally owned businesses. Bob, the owner of the business is a really nice guy, as is the property owner Dean. Danny explained everything we needed done to the engine, and of course Harry is a national treasure!