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Looked around finding several companies offering headlight upgrade for our 2000 HS-45. Located one offering a harness, keeping day time running lights option and replacement stainless bezel to match keeping same front cap stainless accents.

This completes the exterior lighting up grade change to LED and Xenon.

Clearance lights are available from Grote.

Marker lights both red (rear) and amber (front) available from Truck-Lit. Both Grote and Truck-Lit LED’s are exact

replacement.

Tail Lights all 17 available in LED from IBP Industries a PC sponsor.

Original front OEM headlights with turn signal

Upgrade

Original tail, turn, brake, back-up lights

Upgrade from IBP Industries a PC sponsor.

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Under stand. Take my coach out every 3 to 4 weeks and here in Texas those bugs fly year round. Wish Beacon was closer even though it’s only 97.4 miles down the road in San Antone. After this time. it ( Blue Beacon) will be part of the road trip no matter which a way I’m a heading.

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In my royale I had ther ford lens and Xenon HD bulbs they where very bright then I put the rigid industries running lights and then it was like a football field on the highway. In the 2003 it has the regular bulbs and running lights / fog lights there is no comparison to the others, the 2003 liberty is not even close the lights are very poor, both coaches had ford lights about 60,000 miles with both sets a lot at night, I am about to change my liberty lights out and driving lights for better light, Just my two cents worth!!!

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Interesting background from Jack on the subject.

I wonder what the logic is for requiring separate tanks. Often requirements like this are based in some kind of logic; whether flawed or not.

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Had that same unit and door unit replaced at Parliament. Would not want to myself. Don’t remember it being that expensive (relatively speaking of course) but I will look for the invoice. Geo.

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He’s arm candy !!!!!!!!!!!!!

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The reason windows fog is because the seal between the two layers of glass fails. Once there is a path for air to enter and exit the space between panes the window will “breathe”. When the sun is beating on the window the gas inside the two layers of glass expands, and as it cools the gas shrinks. So the internal gas leaks out while it is heated, and it is drawn back in when it cools.

Over time the internal gas, usually argon, but it can be any dry gas such as nitrogen, is replaced with the atmosphere which in addition to oxygen and nitrogen has moisture (humidity). As more air is drawn in and out of the glass sandwich more and more moisture is retained through condensation.

To repair fogged windows two things must happen. The moisture has to be removed. That can be done by pulling a vacuum between the two layers, and when the moisture has evaporated and been drawn out a moisture free gas needs to be added between the layers. Then the seal between the two layers of glass has to be repaired.

It is not a big deal doing this. Sometimes the best approach is to separate the two glass layers, clean the glass surfaces and then reseal the two layers of glass, and replace whatever air is between the layers with argon. The problem is if the fogging has gone on for a while sometimes the glass layers are damaged by etching. Everytihng can be repaired, but if the windows are etched they will never be as clear as new glass.

If the fogging can be repaired properly that is an excellent option, but before I went ahead with that I would want to understand exactly how the repair will be made because the long term success is totally dependent on a proper repair.

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Maybe this is what you are asking about. I use the edit button. This is the only place I’ve seen where right click paste doesn’t work.

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I know BA, thats because you never were a truck driver. If you bump your switch half way your marker lights stay on and only headlights go off.

Later

bv

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Well, I don’t think that loss of power and a beeping noise constitutes an emergency, breakdown, or a need for urgent help, but it appears that Melissa panicked. She had all the lights on in the barn, she was running the dryer in the barn, she had the heat on in the bus, etc., and she tripped the breaker, which is in another building. I think she thought she had caused some type of catastrophe, and was trying to fix it before I found out about it.

Many thanks to Jon and Bernie for talking with her on the phone…I could have gotten there in 20 minutes, but I guess that was too long given the level of the crisis. Power was restored, apparently within an hour, so no harm done.

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also ebay and amazon

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it froze after typing 6 words in previous post. Also reply to messages button missing most of time. Finally, it asks me to sign in numerous times. Not sure what created this but prefer earlier version where none of these problems existed. Amazed it has not froze again and allowed me to type this long of a message.

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What is the apparatus hanging on the side with the red light in it? I know some older cars would have a turning signal arm that would pop out. The pics don’t show one on the passenger side so I was just wondering.

Thanks,

Mark

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Found the right 2 channel fet node, fuses ok, tried to reset no joy. With regular 12v bulb no light, install LEDs and I have two lowest settings, nothing past that!

EDIT:

Did some more looking, have another 2 channel node with spare output, may swap those tomorrow, looks like a small transistor or something got burned on output side that controls water closet lights.

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Going to be making the journey soon. Once football season is over we will make the treck. Congrats.