[Andy]

I don’t use any of the popular sites most of which I cannot even name, including Facebook.

But there are a lot of people who use that site almost exclusively for the social aspects.

[Andy]

Has not been paid, not one penny….

[Andy]

Nice job Brady! I bet you had a ton of time in those!!

[Andy]

Prevost sells the shell as an incomplete vehicle and the converter issues a new MSO and they can use what they want for the year. The VIN plate states it is an incomplete vehicle right on it.

My Legendary was a 2006 chassis and titled as a 2008. My Liberty is a 2010 shell and is titled as a 2011. Glider kits for trucks do somthing similar…use parts from a 5 year old truck, but title it as a current year.

[Andy]

Is prevost helping with the cost on these new fixes? I would think a 10 year old coach would be your problem unless they recall them.

[Andy]

My ramps are 8′ in length, 2′ wide and 6″ high.

[Andy]

Jon wrote: “owners might consider is to bring a 12V line from the house DC system, run it through an isolator and connect to the generator battery.”

Jon, please explain what a battery isolator is, what it does, and how it works. Or point us to the answer. Thanks!

[Andy]

Sure it gets charged while the gen is running.

[Andy]

MM

The alarm noise will make you shit petals.

Later

bv

[Andy]

When we did the under coach inspection at the seminar weekend that is something we probably did not emphasize enough. Jeff pointed out the issues with the bushings and suggested the red ones get replaced with black ones such as what is used on shocks.

I know from experience that if the red bushings begin to show the slightest sign of failure their life span can be measured in tens of miles. Once they start to lose pieces they disintegrate over a few miles of travel. I have replaced all my red bushings with the black ones just as a preventive measure and my expectations are that I will never again have to replace them. It just takes a few minutes to replace them so next time your bus is being serviced it might be a worthwhile thing to add to the lost of tasks.

[Andy]

Welcome to PC. As a potential buyer we are all going to be thrilled to see someone else spending serious money to get a bus.

Looking at pictures is a good start, but you need to see them in person to get a sense of what the photos show.

You have the potential to really get confused about what to buy unless you can define your budget and then your needs based on how you intend to use the coach. We’ve all gone through it and we are all willing to answer your questions, and sometimes we will even provide correct answers.

[Andy]

Vantare also uses Thetford connections, but they are available. We use ours frequently.

[Andy]

I used the card today in Sundance, WY. The computer wouldn’t recognize the card, so the clerk ran the sale as a local account with the same discount.

I have used the NAPA card in Gillette, Lusk, & Sundance, WY and Valentine, NE. I don’t think any of these are corporate stores.

Thanks for the $$$ savings!

[Andy]

Let me put a point on what Dick said.

The Ramco mirrors could be great, but either Ramco, or Prevost, or both are just not interested im making a sub-standard product at the quality level expected of a Prevost. The plating problem can be cured with one simple step in the plating process and that is a copper first layer. Do that the the plating issues go away. Maybe it costs $100 more. I don’t know because I am just guessing based on the fact an old mirrot can be stripped and replated at a cost of $800 for the set of parts. $100 doesn’t even cover a day’s worth of fuel so how hard is that to justify.

The vibrating mirror is a little more complex to solve, but if someone was smart enough to figure out how to glue the skins on a bus, surely someone could figure out how to stop the mirror from shaking. (I cannot believe I just said that. That thought just sorta fell out of my head.)

And finally someone in the management pyramid that makes up Prevost the company must have the balls to say to top managment how utterly stupid and irresponsible it is to use a substandard CAC when a far better one is available AND IS CHEAPER. Sometimes people have to step back and try to look at things from the customer’s perspective. But that problem is compounded by an engineering error in which the expensive high temp flexible couplings associated with the air intake system are used on the cold side, while the cheaper cold temp couplings are used on the hot side. Prevost knows about this and to my knowledge nothing has been done. And to rub salt in the wound the Prevost service people say “they must be OK because we have never had any fail here.” Duh…….They fail on the road and with a failed coupling the bus cannot generate enough power to even move, much less make it to the nearest Prevost service center.

Really simple, relatively cheap solutions to nagging problems and nobody is responding. Must be the internal politics occupy a lot of corporate time.

[Andy]

We’re very happy to have American on board at PC and look forward to their participation at our seminar next week. Al’s visit confirms American is a first class engine company with many years of experience. I for one will be heading in their direction at the first sign of any engine issues.