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The potential for oil to weep or ooze from our coaches is everywhere. It can come from power steering fluid, differential grease, engine oil, A/C compressor oil, etc.
Fluid leakage is second on the chart of what annoys us only second to air leaks.
Every leak is repairable, but the question I ask myself is what is the cost or hours required to stop the leak, and is it worth it. Common leaks such as the seal behind the clutch on the A/C compressor, or the shaft seal on the 50DN, etc. are almost as common as air leaks, but until they get more serious I spray the area clean with brake cleaner at every service and quit worrying. It might be my age or my thinking $30 worth of spray cleaner every 5000 miles seems far more economical than 3 or 4 hours of my labor and $150 worth of parts.
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Thanks for sharing Liam! Amazing bus!
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Folks at Texas Custom Coach say the compressor is bad. Still on the fence on what to do. A compressor replacement is still probably cheaper than any alternative, just not sure if I want to jump ship instead.
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You should have 2 size tubing 1/4 inch for control air and 3/8 for supply air
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I have in past worked on paving crew. If the sun is out and 90 plus the actual road temp 1 ft above pavement approaches 140degF FWIW
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The oil pressure sensor is not smart. It triggers a code when oil pressure drops to about 5 PSI. It is strictly an on-off switch.
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Andrew, review Jon’s LI conversion in the article section for his Liberty. Jon’s Relion’s are 24v in parallel and uses 2 DC to DC converters for his 12v needs.
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The strange thing is that voltage was fine before new alternator and batteries installed Im thinking faulty alternator putting to much voltage out. Will call Scott next week.
Thanks for the input
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Randy, a call to Mira Loma may be in order to find out if they adjusted the regulator after the 50DN and battery change. Those voltages won’t hurt your Lifelines in the short term, but the alternator needs to be adjusted for sure. As Jon mentioned, did you check the battery voltage with a good meter at the batteries while the bus was running?
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They are a bitch to get apart, old Quest Fittings, may be better off just cutting and replacing with Pex and Sharkbite fittings. You’ll hear some say they are easy, not.
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Two thoughts come to mind: 1) LO PS means it is probably low on freon. Running it may destroy compressor; 2) could be a bad START and/or RUN capacitor.
If your bus is like our 96 Liberty XL? both the mid and fwd CruiseAirs are on L2 which puts a 30 amp load it which shouldn’t do that damage, unless??? something(s) that others have stated here. -
If you go to the Engel website, under cross reference is the link below. You might be able to find schmatics there.
https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0343/7179/7125/files/ENGEL_Norcold_Comparisons.pdf?v=1627927182
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Jeff was correct it was an extremely short runway, but did you see how wide it is .
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Some how spending over 1/4 mil for a trailer and getting a 19 gal fresh water tank, 21 gal gray and a 4.5 gal black tank/cassette doesn’t sea, appealing.
Chuck
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I am not touching the back. My Marathon has a custom engine cover and lights that we like. If you want more detail on options, send me an email and we can connect (my email is open) when you are ready. It was a learning experience and I would do things a bit differently if I was ever crazy enough to do it again.
Alex