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Please include me for a spot on the webinar! Didn’t know who to send email to so here is mine!
Thanks
Ace Rossi
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An invitation email has been sent.
Hector
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Good catch Truk4u on Jon’s foo-pa. This can probably linked to my suggestion and informative post on Lawrence Welk and then off he goes on the Lennon Sisters again. Something going on there. No problem Jon…just a guy thing.
Did I ever mention that I went to high school with Loni Anderson. Not a blonde back then but the rest was OEM.
Had a little off traffic message….. back to Indy. If you are interested in the 50 amp sites call now as they are on gravel I was told and of course they are limited. Either way good bang for your buck rally fee.
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This equipment the min splits are engineered and quite a bit different then your original cruise air units. For one the mini splits uses the referagerant lines as the expansion device. If you are going to make a change from r22 to r410 then you must flush the referagerant lines with the proper flush kit as the oils are not compatable and will take out the compressor over a couple of years. If you want to use the existing air handlers for heat and the condenser matches you would need to add the appropriate metering device ( expansion valve) that is rated for the proper size and refrigerant. To replace the coils you would need to know the size tubing, area and fins per inch and make a match accordingly. To small and system will go off on high pressure in heat, to large and the cooling pressure and temperatures will not be correct. The control systems in the mini split world also work much different. On a better note some of the mini split manufactures today are making small air handlers to match the condensers which may be a better alternative based on your particular needs. Hope this helps.
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I would start here: http://prevostparts.volvo.com/technicalpublications/en/manuel.asp
From here you can find the wiring diagram specific to your coach. It is a little tricky at first trying to learn the ropes sorting out diagrams but once you get to what you want you can always keep going back to the ones for your serial number.
There is a relay for the courtesy lights because I had to replace one on my previous coach, but I am not aware of a chime so that may be a Vantare addition.
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It has been on our to-do list but I cannot get past the $160 just to see the exhibits and that doesn’t include parking. That’s just a day pass.
The Superbowl tickets are cheaper aren’t they?
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Thanks for the kind words Roger…
Hold on to your wallets boys, Roger is the Parkway Auto Sales dude from east TN and has he got a deal for you!
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see you started and stopped. you should speak you mind. After visiting Featherlight/Vantare several years at Sanford them well knowing I could not afford a coach — being given hospitality and treated fairly I referred several people their way. Do not know if they even had nibble but good will and word of mouth goes a log way. Just have had feeling this was more a home builder part of forum. Bob
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had new pic to post but after the commercial post I won’t embarse my wife and my self. You see we build our furniture also. Just finished a 143 inch long couch which we adjusted to comfort sitting as we developed. Put slide out drawers full length. Will post pictures later when I get over my bad attitude! Old fart hard head” rest of interior comming together quick now. Should be ready for final floor finish when we get back from vacation.Then the exterior repair needs when weather warms -about 2/3 finished already. Bob
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Bob,
Great Map. I would recommend adding the Hilton Head Motorcoach Resort at 133 Arrow Road. Not all sites are 45 foot friendly, but overall it is a great place to drop anchor.
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Don’t know if post or being blocked. I wrote nice reply. Basicly said I thought this part was for home builders. We are not dumb and visit the commercial sites for glitz and glitter ideas ;what we don’t find is new technology ideas. They seem to be stuck in past. Same old systems in a new package with new names and new problems and require more $ to keep up. My 29 ft of slide outs in the 98 build I’m completing I have $1000 that is one thousand total in material. I was told yesterday they get $7000 seven thousand a foot for slides that makes my slides worth $203,000. Heck 4 ft of that will more than buy what I have invested in whole bus. This forum I hoped would bridge a gap between the two end of prevost ownership. I actually lost sleep over my previous reply and was going to erase it. But I have learned from this site from the people between my level and the converter (new builder) that we have some common ground. I build and develope systems from necessity reasoning and you are trying to understand why someone else did it that way. Warning to all those I might embarse we are leaving mid Feb for Ocola Area so if you don’t want your new M coach enbarased beware–will be there till mid April in the 89— The 98 will not be finished till late Spring Need a brake/vacation. Bob & Judy we build together. Moderator do as you wish with this post.
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Bob,
That’s a great source for finding bus friendly campgrounds and I will visit it often.
Nice job on the map…
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Thanks Guys. It’s fixed. A local trucking company had their mobile guy down the street and he replaced it in about 5 minutes. He replaced it with the push type because that is what he had on the truck. He taught me some things along the way that will be valuable in the future I am sure.
I should have been more clear, Hector, that by under the seat I meant in the compartment outside under the seat. I haven’t noticed any leaks in the actual seat… yet.
I won’t be able to view the presentation Wednesday night. I am in church next week every night in Claremore, Oklahoma. Sure wish I could join you because I certainly have a lot to learn.
DKO
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DKO,
I certainly agree with Tom’s response. The “push to fit” fittings can be problematic after it is installed for a while. The Prevost part of my coach does have these fittings, however, their are a few used throughout the converter part of the coach. My suggestion is, if the opportunity exists to replace the fitting with a DOT compression fitting, do it. This will be a permanent repair.
95% of the air leaks I have found have been in fittings. The Prevost provided components are very robust. Now, I have found a few issues with converter supplied components.
My ISRI seat was a challenge to stop air leaks. It seems I could get it air tight, then within a few usages, it would leak again. I have had my ISRI seat out a few times dealing with leaks. The solution for me was to install a NC, 12 volt air solenoid that de-energizes when the key is turned off. I only need the suspension seat in service when driving, so it worked fine. When the key is on, all works as expected, when the key is off, no more pesky leaks. I coupled the step slide and the ISRI seat into this modification. After tightening up my coach, the aux air compressor will run once every few weeks. That is good enough the girls I go with.
Don’t miss out on the suspension session that will be offered Feb 8. See the post “How Does Your Prevost Suspension System Work”.
Good Luck,
Hector
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We travel nearly every week of the year in our bus singing and preaching in churches and under tents all over the country. Our family of three lives aboard the BoggsMobile which is a 1996 XL Vantare conversion that we bought in March of 2008. We traveled in trucks and fifth wheels for several years before we found this bus and we are so glad that we made the change.
I am living proof you do not have to be rich to own a Prevost. Years of looking, an economy going south, a bus with an unconventional paint job, a mid-door, good credit and a determined, praying wife all combined to put us in the perfect bus for our family. I am learning (And you all are helping) to do more and more work on the bus and that certainly helps keep the costs down.
We usually stay in one place Sunday through Friday and travel on Saturday. We only put about 11-15 thousand miles per year on the bus even though we conduct over 300 services a year, move every week and have criss-crossed the country several times in the last four years.
We are having the time of our lives and we are so thankful we are blessed to live this life.
DKO
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