Art
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Billy and Lisa bought a great coach for THEM. THEY created THEIR OWN list of boxes that needs to be checked and THEIR coach checked the boxes for THEM.
Everyone looking for a coach needs to create a list of THEIR OWN boxes that THEY need checked. But at the same time, there is nothing wrong with asking the PC Forum members for their opinions and experiences and then make decisions.
After almost ten happy years of Prevost coach ownership, we’ve found things that we really like, maybe don’t need, and would like to have … but no deal killers for us. Some of the aspects of our coach we like were just dumb luck … like the second vanity sink. Wasn’t on our list of boxes and wasn’t on our radar.
Good luck with your search. Keep asking questions!
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I’m right there with Jerry. Very few house problems over the last 5+ years we have owned it. We regularly travel between Illinois, Texas and California. We have the Country Coach version of OTR bus A/C. Works great!
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I applied Temp-Coat 101
https://tempcoat.com/product/temp-coat-101-industrial-2/
to my roof with a roller 7 yrs ago. There hasn’t been any peeling or need for touchup. It’s holding up well. No regrets.
My bus is always parked under cover when at home.
I get up on the roof and scrub the heck out of it once a yr with soap and a soft brittle brush.
It cost me about $500 when I purchased the stuff. I bought 10 gals(2 five gal pales) and had/have about 3 gals leftover.
I love the results. No more snap crackle and pop. Keeps the inside of the bus cooler.
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I’ll stick with my IFS suggestion. Just be sure you drive both if you consider one earlier than 97. Also, if you choose 8V92, either buy a mechanical (pre-DDEC) or an 8V92 with at least a DDEC II, DDEC III better. Most folks who knew how to work on the 8V92 are dead so finding a tech who understands them can be a real challenge.
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Swapped out my tvs around the couch with 43″ Samsung frames. A bit odd when actually watching TV since only 1/3 the size but when displaying things vertically they look amazing. Gotta find some cool artwork or custom video or something to loop
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I’d check the manual.
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The main reason for the stop was an air line broke to the air ride seat. Trying to drive from the floor is tough! We got a couple of issues addressed as well. This coach has been bleeding us dry since the purchase from ETLC. This bill will put us over $17000 in the last 12 months or so.
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A couple of thoughts,
Be sure a floor mat is not keeping the gas pedal from coming all the way to idle or even a pebble or something.
be sure the brake lights are working with no failed bulbs.
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No, have not removed valve covers. Would have to have Prevost or some professional do that. Seems weird that a loose wire would fix itself just by shutting down and restarting. Fulltiming does help either as I rarely have down time to get it to someone who could dig in. As to relays and the like, i don’t know where to look but could if you have some ideas. I know the 1988 coach had a separate Jake Brake module. Is there such a thing in a 98 and where would I look?
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Jon looking at Vanner monitor the 3 wires that go to the lamps have specs,Battery Ballance Input voltage divided x2 plus or minus 6 percent and systems High 30.3v and low 23.7v is vanner monitor sending that power to lights or the other way??
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In 34 years of ownership I can count on my fingers on one hand when a chassis battery charger was needed. Those times were because I was working on the bus and was drawing from the batteries and wanted to bring the charge on the chassis batteries to full.
I stop using the bus around Memorial Day, and begin again around Labor Day. My chassis batteries (changed every five years regardless of condition) never needed to have the charge topped off although if doing a comprehensive pre-trip inspection I would turn on the charger for a day.
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Could be Art. Often the ground is the faulty connection.
I cannot offer any more than a guess because all converters did things their way, such as my 97 Liberty had a 24 volt house with minimum of 12V loads and no warning lights for the house, but gauges that could be read.
When in doubt however I measured voltages at the bottom of the Vanner equalizer, engine running and engine off. On the chassis Prevost installed a monitor above the chassis batteries and most often if I got a warning light it was because the monitor had failed, so I disconnected the power to the dash light until I got a new monitor.
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Thanks Marshall. I think I will pick up one of those. It’s listed as being 15 amp so that will be more than enough as a maintainer. I have some other brand now but looks tired to me and has been in the engine bay for many years.
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get one with bluetooth. 5-8 amps is all you need. I thinkk they make a 10 amp which is more than enough.
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DARN…. Changed my secondary air tank check valve, yet all 3 tanks continue to drain at the exact same rate…. have been chasing this for at least 2 years…. have replaced so many valves and fittings to no avail 🙁