Bill
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See Jon’s post at top, new flyer has prices for the AutoFest and here’s the link:
2005 XL Thompson Coach
Rarely tow anything behind us.
Sold: 1993 Liberty that we loved for 12 years. -
I cannot find a price
for registration. Must be Free.
Oops, sorry but the words Bill Carlisle and Free will not fit in the
same sentence. I keep getting a Syntax error.After looking at the
second from left photo at the bottom of the home page, I see some shady looking
characters (one with a microphone … Now you know why Cory can’t get a word
in.)I think this would be
a good pause to look at some great restored busses while on your way down to
Clawfest 2017.FFF
2005 XL Thompson Coach
Rarely tow anything behind us.
Sold: 1993 Liberty that we loved for 12 years. -
I have dry camped for 6-9 days each year in August at Louisville and have averaged between .65-.85 per hour.
2005 XL Thompson Coach
Rarely tow anything behind us.
Sold: 1993 Liberty that we loved for 12 years. -
Ditto what Jeff said, what is turning off. The evaporator fan is 1st to shut off when reaching the set temp followed by the condensor fan that continues for 3 or 4 minutes in cool down mode.
The SMX controls allow you to change the differential in temps. I have one that I set for 82 to maintain 78. Even though I have adjusted the differential, the sensor is off that much.
2005 XL Thompson Coach
Rarely tow anything behind us.
Sold: 1993 Liberty that we loved for 12 years. -
Usually icing is associated with low refrigerant or a low fan speed.
2005 XL Thompson Coach
Rarely tow anything behind us.
Sold: 1993 Liberty that we loved for 12 years. -
Bill…
Completed the registration form tonite. Karen & I are looking forward to what promises to be a great time. Judging by reports from past attendees, that will not be a problem!
2005 XL Thompson Coach
Rarely tow anything behind us.
Sold: 1993 Liberty that we loved for 12 years. -
I don’t think so. In 26 years I had one turbo boost sensor go bad, and at that time saw the little rubber hose section had aged so I replaced it. I don’t carry one now because the risk I feel is minimal. Most issues that were reported relating to the turbo boost sensor over the years have mostly been wiring issues like a bad connection or ground.
2005 XL Thompson Coach
Rarely tow anything behind us.
Sold: 1993 Liberty that we loved for 12 years. -
Others may disagree but in my pecking order of things that will put me in a world of hurt I place air bags as a higher priority than brake chambers. (I am not suggesting these are the only componentrs to consider when doing preventive maintenance, but these are good examples of the following.)
That may seem illogical but I know if an air bag leaks it is annoying up until the point at which the compressor cannot keep up with the leak, and then the bus is going to end up with 75 PSI for the braking system, and no way possible to keep the coach from dropping to its lowest point after a while. That to me makes the coach a candidate for a ride on a flat bed trailer or a field replacement of the air bag assuming you can get one, and then find someone to replace it along side of the highway.
On the other hand while I really don’t want to have less braking capability than I have now, I can afford to lose one of my emergency brakes or one of my service brakes and have the ability to carefully drive to a service location. If the failure is on the emergency brake at one wheel the brake can be caged (the spring will be retracted with a bolt provided) and I will still have 100% of my service brakes, just one less emergency or parking brake. If the problem is on the service brake side of my braking system I can cap the air supply to the leaking brake and proceed carefully having 1/6 less braking capability on my service brakes.
But I know Karl has relatively new air bags, but original brake chambers and based on the age of his coach I believe he is due. If we choose to run certain components to failure rather than replacement for preventive purposes we all just have to make an educated decision as to how much risk we will tolerate, and how we will deal with the problem when it occurs.
Prevost has called for replacement of brake chambers at one year or 100,000 miles on older style of brake chambers (such as the front chambers on the Knorr brakes) but I do not know if they still call for that. They do not call for any scheduled air bag replacement.
2005 XL Thompson Coach
Rarely tow anything behind us.
Sold: 1993 Liberty that we loved for 12 years. -
Diane and Larry I hope that all is going well and that maybe we can meet up along the road sometime soon.
Bill III
2005 XL Thompson Coach
Rarely tow anything behind us.
Sold: 1993 Liberty that we loved for 12 years. -
Tim – Compartment cooling fan.
2005 XL Thompson Coach
Rarely tow anything behind us.
Sold: 1993 Liberty that we loved for 12 years. -
I had this problem on our Marathon. It was a pinched wire in the upper door hinge. If your setup is similar to Marathon’s, you only need to remove the upper hinge cover/trim to see and fix the pinched wire.
While you are at it, check the other wires. Eventually the power door lock will go out too if the wires are not routed with sufficent slack.
On our coach the actual door bell is behing the microwave. But it worked fine once I fixed the wire in the hinge.
Good luck, Gerald
2005 XL Thompson Coach
Rarely tow anything behind us.
Sold: 1993 Liberty that we loved for 12 years. -
Gotcha Jon.
I definitely was telling a fact, but was trying to be respectful.
Thank you you for making that clear.
2005 XL Thompson Coach
Rarely tow anything behind us.
Sold: 1993 Liberty that we loved for 12 years. -
ok, I’ll ask a stupid question here – feel free to Flame me…..
Can you replace a manual slack adjuster for an automatic slack adjuster?
I could see some value to (me personally) not having to drive my bus up on ramps and slide under during each pre-trip inspection to check / adjust my manual adjusters.
ducking for cover……
2005 XL Thompson Coach
Rarely tow anything behind us.
Sold: 1993 Liberty that we loved for 12 years. -
Got it!
Thanks Steve
2005 XL Thompson Coach
Rarely tow anything behind us.
Sold: 1993 Liberty that we loved for 12 years. -
The gen was services before I purchased it. I think the “low battery” light indicator was an operator error since it went away after I re-set the inverters to the factory setting. I’ve now read thru the trace inverter manual and am getting a better grasp on it. The suggested factory settings are different from Toms but it seems to be working right now. Tom … Yes I vaguely remember that name 🙂
2005 XL Thompson Coach
Rarely tow anything behind us.
Sold: 1993 Liberty that we loved for 12 years.