Bill
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Our is the backup camera and I have a switch on the left hand panel to open and close it.
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Tom,
This one I can answer… I heard something simiar to SID either problems or wrong angle… so it opens when you go in reverse and there is a flood light to help when backing up.
Hope that helps….
Bill
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Al,
He has the card, but probably ran into the same thing I did on the first go around, nope we don’t take that….
Mine came around when I told them OK, I’ll take my business to the other store, they have no problem with the card.
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I hope you guys with the remote dump valves still keep the cap on the drain.
I’m curious, can you activate thge remote control when the engine is running or when the transmission is in gear. I would hope not.
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Jon, I guess that “works Great”might have been too general a statment. Don’t remember the details but it is a model made for the Hydro-boost type brakes. when I tested it at installation I saw the pedal actuate. I could never tell the truck was there when stopping before I installed it.
Just wanted to be legal in the required States.
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Make that 2 black and silver plates please.
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Here’s the 1950 Ford replace dash with psuedo analog gauges. There’s a lot of info you can display on the LCD displays on the bottom. They have one that’s all digital, but I know you wouldn’t like it.
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Don’t know anything about it but it sure looks nice and has a cool interior! Good luck!
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I talked to Preston Green today. This coach needs seals on bay doors, some are leaking. Front passenger seat foot rest is not working correctly.
How big a deal are seals, I would suspect they are something that you can get from Prevost.
Footrest I am sure more detail would be needed, is there something that is a common issue with this.
As far as inspections, Marathon has “not done” a pdi on it but could do one. When I was looking at a Prevost last year I talked to Prevost in N.J. About an inspection. The fella I talked to at Prevost said they had 2 different inspections. His suggestion was the less expensive inspection because the more expensive was not going to define much more.
Is it advisable/reasonable to take the coach to Prevost Jacksonville for a Prevost inspection. The coach is a Canadian coach that had extensive maintenance done in canada. The maintenance records are written in French. I am not French literate.
The coach is owned by SW Luxury. Would it be advisable to have the guys at Parliament do an inspection.
Would anyone accept a Marathon Florida inspection of this coach with them being the party brokering the deal for SW Luxury. I have not any communication / dealings with Marathon Florida to date until today talking to them about this coach
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Hish,
Okay, you have 2 alternators and your house bank is 24VDC.
That should mean that the monster 50DN is for the house bank and it has an external regulator, almost always adjustable. The really smart converters on late model coaches may have went to the expense of installing a smart 3 stage regulator to ensure your Lifelines are charged as they would be from your inverter/charger. I have seen this on one coach. Lacking a smart regulator, it should be set for 26.4-26.8V. This is Lifeline’s float voltage. Your automotive alternator should never be set for a voltage greater than float voltage for your house bank. The reasoning is that your engine may be running for a much longer duration than your Lifeline would like above float voltage.
Your smaller alternator should be for the chassis batteries as the current requirements are not very demanding. The only exception would be for those that have Prevost OTR air as it’s powered from the chassis batteries or it was when sold by Prevost. As Jon, said, it should have an internal non adjustable regulator. With that said, there are smaller alternators that are used in marine applications that can be coupled to adjustable or smart regulators. I haven’t seen one of these used on a coach, but there’s no reason they couldn’t be.
There should not be a 12V alternator or regulator on your coach if the house battery bank is 24V. 12V demands are satisified through a battery equalizer that should supply 12V, actually supply half of what ever the 24V side is actually producing. This is not adjustable.
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Tom,
Glad you got it all sorted out… yesterday on the way to Colberg to get some stuff fixed before we head to Canada and Alaska… I got the check engine light on the telltale and in the LCD display got check engine at next stop… I checked it all out and everything looked and sounded fine to me… Turbo pressure was showing normal but it seemed a bit sluggish… if I let off the pedal light would go out… as soon as I pressed the gas light came on again… Not sure what the deal was but PASS wasn’t working last night… kept getting a recording… tried calling Nashville same deal… even had my mother in law call from a land line… Spent the night in a rest stop and fired it back up this morning… no problem… lots of power and drove 700 miles to colberg and the light never came on again… was able to get PASS and they said to have it checked out… but driving was OK… When I couldn’t get PASS… I called Al… he was a great help as always…
Bill
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. What does your Tech Link display ?
I’am using a picture that displays both systems on Marathon Tech Link . Engine was at idle taken when I had a “261” display which was due to faulty donut cable reader in the house battery compartment. It’s my understanding all voltage regulators are housed internal in respective alternators
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I was going to start a similar thread until I read this one after I noticed my light coming on today. It was 74 degrees outside and sunny. It came on after start up, and would not cool at all. So, I guess I’m safe to think its low on freon, based on Tom’s issue.
Really pissed me off, because I love my over the road air,BUT, I had to crank the Gen up and turn on Rvac and cruise air.
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Bernie,
With everyone leaving Indio your probably finally missing Sid and I ?
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Hi Jim,
Thanks for the info. If you can locate that window invoice without too much trouble that would be helpful if you think there is a chance they are still in business…otherwise we will just keep shopping for window options. I contacted Beaver in Bend, Oregon and they don’t work with these any longer. It sounds it will take several trips to different places to get this accomplished regardless. We want to try to keep it as authentic as possible with exception of the awful sofa and cherry red carpeting. Do you have the Beaver logo engraved in your windows too? And yes, It is the command center above the drivers head that doesn’t work at all; no power, no lights. So we need to figure out how to get this fixed as well.
PS. Don’t be too envious of that hall window. If the bathroom door is open along with window blind ….it presents a perfect picture of “you on the throne” lol. Admittedly, the kitchen window is nice though.
Also do you know of anyone with plumbing layout or wiring schematics for these buses?
Please add us to the bus list. We would love to receive a copy. We will be in touch.
Thanks again!