Brett
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I’m going to have to take a screenshot of this and take it down and show my bus, she doesn’t know that number. (-:
In her defense though, my mantra is “Drive fast, take chances!”
In all seriousness my mileage is more in line with Brett’s expectations, 6.5 to 7.5 pulling a 3/4 ton pickup @ 68mph
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It happened when I posted a link to the service manual section covering the OTR system.
The link was a long string and when I typed the reply it did not extend the box, but when I posted the reply it looked like the link was kept as a single long line.
I have to get our web guru to answer the question.
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I think the only dash gauges Liberty adds are the house and chassis voltage / ampere gauges, and the generator voltage and coolant temp gauges. On my coach they are the only gauges that have a green internal light. The balance of my dash gauges are the chassis panel that is a Prevost supplied part. I am guessing if the Liberty gauges have one or more not lit the gauge needs a new light bulb, or the electrical connection is bad.
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There are two filters, the one with the water seperator as shown and the filter towards the front of the engine. They are easy to change. Turn off the fuel valve next to the filter to prevent fuel from siphoning back to tank. Disconnect the wire going to the water separator, separate the filter from the water separator. Clean out the water seperator, refill with CLEAN fuel. Do the same for the primary filter. Don’t forget to turn on your fuel valve. The engine will start right up. Carry a few spare filters in case you get contaminated fuel on the road.
Some of this basic maintenance is very simple, but the “experts” sometime still manage to screw it up by rushing things. Before I started doing basic maintenance myself, I went to a truck stop. They put on the wrong fuel filter which introduced a big vacuum leak. I was unable to leave their facility and they suggested to get towed. Not their fault they said, your bus just happened to die here. I finally put slight air pressure into the tank and fuel was cascading out from the primary filter. They changed it to the correct filter and everything was fine.
Gerald
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If you haven’t signed up yet, please do so. This event is great and there are going to be a lot of PC members and Prevost owners in attendance. We will enjoy first class treatment thanks to Bill and his crew and we all can expect a lot of fun meeting and talking to other Prevost owners.
For those with the itch, there will be a number of coaches for sale on display.
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Hmmm, two steer axles coming?
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That thing has come unbolted and just slid back. Next bump, off!
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I think if Headhunter is able to determine a reason for the premature failures it would be helpful if the information was passed along. A lot of coaches with a Headhunter pump have no backup and the lack of water is a serious problem, especially if you are travelling and do not have the luxury of waiting for a replacement and then have to install it.
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For safety, all parking brakes are activated by spring pressure so if air pressure is lost, ur stopped. Service brakes require air pressure to activate, but if ur stopped, the need is moot.
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Welcome,
Take Your time and choose wisely. Newer does not always mean better. If You have not read the article that Jon , Tom and Jeff wrote on the condition of Coachs ? Search ZERO , And read and re-read it a few times. It will be very helpful in learning what You might be getting into. Maintenance records History of course is very important. Along with Upgrades that have been done. And Upgrades that still need done , Might be a good negotiating point on Your purchase. And if You can , Have the Coach inspected by a Reputable Shop that has no interest in the outcome of the sale. They could possibly uncover a few items that will need to be done shortly that the seller is not aware of. Negoiate that the cost of that extensive inspection be deducted from the sale price possibly ? But even if it cost You 2K out of pocket, It could save You Bundles in the future. Prevost will give the owner of the coach ALL the records of work that has been performed on it.They go by the last 4 digits in the serial #. So dont let a Salesman tell You that they are not available. There is another Article that Jon wrote that You should read if You have not yet. Titled ” Cost of owning a Prevost ” or something like that. This is a Great site with Loads and Loads of info.
Good Luck , Congratulations ( In Advance ) And SAFE TRAVELS !
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The norgren valves are just like a over under system with pilot side telling ii to change and supply side directing the flow. In this case the pilot side has the same supply pressure as all other norgren valves, Why would there be a heavier spring. Prob differant number is in mounting or position of inlet for pilot side. Or just a update. Prob 100 percent wrong but all my 5 port and 3 port are same except inlet on pilot side. My opinion only . Good source is your local Truck brake supply parts house they matched all my valves up to my old
ones at about 2/3 of cost. same name in my case(brand) suggest you use compression fittings when changing air lines. These valves can leak internally with no outside proof. 1 chamber to next. I would replace all I could afford while in rear area. Bob
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Ditto to all above…done the route a dozen times…just come down in whatever gear you were in at the top on jake or retarder. Geo.
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Why is a 40ft non slide coach “moving back”?
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On another site there have been threads and posts relating to folks who want a bus conversion, but to get one their budgets are pushed to their limit.
It doesn’t matter whether the conversation relates to a newer bus conversion, and older conversion, a motorhome, or a shell the new owner plans to convert. The loud message from almost everyone is to treat such a purchase as a hobby because the word investment should never be used in any conversation about these conversions or motorhomes.
The sad part that keeps coming through is the posts that are made by people trying to sell their beloved coach are in pain. What they doted on, what they spent a lot of time and money maintaining, improving, and making part of their lifestyle turns out is valued by the market at significantly less than they felt the value should be.
The same holds true for our Prevost conversions. To use a nearly new Prevost conversion as an example that has a retail value of $500,000 or maybe more, in 5 years is likely to have a retail value of $300,000, and as a trade in will have a value of a lot less. Bottom line is even if we ignore what we all spend to use and maintain our coaches, we lost the equivalent of at least a few hundreds of thousands of dollars. An older coach will suffer less depreciation, but offsetting that will likely be significantly greater maintenance costs as compomnents age or wear out.
Your Eagle, if maintained to the same standard Prevost describes as needed maintenance is going to be costing the same to operate. I do not know how it will depreciate, but there have been folks on our site that wanted a Prevost, but the depreciated value of their conventional motorhome made the change to a Prevost very difficult. And just to be realistic, that is not that much different than an owner of an older Prevost that wants to step up and finds it difficult to deal with depreciation.
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Thank you Bernie.I have owned tents, a pop up camper, a travel trailer, a 22 ft Pleasure Way Pursuit motorhome and now a Prevost. I have also owned cabin.
I am am an electrical engineer but manage a sales territory where I am responsible for selling a wide range of products including large energy storage systems which includes large UPS systems that can use either lead acid or lithium batteries. Just a couple months ago I sold a 2.25 MW UPS system that is expandable to 9 MW and it uses Lithium ion batteries. This was sold to a major university for their data center. We could have sold them lead acid but LI made much more sense. This application is also being used at medium voltage and specifically at 13.8 kV. Selling to data center guys on medium voltage or lithium is not an easy task because they are so entrenched in the way things have always been done. But times have changed especially the size of data centers and the energy density of modern servers.
I don’t consider myself particularly smart but this stuff is not new to me. I am trying to educate myself on the RV side of things and specifically as to how it can be applied to my coach. As for LI for RV’s, it holds a lot of promise especially to those that boondock and would rather enjoy nature than run the generator. If I added solar then I could limit my generator use to probably just the air conditioning and my electric range. For my wife and I this is attractive as we like the serenity of the outdoors. RV parks are nice but they would be used mostly as a base to do the outdoor stuff we enjoy.
If I was just concerned about cost there are better investments than a motorhome. We are fortunate enough that we can say that this what we want to do and this is how we want to do it.
I do communicate with Gil mostly regarding my bus (his ex bus) and not through POG and I do not know David. Gil has been very helpful. I am not a POG member but will be probably by tomorrow. The more information I can gather as well as listening to differing opinions the better in my book.