Chris
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Excellent article Jon!
No doubt a service that any of the PC members can take advantage of or, if they choose a different route, nothing holds them to using these two appraisers.
I’m still impressed with the work Jon & Tom put forth, whether you always agree with them or not, for no compensation other than their love of their hobby … the Prevost.
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Some have had good results with their CC OTR, but I didn’t. I had a 2000 Prevost CC XLV that I had to replace the compresssor twice, it ate belts no matter what I did to assure the alignment was correct and with the condensor located underneath in front of the drive tires, it got damaged from road debris. Also, the only way to keep the evaporators in the galley and bedroom from freezing over was to make sure the fans ran at high speed only. There is no blend of coolant to maintain a temperature, it’s either on or off.
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Now might be the time to mention that sometimes it is difficult/impossible for a tow truck operator, for whatever reason, to get the jacks they carry under the coach jack points after a tire has blown and the wheel rim is on the ground while on the side of the road. If there is a 20 ton short jack available, I intend to get one, but so far the 20 ton bottle jack(s) I have worked to raise the coach to the point where the tow truck pneumatic jack could be positioned correctly.
My two cents again.
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If you get hotter than 180 degress than you have an issue. I don’t know exactly what your warning sensor is set at but 185 or more and I’m sure it will go off.
If anyone is concerned about tire heat, read up on Tire Thermal Equilibrium. I put that in here for the Cowcatcher.
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A detroit engine repair shop should have it in stock. When mine failed on my 892 on my boat I took it to Napa and they matched it up and I never looked back. Still working today.
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Tom wrote: “Any comparison of a fiberglass mass produced motorhome and a Prevost H is an illusion at best.”
I think Tom might have mistyped in haste. What I believe he meant to say was “Any comparison of a fiberglass mass produced motorhome and a Prevost H is a delusion at best.”
Regarding the fake Prevost that is for sale, while someone who has shopped extensively for a Prevost would likely determine this particular coach is a counterfeit … there are lots of buyers out there who are new to RV’ing and motorhoming who are not necessarily be in the market for a Prevost, but when the stumble onto what looks like a great deal on a Prevost (something that they thought was out of their price range) they might not pause to look that gift horse in the mouth but go into the deal balls to the wall and checkbook wide open. And unfortunately get nothing but a royale screwing on the deal.
I recall someone mentioning that they had alerted Prevost to this fake coach, I was hoping we’d hear that Prevost had taken very strong legal action against the seller (i.e. a cease and desist order demanding that the Prevost badging be stripped from the coach and there be NO FURTHER advertising it as a Prevost coach).
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I’ve read and filed away the “Pre-Departure Checklist” but a couple comments here cause me to wonder if there is anything that one should do regarding “pre-depature checklist” for your Prevost chassis. The article addressed the coach and not the chassis.
It may be common sense regarding checking the fluids, tires, batteries, belts, air leaks, etc. just wondering…this would be not only leaving your campground, but re-starting anytime you stop and shut-down your Prevost.
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Good job Towson, now you have piece of mind for a bunch of years.
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Dave,
Thanks for the update, and I know exactly what you mean. That is the only problem I’ve had with Vantare’s design…..the AC.
I am ready to replace mine as well.
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Yes I have towed two different models with the manual tranny many miles, Whenever I would take a breakevery 3 hours or so I would start the engine and let it lubricate the inside of the tranny. Never had a problem- just don’t forget to cut it off when you pull out.
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I also had an automatic mini that I used with a dolly- much easier to tow the manual transmission. Most campgrounds don,t have parking for the tow car and a dolly.Jon is correct as ususal – I did push the bus out of the road with the mini when I ran out of fuel with the bus. I ran out of fuel after some thief sucked out 100 gallons of fuel at the Flying J In Gillette Wyoming were we spent the night..
Dale Farley has Pictures!!
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Hopefully Pete and Re-Pete won’t catch it. You could count on minimum double dues increase next year.
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Les and Tom
I spoke with Delbert , what a nice guy, and he said he would be glad to help but wasn’t sure if he had all the tools and parts.
Prevost Houston said that they would look at it but it might be at the shop for 2-3 days. We still have 3 air units and it’s been chilly so we might just wait till we get home.
Thanks again for the help
Chris
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We left early Wednesday afternoon. Didn’t see you Wednesday morning, but I was on the computer and phone working most of the time. Cathy did make everyone extra hungry by frying bacon in the coach while it was inside the shop. She made up for that by baking a pan of brownies for Jeff and the crew.
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Hadn’t thought about OEM rears and Koni or bilstein on the front……….I’ll check Prevost for bilsteins.
Sorry Al……….don’t want no monroes. Not enuff shock for this 50k+ pound coach.
…………Ol’Ben