Corey
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I had the same problem with Prevost Relay valves (they said they could get them but had a 180 day back order). Can you carefully clean your part and see if it has a number on it? The reason I say carefully, my Prevost relay valve had a sticker on it with ink that was easily removed with solvent!. Then maybe try Luke at US Coach (856-794-3104), he had the valve on the shelf!
Good Luck!
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My grandfather started a construction business in 1932 so I’m 3rd generation. We’re not plumbers by trade but I’ve been around construction my whole life.
Here’s the insight a long time plumber shared with me as I consider a Liberty Coach. Any material used for sewers will eventually fail over time. Sewer lines have been copper, cast iron, vitrified clay and PVC. Buildings today use some cast iron but mostly PVC for drain or soil lines. Copper water lines have been replaced with pex tubing to save money aluminum is pretty expsenive by comparison. I’m also on a sewer authority and the authority spends hundreds of thousands of dollars lining sewer lines to avoid the tens of millions of dollars to replace the sewer lines.
I spoke with Jeff and Liberty they both have replaced holding tanks. Neither knew why it was only some not all. Liberty did make a change to thicker walled discharge pipe a some point maybe 2008? I can’t remember what year they told me. Mostly, it’s peoples habits how much bleach, drain cleaner, detergents and soaps they use. All of these products have trace amounts of hydrochloric acid and sodium hyroxide solutions in them. Heck even gastric fuilds have some hydrochlric acid all of which can distroy aluminum. Did or does the coach sit for months with the holding tank quarter of half full? Aluminum is a strong light weight and recylcable material. Stainless steel maybe better but my guess is anodized aluminum would very close. And again it won’t last for ever either.
Bottom Line: Owning and driving any Prevost makes us BLESSED!! So Enjoy!!!
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Jim,
I’m on my 3rd “H” and naturally, I agree with the above comments about the “H”. If buying new, or used, I would recommend the same.
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All, My wife and I went up to Transwest yesterday and I drove a new 2016 X3. The drive was fantastic around curves over humps very smooth.
The coach is by Emerald, 2 slides, 1 1/2/2 baths nice colors inside. However I beleive the H series will be more our lifestyle. They do not have one. So the search is on. MHS in Alverado has 2 Outlaws. What do you know about the quality? -
I recall Geo mentioning that many or most seated coach operators running any number of coaches probably has someone on staff who can work on the OTR system. You might call around to the seated coach operators and we what kind of expertise is available.
It would be a good idea to develop a list of reputable and qualified OTR repair shops so that if a member is not within a reasonable distance of Jeff Rowe’s shop they have an alternative.
Jeff told me he has attended the Carrier school and is certified to work on the Carrier compressors. When our compressor failed Jeff offered to rebuild it as an option, but we went with a factory compressor which he seemed to lean towards. When you call around suggest you ask if the tech has attended the Carrier school and is certified.
Jeff or someone who really knows something about this subject might jump in here to either correct or validate what I’ve said.
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I just asked the Knoxille Thermo-King shop if they would service a system with the Carrier compressor. They said they would not. It might vary from loc ation to location.
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Our non-slide coach works great for the two of us!
The blue pills, well I’m just not that old yet 🙂
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Michael, we’ll have to see how it works on the next trip. When we stopped on the last trip, the hot water was not overly hot. Electronics tend to be temperamental, but if keeps happening, I’ll look into your suggestion.
P.S. You should post a picture of your coach; I’ve seen some beautiful CC conversion of your vintage, such as the one we saw in June last year at GSR in Reno.
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Dick,
Yes, almost all of the screws holding the light to the side of the coach were s/s, but not all of them. Maybe, some where along the way a couple of them might have been replaced. But, even the steel screws, though a little rusty, came right out.
I think my good luck has to be credited to where my coach lived for most of it’s life, central Florida & Arizona. That has made any service requiring bolt or nut removal a breeze. Even the nuts on the air bags and shocks came off without a hitch. We just did both the exhaust manifolds, and they were easy too.
All we had to do was initially break it loose and it came off by hand. I know how lucky I am. We’ve had to use a hot wrench on many a truck repair. I’m going to stop talking about this, before it bites me.
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Well, I got it going. Found a post online about the trick where you remove the key and lock and unlock the door at the key pad. Did that and all went back to normal. When I have time I need to figure out why that worked and what was wrong but now I am rolling.
Thanks to all the people that post. Saved me today!
Paul
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Bill wrote: ” Every one of the screws on my caoch came out like they were installed yesterday. Go figure. Prevost installed them in 1989.”
Could you tell if all the screws were stainless steel? That might have made the difference.
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Another of the great ones.
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For those who want to service their Racor 1000FG primary 30 micron fuel filter, you can use Racor service kit# RK 11-1404 and any of the following element#s: Racor 2020PM-OR; Baldwin PF7890-30; Fleetgaurd FS20203.
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I know Jon I have had the bowl off to clean it before ,it’s old and only cost 2500 for new one , just my way
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Got it Jon! Thx!