[Corey]

The Webasto system, when working draws a lot of energy. The Liberty installed circulation pump does draw a lot of energy, but so do the fan motors at all the Webasto heat exchangers in the coach also.

The bottom line is our environmental systems are not ideal for dry camping and we have learned to just run the generator at every location we stop without shore power. That way we can be comfortable and enjoy all the other devices on the coach without worrying about battery life.

[Corey]

I don’t believe a warmed up and loaded modern diesel powered generator blows much noticable smoke unless it needs servicing.

[Corey]

Is that the Volvo repair shop on the north end of Cincy by I-275?

Davy

[Corey]

We are scheduled for Prevost Ft Worth on Tuesday am. on the 23rd and will be at OKC by Thursday if all goes as planned. Fingers crossed!!

Can’t wait to get there !!

Diane

[Corey]

Don’t count out conversions just because they are no longer around. I like others owned a Thompson Coach and Riick Thompson stood behind his coaches years even after he choose to shut the doors. I had a Thompson for 5 years sold it thru Calif Coach and the new owner had a problem and you guess it Rick Thompson was there to help the owner. I’m just sayin check into it yourself and make a few calls to the guys behind the scenes . Oh ya the Marathon guys are good in getting back to ya as I’m sure as the other one’s are .

[Corey]

Oh ya, the Metro delightful digit, don’t leave home without it…

[Corey]

Jeff to the rescue!! There is a panel u can unscrew when the wheel skirt is lifted. Of course the bolts where froze but they got them off. It was a small plastic tube that blew on the converter side. Jeff had us shut off the yellow pet cock in the drivers bay to make sure that was it. Put in a coupler with a quick disconnect and the leak stopped.

While in there we noticed the pipe from the turbo to the muffler was rusted thru. Will take care of that in Michigan.

[Corey]

Aluminum is very difficult to add a finish to. It is difficult to plate and equally difficult to paint or powder coat.

Successful coating such as John described requires a lot of prep work, and it typically goes far beyind what John described. The problem is aluminum is so reactive that any surface defects such as oxidation (rust) travels beneath the surface coating rapidly and lifts the surface.

As long as the surface finish is applied over a properly prepared aluminum substrate, and the surface finish is intact preventing sub surface corrosion the aluminum will retain the protective coating.

I wouldn’t worry a lot about adhesion on a properly pre-treated surface nor would i worry about expansion and contraction because surface coatings such as John used are flexible.

[Corey]

All DC power on a Liberty is usually in the second bay street side and the wires at the seat should be numbered. Find the corresponding number in the second bay and you have the beginning and end of the wires.

[Corey]

Papademojo,

I agree that the noise levels associated with roof airs are probably the same across the board.

Each type of AC (Cruiseairs or roof mounted) each have their benefits and drawbacks. If I did not have OTR I would insist on roof air units and accept the noise or vibration levels. The performance of a Cruiseair is compromised when relying on them while driving on a super hot interstate because they are picking up the heated air coming off a highway that can easily be hot enough to burn you.

The Cruiseairs are serviceable but if one has to be replaced it is expensive.

A roof air is relatively inexpensive and can be found at almost any large RV shop. A roof air is breathing cooler air well above the roadway so it is not adversely impacted by the heat radiating from the highway

Everything is a compormise. BTW, nobody is using Cruiseairs as a basis for picking on Dometic because they also are made by Dometic.

[Corey]

I don’t think the Penquin is anymore problematic than any other ac unit. This is not the husband of the rep speaking, but a person that talks to scores of people that have penguins on their units. Prior to owning my coach I owned Airstreams and they are only outfitted with Penquins with only the typical complaints ( those that are never satisfied) . Prior to purchasing my coach I talked with several of the Entertainer coach lessors in Nashville and they buy Penquins exclusively. They have 50 -150 coaches, so if Penquins were sooo bad don’t you think they would find an alternative. Don’ t think I’m trying to push Dometic products because I’m not, but if it ain’t broke don’t fix it. The Dometic product may have some problems but they are not the dog some would have you believe. Remember the squeaky wheel gets the grease and most times the only time you hear something about a product is when it fails not when it is doing what is was designed to do.

[Corey]

Carguy touched on an issue in a very polite way about the arms hanging on the side of the bus with the zip dee.

Look down the side of a bus with the storm shutters (zip dee) hanging on the side and look down the side of a bus with the Girards on the roof and clean lines. End of story.

If you like that your in a Marathon, I don’t know exactly what year Liberty went on the roof (maybe 2006) but the Godfather can tell you that.

Later

bv

[Corey]

That is the worst thing to try to get rid of….sometimes lemon juice helps during clean up..

Good thing Gary doesnt give Tom a bottle of wine everytime he buys a new coach….just sayin

[Corey]

Same thing: broker = dealer: Florida Luxury Coach, The Motor Coach Store, The Motorhome Exchange, etc.

Converter: Millennium, Liberty, Marathon, etc.

There’s some fuzziness there; take your best guess… 🙂

Vote here: Poll: where did you buy your coach?

[Corey]

Thanks Mark, we appreciate your efforts.