Dan
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Houston traffic is crazy on a good day. When they get a snow or ice storm, it’s off the charts nuts. The expressway fly-overs work okay, except when they don’t. Looks like a good day or two to hunker down & stay around the bus with good friends. 😉 Tell them we said “hi”…
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Prayers for His family and friends.
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Yes, I realize its OTR or 4 roof airs . I was saying either or not both.
Your point is well taken Jon. There is one coach for sale now with most of my list but it is a conversion that would be considered a minor player in the business but it may be just fine.
I always enjoy your post and articles.
wave
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Mine is a 40,000 btu Webasto, so I think 1.3 pints per hour would be great! That math would make it less than 1/4gal. per hour.
Rudy would know for sure …
You know, usually you come to Florida for the warm temps … but temps here this winter, so far, are making me run my Webasto more than I thought I should be running it 🙂
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Yes … only Saturday, as we’re working in Dade City on a build during the week.
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If you add some information in the signature line, such as model and year of chassis as well as the converter we could possibly provide better help.
If it is an older solid axle coach it is going to have different suggestions as to the cause from a coach with IFS.
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Hugo, I’ve also had this noise in the front end. One day my grandson was at the storage building shortly after the trip when I heard the “clunk.” As I pulled the bus out of the storage building the grandson spotted a piece of metal on the garage floor, saying “Papa, what’s this?” I picked it up and it was a piece from the front drum brakes, if I remember it was a partial brake return spring. Anyway, I ordered replacements from Provost to do all the wheels and took the coach to a tour bus operator where I have maintenance issues worked out.
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I’m on Team Truk.
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Hey Truk, you asleep? Thought he’d have chimed in by now being the non-slide expert that he is. And, of course Nancy could also post the opposing view. Just saying…..Geo.
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My plane was fairly well loaded with steam gauges. It had a lot of those little round things and I felt left out because nothing would display the little magenta line pilots were beginning to follow. The right panel was fully loaded also, but I can say for certain because of experience my peripheral vision never let me down. On more than one occasion I would watch the vacuum gauge or the ammeter needles moving to the left as the vacuum or electrical systems started to fail.
I can also say when I flew with guys that had the large nav displays in front of them, despite having a lot of information around the periphery of the main display their scans sucked. They also lost positional awareness and became dependent on the display to keep them oriented and when they needed to interpret needles they were well behind the plane.
Being a lefty however had little to do with flying, but the transition from planes with a stick and a LH side throttle to planes with a yoke and a throttle in the center of the panel was a hard transition for me.
And yet as i use my computer I always use my mouse with my right hand.
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The chassis batteries are wired two in parallel and then in series with the other pair to produce 24V. Based on your measurements one of the parallel pairs is at 10.66V, the other is fine. The Vanner equalizer should have kept both pairs close but the charger only charging the lower pair probably confused it.
With the fuse replaced, check the voltage the charger is putting on the low voltage pair. Depending on the amps the charger is capable of putting out, it may take a few hours for the voltage to come up.
In any case, your charger is not very smart. A blown fuse should not produce a green light. It obviously only looks at voltage and not if any current actually flows into the battery.
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As long as Les has opened the subject I will offer an opinion regarding what might be best.
If you always tow the same vehicle any of the PP devices will be OK.
If you have the option of towing multiple vehicles, then the PP Pulse becomes the best choice. I do not have any more information about the proposed PP, but I have the Pulse with the 2 degree spread and I think it is a good choice not only because of the ability to tow various vehicles with just a couple of clicks to select the correct one, but the temperature accuracy is like adding more tools to the drawer.
It likely does not measure any temps, but has algorithyms to calculate temps, and the actual temp is less important than the spread between temps on all wheels. Changes to temps become a second signal to inform of potential issues. The more we know the better off we are.
The antenna issue has kind of been resolved. The original repeater didn’t cut the mustard, but the coax cable mounted to the chassis cured virtually all the sensing issues. The new antenna should eliminate them entirely.
If you do not have a newer coach with the Prevost installed TPMS or you want a system that measures all wheels including the toad the PP Pulse is the way to go.
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Anyone that has looked at the FMCA magazine can see the problem, and their new policy is not about to change that.
Look at the FMCA members in the pictures……..they are all between 65 and dead.
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Steve
Pam & I did 3 winters in DC. I never dumped the air system. I made sure we were as level as possible as not to put uneven distribution on any corner. My bags held up over the duration with no real drastic drops. I would run the bus every 3 to 4 weeks, around base and go tank up on fresh diesel. Our Webasto sipped diesel but over a few weeks it was good to top the tank.
FYI – do not just run the bus in place. Drive it. You want to get everything to operating temps. The idea is to not leave any moisture inside the motor or trans.
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Water in use ; PUMP ON
Water not in use ; PUPM OFF
That does not help the overheat Issue from the engine loop. But it will protect your water pump !