Darrell
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I didn’t say a thing and Red is still trying to beat up on Corvettes.
Isn’t a Viper just a late model Avanti?
Red, word from Titusville is a new sink hole has developed and it looks amazingly like the one in Bowling Green except it has some unknown brand of plastic car sitting in the bottom.
Alvie,
When we get the Ford done I think we will be heading to some car shows and auctions, not to show it off, but to see what other folks are driving and working on.
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I almost always wash my own and never use a brush, even the soft ones. I hand dry it unless I’m lucky enough to wash it just before it rains. I use something very similar to this, but with a longer handle.
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Charles is smart, he surrendered to Jeff..
Dick – Yep, some stuff, 8D’s….
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Hi Mike ,yup it seems to be doing ok. I was told to put tape over the light and guages so they wont upset me but I didnt have enough tape to cover them all so I just put two peices of tape over my eyes. it makes driving very exciting but the lights and guages arent irritating me ! lol Say Hi to everyone for us.
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Ha, too funny. we saw that same coach with horse trailer Sunday noon southbound I-25 near Longmont Colorado
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If there is space on the rack adding a fourth 8D will make a big difference in the number of hours before you need to start the generator when dry camping. Mine were behind the passenger side tag axle and I had 4 8Ds on my 97 Elegant Lady.
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Our coaches use a variety of hose types. Some of the hoses are almost bullet proof. Some on the other hand are going ot have a very short life because the selected materials just don’t hold up for the application.
Like Charles I found out the hard way a hose that looked perfect failed while we were on the road, but fortunately I could deal with the problem with the help of a mechanic that was a few hundred feet away. I realized when I went through and changed all that type hose I was lucky because a number of others were in danger of failing.
The hoses are difficult to see in all cases because they are everywhere through the coach. They are at heat exchangers, they are at the engine, they are at bay heaters, the HW tank, etc. My current course of action is when I change coolant I go through and find every hose I can, inspect the hoses, and any that are even questionable I change. That’s one of the reasons I would rather eat bees than change coolant, but it has to be done,.
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Jon,
Until Alaska I would agree with you on keeping them closed… We have several that have bad motors and Prevost said it was going to be close to $900 per window parts and labor to fix… Not going to happen so I figured out a way to push them open from the inside and saved a bunch. Now that we are up North and are spending most of our time in parks that don’t have 50 amp and don’t allow use of Gensets…. we are keeping the windows open as we don’t have enough AC to to run the rest…
Just something to think about.
Bill
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Got in touch with Hehr and fingers crossed they still can find some in stock. Thanks
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Great site, Jim. Thanks for sharing it. I will check with them on Monday.
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Somewhere around model year 2000 Prevost changed over to stud pilot, easy to tell, stud pilot has a washer made on the nut and is smaller, ball & seat does not it is tapered, hope this helps
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I am not sure what size they are, I just assumed that they were all the same. I guess not. I will have to measure them.
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Yes… as Jon mentioned… the cost of drying out a wet system is horrifying not to mention the down time inconvenience and above all the danger having water in your air system.
When our airbags were removed some time back they had about a cup or so of water in them… I posted about this at the time… as it turned out our entire air system was wet… the dryer had probably never been changed and was totally clogged up. It took forever to make sure the lines were all dry, airbags replaced, new dryer installed etc. I begged the tech to change all the norgren valves at that time since they were all disconnected while the lines were being dried out… he refused saying he serviced them and they were better than new ! DUH !! Anyway the system was finally dry but we still had some leaks but nothing dangerous.
We have since replaced all the norgren valves and just replaced the dryer again for peace of mind. Almost every norgren valve was leaking we were told… so glad we got through that but the expense of doing the valves twice was very annoying. So happy to have it all fixed finally… don’t let anyone ever talk you into “saving money” by servicing an old norgren valve… I could have saved a bunch of money if I had gone with my gut on that one and not listenned to an “idiot” tech.
Needless to say we wasted thousands of dollars the first time around !!!
Don’t go there it isn’t fun!
Cheers,
Diane
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G-man………
Doing a coach inspection is tough. There are so many things to look at, so many things that can cost money to deal with, and so many things you will never know or find out except the hard way.
Prevost will do a detailed mechanical inspection. They have pages of things the mechanic has to look at and check. Nothing will benefit you more than to be there along side of him and have him tell you what he is looking at, why, and what he expects to see. Try to participate in that if you can.
There are some “gotchas” that are difficult if not impossible to detect unless you really dig deep. A couple for example would be an air system exposed to moisture. An engine that has not had routine coolant replacement and maintenance. Both have the potential to be exposing you to serious and costly repairs. I cannot think of any sure way to verify they were properly done without service records. Without records you are gambling the odds.
I am sure you know the obvious stuff like checking tire and battery dates. Not so obvious is the dates of the last full service including oil change, lube, air dryer, etc.
Look for hub seal leaks. In fact look for any leaks. A critical consideration is the hoses on older coaches. make sure they are in great shape. Depending on the converter there could be a lot of them associated with a Websto or AquaHot and they are nowhere near as durable as the ones used on the engine.
An 02 is right at the fringe as far as I am concerned regarding replacement of valves, air bags, maybe brake chambers, etc. If they are original give serious consideration to that. Shop for best price. Prevost might be a little on the expensive side.
I am not a big fan of the push in fittings used on the XLII so let the coach sit for a while and see if it leans or you lose a lot of air. If you are willing to do the work (such as air bags and fittings) the costs are not so bad, but it takes time and patience.
Don’t hesitate to ask questions. And be realistic. A 12 year old coach is going to show some wear and tear. You and the seller have to decide to buy it how you both will handle what shows up on the inspections. The items not to be ignored are the big ones and those that impact safety and your enjoyment of the coach.
Finally the converter portion also needs scrutiny, but regardless of who converted the coach I suspect you will not have any serious issues because most conversions were done pretty well. The area on the conversion I would take the time to inspect would be related to the AC units and the inverters and the electrical systems.
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On my last Liberty I used a potentiometer adjusted it at 24.8 volts worked great. For as I know it is still on there and working fine