Dave
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I have always had access to water so I haven’t tried a water-less system yet. I do enjoy washing and drying the coach/wheels myself and dressing the tires with 303 Protectant. I’ve also had the coach washed by a service where a park disallows self washing.
It takes me about 3 hours to get the whole job done. I never get on the roof but I just hose it off. Surprisingly, the roof has not looked dirty so far. The next day I’m sore but feel I’ve had a good workout.
Safe travels,
Mark
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Arts Royale has four 12v chassis batteries like most of our buses. They’re wired in the normal manner too. The left two are wired in series to each other(pos. to pos., neg. to neg.), and the right two are wired like the left two. This effectively makes the four individual 12v batteries into two larger 12v batteries. To get 24v a cable connects a left pos to a right neg.
On Arts Royale, there is a single lead 24v chassis battery charger. Its there in case he accidently leaves the key on or something and kills his chassis batteries(I would never do that ;). The single lead is hooked to a far left neg and a far right pos. This will charge all batts.
On my Liberty there is a dual lead Guest Pro Charger, Model#2620A. One of the leads hooks to the left 12v pair of batteries and charges those two, and the other lead is connected to the right 12v pair and charges them. http://www.marinco.com/en/products/convert/battery-chargers/onboards mine is http://www.marinco.com/en/2620a see diagram #4.
Art may have 1 and/or 2 things wrong with his bus. He may have a bad chassis battery, or 2,3,or 4. And he needs to check the old 24v chassis charger for proper operation.
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You can get at the radiator side of the engine reasonably easy. I remember getting at mine ot replace the exhaust manifold, and to pull the valve cover to get at the jake brake solenoids all from the back.
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Atlanta just can’t get a break.
http://www.al.com/news/index.ssf/2017/04/i-20_in_atlanta_buckles_due_to.html
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Joe, it does. And like your’s, I have to use a password.
I’ve never used the macerator and I always control the dump valve from the panel in the driver’s side water bay.
For the OP to have the same protection against an accident like you and I have, he’d have to install some kind of second control or failsafe syatem.
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It is not possible to run the same speed at a lower RPM unless you changed gear ratio. Period.
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Gotcha
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I just had the level three service done at Prevost Car Goodlettsville yesterday. (37,000 miles).
I’ve decided, I’m going to have the oil changed at every lube job (every 6,000 miles). The normal oil/filter changes do not line up with chassis lubes and I need an easier schedule. What I spend on fuel to get to a Prevost center and back home, just doesn’t make sense to make two trips so close together for two separate services and it will be easier on my brain.
Safe travels,
Mark
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I drove from Aiken, SC to Auburn, Al yesterday. In Aiken I noticed the price jumped 12 cents to $1.999 at some stations but I still got 2 fiilups at $1.769 before leaving as the truck and car were both empty. Diesel was still about $2.15. We have some of the lowest fuel prices in the southeast feed by low transport cost since we get fuel out of the spur pipeline that terminates in North Augusta and low state fuel tax.
when I got to Auburn I filled at $1.899 and saw no signs of short supply across Georgia.
This should pass pass quickly with no real impact.
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Don’t understand the ineffective Jake’s. If I’m coming to a slow down stop at say a light on a highway, my jakes will (8V92TA) pull it down until I don’t need the brakes but to do final stop. The High stage slows her down pretty good. Is there agjustments on the jakes that causes the problem. Rode in a Detriot Series 60 years ago in a tractor trailer pulling a modifed Pulling tractor in a Kentucky 53 foot trailer and that Puppy would sure stop you and man was it loud with straight pipes.
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Yes, my adjustment on my 2011 Liberty (2010 chassis year) was about $800. Nothing had to come out to do it except the intake tube and some other DD related stuff. Also Liberty puts in a storage box to hold oil etc. That also had to come out, but only has 4 1/4″ bolts holding it in. Easy to take out.
Mine does not have a Jacobs engine brake, it has a transmission retarder. That makes the job easier and quicker. I don’t know how much more having a Jake brake would add.
I just found the invoice from August of 2015. Total was $795.33 I am not sure what they charge today, and I know they are backlogged with work. The technician who did mine is no longer working there either. I still use them for oil changes etc.
It does NOT take 22 hours to do. 5 to 8 hours is much closer to what it should take. Even my 2006 chassis year XLII was not too much more to do than this one. I had already taken up the bedroom floor area so they could get the valve cover off. That one had a Jake brake too. I don’t have the invoices for that any longer, but is was not that much more than my 2011 Liberty was.
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I guess it’s always something with an RV. We had
a rain here, it was not particularly hard or blowing but all but one of my
bays leaked excessively, ruined some clothes and two pair of boots.What
I noticed was that 3 or more doors were filled with water, inside the door.Have
to get this repaired and am looking for recommendations as to who might be best
suited. I’m concerned with Prevost because I’ve been communicating with them
for two weeks about a windshield and side glass. Gave them the part numbers
they just can’t seem to figure out what they need to order or how to do the
work, so it’s still not scheduled. The last communication a day ago was “send
pictures of your windows, so we can see what your talking about”.Could have already replaced these with aftermarket glass
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I’ve had mine for about 20k miles and haven’t had an issue yet with loosening…or any problem with the pressure pro. It’s probably my favorite thing I’ve added to the coach, not to mention the easiest addition also. It’s extremely reassuring to know temos and pressures are constantly being monitored. Like Geo said, it’s the cross axle temperature or variance from others that matters more than actual temp. Let’s me know if there’s a brake dragging, hub heating, etc.
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Trailers make a good looking and impressive rig going down the road, but take it from an old man that has been motor homing since ’69’, theysimply ain’t worth the trouble.
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Check out the website – many restrictions. I drove the coach only (someone else drove the toad) in and out on 120 from the Groveland side to and from Crane Flats campground (which by the way are not flat). We left the coach for the week and drove around in the toad. For the most part cars and sport bikes have ZERO tolerance for anything that won’t negotiate the roads at triple the posted speed limit so I tried to pull-off as much as possible but it was still extremely stressful and had a few “moments of complete disbelief”. Still a beautiful place! Bring lots of blocks to level your coach if you stay in Crane Flats. The valley campgrounds are much flatter but no electric = no A/C and it gets stinking hot in the summer. Crane Flats is at quite a bit higher elevation and is much cooler. All the park campgrounds have generator restrictions.