David
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I fixed it. The link takes you right to the article.
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Tom/Foxtrot,
First, I’d have to ask just what a Yanmar is. I guess it must be some Chinese generator used in Marathon H’s from the responses. Second, I like Alvie go to the meet of a post asking for technical questions. Lastly, It would be nice to know who is asking for the advice, which would be found in the signature. “ADMIN” just is very nebulous. I knew Jon would not be asking such a question, Tom is another story.
I do know a thing or three about crankshaft seals, both front and rear seals, but not on a Yanmar diesel generator. I’ve built many automotive gasoline engines over the years, from huge old Hemi’s down to straight line six cylinders (both Chrysler and Chevy). I even had the experience of changing a rear seal on a 383 engine after Carole drove it to work throwing oil all over the engine compartment. Thought it was the rear seal based on the location the oil was coming out of the bellhousing. Turned out that over the years I had hammered the 383 so many times the camshaft had “walked” enough to break the seal between the block and the freeze plug behind the cam.
Foxtrot, points taken. I simply was taking up for Alvie and using Admins past admonitions to use signatures to help those of us who care to identify the PC Family member with a problem.
Hope all are enjoying the summer, heat and humidity, for soon we will be carping about the freezing temperatures.
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David… Jon is correct… like I said in the email 50 amps per leg… and set your inverters to 45 amps incoming shore power that will keep you from tripping on the pole.(provided the pole is the way it should be).
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Even though I don’t have mw Prevost yet, I would still be interested. Thanks for considering another session.
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Good grief, that is one screwed up location for RO. Never saw one before with those big filters, usually have 3 skinny filters.
You boy’s sure it’s RO and not a softener?
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2008 Marathon H belongs to one of our PC members. With all due respect, there call if they want to share details.
AL
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Steve,
We will give you free dues next year if you can find a Prevost owner that knew it all when he bought his first coach. As a bonus we will give the second year of free dues if you can find an owner that did not learn some stuff on his coach the hard way (as in making a big mistake).
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“The only good news is on older coaches such as an XL they are beyond the age at which financing is readily available and that will limit the number of available buyers.”
I’m generally against financing a depreciating asset, but I’ll ask the question anyway. Is there a year range where dealers/lenders will no longer finance a loan for a Prevost?
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Andre,
The valves don’t have to be off, with them on, it allows you to adjust your AC temperature just like you would in a car. I always turn them off in the summer to make sure I get maximum cooling from the dash air. I had a blend valve leak through one time (wouldn’t shut off the coolant) and the AC just wouldn’t get cold enough and that was the problem.
I doubt this is your problem since you don’t have any AC.
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Tim,
Outside of all the items listed above, when we were looking, we zeroed in on the classic for one main reason. We were looking at late 90’s era coaches. With the age, you add more potential items that can break. The Classic Lady (as someone pointed out) has less automated systems. This means less things to break down due to age/neglect/use and easier to fix.
Now I do have Elegant Lady envy when it comes to the bays. The water and dump bays are absolutely amazing! Especially when compared to the Classic. Polished Brass, Gold (maybe even golf leaf, Im not 100% sure it’s not 😉 ) painted plastic pipes, stainless hoses, stainless doors, etc.
We just got back from a 5 day dry camping (race tracks really need to put in full hookups with 50amp power) and the 3 batteries did us fine. We ran the generator in the evening to charge the batteries and that covered us each day to keep everything going just fine. Of course when on inverters, you don’t have access to the water heater and AC units, but the water stays hot all day and if you need the AC’s (which the classic does have four of), you can run the generator.
I am sure when we get ready to get another coach, we will need to make the decision of having to move to one of the more automated coaches. We will need to contemplate that decision when the time comes, but for now we are enjoying the simplified systems and reduced risk of things going wrong.
If you are looking at a late 90’s or early 2000’s you can’t really go wrong with a Classic Lady. It’s not like Liberty had Fleetwood making the Classic line for them or something. They are still top quaility, high-end coaches.
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Anothe option would be west towards the hill county. Marbl Fall, Sunset Point RV, is a great park and central to a lot of things… Wildflowers are just starting to pop..
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NOPE tell em Tom
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Tom
At 39.00 for a coach wash you
are getting what you pay for. My point
is that if Blue Beacon were to offer a higher level service package designed to
minimize swirls plus offer a true total spot free rinse there is a market that
would pay for this. I would be a steady
customer at double their 39.00 rate for this service.I really appreciate Blue
Beacon reaching out to us and hope that they will consider this. -
Elkhorn Ridge in Spearfish is our favorite and also offers a discount as a PC Advertiser.
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Nope! I am saying that when the generator is switched on the fuel gauge works……baffled. Takes the gen-set a few seconds to heat the glow plugs plus 120VAC is already hooked up. Soon as I push gen start button, fuel gauge works WTF? Think the Vanner has a dog in the fight?
W0X0F Below my CAT 3 minimums of 600 RVR