[Davy]

I never heard the trucker blow the air horn. Anyone else hear it? Why didn’t he use the air horn? I suspect the truck might need a new bumper.

[Davy]

Thanks Jeff and Jon,

First a correction. The hose in question is not 1″ ID. I bought 20″ of 1″ heater hose for a temporary stop gap measure until I could find and order the right hose. Turns out that the top radiator hose is 1 1/8″ ID.

Now at least a semi-permanent solution. I went back to the parts store and bought the Dayco 1 1/4″ flexible hose with metal inside that I referenced in the original post. I clamped both ends very good and it sealed fine.

After making sure everything was tight I added coolant, cranked it up and let it run an hour and 40 minutes. The coolant cycled like it was supposed to, the temps stayed good and there were no leaks. I think I will call it good until proven otherwise.

Thanks for your help.

Davy

[Davy]

I think I understand what you are saying, Bernie. But the GPS is an extension of my love for maps. I have loved maps since I was a kid. I was the kid in the back seat (or back of the truck) on vacation with each state’s folded paper map. I was marking routes, figuring time and milage and memorizing mile markers even then.

I still poor over maps. I keep a large print Rand McNally Atlas next to my chair and Google maps on my laptop and phone all the time. I love going over and over the route. It is all part of my love for the road. Having the GPS on the dash makes it even better for me. I can see it all at a glance and also check my time and speed averages.

Davy

[Davy]

Thanks for the tip. Making me salivate beyond control! Can’t wait to get up that way.

[Davy]

Jon wrote: “But in 25 years of driving the bus we have only had two of them.”

Happened to us the first time we had a Prevost (rental). Picked the bus up in Kaukauna (between Green Bay and Appleton), drove it to Grafton (two hours), hooked up the race trailer, and headed for lower Michigan. Less than 15 miles from home on the Milwaukee expressway some clown pulled that trick. I guess we got the first one out of our system early!

[Davy]

While in Florida in January I watched a woman with an older Mercury Marquis (Florida plates) on a 270 degree ramp which merged into our lane on the bridge she just went under and thought “she hasn’t looked towards us”. There were three semi’s nearly bumper to bumper to our left. As she got up next to us I started to brake as I knew I couldn’t get ahead of her by accelerating, we were just to long with the toad. If she had continued accelerating she would have gotten out in front of us crossing the bridge before she got onto the shoulder after the bridge. But NO … as she got 3/4’s of her car in front of our front bumper she finally realized she was next to a bus and she must have hit the brakes as she stopped gaining on us. I still had no place to go to our left so I went off the brake and hard on power and laid on the air horn. In the rear view mirror I saw her drive onto the shoulder after the bridge, then onto the grass between the shoulder and the ditch, and it looked like she came to a complete stop.

[Davy]

several customers used to keep spring loaded punches near windows for quick exit

[Davy]

Once we’re done I’ll throw a tape measure or something else in the shower for perspective. It is HUGE. The concern with the tub/shower combo was as Geo suggested. Much easier to get in & out of this shower versus having to step up over the side of the tub.

[Davy]

M&C,

I thought all Liberty’s came with OTR. You say you have “dash air” which I’ve seen used when someone doesn’t have OTR. “Dash Air” and “OTR” both run from the engine and are different, right?

Also, I’m sure they are out there, but I haven’t seen a Bus advertised yet which has OTR & Roof Airs, but again, maybe they are out there, but just more rare.

[Davy]

Colt, and anybody else that thinks my post was about them………..That post was about every single one of us.

Nobody, and I mean nobody, can own one of these and not realize from the start how little they know. And Colt, if Tom did not pick on you it was because he knows what we all have gone through.

Now that is not to say we are going to pass up opportunities to break someone’s chops. Sometimes the occasion is just too good to pass up. A perfect example is when a member apologizes for his wife or significant other in advance of a rally. Or when someone claims to have his last bus, or when someone claims he will never have slides.

[Davy]

We live in it about 6 months in the winter and travel during the summer. About 8-10000 miles a year.

We keep the house in Michigan just so we have something to spend money and time maintaining.

[Davy]

In late 2008, I bought the TST TPMS sensors for all the coach tires (8) and for the dingy (4) and a repeater antenna.

I never put more air in my tires than when I had those dang things on my tire stems. Two of the sensors went out and replaced by the manufacturer. I could never get the repeater antenna to work.

After several months of giving my pancake compressor the ‘Olympic’ workout…. I took off the sensors and sent them free to anyone who wanted them (a guy on rv.net took them). I wasted $599 on that system. After that, I just checked my tires before every departure. That worked until we sold the coach.

As you know, the new Liberty has a built-in sensor system that I really like. Also, it’s my understanding that TST is now making a system that goes inside the tire. Personally, I don’t want to attach anything else to my tire stems after my experience.

The sensor inside the tire/wheel is the only way I would go if I were buying again.

Safe travels,

Mark

On Edit: (after reading several posts below)…. The TST system that I purchased was rather new. They went through several improvements over the years. I’m sure ALL of those ‘spin-on’ sensors have improved greatly since my experience. And by the way, no one could have taken better care of those sensors than I did….. I pampered those babies… put a cot in the garage and slept with them.

[Davy]

I’ve
not had any loss of air from the sensors and do periodically check
them against a gauge.

The
beauty of the new monitor is for just the reason Jon mentioned,
multiple vehicles or towing options. It can monitor 5 different
vehicles and up to 80 tires from the single monitor. So now Jon can
put sensors on his bus, 50 Ford, Hummer and Dodge Pick-up and monitor
any or all. Seems like a good idea for someone that tows a trailer or
a toad, no more moving sensors around and reprogramming each time you
want to hit the road.

I
thought the temperature read out was a big plus as well.

[Davy]

You can just buy the monitor, it works with your current sensors and repeater.

I’m trying to nail us down a PC price with my distributor, more to follow.

[Davy]

Gary,

The monitor doesn’t need replaced if working, you just need to be sure it’s fused as others have pointed out.