Dick
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Yes expensive one last for less than 4 years. I can buy 12 of the cheap ones for about the same money. It will be interesting to see how long this lasts and if I ever feel the need to switch to anything else.
Bill III
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On my 97 all tires were identical Michelins.
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I saw a post a long time ago from a Prevost owner who had bought a new to him coach. One of his first projects was to replace all the little keyed alike locks similar to the fuel door with a combination lock. I thought that was a good idea. But not good enough to do it myself.
Stealing 100 gallons of diesel is a major undertaking.
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Gates # 31823 = locking, vented
Gates # 31803 = non-locking, vented
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My three Prevost coaches all had a fuel door that was lockable. Wouldn’t yours have the same???????
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Finally going to get to meet you, Rudy! Mark Walker and I were talking about you just a few days ago 🙂
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Here is an ex Marathon owners comment. The horn air pressure on my 04 Marathon H was not regulated. I did a redo in my airlines and you can see the line going to the horn and labeled. Much newer vintage, but you can see the setup.
Note – Ignore the yellow arrow, the photo was used previously to help a member indentify the drain for the Prevost aux tank.
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So very sorry to learn of Buddy’s passing… Our dogs become one with us, are incredibly loving and forever hold a special place in our hearts and memories.
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It’s a bit of a strain for me to get back to my earlier XL dash but are you sure it’s trans temp and not diff temp?
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No sockets with these LED lights. They are 12 volts DC with a red and black wire coming out the back, 3 feet long, 1/2 Watt per light.
LED Lights:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01ADHUXGU?ref=ppx_yo2_dt_b_product_details&th=1
Dimmer:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01C4UBMY6/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&th=1
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I even purchased a set of quick exhaust valves to use instead of the QR-1 just not sure if i want to modify anything on the braking system yet. Technically they will do the same thing.
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I agree with what Jon said on March 9th. We too have a three stage smart charger for the chassis batteries which is OFF most of the time. I only turn it on when I need it (usually after inadvertently leaving something on overnight or few a days). I’ve never not used the coach for three months like I think Jon does annually, but I put it in cold storage (no power) on December 2nd and will “wake it up” in early or mid-April. I’ll give you a report of that experience when it happens.
I’m confused as to how you’ve concluded that changing the house batteries impacted the charger for the chassis batteries. If the macerator is wired into the chassis batteries, I don’t think it should be pulling any power until you use it. Or does the macerator always have a little draw?
I too have experienced the BAL light being ON for a short time when I fire the Detroit up and sometimes as I go down the road it goes ON and OFF once in a while. If you have an original Vanner Monitor that’s more than 15 years old, I recommend you replace it with a current unit. Our Vanner Monitor “melted down” at about 15 or 16 years of age. Could have set the coach on fire but didn’t. It just melted all the plastic airlines above the it.
I’m told the wiring between the Vanner Balancer and the Vanner Monitor should be protected with fuses. This is where my criticism of the Vanner Monitor starts. The monitor should have those fuses built into it; we shouldn’t have to field wire fuses ourselves! Next the monitor should have LED lights that light up telling us when there is an imbalance. We should be able to see at the monitor if there is a problem without having to go to the dash. Finally, the monitor knows what the voltage is at the balancer (how else does the monitor know to turn a dash light on?). So … WHY don’t have the monitor have a digital readout of the voltages from both sides? It has the data, let us know what the numbers are without having to get out a DMM. Rant over.
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This was covered a couple of years ago. The usual problem is the door latch mechanism breaks or fails. Prevost offered at that time a ‘kit’ that was supposed to cover a number of years. Problem was it cost close to $500. On Amazon there is a Doreman product that was a direct bolt in replacement for about $30. Do a search of these postings back a couple of years ago and you will likely find the model number.
if you are locked out while outside the coach you will also find instructions in previous posts for how to knock out the round chrome plug and use a tool to push up the release from the outside.
jerry
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I got locked out once and luckily the bedroom window was open so I was able to get in and disassemble the door from the inside to get it open. I had to remove the interior panel by laying on my belly with my head down in the stairwell. This was on a ’97 XL, but the mechanisms are similar enough that Prevost NJ sells XLII linkages to XL owners, since XL linkages are discontinued. If you can get the jamb side of the trim removed enough to slip your hand in there, you might be able to pull on the linkage to get it open.
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My ’88 had a cover on the door as well. Guess I thought it was standard Prevost but maybe it was a CC thing. You might want to check with CC in Junction City (or whoever is running that these days) to see if they still have that part or a source for it.
You could also try http://oregonmotorcoachcenter.com/ as they also have a lot of the original CC build sheets and specifications.