Dick
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Brain and Susan have been a great source of info and have helped me out of trouble several times
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I have a friend of mine got a brand new Prevost and on it maiden voyage he filled the deisel tank and forgot to put the DEF into its separate system and added it to the fuel tank and drove 500 yards and the Coach froze up and was done. Called his converter and Prevost and they said we will call a tow; you are done. He plugged the fuel injectors and $20K later and some embarassment he was back on the road a little lighter in the wallet.
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Whether the work is done on a $800,000 Prevost motorcoach or $65,000 plastic/sticks & staples motorhome, the general quality of work and attention to detail should be the same. It should be done right, accurately, and without screwing something else up.
Speaking of laying back in the weeds, I should search the PC archives and see what the resolution of the mirror issue was. I must have missed that.
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dash camera, which Jon suggested a couple of years ago. It is a 2 lens camera filming forward and back into the cabin and recording what you say (!!!)
The original camera is no longer available but they do have a new version.
http://www.spytechs.com/Car-Cameras/Drive-Proof-Car-Camera-DP210.htm
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I need to order struts for the front two compartments and never thought about heavy duty ones. Will check in the morning. While I like using that wasted space for chair storage, it does make those door awfully heavy, especially in the winter and other times when its cold out.
In response to someone who suggestioned that Liberty might have used “plastic” to construction the bay door chair holders, he must have Liberty confused with SOB converter. Liberty don’t use no stickin’ plastic to build its motorcoaches. They leave that stuff to the other SOB guys!
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Bill,
Hopefully someone with chairs in their doors can get you a part number off one of their struts.
What do ya say boy’s?
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A big thank you for everyone’s ideas and suggestions. While at Ohio State University, I checked the primary and secondary fuel filters. Both were smack dab full of diesel. I now suspect the fuel pump. We are safely driveway camping in Cleveland, making do on a 20 amp hook up. Tomorrow I will verify the voltage of the fuel pump, then off to Napa to get a temporary pump. I will put it in line, leaving the original pump in place. Crossing my fingers!
Again, my thanks and appreciation to you all.
Eric
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Jerry I think I have new one that is 12 volt I will look , I had it made for a coach I owned
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That’s the theory.
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Michael,
You know, I’ve never heard or seen a chart that says anything about maintaining a certain speed, etc., going down a steep grade.
Our previous coach had the engine brake (or jake, not sure what they called it) with a low and high switch.
You will quickly get the feel of how they work once you use it for stopping, etc. Whatever type of engine brake or retarder a coach has, they work quite well and you will get the hang of it going down your first long grade.
Safe travels,
Mark
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Thank you that is now clear. I would expect when you got your Coaches the first time you practiced and examined the position of the Jake or Retard position based on the down grade and the speed you wanted to achieve. Or, is there a graph that says 6% down grade and your weight of the Coach is X and the speed you want to maintain is X and you set both the Retarder, or Jake and the Gear to what is needed to achieve the desirabled controllable speed you want to achieve? Thanks I am learning a lot and enjoying all the posts.
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Davey sorry for taking so long to get back to you could not find my ticket but finally did. Air Cleaning Specialist, phone 636-349-4400 they are in MO
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Peter and Dan didnt know about the fairy dust, it’s still in the tires… hope is it wont cause issues, didnt seem to on the way home.
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Tom,
Your green air tank is likely the Marathon tank and needs scrapped.
Have you read this thread? Marathon Aux Tank
Al has a 2000 H and will probably jump in here. If you didn’t have the yellow valve open in your steering bay, your contamination will be restricted to the Marathon side and not the Prevost side.
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I should say that I have never had personal experience with SpeedCo, just from what I hear from VERY experienced owner operators and small fleet owners, they do not come highly rated.