DON
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Thanks Jeff I will try that as soon as I am home this evening!
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John, If you can spin the engine when you turn the key the starter is not the issue. If you do need to get at the starter use the aux compressor or an external air supply to raise the rear using level low. Block it before you get under.
When you turn the key on, before cranking the engine wait for the check and stop engine lights to go out. Then if it starts and they come back on I lean heavily toward a sensor. I forgot how, but you should be able to flash a code if that is the case. Maybe Prevost can help tell you how to do that.
I’m immobile now so I cannot come up and help.
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A couple years ago my coach did the same. I had to replace the ignition switch. Started right up
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Greg, someone with a reader can plug in and the system will tell what is wrong. Typically a sensor. Until then don’t worry about it because the only time you will need it is under extreme stopping conditions on slippery surfaces. Your brakes will work exactly as normal.
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Thanks for the idea.
I also answered my own question as I decided to just take it all apart and found the Norgren number on the manifold (back of course).
For future reference, it is Norgren D0043EP5W2 (mine only has D0043E) but I believe this is the actual current number.
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Geo, I have sent you a text.
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If I had all the dues money I am owed I would have one of my people fly me in a staggerwing.
I grew up on tail draggers and the arrogance in me suggests if you cannot fly a tail dragger you ain’t a pilot.
Do I hear an amen?
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The Cessna 195 is one of my favorites too. I got a ride in one once.
If I had all the $$$ Tom is getting from PC dues, I’d get me a Beech Stagger Wing or two -
So does country coach only have 1 tank like Liberty? I wouldn’t think If there was a black and a gray tank it was plumbed to black that should not be.
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Ron, the current DDC spec for coolant is DFS 93K217. The previous spec was 7SE298. The preferred coolant for the 92 series according to DDC spec 7SE298 is conventional 2 yr standard life coolant(SLC). See page 6 and footnote #1 of the link I’m providing here: LINK
DDC markets a conventional coolant called “Power Cool”, not to be confused with their extended life coolant called “Power Cool Plus”. There are probably other brand coolants that meet the 7SE298 DDC spec? -
I wouldn’t do anything except change coolant every 2 or 6 years for the exact reason Don outlined.
Test strips can give false reading and the correct chemistry is so complex they cannot measure all needed chemical elements.
But I only worry about my bus.
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True that!
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No Bus Air if a Liberty has more than 2 slides!!
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Vibration was getting worse. Went back to tire shop and had them re-balance all the 365s starting with the drivers tag (that was the tire that required the most weight during the original balancing). Turns out all 4 newly mounted tires (both steers & both tags) had moved on the rim and were out of balance. I had carefully driven about 300 mile (not braking hard) to not have this issue, but it happened anyway. All weights were taken off the tires and they were spun up on the tire balancing machine here is the results. First # is amount of weight used at first mounting and balancing second # is the weight required when spun up the second time on the machine.
Drivers steer 8oz first time – 4oz second time
Pass steer 4oz first time – 14oz second time – rotate tire 90 deg then it took 8oz
Drivers tag 12 oz first time – 6oz second time
Pass tag 10oz first time – 6oz second time
Marked all 4 tires at valve stem. Have driven another 300 careful miles and all 4 tires have moved another 1/4″ on the rims. My current plan is to drive a total of 1000 miles on the tires (the vibration is not to bad now) then have them rebalanced or maybe have Centramatics installed.
As an additional Note:
Tim T posted a link on this thread on 1/2/2021 to a instruction sheet from Prevost for “REDUCTION OF HIGH SPEED VIBRATIONS ON VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH DETROIT DIESEL SERIES 60 ENGINE” Go back and look at it.
Per the instruction sheet I measured the distance between the rear (of the bus) motor mount base and the rubber mount. I have about 1/8″ on the drivers side and about 1/4″ on the passengers side. I have ordered the shim kit from Prevost, $670 and will up date when received and installed.
We have 3 Featherlite’s H3s years 2000 – 2003 in our neighborhood. We have driven each others coaches and guess what, mine has the most vibration. One of the other coaches has a little vibration at about the same speeds, his also has the gap in the rear motor mounts (but less than mine). The 3rd coach has no vibration and no gap at the mounts. I do believe we have something here.
The neighbor with the light vibration has also ordered the shim kit. Will report back when the shims are installed
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Tom beat me to it. You can brush it on or spread it with a putty knife, but if you want it to look neat apply masking tape around where you want it, and before the sealant sets up lift the masking tape. The sealant is clear and will have nice crisp edges.