Don
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“Don’t know which devices that circuit covers yet.” … I have under advisement, a good source, that tells me the exact location of the leak, which I can locate or pinpoint for you … for uh …. 12.7 gallons of diesel. The best part is this … you won’t have to wait one hour Jon, think about it.
If the gaskets on the lines do deteriorate and crap out after ten years, it is no big deal. Just think of how many worry free miles you will have put down by that time … That is something.
BCO
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If I have to replace the push in fittings at some point due to leakage I will go back to compression fittings. If it gets to that point I will have to eliminate the manifold block and use some other means of plumbing the “home runs”.
I already know one of the house circuits (only) has a leak. That will be on my list after a return from OKC. I found it by shutting the valve and opening it an hour later. Don’t know which devices that circuit covers yet.
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Jon, great job!
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Dang, the WIFE of that guy in the yellow shirt was smokin hot. She brought the guy in the yellow shirt to walk the dog.
I wish we were still there. Great fun.
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Tom We could all meet there as well. It doesn’t matter to me where we park for the 10 days or so as long as it is along 95 some where. Rick
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Here is the address for the shower parts. Most of the converters probably have some parts for these shower enclosures. I think they all used this brand of shower doors in just about all the Prevost’s I have seen. Try Marathon, Liberty, Vantare or any of the others. Also if you don’t have any luck with the company call Eddie Brayle at National Indoor Storage in Dallas and see if he can help. He got me some parts awhile back. 1 (469) 277-1330
Architects & Designers Building
150 East 58th Street – 9th Floor
New York NY 10155phone 212-308-5300
fax 212-308-5303Another post on another site said try:
Milusa, Inc.
1-800-527-4498
In CT.
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How timely. I’m having my ISRI seat and co-pilot seat refoamed on Thursday while passing through Junction City, OR. I was quoted $600 for the pair.
BTW, Country Coach looks a lot like a ghost town. They are open for service and sales, but nothing is being produced yet. The common thought around town is that it will be a year before the first new Country Coach is built.
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A fire extinguisher is good to have but it will likely be too-little, too-late unless you notice the fire immediately. Prevention would be better. It would be interesting to see a pareto of common causes in buses (below is an example from transit safety.gov).
Unfortunately, the data are not (yet) very meaningful. Maybe we can create our own pareto of causes given the experience level on this board. My best guess as to common causes would be
- Turbo (main engine and generator). Oil or fuel on hot turbo and exhaust components. This is the primary cause of fire in marine applications. Make sure your turbo heat blankets are in good shape and are not soaked in oil. There should be no leaks in the turbo area.
- Batteries. There is a lot of energy stored in the batteries. A short or loose connection can cause an electrical fire. Look for loose connections and chafing of main battery cables ahead of any breaker and fuses.
- Brakes. A stuck parking or service brake can get hot enough to burn up a tire and coach. Checking tire and wheel temps after 20 miles of travel might catch this.
- Auxiliary heat. Diesel or electric. A regular check for loose fittings and wiring would be appropriate.
- Galley. Lots of ways to get into trouble here.
- Modifications. Our buses are well built but over the years modifications accumulate that may not be up to the manufacturers standards. Aftermarket AV installations come to mind. It may look great on the outside but pull an inspection panel and have a look at the wiring. If you don’t like what you see, have it fixed.
I’m sure there are more causes but assuming I got the order roughly correct, paying attention to the first three would help eliminate the majority of fires.
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Uh huh? … In.
Don & Yoko Smith
BCO
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All either of us could talk about all day was OKC!
Can’t wait to get there and meet everyone. I am sure we will get the information we need to make our choice.
Thanks for making us feel welcome!
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I think the hardest thing for folks to do is to not look at the coach pneumatic system as a big complex system, but to mentally think of it as a number of individual relatively simple systems which function independent of one another but which share an air supply.
On the converter side of the coach that is fairly simple because nobody looks at the converter’s pneumatic system and thinks of it as a whole, but of individual devices that share a common air supply. The same is true of the Prevost pneumatic system which has a primary brake system, secondary brake system and an aux system. The aux system is comprised of a front suspension system, a left rear suspension system and a right rear suspension system. Additionally the aux system has a door lock, belt tensioners, etc.
Once a person breaks the pneumatic system down into its individual sub systems developing an understanding starts to come easy.
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Jon and Tom, You might re-consider Tuga’s membership unless he invites us all down to Homua for Crawfish this spring. I think thats the least any Coon Ass can do, right.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Welcome from the NORTH end of the state.
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Must be the 2005 and 2009 are different. Since there is no steering wheel lock and I do not use the H2 battery power for anything but the Tattle Trail (tire monitor) I just turn it off ater putting the transfer case in neutral and take the key out and lock the door.
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My switches are the damn ‘Sun Mulon’ switches that CC used. I have a few on hand for just this sort of thing.
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I replaced the 300 amp fuse on Friday night and all is well. I discussed the issue with and electrician at work and he told me the fuses like I have are encased in sand and many times when they blow they leave a carbon trail that will allow continuity and some voltage. This is apparently what was causing me to have 8 volts on the inverter side of the fuse and to have conitnuity through the fuse. I was just glad it was not the inverter!! Wooohooo!!!