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Glad you guys are safe. Sorry to see your Prevost in that shape. Hope you will not be sidelined for too long.
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Sorry Per. I was only trying to make a point. I’m sure you can activate your Jake in less time than it takes to secure a seatbelt. In that regard maybe calling bs is in order. That being said, I respect your right to drive your bus in the manner you see fit! Jeff
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Wave, your house batteries are getting their charge topped off by the inverters and only see the alternator output when you are driving so I would not worry about them.
No you don’t have to read the whole Prevost service manual, but you do have to make sure the voltage regulator is set to the specified voltage. I think it is 27.7 but verify that.
If you have a bad chassis battery it can literally pull power out of the other batteries which is why I asked if they were going down in a few days. If you have run the chassis battery charger a lot or are still doing so that might be masking a bad battery issue and it may actually be causing the problem, if you have a problem.
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There are a lot of counter dept units to choose from if You do enough searching. I opted for a Samsung stainless that has a 5 Star energy rating. Hopefully it will be easier on the house batteries.
Bsafe,
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Ron, while I am no expert on this, I seem to remember a post about changing R-12 for 134A a while back. If my memory serves me correctly the oil used in the 134 refrigerant will attack the older hoses, which run from the front to the back with many stops in between, so they will ALL have to be replaced, plus R-12 is rather expensive. I beieve I read where it is about $30 a pound now and you will need some 20-22 pounds plus labor. Remember this is from my memory and my memory is so bad that I have to wear my name tag upside down so I can read it when being introduced.
Fred
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I felt it necessary to try and interject a voice of reason here on this thread. And I must say, if I’ve become the voice of reason this forum’s in serious trouble!
Buddy was away for the two days I was visiting ETLC. But I spoke with everyone there who knows and has worked with Buddy and have come to what I feel is an obvious conclusion! How can we hold a guy responsible for moving away from a riveted coach and an XL who thinks the story of Adam and Eve is “Don’t eat fruit when you’re nude”!
And Jon, I’m with you about “Dick in Waukesha” sucking up to Buddy like that? I think maybe Dick needs to sit in a room full of mirrors to reflect on what he’s done!
Harry
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Tim, I’m not close to the bus at the moment so I can’t help with pictures.
But when this happened to me, I took off the piece of trim that covers the track inside the lavatory right over the door opening. I could see the rubber stop jammed in the track. I think it is supposed to provide a soft close feature.
Your jam is in the first part of the track since the door continues to open just fine once you are past that point. Alternatively, you might be able to extract the piece of rubber just looking up at the track.
Gerald
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There could easily be an entire thread on the wonders or lack there of on Harbor Freight. Personally I use their coupons to by US made products, Techron…that kind of thing. Harbor Freight stocks a number of things other than Chinese tools……Just Saying. Wasn’t that many years ago when they started business as Harbor Freight and SALVAGE in Los Angeles…….. I do recall that everything was made in Taiwan back then……
Their 10 dollar spray guns work fine for shooting a heavy primer surfacer, they are disposable…. The free screw drivers are great for operning paint cans as well….jury is still out on their free ohm meters…
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Take it From someone who has done the “boat” thing. No statement was ever more true than the well known phrase, “the happiest two days of a mans life are the day he buys his boat and the day he finally sells it”.
The only thing I have ever wasted more money on than Prevosts was yachts. Been there, done that. Good riddance!
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Nope, mine sits above the 24v alternator, passenger side. Marathon in Coburg is only 20 minutes from CC in Junction City, since we’re already going to be in Oregon I’m making an appointment with CC. Other than having to order a new compressor they have everything else on hand.
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I found it interesting that I can get Diesel Kleene at Walmart, NAPA, PepBoys etc but BIOBOR isn’t available within 100 mikes of me. If I want BIOBOR I have to order it through Amazon which is kind of a pain.I like the idea of using something to keep the bad stuff out of the fuel and want to make sure I use the right one if in fact there’s a big difference between them?
Harry
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But George, a bus does not have slides.
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Possibly this will assist the Admins:
When attempting to post the above photo, I was using an iPhone 7 on a relatively slow (Xfinity public) WiFi connection. The upload failed multiple times. The upload progres bar would slowly creep along and then stop. When I would navigate away, I would have to log-in again.
When I connected to a faster WiFi connection, it uploaded quickly and successfully.
If I had to make a wild guess, it appears the login feature is timing out, which in turn, freezes and aborts the upload. I’ve noticed lately the site times out fairly quickly and forces another login and possibly this is a clue that may assist the techs. I’ll ask if others are noticing that this site requires more frequent logins than it did in the past? (I’m not complaining, just asking).
I may not know too much about engines, but I do have a bit of experience with webistes and forum platforms.
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Bill, If I had known you wanted to borrow the ramps, I would have left them at ETLC since you are headed there and you could have picked them up. You can always borrow them. Anything for a friend … since it seems I have so few anymore. Even Diane stabbed me in the back. Well, actually she just photoed the evidence in the back of the El Camino.
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Andy…would love it if you added your Prevost Model and Marathon Build number to your profile signature. I’m sure there are still pictures of your coach online and would love to sneak a peak. Thank you.