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On my XLV, I drilled a very small (#40) hole above and below the lock release on the door and the driver side sliding window and safety wired them in the unlocked detent. You would have to look very close to see it. I know that this compromises security somewhat, but those windows do not slide easily and would have to be pried open from the outside. I think that someone intending to break into the coach would probably seek entry at another place and if even if at that window would probably break it before trying to open it. Remember, locks only keep honest people honest.
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Depends….. I’m going to have to stick a pin in your voo doo doll Harry, let me know where it hurts tomorrow.
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Always remember, Murphy works 24/7.
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I can’t un-see those non-Prevosts! NOOOOOOOOOOOO!
Mark
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Jeff, I replaced Cruisairs on two coaches using two methods.
On my first coach I did the work myself. The coach had three units and I bought three factory rebuilt units from AAP. When they were delivered I removed the original ones and installed the new ones.
On that coach (Liberty) I shut off the valves, removed the screws holding the base to the coach, disconnected the two refrigerant lines, disconnected the electrical connection, pulled the unit out and reversed the procedure to install the replacements.
The units came pre-charged so I vacuumed the evaporator side of the system, opened the valves and adjusted the R-22 charge using gauges and the “beer cold” method. The beer cold method is to adjust the charge to get the coldest reading at the suction line.
On my present coach I used a completely different approach. The only tools I used were a pen and checkbook. I went to AAP in VA and they replaced all four units. The only thing I did was help make it easy for Dana of AAP by removing anything that would be in the way such as the entertainment center and stuff in the first bay so he had complete access.
The way Dana did the replacements was exactly as I described above with the only difference being the impact to my checkbook for his labor.
I do not know how your coach would compare to my Liberty coaches because each converter locates things differently and may have an easier or harder way to get at them.
Three hours each? Something like that with the time varying based on access and if there are issues.
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It’s good to have projects to do in the middle of the lock down to keep our minds sharp. But! I had to trench 300 feet of 1 inch water line at the house, that was not fun and it didn’t do anything for my mind, just made my back hurt. When we built house in 1985 I put in a water line around garage to little house and rear sprinklers since then it’s all concreted over, sometime in all the concrete stakes I must of nicked the pipe so I got a leak under the concrete, so I abandoned the leaky line and trenched a new line in, I was lucky I had access from meter to little house and rear sprinklers.
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Curious … wondering why they need to be replaced.
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Questions on the SmartPlug:
1. Does this require a re-wire like mentioned in one of the responses?
2. Does it fit into the existing location without modification of the body of the coach?
3. Does it require a totally new shore line, or can my existing shore power line be used with a new connector attached?
R
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We had an Amanda in our 1999 Liberty. It too quit working a year or two after we bought the coach. I talked to a refrigerator guy who told me it could be one of three things and if I pulled it out he could check through three things. Two were fixable, one (failed compressor) was fatal.
I called Jeff Rowe at East Tennessee Luxury Coach for his thoughts. He was pretty blunt. Refrigerator was the 16 or 17 years old. How much longer did I think it would last? If you fix it now and it fails on a long trip, what are you going to do with the $400 to $500 of food in the refrigerator that no longer works? How are you going to source a new one and get it installed on the road?
I heeded his words, bought a new Kenmore and had it installed.
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Will do thanks for the input
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Ours stays locked done all the time… No worries there…
It doesn’t interfere with anything as it’s very close to the windshield and the newer ones have the TV’s permanently installed in the same place.
Was a win win for me… also much of the time the passenger or a guest is watching something while we’re under way.. Good too…. that the driver cannot see it from the driver’s seat.
Cheers, and stay healthy all, Diane
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They probably meant 470,000 lol but hey worth giving them a call you never know maybe they are just tired of the old girl and want to send her off to a new family.
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Hey….Mr California what does a Roman shade look like ?
AL
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Our newest to us coach is a 2000 Featherlite Vogue (Vantare)two slide. It’s our sixth bus having had three Marathons, a Country Coach XL45 twin HWH slides and a Beaver XL40.
In Our experience each of our coaches we enjoyed. Pretty much any differences are “taste issues”. But the electronics in the 2000 Vogue/vantare are much simpler than similar aged Marathons. We do love cruiseairs, but this coach has fairly quiet rooftops. Our coach is a Featherlite designed slide room system giving us a super slide up front which is 17 ft long. Converter build balancing is excellent with a front axle carrying only 15,950 lbs along with bed slide helping to offset front end weight. similar Marathons we’ve owned front axle was over 17,000 lbs. Having said that, our 2000 non slide Marathon H with generator and two of four cruise Airs loading up front axle to weigh over 17,000 and our 2002 Marathon XLII single slide with cruise airs and genset behind front axle weighed at 17,580.
We hadn’t considered a Featherlite until this riveted, 45 ft, two slide, equipped with full tile floor, roof mounted Girard patio awning came up for sale, and we love it.
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L-Series Country Coach conversion have two stage basement air conditioners that are very good at keeping the coach cool. They do not have the problems of CruiseAir and perform well parking or traveling in hot weather.