Doug
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Harry, I guess a lot of Folks jump into the bus thing and after a few thousand here a few thousand there, find out they can’t afford anything else like tires. Heck, I have a 3000 dollar Carrier O5G AC Compressor out in the bus barn waiting for me to put back in mine and check out. All mine needed was a seal but what the hey, It’s only money.
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Harry,
The point I am trying to make is a water leak is ranked just under an emergency and in some cases it is an emergency. No matter where I am, if I find water has leaked from somewhere, especially if evidence suggests it has been going on for a while my day shifts from whatever I had planned to identifying the problem to determine if there is some way to stop it, temporarily work around it, or fix it permanently.
There are so many places that have the potential to leak on our coaches it boggles the mind, but unlike some things most of those places can be hidden and very difficult to chase. If in fact connecting to city water stops the problem that suggests a few minutes checking on the part of the system exclusive to the pump may find the problem and maybe even allow a fix. But if your day is scheduled almost every RV park has traveling RV repair businesses that can do on site repairs while you go about your day.
We will just have to accept the fact we deal with issues in a different manner.
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Thanks’ Jon
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On the 1st I have to move my bus to a location where power is not available. Yesterday was sunny with no rain (my goodness have we had rain) and I took that time to give the inside of the coach a good spring cleaning.
Cleaning the coach you can really see things up close and personal and I can’t tell you the number of times I said to myself “I can’t believe this is a 91″… I’ve read things, as we all have, about buying a top of the line quality coach. Who knew these folks knew what they were talking about?
Nothing has pulled away from the wall, no seam have a crack, no cabinet is off center, no cabinet door is hanging improperly. But what may have surprised me the most was the total lack of dust. Even the windows lacked the film we often see on vehicle windows.
WoW are our buses well built… I’ve owned my bus just a few days short of year and the smile is still there!
Harry
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Sam,
Unless something has changed the refurbished condensing unit will come pre-charged. To replace an existing one is fairly simple and only involves disconnecting the power cord, removing the screws around the plywood base and breaking the two refrigeration connections.
The new unit goes in as easy as the old one comes out.
You will need a local refrigeration guy to then vacuum the evaporator side of the system, then open the valve and allow the R22 refrigerant to flow and possibly add a very small amount of R22 to maximize the performance of the system.
You may have to kiss some ass to get a local guy to do the refrigeration side of it once you have it installed but once they see what is involved they have no problems. Try not to say the word RV, and emphasize it is easy to get at and just requires basic knowledge because it is not anything complicated.
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Wow Les!
Beautiful coach! Congratulations on the new purchase!
We all have to keep this economy moving and you have done an excellent job!
You know, I think I have parked next to that coach at Liberty in Stuart, FL, a couple of years ago. Is the current picture at Liberty? Looks like their RV customer lot.
Safe travels,
Mark
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Who is vendor on motors for shades in salon aero mine don’t start and stop corect
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Replacing the glass is the cheapest part of the repair if everything turns to tapioca. The pins will also damage the slide skin and now the entire slide gets to come out of the coach so the slide can be reskinned and painted.
That is why I will NEVER tell anyone how to manually open or close a slide because I am not paying for any slide repairs.
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We had the transmission reprogrammed last year at DD/Allison shop while passing through Wentzville, MO. It took 15 minutes. It cost a whopping $00.00. Happy camper.
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As far as I can tell it looks like there are 6 fuel lines.
1. From fuel tank to the primary filter
2. Primary filter to fuel pump
3. Fuel pump to secondary filter
4. Secondary filter to engine <--- Suspect to leak b/c of the clamp rubbing a hole in it.
5. Engine to fuel cooler
6. Fuel Cooler back to fuel tank
The line I replaced appeared to be a high quality AN6 nylon/stainless hose. For as much as it cost ($2.81/inch), I hope it is pretty high quality. I figured the first one lasted 17 years, if I get 17 out of this one I’ll be happy.
Roy, any place that makes hydraulic hoses will be able to replicate the fuel line you give them. The guy at Stuart Hose here in Fort Worth didn’t even blink when I handed it to him. He took it and came back out in 5 minutes with the new one.
Dick, there are threaded male ends on each side of the line making it easy to connect and disconnect. The problem is you can’t see where you are working nor hardly reach where you need to be. The top clamp has a bolt and nut making it especially hard b/c you have to hold both to keep one from spinning. The lower clamp just bolts into the block. The fuel line is not flexible hardly at all with how thick it is.
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More comfortable than a Wrangler or a Grand Cherokee Summit?
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When I refuel I always lean the coach to the passenger side. I then open the passenger side fuel cap for vent and fill from the driver side. 90% of the time this works great. If I do not do this the pump will cut off at anything above a trickle of fuel. I don’t get the burp back, I just cannot fill the tank.
Tom Hamrick
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Your friends traveling behind you were a godsend. Glad this did not turn out catastrophic for you. If you get a trailer, the only issue is parking it. We tend to always go for a pull thru.
We went from 4 down to a FWD and a tow dolly. We had really bad luck with our AWD CRV. We were baking the tranny fluid. Followed Hond’s towing directions to the letter. Still had issues. We went to a dealership, talked to an experienced mechanic. He told us that we should not tow a awd CRV.
sold the AWD, bought a FWD and a dolly. We bought a pressure pro from Tom and now I can see all the bus tires. The Dolly tires and the rear tires on the tow.
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If all goes as planned, the Flxible will be in the purple area by the hangar.