Edward
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I know nothing about a Marathon but is the breaker turned on in your breaker panel? Or if you have a Crestron system is there an on and off on it?
Good luck.. Diane
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I have to ask, why are you folks staying there when you have wheels to roll?
My sister and her husband live in Fort Lauderdale and went over to a hotel in Naples yesterday and will return Friday if all is well.
Be safe out there!
Mark
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I experienced a similar situation a few years ago. Turned out to be a bad connection at the battery post. Check your connections. Hope this helps.
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Some valve pictures to help answer your questions.
Norgren part number “K81EA88KACKAC”
Prevost part number “K910058”
These numbers are from 2009 and I seem to remember that it was a hassle with a wait to obtain from Norgren and that Prevost parts were on the shelf and at a simlar price, if not even cheaper. I went the Norgren route because my manufacturing plant was still in business and I thought it would be easier, cheaper. I have since changed my outlook and find that most things “PREVOST” are best purchased at/from Prevost. You can’t beat having the correct item shipped promptly and for free! Premium delivery is on you of course.
My opinion here, life is too short to be wasteing time rebuilding Norgren valves. For the hobby aspect of it and the curious, take one apart and after studying it through it away and move on. Carry one of each in your spare parts box.
My recommendation, replace all your Norgren valves and fittings as soon after buying a coach as possible.
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The gauges should not draw any significant amps. So the relay is not really needed. Rather than running it off the panel lights I’d just install a switch to power the gauges. More flexibility that way
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If I’m not mistaken…..that coach just sold.
There is a Marathon X3 in production though……..
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Safari good, Chrome not so much.
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Les,
I have no experience in changing the motor, but I would start here: http://prevostparts.volvo.com/technicalpublications/en/manuel.asp
I would pull up the maintenance manual section that covers that repair and see what is involved. Many times I have referred to the information Prevost makes available and found that information to be very valuable in defining the extent of the effort required to make a repair.
It is likely to be in the maintenance manual section covering the body.
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Pieter, Tyler and crew came out to KOA in Nashville today and coming back tomorrow to polish at our Eagle International Rally. I still own an Eagle as well! They did a great job and they are great guys as well.
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Who’s asking for private information. Go to an auto dealer and ask what has been done to your car. I did and I got what was done and a date, period. That’s all I am asking for. I know the dealer or shop can only tell you what has been done in their system. No one’s asking for a data dump.
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Whenever you have a chance – to also have it in the event I might need it would be nice.
Thank you
Keith
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DKO
I just went through this myself from a little different perspective. I am converting an over the road bus to a motorhome. On the OTR bus, the batteries are in the 4th bay, so I had to move them to the engine compartment with the voltage regulator, several breakers and rerun about 100′ of new wire to put it all back together. Rather than number everything, I took pictures, thinking I could work from them,. Huge mistake!!! I took the pics but didn’t look at them before I dismantled everything. I got it all dismantled, moved and was ready to rewire. Pulled out the trusty camera, yup there were the pics but because the camera was not made to take closeup pics, the pics were all blurry and you could not see anything. I called out for help and Jon and Bob on this forum came to my rescue with wiring diagrams. I followed them, and after some initial tweeking I had to do, the system is back in and working great. I used a similar numbering system so when I have to do it again, it won’t be nearly as difficult a problem. I numbered each battery from 1 to 4, then attached an N or P to it and then wrote those on each cable. For example, you may have a cable that on one end says 1P and the other is 3P. That cable runs from the positive pole of battery 1 to the positive pole of battery 3. I used white electrical tape as the label and wrote on it with a sharpie then covered the elecrical tape with clear shrink wrap. I used this system to label all the cables, including the ones from the inverters, the chassis ground, etc. With the shrink wrap covering everything, the numbers should stay intact and visible for years to come.
Rob
91 Prevost XL 40 “Olga”
Missouri
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Gary, I don’t know about the H series but on my XL to access the batteries the entertainment unit in the second bay must be removed. They are then behind a removable panel, hence the reason for using AGM or gel batteries.