Fred
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See everyone there.
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I’m looking at the fitting that connects to the 90-degree elbow out of the side of the housing. It has a yellow nut in between the two nuts I’d need to loosen to take the line off. Is it possible that this may be a shut-off fitting? I’ve never seen this type of connection before.
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By far most of the fuel is below the Racor fittings, especially if the coach is low on fuel. I would be hesitant to squeeze the lines shut, but to give you a clue about what to expect, open the drain valve on the bottom of the Racor bowl and empty it. If it does not refill with fuel you have no concerns.
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Fred, if the fuel lines are rubber, they can be pinched with hose pinch pliers preventing the lose of fuel. I do this all the time on the Webasto burner fuel lines.
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The brake would not engage no matter any wiring issues. It’s a simple proportional braking system tied to the coaches air brakes. Put on the brakes and the towed brakes are applied. Nothing else interacts with the brakes.
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Thanks for you reply. The de lam issue was one of the first things I asked about and was told “it’s not an issue at this time”. Having read as much as I can find about it, can you tell me how Prevost actually checks for this? Is it just a subjective thing by tapping and listening or is there a procedure where actually pull on the panels or something?
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I’ve used one just like this for more than 5 years and it still works great. Used for transmission, hydraulic fluid in levelers with an older rig, and power steering as well.
https://www.harborfreight.com/multi-use-transfer-pump-63144.html
John
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That is an issue that should not be allowed to stay in place. Raise hell.
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Chuck, If Equal or its equivalent voids the warranty I am not aware of that.
What I do know is Equal or Centramatincs are always going to work whereas wheel weights will work initially but there is no assurance they will always work. I saw a video where a wheel balanced with weights had the wheel and tire marked with a grease pencil. The vehicle was driven at highway speed and had a single hard panic stop. After the stop, the tire had slipped on the wheel and the grease pencil marks were no longer lined up.
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There are some nuances that may affect the choice of a coach that may no longer have a converter standing behind it.
In broad general terms a coach with converter specific proprietary features may be a bit more difficult to maintain than a coach with simple or less complex control systems.
A Country Coach has a proprietary control system and accessing parts or information may be more difficult than a coach like an Angola or Royale that lacks such a system.
Coaches newer than late 90’s coaches were starting to have control systems such as Crestron with converter specific software and it is important to determine if there is support for coaches whose converters will not or cannot make the codes available. Having said that as mentioned above there are service centers that can work on those systems.
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Bob, I have a character defect that makes me unable to live with problems I can solve. I moved the drawers because as you recognize the original location made their use difficult at best. I also wouldn’t accept the black shades in the front because they act like a huge solar panel in the sun overcoming the front A/C. The other biggie was the aluminum holding tank was converted to stainless steel.
All the other changes I made to the coach were minor, but the three listed above were critical.
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In for Oyster Fest for sure, don’t know yet about Oct. Geo.
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Did a little figuring, starting May of 2015 with the first bus ’til now with 0591 we’ve logged about 85k miles. Planning on another 10ish by spring, we’ll see.
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Thanks everyone and I will check some of the suggestions as to alignment, etc.
I do get the rubber smell when I unhook so that explanation is good.
Thanks again
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I flew various turbocharged airplanes. The probes were near the turbine inlet, thus the name TIT “turbine inlet temperature” probe.
Probes going thru the turbo wasn’t a problem.