Fred F.
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Except for service work on the chassis that requires a current draw on the chassis batteries, or to recharge chassis batteries that have been stored for an extended period we shouldn’t need a chassis battery charger. But when we do need to charge chassis batteries it needs to be a three stage charger capable of the voltages required in each stage specified by the battery manufacturer.
One thing I have never figured out is why we are cautioned against inadequate charging voltages. I know my chassis batteries need the voltages Art explains, yet in almost all my use with the rare exceptions I use my charger my chassis batteries only see 27.7 volts. I suspect when Prevost calls for that voltage setting they are considering that the chassis batteries in an XL or XLII are seeing elevated temperatures and thus need lower voltages for charging.
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I have the same manual fill gen airbags. Issue settled with a portable electric pump from Walmart. Cost $64.
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Brett go easy. Before it’s over, if Harry has my kind of luck, they will say that’s the problem. Injectors too small.
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Don’t forget to tell folks it’s 2 years old and has been riding in his bay.
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Nice job Davy…
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Andy,
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Kirby, glad you made it. There really is no good route from murphy. 74, 68 isn’t a freeway, but it’s doable in the coach. Hope it wasn’t that bad.
enjoy the pool and spa at east Tennessee luxury rv resort 😉
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One thing all owners should do is spend a rainy Saturday in their coach opening up all the hidden access panels. Each converter has their own way of shutting off coolant flow, hot and cold water, and even air lines in some cases. But with the number of floor plans and changes of conversions from year to year it is not likely someone with the same conversion, and maybe even the same model year is going to know where to find some shutoffs, some electrical panels, etc.
I’ve done it on my conversions, but because of this thread and my lousy memory I have to do it again with the intent to either create a diagram of where things are located, or to put tags on panels so I can deal with an emergency like Will and Carol just went through.
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That is a nice set of ramps. I spotted them while I was there and thought about asking Jeff about them. Then I decided that they probably used them for their seminars. And would take a forklift to maneuver them into place. That rear set has to be 200 # or more.
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Tom,
What is Your roof coated / painted with ?Safe travels,
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Download the owners manual from the Prevost site. It sounds like most of your questions are in the drivers area and these should help but will not be perfect.
Take note of the items in the prevost manual and compare them to your dash. My converter did not drop anything from the prevost supplied equipment but he did rearrange it all. In putting in a custom dash it all got moved around. He added his own items to the dash.
My coach came with a file drawer full of individual manuals for house components on the coach but like Jon said there was no documentation on how it was all connected and supposed to work together. And as pointed out there were 3 prior owers worth of upgrades that were – intersting shall we say.
I took a pad of 11×17 paper and started making myself diagrams of how things were put together. Especially useful was wring diagrams for the house systems. Everytime I work on a house system I add a little more. It helps me to learn to write (draw) it down and it saves time if I have to go back and work on that system again.
I also use a single log book for the coach. It documents every mile driven and when, every fuel purchase, routine maintenance, and upgrades including wiring schematics. I also have one “master” set of the Prevost Wiring and air diagrams for the purpose of marking any changes I make to the chassis systems. I think I have only made one change to the chassis wiring but it is marked on the master set and in the log book.
I’ve owned my 94 for 5 years in July, it takes a while to really get it all down withiut it being over whelming.
Enjoy the ride (once you get the starter fixed).
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have you changed it since you owned it? on sides of engine there are inspection covers(about ck valve height) you can see pistons thru them. If one is wet start looking there. If your loosing oil. 2 ways out thru exhaust and air box thru ck valves. if the ck valves/air box drains are installed /working the only way out would be exhaust or leak on wet side. No intake valves on 2 stroke. sucks air into piston from air box then squirt of fuel from injector and power:: then exhaust thru valves when they open. then it will smoke.
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Thanks Tom. I’ve been confused with our politics here lately. Now I understand what is really going on!
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Where would these seals be located on a 8V?
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Hi Tom, it’s a MacBook Pro.