Fred F.
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I’ve got the tools. I am more than willing to sit in a lawn chair with an adult beverage watching you on a laddrer repace a windshield.
Anyone with an XL that is hesitant to replace a windshield would be encouraged to help. Usually a 20-30 minute job. Prevost has a lubricant to make it easier to install the glass and the rubber strip, but diluted dish soap will work also. No sealer is needed.
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Welcome Don and Aretta to PC.
You have found a great Prevost site with a lot of information and opinions. One thing for sure…. their are opinions. PC is easy going and keeping it on the light side makes it fun to read.
Having grown up in Roseville MN. I have spend a lot of time in Stillwater. My younger days were spent on the St. Croix, and Mississippi River about 25 years of serious boating. Having made the transition from boat to motorhome has proved to be even more fun.
One thing you can consider is renting a car at your destination. On several rallies we attended our toad stayed home. It was actually very reasonable cash wise renting and less stressful towing across the country.
One of our former renters never towed in the 7 years he stored his bus with us ( Ironhorse Coach Storage) Claimed he was money ahead over the years. It does present some restrictions along the way, I believe.
Look forward to meeting you at one of our “no rally” get togethers.
AL
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After pulling your toad a couple hundred miles
are you talking about the diesel soot smell trapped in radiator cooling fins then heated due to normal engine temperature
sucked into fresh air intake while traveling ?
Let me explain this under the microscope a little…it will all make sense then….
The above scenarios happen often with the Liberty installed giant 186.3 pound mud flap attached to undercarriage at rear of bus.
This actually slows down the forward motion on Liberty causing drivers to press full throtttle to get going over 58.5 mph .
Marathon on the other hand has better air foil and needs no wind deflector to change the aero dynamic lines thus
increasing mileage and ease of engine power and rarely needs any fuel during the year.
I hope this helps…
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Great Post!! Thanks Rudy I learned a great deal. Happy New Year
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I don’t have an AH, but I can tell you there is no way I would go to any system that required me to add another fuel source. I have a lot of diesel on board and just the fact it is readily available makes the decision about whether to use alternate fuels an easy one.
I do know some truck fleets are using propane or compressed natural gas, but from speaking to the drivers the available range is less than diesel powered trucks. While they have the ability to refuel at their terminals they have serious concerns when they are threatened with fuel starvation due to conditions beyind their control. One driver told a story of getting caught in a snow storm on a highway that was shut down because it was impassable. He eventually had to shut down the engine which he was using for heat because he was in danger of running out of fuel before getting to his destination once the roads open.
This was a UPS driver pulling doubles.
On our first coach we had propane on board. We used it for our refrigerator, several propane furnaces, the range, and a grille for barbeque. We liked it, but it was a pain keeping track of how much we had on board and then getting to a refiiling station. It held 56 gallons so it wasn’t something we could fill by trading tanks at the local Home Depot.
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Bill,
Generally speaking large air leaks on the house side of a coach are a serious problem for the chassis.
But instead of thinking house leaks, think of it as an accessory or auxiliary system leak. As long as you have an open path from the bus air system to the leak at the very least the engine driven compressor will be working very hard to maintain system pressure if it can. If it cannot then the degree of seriousness ramps up. As long as the coach air system inegrity has been maintained and check valves and protection valves work as intended you can safely drive the coach, because all air produced will remain with the two braking systems as long as the protection valves shuts flow to the aux air system. Once they reach 75 PSI then air will be released to the aux systems and if the brake system pressure drops below 75 then the protection valve shuts.
That is one benefit of being able to control or limit where air can go. Our aux air systems are extensive with plenty of potential places for leaks, some of which can be large. Our main aux system purpose is for our suspensions. If an air bag bursts, there is nothing to prevent the coach from dropping, and also there is no way to shut off air flow to the leak unless you can manually direct air or block air from going to the respective air bag locations.
On the converter side if there is an issue with the house air functions, ideally you should be able to close the air flow to that portion of the aux system also.
I cannot address all slide coaches, but I need air for my slides, not to move them, but to perform certain functions. I need to inflate and deflate the seals. I need to retract and engage slide room pins. All of that is on the aux side of the air systems. Once those functions have been satisfied however I think I could turn off air to the slides if there is a huge leak in that system.
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Here is a linked site that has about 20 different G4 LED bulbs, most dimmable and most 10-30 VDC. Some of these are 400 lumens, so you would need to wear your shades inside like a movie star.
https://www.superbrightleds.com/cat/led-bi-pin/filter/Base,G4,1,3377:
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Well called Bella Terra this morning to make reservations. I was asked the age of my coach and told of their 15 year limit. I had to send an email with some photos. Done. Guess I’ll just have to sit around and wait for a response.
Jon, I guess they just don’t appreciate a “classic.” Next year I qualify for “Antique Vehicle” plates! The bus silly, I’ve qualified as an antique years ago, just have not found a way to attach a plate!
Maybe I can park on the street outside the resort …
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Gerald,
If you look at the IFS you will see a significant number of grease fittings. Prevost shows them on their lubrication illustration although it is difficult to see them. Form me it is easier to just get under the bus, and look for them. If it moves and is part of the steering, chances are it needs grease.
Here is the link: https://secureus5.volvo.com/technicalpublications/pdf/pa1151-24.pdf
One thing I do that you might consider. I support the chassis, then I raise each wheel slightly off the floor so I can try to wobble it both side to side, plus up and down. I am looking for any slop in the linkages or ball joints. For the first time in 25 years I found my LH tie rod had slop at both ends so I replaced it. The RH was OK. It was the first time I ever had to replace anything relating to the steer axle on any of my coaches. It’s a little extra work but in this case I was glad I have been doing that.
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Is she from NJ? 🙂
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“Now, we have to find the jeep, buy the jeep, get a tow bar installed and I guess some sort of brake?
Is that all? “
You need lights.
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Well, I travel with our Jake on most of the time and use our service brakes for stopping. I just don’t want to alarm the folks behind me with lights everytime the jake goes off.
When we had our Foretravel with the retarder, we did the same thing. Also, caution on running the retarder from 0-6 as those transmission temps climb pretty quickly. Also, you might want to ask Liberty/Prevost on where is the reading from the trans temp coming from. If it’s the sump, it’s not a true temp of the transmission. We used a silverleaf that gave a more accurate read of the temp. Very important in mountain driving is keeping that trans temp within specs…
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Jon, Dick, Charles and George,
Thank you for all the great perspective! This step is essential for us right now! We also enter this phase with only limited criteria. The main criteria is to get Lynn to see as many different rigs as she can. It will be obvious to her exactly which way to go. Her plans are made and the best we could do is get her there on the 7th. We are very sure that we will miss some great opportunities but that is the way it goes. We are on the right track, thanks very much to all of you!!!!!!
Jeff
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On an XL2 I think just near your right knee as you sit in the driver seat behind dash. I think I spotted it today as I pulled the right cover panel to re-epoxy the little cubby that the Tech link screen sits in. On the H it can be in that area or also upper left hand side of dash, there was a changover sometime early 2000’s if I heard the Prevost action tech guy correctly.
I will probably replace this week if I get by Mira Loma to grab one….those guys owe me a part that has been MIA for months anyways. Also I am tearing into dash later this week to update the original clarion stereo which I think is on its last legs. I may end up ditching the Alpine techlink monitor and replacing with a double din unit that will do techlink screens, all my cameras, XM radio, bluetooth GPS etc etc.
In other news, my wonderful dash AC went out a few weeks ago, I dug out old receipts from prior owner…hmm over $2500 in AC work in last 3 years at…..Mira Loma.
My brother and I pulled what I suspected was a bad low pressure hose off compressor today. Had a new hose made up here in Phoenix for $50, pulled a vacuum on it and seems fine, filled with 6 lbs 2 ounces and it blows nice and cold again, not sure how the temp sensor does with things on cold side, but I usually always have to have it on max anyways…prevost dash air…lulz.
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scissors are used to cut paper template of each piece when at a radius or hard angle. It is a rubber/vinyl type material.