Glenn
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Hey guys, not much time to mess with this today, will troubleshoot more thurs/fri when I am back at the bus.
I do have 2 alternators, the big 50DN for the house and the smaller delco one for the chassis.
We just looked at the relay that the big wire off the alternator connects to: This is an SDLA 150, when we measure this for resiatnace/continuity it is open…so looks like no power passing through it. Googled that relay and it is suppoded to be automatic reset but seems like it is blown….but why? Just old and failed?
This is a shot looking from the curbside engine door, note both alternators and big red wire coming off house 50DN:
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I think we all would be better off if I found him one without WHEELS !
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I think Mike is proving a willing buyer and seller both determine market value.
A person wanting a 2 slide coach with OTR is willing to pay more for one and far less for one without those features. A person wanting a non slide coach is never going to place much value on slides because he doesn’t want them.
I want what I want and I am willing to pay for it. As a rule we keep our coaches a relatively long time so it is far more important for us to get features we want. Because of that we undoubtedly walk by a lot of buying opportunities because those coaches a seller is willing to let go for a very low price are not what we want, and we cannot envision ourselves living in a coach that does not have the things we want. We pay a lot of money for a coach and want what we want.
On the other hand if we traded often we might focus on a specific coach or converter or other characteristic but we will never lose sight of the fact the coach we buy has to be a “steal”. Trading often erases the buying errors, but it costs a lot of money unless the buyer is driven to “steal” a coach.
So which type of buyer is used to establish market value? The “steals” are always going to be available. Some sellers have to dump their coaches and are willing to take far less than retail just to get out from under the cost of ownership. But you do not often run across those sellers. On the other hand, There are some sellers that have outstanding examples of a Prevost conversion and with a good service history that has been documented they can command a high price for their coach. Especially if the seller is the converter who is willing to offer the buyer strong after the sale support. Which of the two represent the market price?
As owners all of us should guard against depreciation. There is nothing more costly relating to coach ownership than depreciation, yet is seems to be the national past time bragging about how cheap a coach was purchased which not only devalues the coach in question, but sends a signal to all buyers that the selling price has to inflict pain on the seller.
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Yep, where the white zero is I had what seemed to be a pretty high *green* number as I was monitoring it before it failed!
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Bill,
I agree…let it go till you get back. With your continuous driving verses stop and start the oil is probably in pretty good shape.
AL
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Karl, the track is the rattle. As it travels back and forth in a channel it starts and stops with a ball bearing falling into a slot.
The red lines are on the handle to mark open and close. If the handle travels to far “opening” then the ball bearing falls out from the horizontal track behind the frame…thus your rattles.
Liberty, probably replaces the ball bearing and then someone opens the window lever, the ball bearing falls out… it starts all over again. Who could be the trouble maker here ?
We found that using some care in opening the window handle, watching the red mark when they line up prevented any further problems.
I’ll offer to fix it at OKC for a cool beverage !
AL
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Chuck, I don’t have a lever there on mine. I’ll keep looking.
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Jon, what you say is the truth but the problem I run into is the owners were losing the coach and for the last 2 years most of the time there are no records.The lenders and dealers I speak with most all argree that 10 to 12 thousand mile per year is a low mileage average unit.
I know where a 2006 Liberty is for sale it has 2 slides with 615,000 miles with a new Allison the owner has had it for sale for a year now and cannot sell it because of the mileage and it has all the service records since new,with those kinda miles I would not buy it and he has a damn good price I do hand to Liberty they try their best to keep prices up but others don’t quick cash is what most are after IMO
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Bill that is helpful, I will take a look at that wire. Last time it worked it showed erratic charging voltage of about 230-255 amps or so then quit and light on dash came on.
Light was also temporarily on dash for a very short period of time a few days prior when I was inspecting coach.
So…it seems something is dodgy, a wire relay not sure and unfortunatly I have no time next few days to dig into it, but will later this week. I am curious what activates the relay to have the alternator charge the house….inverters play any part in this?
Thanks Glenn
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Jon:
Good advice removing the extensions on inside duals. I screwed the pressure pro sensors on the extensions and it was “binding” against the side of the rim, went back the next day and both inside duals were completely deflated.
Removed both extensions, used Tom’ trusty “pvc tool” and installed the sensors without a problem. Made sure i have both an air guage and air chuck that works without the need for a valve stem extension….
Good advice – surely could have ruined two brand new tires!!!
Thanks,
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All the tanks are just in front of the drive axle, smaller capacities than on the 45ft according to my owners manual but not by a whole bunch.
I realize that Prevost does not state different capacities, and it makes sense why they would not, but why did entertainer shells differ? Did they know most enertainers made pull a trailer? Sure there has to be something to that.
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On my 02 Vantare I have 8 4D batteries for the coach. Do not know if yours is identical. The placement is very dififcult to access.
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You mention removing your E Center…you are talking about Chassis batteries, which wont be around your E Center….Just trying to clarify…..
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Paul check the input and output of each compoenet from the battery to the end device. One of them is not letting power to pass thru. A 12 volt light probe would be a quick way. Just ground the ground wire and start poking connectors looking for light or no light.
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The
12v is the Webasto and the 120v will run off the gen or shore power.
When driving, your engine coolant circulates through the (2) heaters
to give you hot water. I turn the circulation valves off at the water
heaters because 200 degree water can scald you.So,
if you have hot water while plugged in to the 15 amp, your 120v
heaters are on and you can shut them off at the panel just by pushing
the button. I would never leave the water heater on unless your
actually in and using the bus.