Greg
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I think Galveston would be a better choice but let me tell you that last winter was miserably cold… Jon & Di can second that as they visited Lufkin and Galveston early Jan. and it was freezing temps everyday… coldest winter in many years. Usually temps aren’t nearly that bad.
Galveston to New Iberia is probably around 200 miles Galv to Beaumont is around 100 miles.
Beaumont is a pretty boring town I think… you might enjoy moving around a bit and go to Kemah and to Clear Lake area which is really nice.. you should be able to ride your bikes in all of those areas.Texas is a beautiful State … you might even consider going to Corpus Christi and South Padre Island… I think you might enjoy moving around a bit in order to find a place you really love.
Let us know if you do make it to Texas and we’ll see about getting a group together for a weekend or so…. might even be able to get Jon & Di back over here!!
Let me know if you need a heads up on Parks in those areas as we pretty well know them all.
Cheers, Diane
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I had a 1997 with house dead bolt and air lock it would lose air and be open in morning , I fixed all air leaks replaced all fitings with comp fittings in whole coach and air lock would stay locked for weeks if not months the bimba valve that locks door may have push in fittings on it , it can leak , I put ball valve on line in steering compartment to check it and it stayed locked for one month , I would say fix all leaks , hope that helps , I also replaced the bimba valve with new one also it can leak when it’s old
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we are currently staying at Beverly Beach Camptown Rv resort. It is in Flagler beach which 20-30 mins north of Daytona. It is a really nice and clean place and they have trailer parking
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Tully, I used to own an identical bus. Instead of inverter/chargers as are currently used, that bus was originally equiped with an inverter and two converters. Unless your system has been upgraded, the converters charge your house batteries and convert a/c from shore power or generator to 12 volt for your interior lights and systems. Each converter has a separate circuit breaker located in the bedroom breaker box. Check those breakers. It’s not intuitive that 120 volt breakers affect your 12v system, but they do. Also, those converters do wear out. I had to replace two during the time I owned my bus. They have fans in them and if the fan stops working they overheat and get fried. Once I had one short out because of wear on the supply wire due to the way it was installed. Replacement converters are not expensive and can be bought online, and if I can do the job, anyone can. The converters are physically located on the backside of the box that contains your house batteries. I can’t recall perfectly, but I believe there may be a reset or circuit breaker on the converter itself.
If you need to replace one, spend the extra $15 or so that is necessary to get multi-stage charging. Your house batteries will last longer.
I can send you the Country Coach manual for your bus if you need it.
Good Luck!
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Stayed a week at Dardanelle State Park this summer. The 50 amp sites are really nice. Wide paved roads and lake view. Just off I-40 a few miles. Close to town,restaurants etc. 80 miles east of Fort Smith.
I do not reccommend the KOA at Alma,Ark. Its an older park with very narrow roads and tree limbs hanging at about 10 feet. The Operator was very insistant I pickup my tag axle so as not to tear up his road. Some of the turns took several attempts to make to stay on paving. NOT bus friendly!
MMM
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2006 MarathonH3
89,467 miles
1407 hours on generator
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I agree. I am still trying to forget you, but I can’t.
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Hi I have been looking at 1997 to 2000 XLs I would like to be able to talk to one of you experts about one. I cannot start a new therad.
Thank You
Craig
Prevost Wannabe
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Jon…
Do be sure you get the Genie DVR… can record 5 shows at once and will network to every TV in your house…
Directv is leaps and bounds ahead of Dish network in my opinion have had both.. for some reason DTV treats me with “kidd gloves” don’t know why unless its because we pay over $200 per month for years and years but I take everything they offer and have 22 receivers with them.
Cheers, Diane
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That is correct. Use Red bulbs for red lenses, Amber for amber lenses and white for your Back up bulbs.
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John,
I keep my Retarder master switch “ON” all the time, so it is ready when I need to apply it with the Stalk control. I also pull a Stacker at times, with no issues.
I do have my brakelights disabled when using the retarder, so the brake lights do not come on when using the retarder, only the brakes, or parking brake. That way, you are not constantly applying trailer brakes every time the retarder comes on.
Don’t know if that may be a cause of your problem or not.
I would drive it without the trailer, and see if all is well, if so, Check how the brake controller was wired up.
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Travis,
I do not have a Liberty so take this as just a general description of what a relay does.
Most large relays that are used to pass 12 or 24 volts of high amps have 2 small and 2 large connections.
the 2 small connections are used to engage or disengage the relay, usally from a switch that controls whatever that relay is designed to do.
The 2 large connectors are what actually pass the voltage and amps from 1side of the relay to the other side.
So, if the relay has power on one large connector and not the other large connector, then it is either in an “off” postion at the switch or the relay is bad.
If there is voltage on both large connectors then the relay is working.
To test put a voltmeter postive probe between 1 large conenctor at a time and the other volt meter probe to a good ground. It should regesitor somewhere around 12.7 to 13.2 (more or less) for a 12 volt system and double that for a 24 volt system.
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I have tried to stay out of this tread but a fairly decent friend to the Prevost Community and I don;t mean this website is getting raked over the coals for things that are not being told. I was at Excalibur for a front end remoldel I was there when Larry arrived and was still there after he left, watched most of what was done to his coach. Started out with a engine and trans service, yes the coach was on rear ramps and yes they did turn the wheels with the engine running to reatache a frt mud flap but they turned just like one would expect, they had been adding fluid to the system thinking there was an air bubble somewhere. Yes there was some confussion on one of the cruise airs that was worked on we found that after Larry tried to leave the first time, he got to I-4 and lost power steering was able to return to Doud’s with a lot of extra effort but made it back safely. We pluged him back in and descovered the front cruiseair was still not right already mentioned that The next morning he was checked for fluid leaks thinking fitting blown hose whatever nothing found so they went for the pump and that was the problem just seemed like bad timeing next came a flush and refill of the engine to rid it of the Hyd fluid that was dumped by the bad pump and no they did not use OEM filters but no where other than the dealer does unless specified, some are probably better than others but all meet a certain standard. The transmission issue is a little blown out of reality this is a known issue with the allison trans, there is even a service bulletin from Allison advising of the dissimular metal steel bolts aluminum houseing stripping or pulling the treads out when removed it happens alot more than we would like, why do you think they have a repair kit? After Doug found out about the problem he set up an apt at Detroit Allison in Orlando but Larry went to Ocala instead. Doug has been in the Prevost bussines for about 30 years and Excalibur has been in bussines for over 10 the man has a very deep knowledge of what he’s doing they worked long and hard on Larry’s coach was it all perfect probably not but was there any entent to screw over the customer, never! I have known Doug since Oct of 2007 I consider him a very good friend and a very honest person who will make this thing with Larry straight if given a chance been told there has been very little talk back and forth must be too busy posting damning chatter on here and POG. Like I said just wanted to give view from someone that was there and saw what actually went on. One other thing we are talking about a used coach and a first time bus owner who might be a little overwhelmed, I know he’s a pilot but these are different animals, Thanks for alowing the soap box, Bill
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Mark gets bonus points. He has managed to jab two members all in a short succinct post.
Perhaps the guys would like the ladies to respond for them. We will probably get the correct answers.
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