Harry
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Me too Fred!
Replaced three of my four FE’s…
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Harry…the more I watch your saga unfold the more I think you should cut your losses, sell the Beaver and get a vintage Marathon or Liberty that would put you in better company and not so isolated out there. You’ve got a coach that needs a bunch of tinkering and from what I see, you like to tinker on the computer more than on your coach. Who knows what’s going to happen and who can help when you finally take a real trip. But don’t buy the first coach you see like you did this time. Do your homework and get a real PDI on a coach that is still in business.
Just my thoughts.
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Harry, where is the Detroit spec for the coolant listed? That looks like automotive coolant and unless the Detroit spec is on the label it is not suitable for your engine.
Your engine has a very important specification for coolant and if it is not on a label on your coolant surge tank or a label in the engine area it is listed somewhere on the Detroit Diesel web site for 8V92 engines.
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I have the “Progressive Industries 50 Amp Portable RV Smart Surge Protector With Cover.”
The lights are “idiot proof,” and I love the cover, especially useful in the rain.
Also, my original one had a circuit go bad after it protected my coach from a bad ground.
Progressive replaced it for free! What a deal …
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Per,
what surge protector do you use/recommend?
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Would losing 3 gallons of antifreeze keep the engine from running?
After changing out the leaking hose I started the engine to make sure the new hose wasn’t leaking. I turned on the coach batteries and started the engine. I then pressed the RPM button and the RPM’s didn’t increase and 20 seconds later the engine shut off. I didn’t try to restart the engine not knowing if I had to add back antifreeze first or what?
Three things are different from other times I’ve started the engine. 1. I just replaced the hose and lost 3 gallons (I think) of antifreeze. 2. The coach battery slow charger was plugged into AC and 3. The bus was plugged into 50 amp shore power.
Or did I lose a lot more antifreeze than I thought and the engine shut down for lack of fluid?
Harry
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As a follow-up, my bus came with a cover for my Fantastic Fan. I kept it on for a while, but then removed it since I noticed that no Prevost buses use these covers.
However, many of the SOB motorhomes keep them on.
I can see that the bus looks better without the cover, but you can keep your vent open while running down the road with the cover on.
Any good reason to keep the cover on vs. taking them off?
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Glad you found the issue.
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Most unusual. Jim and Chris’s Beaver had a receptacle like Greg’s. I wonder if someone changed rub rails and that behind the rub rail with the light are the original holes for the receptacle?
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TJ,
I am not sure if Premium uses Taylor. I bought from Southwest Luxury and that is who they used. The PDI was crazy extensive. down to them testing the TV/Radios in the bunk beds… extensive report as to what was not 100% and additional guidance on what would be needed to upgrade in the longer term.
My deal with the seller was then to bring the coach to 100% and also provided 2 days of training for me on all chassis and house systems… I spent a night or two in the bus at Taylor and worked thru everything before we rolled out with it. I audio recorded it all and it was all time very well spent.
Hope that helps. Let me know if I can help in any other way. Happy to talk live if that helps. The guys here on PC were a huge help when we bought ours… so happy to pay that forward. In my case Jon and Tom connected me with another Marathon owner which is what I purchased. Sounds like JOn knows your coach well so he would have much more knowledge than I.
Best of Luck
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Tom: Only cheap cheese “gets to you”. Those of us who know their cheese, eat the good stuff as you can see from below.
Sids event was probably too far back to call Maurice to discuss his experience. But I would encourage anyone who has a service quality problem with Prevost to keep Maurice Gagne’s name handy. I hope he’s waiting to take our calls.
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Davy,
I am just trying to keep the economy going. Tom will sell you his no slide coach because his poor suffering wife Nancy really wants slide.
A side benefit is you are helping poor Nancy.
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I have no expertise with relation to high idle, but it is obvious the solution is to buy a new bus.
We love spending other people’s money.
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Hi guys, I’d like a permanent solution so I didn’t have a problem each time I hook to power. I like the Pigtail idea, anything rather than having to go right through the floor and then try to bend it. You can already see the wires showing between the connection and the cord. How much longer before that fails? I like the pigtail, we have an auto supply here in town and I’ll check with them first.
Harry