Harry
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Very Cool Guys, Good for you or as they say in the Big Down Under (that’s Australia Jon) “Good on Yah”!
Harry
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Congratulations on your new coach. Think of all the extra space you need to fill up, compared to your other one.
June
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Thanks, Mark. I also have agreed value through Nat’l Interstate but have not been notified of any changes yet. I renewed in June this year. I guess I’ll get the news next year.
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The damping mechanism in the automatic belt tensioners does wear out. If you see them skipping up and down at idle it is time to replace them.
Gerald
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Good job Andre. Your gen is safe and sound here at ETLC, E D just put a small planter box in the gen to keep it fresh and green.
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We’ve stayed at Spruce Lake a couple of times in a smaller coach. Not sure 45′ will fit. But Elk Meadow Park can handle 45′ according to Big Rigs Best Bets.
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Harry: Did you take the coach for a ride? Get it all warmed up? Or just start it up and let it idle?
Maybe an 8V92 owner could comment on firing the engine up and just letting it run. I’ve seen comments from both 8V92 and Series 60 owners that it isn’t a good idea to fire up the engine to just let it run for the sake of running it or letting it needlessly idle for any length of time. Getting either engine up to operating temperature before hitting the road is a different story.
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I keep getting e-mails from AITA asking that I use the app. I would love to get one more card out of my wallet. Should we use the card or the app (for smart phone uses only)?
And what ever happened to this?
“I had a very nice conversation with the folks at AITA and when I can get the link to the NAPA fleet program there are other topics I will not reveal right now. But if we can work it out we will add to the program for discounts and some of the savings I have seen are OUTSTANDING”
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While we’re off Harry’s topic with some thread creep, this is an example of what works for some, won’t work for others.
I probably have indoor storage, possibly even heated, a few miles (five to eight, maybe less) from our house. But I want the coach closer to us, like on the property. If we had a more expensive coach (say mid-six figures to new), I’d be in a position to have a bus barn next to the house.
To steal a quote from a pretty smart guy, I’d rather eat bees than have the coach 16 or 27 miles from the house … or 17 or 26 miles whatever it is. Just too much hastle to use it when its that far away.
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MM,
These guys know you can flush your toilets from Berlin, that’s one of the differences between 2 million and 100 grand.
What I don’t get is all you new guys buying buses or wanting a bus I never hear about where am I going to put it when not in use. I guarantee you the number one hazard to your bus is it sitting outside in the elements. If you think you got it plugged in or winterized or heaters inside or the a/c running sitting outside and you are serving your bus well, BS. It is aging at a rate you wouldn’t believe.
Not everyone can do it. I feel bad for the guys who can’t but me personally I wouldn’t own a bus if I had to park outside, warm or cold. Makes no difference.
The old man needs to put a header at the top of the PDI instructions.
GET A GARAGE FIRST.
Later
bv
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That’s slick!
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I like some of the new fandango equipment they have out but like Jon, Ain’t up on the tech stuff. Do have a smart phone but really don’t know what’s so smart about it. In my books, Life was simpler 20 years ago.
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Busnut,
I to have had belts come off at start up, good advice about the check valve, just make sure you are leak free at the air bags, fittings, etc. down stream.
I had a 97 Marathon and it had an aux compressor from the factory.
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There is a check valve at/on the regulator for belt tension, this is to help maintain air pressure on belt biscuits. If the biscuits, regulator or the three way aren’t leaking. all of this is located just under the oil reserve tank
Glenn
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Mr.Mark,
Helen didn’t like driving the El Camino even though she likes to drive hot rods and stick shifts. The light El Camino and the 427 made the tires break loose, in first, second and third gear. Even 4th could make it a little squirrely, so got her a kiddie car she can handle.
VW less than 3,000 pounds, stick shift, dummy key left in ignition unlocks steering, so easy hook up. Plus, being light, If I ever do like Tom or Jon and leave the steering locked, or the parking break on, maybe I can make black marks behind the bus a bit further than they did.Stay safe out there.
Fred