Harry
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I use water on my coach. I wax the painted surfaces occasionally.
That’s it.
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Jon, are you saying you would not use a waterless product on your coach if water wasn’t available to you? -
Here is my spin on this issue………….
If you have an aluminum tank now, don’t wait to get it out. If you think you are saving money or delaying an expense it could bite you in the butt.
When I pulled my tank on my coach that was in service about 5 or 6 years before I bought it I found in that period of time the tank had already corroded so much at least one of the fittings had rotted so much it had to be replaced. My tank was about 7 or 8 years old when I pulled it and the bottom main outlet flange was all but gone. I could not believe how lucky I was pulling the tank to replace it even though there was no clue its failure was imminent.
I have seen a decent collection of tanks that were pulled for replacement and all showed almost total fitting failures and one had its bottom corroded so badly it was riddled with pin holes. I have no clue how long these had been leaking, but I know from a leak on a previous coach in the fresh water tank that leaks go undetected for a long time, and by the time you realize you have a leak, the wood bay floor has partially rotted away. At that point you get to pull everything out of the bay so you can do a total floor replacement.
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Tom,
If one will take the time to call Brian, he can get the skinny on grinding in the dirt.
You do not grind in the dirt on Air Force One or $60,000,000 biz jets and stay in business from 1987 till now.
Having said that, I can train you to grind in the dirt using Wash Wax All or using soap and water. Poor technique can do a world of harm using soap and water.
Assuming that if I have a Liberty, I can only get service at Liberty or Prevost cheats me out of using Jeff. Jeff is one of the very very few that can stand equal or exceed the above. Maybe Brian’s knowledge and his willingness to share it is the exception like Jeff is also.
But, one of my favorite friends said “Do what makes you happy”.
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Congratulations! Great! Wonderful!
If the boot is the same one I’m thinking of, back in January of 2015 we needed two boots when we were at Prevost Jacksonville. If I recall correctly, they had one in stock, had to order the other, didn’t come on the day we were leaving, so I think they sent it to me and I had ETLC install it later.
I was awfully surprised that something as small (easy to keep in inventory without using a million cubic feet of wharehouse space) and what I thought be a regularly replaced part would EVER be out of stock at any Prevost service facility.
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Woops. Happy Birthday. Brittney!! See you in August on Eclipse Day … or maybe we won’t ’cause it’ll be dark?
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Thanks Jon, I will take a look.
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Harry
Should nt even post, but Pipestem was a favorite park of mine when I was in college. That was 100 years ago. A great park then. Brings back good memories. Wish I could help with your question.
I did nt know you are from Murphy. You might as well say I am from Manteo. Over here because of Hwy 64 there is a saying “Manteo to Murphy”. As you know 64 runs the whole length of NC.
I am sure someone will know about Pipestem.
Ron
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I have found the information under “Articles” is excellent reading and are, for the most part, item specific! Maybe that’s the way to deal with this subject. When a topic is found to be of great interest defined by the members, write an article about it by someone with that expertise.One I can think of that would be very helpful to a newbe is the major difference between each converter? Or put another way, where does each converter Excel? I was told for example that the Beaver Coach excelled in woodwork and simplicity, meaning easy to work on without being an engineer. One flaw may be excessive bloviating and favoritism but you can get that in anything!
What are your thoughts on that and Dick of Wisconsin, would something like that fit into your thought process?
Harry
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here is the closest thing I found.
https://www.manualslib.com/manual/619907/Alpine-Cda-7998r.html?page=34#manualthe above page 34 describes how to set a code, but also mentions the default code of 0000. Once the wrong code has been tried 3 times it will go into security mode. – I would call liberty if they were factory installed. – also the code could have been placed in your books somewhere – check the actual alpine manuals for a written In code.
The unit isnt to hard to remove remove from the slide out cage if you need to send it somewhere (like alpine) to unlock it. The 90’s were full of radio thefts and this was the deterrent – put the code in wrong 3 times and it wasn’t sellable for the thief who stole it. Eclipse had the bright idea to code theirs with a cd. Then of course you had to know that cd the rest of its existence. We had plenty of customers who forgot, had service and then would lock them up until we would have to send them out with proof of purchase to have them unlocked. Fun times.
Since you have 3, I would expect the code is the same, but be careful entering in a code more than 3 times on each one. I can’t recall if they go into full lock down. – I’ll ask one of my guys who was an installer for a alpine dealer for 15 years.
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That was very good Andy, thanks for posting it. Does anyone know if Jeff performs that service? While my coach is there I’d love knowing my weights from GVW, tire weights and the pressure for each tire. I’ve read enough to know the importance of it.Harry
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Hi,
I bought a 2003 Dutch Star new. Three slides, all the stuff. Sold it in a year.Our 20 year old, no slide bus costs many, many more thousands per year to own and operate than did the Dutch Star. Stuff wears out, and it’s a high end commercial vehicle -which equals higher dollars.
And, I’d do it again. I will never, ever own another A class fiberglass coach.
All the best,
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After Dump Truk reported his two accidents is there anyone on here that believes he will ever post about a similar experience?
We will never know how often he just empties his holding tank on the ground.
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We have stayed there several times and always liked it. Also have stayed at Hearthside Grove on the other end of Petoskey.
As long as there are no Dump Truk accidents, Tom should be fine there…..
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I don’t think brand matters anymore Colt.
Whirlpool (Whirlpool owns Maytag, Amana, Kitchen Aid, Roper, and some Kenmore’s are built by Whirlpool.) Frigidaire (Frigidaire owns, or rather is owned by Electrolux, and builds some Kenmore’s.) Bosch (Best known for their dishwashers, but has moved into refrigerators and stoves.