Harry
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Why not just the pressure switch ? I had the same issue and replaced the switch but also purchased a spare pump just in case . I hope by having a spare the original will never go bad .
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I’m looking at the Roadmaster 576 Sterling All Terrain aluminum 8000 lb non binding with cross bar safety cables Amazon $9590
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Where are you located Dabank, and who quoted you the hours?
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Some things must go right to song… While others can only be poetic!
Four be the things I am wiser to know:
Idleness, sorrow, a friend, and a foe.
Four be the things I’d been better without:
Flip phone, blowout, freckles, and doubt.
Three be the things I shall never attain:
Envy, content, and sufficient champagne.
Three be the things I shall have till I die:
Laughter and hope and a glint in the eye.
Two be the things I’ll likely see with booze:
Electric Bus and Jon getting Dues!
Harry
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So, speaking of tire blowouts, this is the second Michelin 365 tag tire I`ve replaced in 2 yrs with same problem (Chunking in Michelin terms). They did give me 75% comp toward replacement. They called it a good faith adjustment. Both tires had 17/32 tread depth. Maybe it was road hazard, but drive tires or toad not damaged. Let`s see how this next trip fares.
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That sold fast! I told my wife that was a good deal.
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Air System Info
The heart of the air supply system is the engine driven air compressor. It feeds an air dryer that removes moisture and oil. The dryer feeds the wet tank and a return line to the compressor mounted governor. The governor signals the air compressor to stop producing pressurized air and the dryer “sneezes” to unload the pressure line when the governor set air pressure has been met.
The wet tank then supplies air to the front and rear brake main tanks and the auxiliary tank. To isolate the front and rear braking systems, air entering these tanks does so through a check valve at each tank. Once air is in the main brake tanks it cannot escape back into the supply feed.
The auxiliary air system cannot have the same priority to supply air as the braking systems. To ensure the braking systems are fulfilled before the auxiliary system, the supply line is fed through a protection valve to the auxiliary tank. The protection valve opens when either side of the valve reaches a specific pressure which is somewhere between 60 and 75psi. If your coach’s air systems leak over time you may have noticed that air builds in the front(secondary brake) and rear(primary brake) systems first. At the rating of the protection valve you then hear the rush of air entering the auxiliary system.
That is basically the entire supply air system. It supplies all 3 main air subsystems, rear braking, front braking, and auxiliary. Once those systems are filled the governor effectively turns off the compressor and each of the 3 systems are protected from their air returning to the supply air system.
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We’ve used synthetic ATF for 10+ yrs in all of our Allison trannys. Currently we have Mobil Delvac 1 synthetic ATF in our Allison B500.
Here are the ones that Allison approves:
Allison Approved TES 295 Fluids:
Castrol TranSynd
BP Autran Syn 295
BASF Emgard 2805
International Trucks Fleetrite Synthetic ATF
Mobil Delvac 1 Synthetic ATF
CNH HD Synthetic ATF
Mack Bulldog Synthetic ATF
Shell Spirax S6 ATF A295
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You want cheese with that whine Charles?
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Eric at Prevost Jax is the best…
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We put a lot of effort and money into saving our old Head Hunter toilet. We finally gave up, replaced it with a Tecma, I see one post called it Silence 2, and in another post it is called a Science 2, I’ll go along with the Science, not so much the Silence, I was looking through our paper work to see what we have, but haven’t found it yet, it was installed in March of 2017.
A couple things with ours; it is not what I would call quiet, however it works very well. On ours there is a water level adjustment on the back of the flush control box, remove 2 screws and the box comes out and you can adjust the amount of water used per flush, this toilet will use very little per flush to a crazy amount.
If we’re dry camping I will turn it way down to conserve as much water as possible, and only turn it up when necessary, there’s a fair amount of cord to the box so if dry camping you can keep it out for handy adjustment, I then went a step further and used velcro to hold the box in eliminating the screws and making adjustments easier.
It’s been a very good toilet, no odors, no problems.
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Have had Prevost replace my wheel seals and drove it 275 miles to get it done. Of course mine was leaking inside down tire area is how I found it. Wasn’t bad. Wonder if it’s an axle seal, simple fix and tire assembly doesn’t have to come off. Don’t know anybody in this area, 80 miles West of you, to work on it. Might call a Heavy Truck Shop and check. They might do it but it is Saturday and everybody shuts er down around Austin.
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Thanks Jon. Is a seal something that can normally be sourced at most truck repair shops or do you think it will be something Prevost specific?
Blake
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Harry keep us posted as I have the same year coach and wonder what it could be. Never experienced anything like that. Something major going on if the low pressure light comes on while idling. Big leak somewhere. What pressure did the gauge show?
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Been thinking about my Electric Microphor and it has been working for years. It’s been in this coach for 26 or 7 years and I never have had a problem other than replacing 1 or 2 flapper seals in almost 10 years I’ve owned it. Some of these replacements like the Tecma Plus 2 model have all sorts of stuff like the “amazing turbine pump that macerates and pushes things”. Time will tell how these hold out. Would imagine these would keep the tank odors from coming back into coach as it is a direct seal as mine is open to tank on flush. Wonder if the make a simple design like the Microphor? Straight down into tank.