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I’m surprised at the sway bar related failures along with the bulk of suspension bolt failures. I assume the test track at Penn State is a real torture test.
It also appears that this bus was eating up steer and tag axle tires at an alarming rate. With the tests they were doing, I might understand the steer tire wear but the tag?????
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Peter, I see now, it’s a male air chuck.
I was looking on my phone before.
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Uh, Jerry,
Nobody needs to join FMCA for the tire program. It is one of the programs available to PC members for free.
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Guess I should measure the distance before I take the valve off, and go back with it there. The valve in question blows bubbles out of the exhaust tube, and I’m hoping that’s the cause of my leans.
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Tom
is there a list of NAPA’s that take the Napa card? All the one’s in my area don’t honor it or they want to fill out a credit application.
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The problem with thinking a collection of owners talking about their coach has a significant impact isn’t quite correct.
First, relatively speaking there are going to be few new owners at any converter or service center at any time. And those are dealing with infancy issues. Those new coach issues can likely cover almost anything from slide adjustment, to minor air leaks, to fixing something that failed prematurely.
As the coaches age then more serious problems emerge and two widely discussed here aren’t going to stop a person who wants a new coach from buying one. Then we have to recognize the new owner could have house issues so there is a lot of potential for first year infancy repairs sorthing out the complexities of a new coach.
But I have learned new owners shake it all off. Yes they are inconvenienced, and yes it is time consuming and expensive getting down to Prevost or the converter,. but as the coach matures those issues get resolved and then only bigger problems that impact a lot of owners get the broad based discussions. Most recently they have been delam, charge air coolers and slide issues. The delam problem appears to be handled to everyone’s satisfaction, the defective CACs are being replaced with the ones that should have been used in the first place, and the design and experience with slides has made what was once a big issue now an occasional one.
The refrigerator problem from my limited perspective has little to do with the coach and more to do with the manufacturer of the refrigerator. How appliances are chosen probably revolves around their size, market acceptance and ability to be adapted to an RV. How it will perform is anyone’s guess. I don’t know why my first Sub Zero in my home was nearly bulletproof, but subsequent Sub Zero refrigerators have been lousy, including the one in my coach. But I am also confident if I were to buy a different brand it would be a chance purchase with no assurance of long life in the coach.
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When you guys air your bus up with shop air, what regulated pressure do you use, or does it matter?
Do you leave it aired up all the time, or just to check systems?
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Jon, notice I said “almost any other company”. The companies that are an exception are for the most part, companies that are connected to our coaches. I was refering to all our experiences with far to many companies that do not care about service as it used to be, i.e. ones with call centers especially.
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there is a 98 40 ft coach in the Oct issue of FMCA classifieds as well
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i have a 2006 country coach with rv products do you no about them
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I have read enough bad about bio-diesel since I asked about it here that I have decided to avoid it if possible. I appreciate the fact that some have had no trouble at all but that’s my decision for now. As Jon says often, each person has to decide for themselves how much tolerance for risk they have. (Very loose quote)
DKO
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Jon
Rod has me doing a little of both!
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See my comments in the chassis thread.
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Moe,
I went to the link above and it opened perfectly. What browser and device are you using?