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I too have been a loyal FMCA member since the early 90’s and was disappointed with FMCA’s decision to include “all” RV’s as well. However, I understand the money situation they were in that forced their hand.
I have a weakness for RV’s. ALL RV’s.
My journey began with dad and I camping and hunting in a 1960 Shasta trailer, to a mobile home on the lake for fishing, to a 33′ – 1973 Foretravel that had a Dodge 440 in it between the two front seats. Boy that engine sounded great and ran like a bat out of xxx. That rv got 4 mpg on a good day !!! Five class A’s later, I am the proud owner of a Prevost today. Not everyone can start with a class A or a Prevost, it’s just one step at a time.
Because of my love of all rv’s (rv addiction), I also owned and operated a pre-owned rv lot for a time. I too wish FMCA had never changed the membership, however including ALL rv’s in one show plants those seeds for the future. You hear it as you walk around, “Wow, I want one of those next time”.
Jeff and Lindsay
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I’m making smoke… Easy campground check in, office closed, envelope in box, go to your site then leave check in drop box. Haven’t been near another soul in 2 days, mask and gloves at the ready. I-75 FL to GA no issues, rest areas open, take out food all open and traffic light.
Jeff and Lindsay
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Have been married for 51yrs. Wife is high risk. Two kids in med field. We have been isolating since 2nd week of march. Live in rural area. We will be taking extra time past when most activity has started back up. Chris.. Both of our medical trained children have had to lay off or reasign staff. They had to delayed elective procedures only to have them turn in to life threating situations. (not us) We really miss dance competitions and sports (grandkids). Everyone is missing some part of life experiences! Looking forward to new ones in future. Bob
Jeff and Lindsay
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Jon:
Your right, 134A is the refrigerant. Prevost replaced the rear seal on the compressor back in Dec 2019. Leak test the system at that time and everything was good
Just came form Prevost Winter Garden, they spent two hours just to tell me there was some light oily dirt on the rear side of the condenser (just under the diesel fill). My original reason for going was the AC was not as cold as normal and the receiver tank lower ball was not floating, dryer had some bubbles in it, all indicating a low charge and all right next to the rear side of the condenser.
Not happy; two hours to notice a dirty oily film right next to the receiver tank and dryer that I originally complained about. Then they tell me they need probably 5 additional hours or more to remove the Freon, vacuum the system down, fill with nitrogen to leak check.
Found a charter/transit bus repair shop in Taveras, FL that will remove the Freon, vacuum the system down, fill with nitrogen, leak check and if no leaks found then add a dye and continue searching all for a flat rate fee of 2 Hrs @ $125 per hour. Prevost is into my pockets deeper than that and really didn’t do much more than visually inspect the system.
Prevost Winter Garden has done a lot of good things for me, this one is leaving a bad taste.
Chuck
Jeff and Lindsay
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Ah you boy’s are confusing me… That shrader valve is used to charge the wet and brake tanks with air. Look at the sticker, air brake system fill.
Jeff and Lindsay
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So how do you remove them the top two have hex heads but can’t see the bottom ones
Jeff and Lindsay
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The information requested is available to anyone by going to the Prevost car site and looking at the appropriate service manual.
This is the source of Robert Hitt’s response:
https://techpub.prevostcar.com/en/download?id=230&type=manuals_operator&mode=view
Jeff and Lindsay
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Probably just a leak somewhere
Jeff and Lindsay
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Florida Coach. That said, they are more entertainer focused but we have seen them at Jamie’s show. Didn’t Nashville Coach also have a motorhome conversion in WPB this past February?
Jeff and Lindsay
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Thank you for the response . so I guess in Ok it is Vouge . Next season we should get together to see what changes were made from your 99 and my 98 coach . I do think Donnie went to Sanford where i think mine was built , but I do not know that for sure . Stay safe .
Jeff and Lindsay
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Thanks Don. I had a zero where there should have been a 2 in the air bag part number.
630259 is the correct front axle air bag number for XL coaches. And if you have them and the coach will not rise as it should it is almost a given your converter built a coach with a heavy front axle and with personal belongings added to the problem the air bags may just not be capable of performing like they should.
Going to larger diameter air bags is more than likely going to cause the air bag to rub at some point in the front axle travel or the steering wheel travel or both.
Reduce the weight.
Jeff and Lindsay
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Below are the correct #s for our bus, even thou Prevost tried to sell us the wrong front bags. I knew better thanks to folks on this forum.
Air Bags
Steer x 2 – Prevost# 630259, GY# 1R11-244(MaeWest)
Drive x 4 – Prevost# 630104, GY# 1R11-088(DoubleFlare)
Tag x 2 – Prevost# 630259, GY# 1R11-244(MaeWest)
Jeff and Lindsay
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Jon, your Florida acreage must have a view of my house. My house sit on the very top of the only mountain in Florida. My elevation is 263 feet above sea level.
Jeff and Lindsay
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Unless we can resolve the problem associated with excessive insurance cost, coach values are going in the dumper because the virus is definitely going to create financial issues which impact luxuries first, but when insurance begins to equal depreciation as a cost of ownership, a lot of owners and prospective buyers are going to avoid Prevost ownership.
We collectively need to solve this problem because one or two of us complaining is clearly insufficient.
Jeff and Lindsay
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Thank you for the link. I sent photos and information to lmctruck.com. They responded that they did not have anything in stock that matched what I was looking for. Unfortunately, I am back to square one. Anybody else have a suggestion?
Jeff and Lindsay
91 Marathon XL