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Todd,
If you are talking about drivers and pilots that earned their stripes via experience and actually possess the needed skills I will fully agree subject to your acknowledgment that the experienced pilot / driver is in fact letting the equipment doing the mundane tasks while the driver / pilot is staying on top of unfolding situations. If the autopilot or cruise control is so the steering wheel holder can play with his smart phone I completely disagree.
But we know from airline experience the pilots who were brought up pushing buttons need that equipment now to save their asses. They lost first positional awareness skills when they started flying the magenta line on their GPS and then the hands on skills that were made unnecessary by a panel of buttons.
As cars, our coaches, and all sorts of other vehicles eliminate the need for skills we are going to see the loss of basic skills and when the equipment quits bad things are going to happen. We already know Boeing has a fleet of 737 planes designed to do for the pilots what they should be capable of doing for themselves, but apparently aren’t skilled enough to deal with stalls so Boeing’s planes will do it for them.
Jeff and Lindsay
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Thank you very much for your post, Joe.
Now $85 bucks per battery …wow
AL
Jeff and Lindsay
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When I had a problem with one not working it was suggested do a whole coach shut down/reset.
solved my problem
Jim
Jeff and Lindsay
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Perhaps there is a leak or its sucking air. The pump is trying to satisfy the pressure switch.
Jeff and Lindsay
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Bernie, I don’t know how the Meritor brakes compare to the trucks you are familiar with, but this problem on our coaches has been widespread and we have cautioned owners to make sure those who grease their coach understand the potential results if over greased.
Jeff and Lindsay
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My spare has been ordered
Jeff and Lindsay
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I appreciate that.
That is simple to do without having to go the LI route.
Also you could get down there and kiss the generator pipe on my bus and not smell diesel. In fact that is the only thing I was impressed about with conforming tier 4 emissions and Marathon runs a 20k Power Tech.
My email is open if you need help.
Later
bv
Jeff and Lindsay
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I have never driven anything with adaptive cruise control but I have often wondered how they operate. Not in the sense how it senses distances and how much braking to use, but if the system has provision to recognize situations where heavy braking is not justified.
For example every single one of us has had a car or truck cut in front of us, or across our lane. When we are in control our brain is doing a fast calculation as to the need to apply brakes. We are influenced by if the vehicle is just passing through out lane rapidly such as to go from our left to an exit ramp on our right and is in fact not a threat. Or is the vehicle that suddenly enters our lane of travel and stays there going so fast the proximity from his rear bumper to our front bumper is unimportant because in seconds the distance becomes a safe one as he pulls away.
Does the system have some means of calculating threat levels such as our brain does because if it applies hard braking in the examples above will be be at risk of being rear ended because someone following is unable to expect braking?
Who has such a system and how does it respond to the myriad of situations where the distance is small but braking is not required.
Jeff and Lindsay
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Thank you David & Jon
I forgot to ask if over-inflated drive and tags might be the cause steering wheel wander. Constant steering wheel correction is necessary despite the fact Liberty Coach replaced numerous steering components prior to having new tires installed all the way around.
Jeff and Lindsay
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Jeff, to the right of the tv there should be a panel on the ceiling. inside there are 2 square relays about 1″x1″x1″. pull them and clean the contacts and re-install. Geo.
Jeff and Lindsay
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Harry
looking for early 2000 H3-45 with at least one slide, but two is OK. With six figures to put down, it’s amazing we have been turned down for loan because we are self employed
Jeff and Lindsay
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Yes you are correct they are no longer made the LEZ take there place.
Jeff and Lindsay
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Tire covers are not going to help with this situation. You know that, right Harry?
Jeff and Lindsay
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My newest two in January are Energy Xline.
A friend told me yesterday he purchased 6 XZA2 with 1019 date codes, but I did not see them myself.
Davy
Jeff and Lindsay
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I had this problem in the recent past and I have posted the link to the thread below. I doubt that my problem will be your problem, but there may be some information in the thread to help you. Bear in mind that some of the information I posted early on was incorrect and I discovered that later on.
Mostly listen to Jeff.
/threaddetails.asp?Category=General+Discussions&ThreadID=8464
Jeff and Lindsay
91 Marathon XL