Jeff
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If you turn the OTR ac switch on and the clutch on the compressor does NOT engage, and the fans don’t come on, my bet is you are low on freon, or the low pressure safety switch is bad. The switch could be bad too. There are safety switches on both the compressor and the accumulator.
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We are so sorry to hear this news. Shirley was a sweet wonderful lady and we are glad to have known her.
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Hi Glen, Are you talking about the Level Lo light because that is always on while in Level Lo? Or are you talking about the low air light I’ve been talking about?
Harry
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Does your Bus insurance not cover towing ?
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Dick, Like your coach mine has Headhunter level sensors and they work so I can monitor what is going on. I have a long time habit of never ever taking on water unless I have dumped my holding tank. My holding tank shows nearly full when I am down to about 20% on water so at that point I am going to dump.
When we are hooked up to water and sewer I rarely let the water get as empty or the holding tank as full. When dry camping with no hookups I always hope to use the gray water by-pass. That way I am assured I will not overflow the holding tank.
If my Headhunter sensors failed I would consider using the system as described above, but only on the water tank since my practice of dumping before filling has kept me out of trouble.
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By the time the wire gets from the display/brain box down to the antenna, it ended up about half way back at best.
I have experienced NO dropouts with the extension and external antenna. It has be completely reliable.
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I have a 98 Royale and a copy of your Royale Manuel would be appreciated as I’ve been looking for the last six years. I have parts and maintenance manuals. If you need Prevost electrical diagrams I can send you a pdf. It’s around 25 pages.
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We took our first bus, a Country Coach, all the way to Yellowknife NWT. Towed a P-38 Range Rover. The bus handled the dirt and gravel roads just fine. But this was back in 2002. We understand it’s paved now. In 2000 we took a 1999 Airstream Cutter Diesel Freightliber chassis coach yo Dawson City Yukon. Only issue was a star in the windshield we had fixed in Whitehorse. Wouldn’t hesitate to drive scbus up the Alcan .
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I used my flashers so much they have retired and are collecting social security.
When in traffic however my middle finger gets used more, but it is still working, not likely to retire anytime soon.
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It sounds like you weighed the coach on a single axle scale.
IMHO relying on my experience weighing race cars and airplanes … all the axles, wheels should be weighed at the same time. If the pavement ahead of and/or behind the scale platform isn’t perfectly level with the scale platform (which I’d submit is really difficult to do), your results are “probably in the ballpark” but it’d be surprised if they were precise.
Now take the coach to a CAT scale (or equivalent) at a truck stop where you can weigh each axle at the same time. It would be interesting to see the difference.
Another thing you could do is approach the single-axle scale at the feed mill from the opposite direction and weigh the coach again. I’ll bet a dozen donuts you’ll get different numbers.
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Steve,
Support the coach under the rear support points with the coach fully raised. You want the air bags on the coach fully extended so you have the maximum room for the replacement bags.
Exhaust the air from the air bags using the level low when the coach is supported.
Life is really easy if you can take the tag and outer drive wheels off.
With that access it is easy to remove the fittings (replace with compression) and the 2 3/4″ nuts from the bottom of the existing air bags. With no air in them push them down a little and tip them out of position. I think the front drive axle shock needs to come off.
The drive axle air bags come out on the side of the coach, but if I remember it is easier to replace the tag axle air bag from beneath the coach.
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Tim,
Thanks for the reply. Couple points I noted:
Make sure the ignition key is off – done
Make sure you are plugged into shore power – done
Try to let the TV lift down as far as it will go – cannot raise or lower lift – lift does not operate at all
Another thing to add to the troubleshooting-the tv power used to remain on and shut itself off when you raised tv/turned on when you lowered tv. This may help troubleshooting this issue.
The lift does not seem to “plug into” the outlet, only the TV power cord is plugged in. So the question is, where is the source of power for the lift and what could cause the tv to not have power? Seems the lift operation somehow controls the tv power, as I stated the tv would turn on when lift was lowered. Could there be a cut off linked to the lift?
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On my 95 you wouldn’t be able to clear the turn signal lever. I wonder if there is a way to space it up 3 inches . I’ll have to look into that
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Congratulations on your new coach and welcome!
If you do a search on “tv lift” in the search block at the top of the page, you may find the info you need. Quite a few posts dating back a ways…
Hope to meet you one day soon “out there somewhere”!!
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When working on brake chambers on a coach with automatic adjusters there is no alternative to backing off the adjuster and when appropriate tightening it back up to get the correct push rod travel.
But if you read about slack adjusters there is usually a dire warning not to touch them or adjust them.
Having said that, if you feel compelled to adjust them at least understand the process for backing them off, and then to adjust them there are two options that I can see. First, adjust them yourself. Use the tightening procedure you are comfortable with and just be sure you aren’t screwing it up. The second option is not as elegant but it works. Disconnect the service brake hose. Using shop air and a rubber tipped blow gun, alternately give a shot of air to the service brake inlet to the brake chamber and then release. If the adjusters are working you will see the brake adjustment being made with each shot of air until the correct adjustment is made (assuming the adjusters are working).
I admit I threw caution to the wind when doing brake chamber work and made the final adjustment manually. But I never screwed with them after that because after my repair work was done I verified everything was adjusted correctly and working by measuring push rod travel at various service intervals. There is always a lot of comments and complaints about automatic slack adjusters but on my 97, for my 8 years and over 100,000 miles I put on it they were flawless.