JIM
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As a new slide owner here is a dose of reality.
Slides eat up space. Lots of it. They also add weight. They also increase maintenance costs. Keep in mind however we are not going back to a non-slide coach because the drawbacks do not offset the benefits to us and how we use our coach. But we don’t full time it so if lots of storage is important give serious thought to the importance of slides. The space lost is about 9″ per side in the interior. Two slides and you have lost about 3′ of something along that side of the coach. The space is needed for the mechanism and it may cost a closet, or take a little from each room or maybe the space lost would have been a pantry. But regardless of what is lost space was given up.
On an H the impact on the bays is probably less critical, but in an XLII the slide structure eats up headroom in the affected bays. Because of the slides I lost the ability to carry a pair of bikes in my bay, something easily done on my non slide XL.
OTR is wasted on a coach that spends a lot of time in RV parks. The only time it is of value is when you are driving. But regardless of how you will use the coach the thing to consider is if you can live with the same set up you have in the Royale with driver’s air and limited roof air in the living area (without running the generator) then you know what a non OTR coach will be like. But if you spend a lot of time on the road nothing beats having OTR for whole coach comfort. Personal opinion. The gain in space by eliminating it is the equivalent of a pair of shallow depth bays on each side because the center of the coach between the OTR condenser and evaporator coils is the fuel tank.
As to IFS my seat of the pants is not talented enough to be able to discern the difference between a solid axle and IFS. That’s kind of a moot point anyway because the model year of the coach you select is going to decide what you get. I have IFS now and would rather have the simplicity of the solid axle.
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If you can’t help me, I probably have to wait for Troy. I don’t know if there are any resets or circuit breakers on the A-B and I’m a little apprehensive about just flipping switches. I guess I’ll be using the ‘BIG generator’ this weekend!
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They don’t share a common junction point but since they both failed at the same time there must be a common connection. I note when you turn the key over to the right they both light up and the needles both bounce but then fail to read anything.
Wave
98 Liberty
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i had no problems with the links Chuck.
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Tom is right in that without knowing the exact floor plan there is no way for anyone to know where the line goes.
But it probably doesn’t matter where it goes if the leak is running down the water line because that would suggest the leak is likely a fitting straighit up the pipe and hopefully is not water from the floor above finding its way to the pipe to run down the pipe.
The bad news is to determine exactly where the pipe does go up through the floor, and then from inside the coach, figure how to access that spot. It is highly likely it is under a cover that is over the OTR ducting. With luck you can easily open it up and see it and fix it.
This is the kind of problem that can be small and simple to repair, but if the planets do not line up, you spend a long time tearing things apart getting at it.
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Tom, your coach is 12 years old, the fan just burned out. You don’t keep a coach that long.
Replace the fan, like for like and let it run, run,run. Have confidence Liberty knew what they were doing when they built it.
JIM
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For anyone looking at older coaches with Prevost OTR Air you need to realize it may very expensive to keep your cool. Older freon is getting harder to find and is very expensive. It’s my understanding that upgrading to the newer refrigerant with Prevost Air is a major upgrade costing $6K+. I don’t know this first hand so maybe someone can jump in that has went through the upgrade.
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Well, I had a certified Aqua Hot tech here the other day and he fixed it. Likely cause of the problem was low coolant level, which resulted in an internal circuit breaker/fuse to blow. He reset it, works fine.
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John didn’t paint your coach he was a designer Mike Wilson or JC Moody probably painted it check with one of those guys @www.willyscustomconcepts.net or 541-501-1337 bet they can help with some good advice for you
Last I heard Mike had sold out to Moody so he may not be there now
good luck
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Paul,
Welcome aboard.. Have you considered doing wireless like Bob suggested?
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Hector, thanks agn for the prevost suspension system video. I`m sure it was a real undertaking.
Results: 33F outside, started up with HWH off. Travel mode.
1. Aux air 0 to 120psi @ 3mins.
2. Systems air normal, left side raised past level, front slight low & remained.
3.Lowered rear & shut down w/ HWH still off. System stayed as is. Waited @ 45mins.
4. Checked right rear for leaks as much as possible w/o getting underneath.got to wait on better WX for underneath. system remained as item 3.
5.Restarted w/HWH off. Item 2 resulted.Turned HWH on. System worked for @ 5mins resulting in front slightly low & right side slightly high. Remained.
5.Turned HWH off. Travel mode resulted in item 2.
6.Engine shutdown w/HWH on. system remained with left slightly low. Aux air 120psi to 0 @ 3 mins.
Any ideas ?
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I don’t want to steal any of Michael’s thunder, but as one of the original Oysterfest attendees (along with Roger and Micki and Bob and Debi) I cannot go to the gulf coast area without visiting Wintzels during happy hour which starts at 3:00.
The first time we went we went to Wintzels in Mobile, downtown, and oysters were $40 a dozen. As Oysterfest grew we got into the habit of all of us showing up for happy hour and some of us had as many as 6 dozen. When we were there last year (Wintzels at Orange Beach) oysters had jumped up to $50 a dozen.
Damn, I’m getting hungry.
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Cool, thanks. Good info!