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Charles thank you for the information. I will get in touch with Gil.
Mark
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Godfathers on the wagon Truk.
He’s just mad that bus doesn’t say Marathon on the side and he can join the 2 air systems to inflate if needed.
I’ll wait for the on slaught coming.
Later
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Hello Ron,
Would love to see your pictures of your repair….I have a driver’s side window that’s leaking and I can’t find anyone around Atlanta to fix it.
Dick
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Day time run headlights are a reduced voltage and the HID headlights do not function properly at that voltage…
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Great article and brings up a couple areas I would like to ask for comments/thoughts on.
I was in the situation of getting a coach with very little documentation. I went into it with eye open. However, this article would have made it very clear what I was to expect on the chassis side. Would it have changes my purchase decision? Probably not. The “bones” of the coach we bought was what we purchased. The age we were looking at limited us to the availability certain pallets used for design (interior and exterior). We wanted something that was a little more subtle in colors and in the late 90’s it seemed there were limited options for something a little more “earthy” in tones.
With that being said, we had the chassis inspected and Prevost did a good job pointing out what was needed now, what was needed at some point in the future and what was good. The list for “now” was simple. A leaking drive hub seal. The list for some point in the future was basically all service items since they could only go off visual inspection (since I didn’t own the coach, they couldn’t provide me with records). Overall we decided to roll the dice and go with it.
I didn’t go the route of “zeroing” out the entire coach on day one. Luckily Jeff opened his shop pretty much at the same time we purchased out coach and even better, he was 2 hours north of us up 411, which is really a nice drive through North Georgia and Eastern Tennessee.
I never came out and said I didn’t want to afford a $20K + shop bill with jeff on my first visit, but rather worked with jeff to identify items that needed attention now, soon and down the road based on visual inspections and his knowledge. We have worked through the now and soon list and are on the down the road items. Nothing has “failed” at this point and hopefully one more visit will conclude that zeroing out list (remaining airbags and brake chambers)
However, the list of maintenance is much more extensive then what has been outlined in this article. There are hoses, fittings, gaskets, etc. that will start to go bad as the coach ages. Spending some time under the coach by a good tech like Jeff as well as an untrained individual like myself will help identify those areas. Some times you get to find them by surprise (and get to visit a crack/whore hotel in the not so good part of town for a night will you wait for a road side service guy to come help you out). This is what Jon was talking about getting under/in your coach with the technician and ask questions if you see something that you dont understand and think it right. I even found the mechanic at Prevost was willing to talk with me while they worked on my hub seal. I just needed to uderstand a very Canadian French accent to have that conversation 🙂
The list is manageable over time if you can’t do it all at once. Work with your service provider and make a plan/budget. And remember, there is always more to do no matter if you already went through the list in the article 🙂 But not keeping up on the service/maintenance is much more expensive then doing it. Failure while driving can get not only expensive but dangerous. And then those items that didnt fail but need maintenance will only reduce the resale value when you go to sell.
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Steve, depending on the output of your charger it could take a long time to restore the batteries. There is a lot of capacity that has to be restored.
How old are the batteries? My initial reaction to your description of the problem was old batteries, one going bad, going dead and then loading it by trying to start was the final straw.
You might need to separate them, charge them all to float individually and then test them.
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Here in Texas, the last thing Gov. Perry signed before leaving office was a law called the Castle Doctrine. Deadly force to protect your house, car, or property. In Texas it would be no questions asked after you dusted him. I carry and I would. Of course Max, my Pitbull, is really protective of his turf. Thinking about leaving cash on the dash, lay on the bed in back and watch the excitement with Max as he hits the front door.. Front row entertainment. That could be called baiting.
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Hey Tom, we are having a heat wave…it is 5 ABOVE! Come on up. I will let you plug in to one of my 50 amp plugs for free…it is outside though…..make sure your Webasto is working.
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It is less than 12 feet, and might be just slightly over 11 feet, but if you have A/Cs or a satellite dish you may be over 12 feet.
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I could not keep 20 amp breaker ( not gfi) from tripping. There was nothing on except inverters,I thought maybe the charger side of them drew to many amps. And maybe if they were in full float charge it would not trip.But I don’t know if they were fully charged .at that time. I have heart 2500 inverters.
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The hammer blow worked once to get it home, Thought I could handle replacing a starter but the bolts are oxide and not breaking free. The hammer trick is no longer working. Hopefully with that snap on tool it will give the leverage needed to break free that last bolt. Thank you for the helpful information.
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Tim,
If you need the AGM number for the generator battery let me know.
A guy I know sells Lifeline very reasonable, Tom something or other ….I think he posts on this site.
Anyone ever heard of him ?
If you’re looking for something to do this weekend ? Check the fan belt on your generator for tightness.
While servicing my generator the new belt had stretched.
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Mikee makes a good point, that was my original plan. Then I did some searching on the coach and discovered the shore power receptacle on the curb side is this same as this. So by using this type of receptacle on the stationary house, I can use the same cord to power the stationary house as well as access shore power from the curb side of the coach. I will look for an adapter so I can hook the new cord to the shore power reel cord as Tom pointed out.
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Remember, the is Oregon Motorcoach that was started after the ashes of Country Coach. It, too, has new owner, but Matt Carr is no newly to Country Coach servicing. He bought OMC from Bob and Terry Lee, founders of CountrybCoach. So, there is still a “go to”‘place for all things Country Coach.
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I hope everyone reading this thread sees the instructional nature of it.
With the exception of the 5 speed transmissions on the early model coaches, most of us have the ability via our keypads to check our traansmissions.
By pressing the up and down arrows simultaneously we have the ability to see the fluid level. A check of the fluid level is something we should all be doing routinely, and especially any time it is suspected it has changed.
The technician that said the fluid level was OK should brobably have his crotch infested with the fleas of 1000 camels because the fact a leak had to be repaired was a pretty strong signal the fluid level may be low. As owners it is sad to say we have to accept responsibility for checking our coach any time it is serviced, prior to a trip or when there is an indiaction of a problem.