Joe
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Thanks for the suggestions. Visiting some friends in Goodyear on the west side but I am not opposed to driving some to see them if there is a nice place. Stayed at Leaf Verde then – a glorified parking lot. Nice people and ok for a stop but nothing special. Ill look at the suggested places.
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Tom: I’ve neglected to let you know the Motorcoach Resort at Wild Horse Casino (actually it was across the Interstate IIRC) has closed. Nice place, near Interstate, etc. But gone.
We stayed at Monte Vista for much of the month of March 2020 hiding from the pandemic. You will find two or three different addresses for it. The RV resort is part of a very large RV/park model community. Where we stayed was very new and there was another large section under construction adjacent. Don’t try to enter on East Baseline (you’ll get turned around by security, entrance to “trailer park”). There might be an entrance off South Ellsworth into the new section under construction (which might be a trailer park or RV resort, not sure). We entered from Steven Pollard Avenue (off S. Ellsworth) through a nice entrance.
I can’t remember how we got to Monte Vista; maybe Hilgers told us about it, maybe we found it on our own. We liked it and would probably go back. We found it conveniently located to important things like Costco, Home Depot, Walgreens, grocery stores, and completely by accident many of the friends who winter in AZ. Its also “close” to the mountains east of Phoenix where we sent probably seven or eight days touring as well as the airplane grave yards to the south.
If you’ve never been to Phoenix before, its a HUGE area. It’s spread out for many, many miles.
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I have a extra bay door frame if yours is damaged. The skin is easy to get.
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To avoid confusion, to the best of my knowledge there are no Norgren or Burkett valves within the Prevost pneumatic system.
All the valves of that type are after the Prevost accessory tank and except for converter purposes, they are mainly used for control of the suspension, to tighten belts, etc.
The check Don describes that calls for draining the tanks in sequence is something that should be done every time someone is beneath the coach because it is verification the pneumatic system and its protections are in place and working.
It is possible a problem with the parking brake and its pneumatic components can drain both the primary and secondary tanks simultaneously. But it is important to remember a DOT check will provide any information that is not available by just draining the tanks.
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Just to clarify, there will be no gatherings of any kind in the clubhouse. Any group discussions will have to be outside, maybe near the fire pit or under an awning.
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Nope, put some pliers on it and turn it.
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I’ve pushed every button and can’t see any difference in the audio/video. Strange.
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Let me revive this thread. A few days after I posted, we took a long pandemic break and I am just now getting back to this. We are now at home in the barn and the key does not turn the lock either way. That is no problem here in the barn, but I need to hit the road pretty soon.
I called a large locksmith in the area and they had the mobile guy for my area call me. I explained the problem and he asked for pictures. I sent him the picture above in my original question and these two with the door panel off.
The red circle is the inside part of the deadbolt.
Once the locksmith saw the pictures, he said he would have to research it. He called later and said the lock and labor would be $600 and he would only need one day’s notice. Ouch! Not only was the price steep, but I also am not sure that he had a clue.
I came back to this thread and studied it and another thread that was referenced. Thank you all for the information.
I suppose this is what I try next from Joe, although I am not confident in my skill level here.
“Take off the door panel and remove the lock, there are threads on this site as to how to get the hardware (rectangular box) and the cylinder separated.
Recommend you take the box apart and clean out the 20 years of hard grease. Carefully note how it comes apart and put it back together again after re-greasing. The cylinder can be rotated to far and it will not pick up the slide inside the hardware box to move the deadbolt in and out.
That may be all that is required. Perhaps a new key cut as described above would have worked.
In my case I did replace the cylinder. If you need to replace it, the order code is below. I don’t recall the cost but it should be available at several on-line suppliers. Critical is the “134”. You can google the other parts number attributes to know what they are but these need to match pretty much exactly for a direct replacement. You will need to take it to a locksmith and have it keyed.
corbin-russwin-1000-134-a04-6-l4-626-mortise-cylinder“
I found this by searching the number above. Correct?
Any more thoughts?
Davy
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Davy, I think you said your center door had a differant key.. Chances are if you take that key and front outside set to locksmith he can re key to center key. Easy in most cases.
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That was one of the concerns when I bought my ’99 Ford with the 7.3. Everybody jumped the band wagon and wanted to be like the big boys, vent to atmosphere. One of the reasons was oil in the CAC. I did that for the longest time, on a VW TDI also. In the later years before I sold them I replumbed to what the OEM had setup, which is preturbo.
The truck went to a mpg of 19-20 from a high of 18. The VW jumped from low 40’s to 46. Sold the truck with 150k miles, the VW had almost 200k. Both good engines.
You pick your wars and make your choice. I don’t know how much vacuum they pull but you could hook up a gauge to the crankcase. I know the race car with a dry sump pulled vacuum and made power, the sound was different also, effects how the rings seal, which might be the reason may not.
As to filling the CAC with oil, it is not a matter of filling but coating the inside. It will reduce the cooling effect, but does the increased mpg and power make up for that? You decide.
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Colt, just turn off the block heater circuit breaker, you’ve probably already figured that out.
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Does anyone know the brand of the camera and controller?
TNJET
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Yep Jerry, we filled at the Vegas TA a little over a week ago, pump price was 2.99 we paid 2.36.
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In the west we see the big truck stop listed diesel prices $.30 to $.60 higher than regular stations just a few miles off the freeway. My surmise is this is due to all the card programs that offer $.30to $.60 off per gallon at the big truck stops……(grin).
Jerry
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Chuck: yes the tires can move on the wheels, especially at the pressures used on race cars (15 to 25#). The pro teams use a paint pen to mark up the tires (date, track, set number, spring rate from sticker, number of laps, and a “V” pointing at the valve stem) and they move. Especially at tracks where long, heavy breaking is used (Martinsville, road courses).
Might be a good idea to mark the valve stem location on our tires. At 85 to 120psi I’d be surprised they would move, but the diameter of the tires on the bus vs 15” racing wheel give the bus more or less leverage to move the tire on the rim?
Couldn’t one use a machinist’s dial indicator to check for run out. Or must a special device be used?
I think the three axle alignment could be checked with a string and jack stands like we do with the race cars. I’ve never tried it on 45’ coach. You’d almost have to do it inside so no wind. But if a good three axle alignment shop wasn’t close by, it might be worth a try.
