Joe
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Bill, Check DDEC connections. Look for bad grounds, loose connections, check the plug at the ECM and possibly unplug and plug it several times to wire possible corrosion.
That’s all I got.
I ruled out the CBs in the rear box (circuits 19,20,21?) because if any of them tripped they would not reset.
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Larry,
Due to the compliment and spreading the truth, your dues are now paid for life.
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On the surface Dick you question makes sense, but then I got to remembering my 97 coach.
It made noises as I am sure yours does. Those noises were the coach changing dimensions as parts of it were heated such as by the sun, while other parts such as the side in the shade and the frame weren’t heated as much.
My coach skins alternately were buckled out a little, and at other times drawn tight. Then I remember watching Prevost production and I remember seeing the roof skins being heated prior to installation. That heating likely was to expand the panels so as they cooled they were drawn tight.
I think a Prevost engineer would have to answer your question because I heard at one time a bus that goes from a cold shell starting temperature to a high temperature can expand as much as 1/2″ which suggests there might be more involved than just riveting skins to the chassis.
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Our coaches are far from clunkers, and I just wanted to point out to Dick that program you got paid for your car (clunker) or your could keep it. But if your car is legislated out of existence because it does not meet new car emissions standards that is in essence the theft of your property, unless its value as a lawn ornament is retained. But wait, they probably have zoning laws against that also.
Jim is correct in that right now what Davy initially posted is for commercial vehicles only, but when originally proposed the income tax was for the rich only.Draw your own conclusions.
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After reading Jon’s comments I realised that I don’t know whether there is an alternate way to open the air lock on the entry door other than the electric button on my dash. If electric has failed what do you do to open the door. Obviously kicking out a window would allow escape but is there any other way to unlock the door?
Doug
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“Cleaning” your tanks is impossible with any commercial product. It’s also generally not necessary. Water is your best friend. Lots of water, don’t dump early and all will be good.
However, after years of full timing I had a professional tank cleaner flush my tanks. Wow! Calcium build up on the bottom of my grey and black tanks really surprised me. Big ‘ole chucks of “crap” came out the drain and the sensors work just a little bit better.
If you just want to reduce odor while dry camping and dumping then Happy Camper is the #1 choice. If you want to “clean” your tanks to the original surface then you need a professional cleaning like these folks do.
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I can only say that I had a Roadmaster tow bar (towing heavy van) come apart from a bad weld. I replaced with a Blue Ox, towed another 100,000 miles and replaced with new Blue Ox. I was given a credit for the trade-in and I still have that one which is approaching another 100,000 miles. I will replace this one, should it appear necessary with another Blue Ox.
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Check out BlueFire.com. I have used both…prefer Bluefire, primarily because it is a more flexible platform, supporting Apple iPad, pc windows machines, as well as android machines. Also utilizes Bluetooth; vmsPC was, for me (older coach w/6 pin diagnostic port), limited to wired application only. Lastly, BlueFire is substantially less cost (neighborhood of around $190 if memory serves) than the vmsPC hardware. There can be a considerable learning curve for both programs, depending on how computer savvy you happen to be.
The key for both systems, as far as I am concerned, is that they both give you the ability to see what data your DDEC is seeing and working with.
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Jon’s stands were the best with shims to make any combo work. I don’t blame him for throwing in the towel, I helped him at a couple Rally’s distributing the stands and dealing with the no shows, mind changers and cry babies. I know he ate the cost on some and never complained. I still have mine…
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I’ve had 3 Marathons, all had heavy front ends with max axle weight. The only option is to dump the tag and fan the brakes to get the compressor to cycle using the highest pressure available. It’s a sloooow process.
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The Chosen Child makes it into the next round.
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I cannot speak about all antennas, but the KVH can be set to receive satellite groups, and then depending on location it can switch automatically (if that mode is selected) or manually to receive the most appropriate satellite in the selected group. Or it can be set to receive a single satellite.
In my instance it automatically selected 119, then on a later day, without moving the coach it selected 61.5, and I manually selected 110 based on a recommendation from the Dish supervisor. Same channels for the most part were unavailable despite the satellite selected. However two of three I wanted to have access to never were received, but one of the three, without any change to the antenna or Dish receiver became available. It was stuff like that causing Dish a lot of grief.
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Like Ronald, I also when with 2 rear cameras. A hitch view and one over the top of the toad. And 2 side view cameras. What a difference from my old single rear black and white set up.
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I don’t have this system, but search Trekmate in the PC search box. There is a procedure to reprogram posted by Threegreens in 2016. Manualsilb.com has at least one models Owners manual posted.
Good luck
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Parliament was another converter who went out of business not long ago and they built a nice coach. I’m sure that didn’t help their resale either. I spoke with the president of Parliament a few times who was a nice guy and knew a lot about the industry. I’ll be darned if I can think of his name?
Harry