Joe
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We have had an account with Prevost since 1999 and never received any kind of e-mail other than an invoice!
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Slides!
Many more XLII’s built with slides than XL’s with slides.
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We made several production runs of these and delivered them at rallies for cost. They have served me well for more than 20 years and there are a number of sets out there, with sets specific to a type of coach, like XL, H3.
There is an alternative however and it may be more versatile. I also use a Harbor Freight air/hydraulic bottle jack in either 12 or 20 ton size that is often on sale. With the hydraulic portion all the way down, and the center screw post up as high as necessary those jacks not only offer substantial support, they can be used to raise the chassis or axles.
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We are not far from there at all (Philly area) so that would definitely be worth a trip. If we don’t get another work assignment when we are done here I will give them a call.
Thanks.
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Link to this replacement plug on Amazon:
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Thank you all for the prompt responses. I’ll report back with what we find.
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Thanks Al. I hope you’re right but I did not see any evidence of oil until after I was stopped for a few minutes which is when it seems that the plug popped off and the oil really started to come out. Even now, the only oil that is on the wheel is what has poured straight from the hub to the ground. The rest of the wheel is clean. Also, that oil seems to be shot so at the very least it would need to be replaced.
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Hey Doug, What are you and Mary doing getting a new 2020?
You guys have a beautiful bus and I’m sure will not be on the market long. I really enjoyed meeting you guys and Abby…
Harry
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Couldnt you have an adapter made out of steel or stainless that slips over your oval tip? If scratching the chrome is a concern make it a little over size and use a wood stove rope gasket on the inside. Or instead of having it custom made take another tip that is the same and flip it around. Then have a band of sheet steel welded around the oval side hanging out a few inches acting as a coupling sleeve.
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Our Country Coach has the similar alternator and NAPA carries the voltage regulator. One time we found it was not the regulator but the push on connector going to the regulator so be sure to check all of those connections first. Ours acted the same way you are describing before I fixed the wire. The new NAPA regulators are sealed and do not have the variable output any longer (at least none that I found) but they put out a consistent voltage around 13.5-14VDC.
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ETLC did the iPad upgrade on our 06 Country Coach XLII. Works great and Andrew, Jeff’s Crestron programmer, can make changes (non-hardware) to the displays via the Internet.
One thing I particularly like is the ability to display PressurePro.
Other nice features is the ability to control most everything remotely from a smart phone.
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We had two new front 365 steers put on at Jeff’s and we’re very please with ease of signing up for the program and better yet the pricing.
Thank you David and Wendy Ward for the opportunity to purchase through this program. Thank you Tom, Jon and Jeff. I can’t forget to thank Allen because he did the actual labor on installing the tires.
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I sent a text message yesterday. I am glad all is well.
Congratulations on your sons appointment to the AFA.
Safe remaining travels.
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What Joel said is very true, but despite our bus fire and initial failure of the step cover to retract we still drive with it over the steps.
When we had our bus fire in 2004 and I was made aware of it by a trucker it had already done considerable damage to the batteries and their cables in the engine area. I got to the shoulder of the highway, and hit the door lock and step cover buttons and nothing happened. I hit the button again and the lock released and the step cover retracted and at that instance 100% of the coach electrical system failed.
Had they not operated we would have been stuck in the coach working for an alternate way of getting out of it while the fire got bigger.
Despite that experience we still drove our XL with the air lock engaged and the step cover in place. Ditto with our XLII.
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The scan gauge works great and with all the various settings you can select 4 gauges to easily monitor as part of your instrument scan. Further, the digital readouts are much better than looking at a needle gauge for accuracy.
Jon can’t see the gauges anyway, he’s asleep most of the time and Di carries a big fly swatter and whacks him when he dozes off.