joel
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Eureka! When I changed the airbags, I found several of the nuts holding the lower studs missing. I installed nuts and split lock washers. The two lower nuts on this tag airbag had vibrated off. I believe At some point in time when I dumped left rear air, the airbag retracted pulling the lower studs from the mounting plate. When I reinflated airbag, the studs did not go back into the holes in the mounting plate and the pressure bent the two lower studs over causing eventual failure.
The moral of this story is that it would be prudent to check that lower mounting studs on your airbags are secured with stop nuts.
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I don’t remember what brand I have but after a 2 replacement oil cooled 50DN’s failed within 18 months (one failure almost cost me the engine) I went to air cooled 24 volt. Can’t remember amp rating but I think it was 300. Coach is operated in high ambient temp conditions and has bus air. Air cooled alt now has about 160,000 miles on it.
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yes
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Bang while parked
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On my Liberty, there is a small electrical fan which ventilates the compartment. I can’t recall what originally activated it; I have placed mine on a thermostatic control…the fan itself had failed.
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Hope you got one of the pre covid ones and don’t have to get repairs at Red bay.
The stories of the later ones abound , but the RV world has suffered from poor quality and lack of repair quality.
Hope you get to enjoy travel and friend ship in your newly acquired RV.
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Hi mike
would Allison be able to tell.it is a split second. Event maybe 4 or 5 times then good
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To see the bus structure the Prevost website provides access to the service manuals and the detailed views of the structure.
Big mistake to try it, but it is your bus.
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If Prevost wanted it to tow that much, they would have designed it that way. Take the advice you already got and forget about trying to do it. If you really need to tow up to 20k, then get a newer coach that has been designed to do that. You will be far better off doing that, and safer too.
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I’ve had T-Mo FWA for a mobile solution and also while my bus is stored in Cumming GA (security camera). When I’m at my TN place I have Starlink at my bus barn.
My experience with T-Mo has been mixed. On my initial setup at my home in Dunwoody GA it was less than stellar, maybe 40/10 DS/US. I wrote that off to a heavily utilized tower in a very populated area. At storage (Cumming GA), the performance was really good 150-250 down / 20-30 up. Fast forward a year the performance is sub-par in storage also.
I suspect performance is very much location dependent and as adoption has accelerated T-Mo may be struggling to keep pace. To that point T-Mo introduced data caps back in January.
On the other hand, my Starlink experience has been consistently good for 2+ years.
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Getting to complicated, The old days towing a old Jeep with magnetic lights stuck on jeep
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Thanks! I have a tech coming from Nashville that has done this job many times to help me. BUT if I run into problems I will let you know.
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I’m a full time caretaker and don’t have a lot of time to spend on my computer anymore. I try to read every day, but reply where I think I can add something, but there are smart guys on here answering questions so I usually stay quiet now.
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Thanks I will check it out
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A biggie is:
Around the yr 2000 Prevost stop production of the rivited skin XL and started production of the glued on skin XLII. We’ll guess what? the skin comes unglued! Cost to repair at Prevost? Around $50k.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFlu35Qxods
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