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Its pictures and stories like this that have caused me to discourage my wife from joining the PC Forum and have keep me from sharing my PC Forum credentials with her. In spite of that, everytime she hears a click or squeak or groan from the coach that doesn’t seem “right” to her, she continues to say “shouldn’t you call Jeff and ask him about it?” Which of course 99% of the time I don’t do.
I hope there is a good outcome to this situation. Keep us posted.
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Allan, the services you indicate are routine and I doubt if the technician will have any problems. I will note however that on the Liberty the changing of coolant in the generator is not as easy as just draining and refilling because getting air out of the system is a pain.
I cannot use my device to vacuum the cooling system and have new coolant introduced because the radiator caps on the generator and remote radiator make it difficult if not impossible so I use a length of plastic hose and a Mickey Mouse arrangement with a funnel to fill the system via the remote radiator. I run the generator until the thermostat opens (hot coolant enters the radiator) and top it off if necessary.
Everything else is routine and simple.
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As long as it seems the design of the fan clutch is important has anyone considered it engages via a set of planetary gears to get the two speed operation?
Or is it possible there is some type of centrifugal effect at work to vary the speeds like in some transmissions and go carts?
If the low speed has a slipping clutch preventing it from reaching the full locked up second speed does it have a cooling system to reject the heat of friction?
I’m going to wait for folks that need to know how the fan clutch operates to visit me so I can watch them disassemble and old fan clutch I have replaced because the bearings were starting to make a little noise.
For those as lazy as me we can find out how one works just by looking up patents for fan clutches to see not only illustrations, but the text describing how it works in detail.
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I didn’t offer any advice because I don’t know the coach.
You couldn’t talk to anyone more straight up than Steve.
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The main difference between a non CDL and a CDL is the 2 year physical requirement. With a CDL you have ot have a DOT physical every 2 years.
On another note, motorhomes are one example of folks buying that have no experience operating, but another one that is equally or as interesting is boats of any, especially large size.
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Chip
cooltempcharter is who bought our last bus fall of 2015.
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To start a new thread go to the listing of topics under a specific heading like “Chassis”. The box is at the bottom of the list.
As to Goodyear pricing scroll down to the bottom of the Goodyear Discount page and it will give you a link to commercial tire pricing. Note above the link it provides the password to view pricing.
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I f you want to know about it look up GHG 17 Volvo features and benefits.
It is a 24 front and back booklet with big pictures and big print, I can’t print all that.
You cannot retro this fan drive due to the multiplex change from Prevost.
Before you start throwing stones A1 read the book.
Later
bv
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If an alternator fails, we can charge our chassis batteries thru the house system. Either with an on board charger, or a charge splitting device or as a last resort a jumper cable. There is not back up for a failed belt, bearing, etc, etc.
A retrofit kit would have to draw air thru the radiator stack due to the close distance to the outside panel, at least on my coach. It would save some weight and one fan would not kill the whole system.
Interesting
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By the way, not sure what’s up with my avatar. This is the second time it has switched to a different picture. No problem, since both times it has been a nicer coach. Reminds me of the time the shop accidentally put a twin-engine Baron back in my hangar after taking my single-engine Bonanza for service. Upgrade!
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We were with Nationwide, but they were going to raise our rates by $500 this year. We contacted Miller Insurance agency advertised on PC, and they got us a much better rate through Progressive. Foremost would have been even less, but they required a covered area for the coach–supposedly due to potential for hail damage. Never mind the coach has been through a couple of bad hailstorms with no damage. So far, so good!
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Dan and Judy,
Glad you are back on the road. Hope all is well with the new ride and the temps keep rising! Pass on your thoughts about the Marathon as you get to know her. Looking forward to seeing you two again one of these days.
Doug and Jan
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When you buy a Marathon.
Just having fun
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It seems the long term plan has been for cable companies to convert to high speed internet providers. This way, they don’t need to pay the fees to the networks when they are only providing a customer with internet service.
However, over the next few years you’ll see wireless services expanding to the point where you may not even need a wired connection at home and achieve streaming speeds that rival many wired connections. (I think we discussed this in a previous thread). 5G service is on the horizon and as this service expands, you’ll see wireless speeds increase up to 10X over 4G. Yes, it’s much less expensive for the providers to upgrade a tower than it is to replace coax with fiber.
We’re becoming a nation where subscriptions to specific channel services will become the norm. While consumers have been screaming for the ability to cherry pick channel line-ups and only pay for the services they watch, we’re starting to figure out that it was more cost effective to purchase things in a bundle.
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We don’t need no stinking slides, nice try Geo you trouble maker, enjoy the balmy weather in WI..
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