John
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I have a house with 2 service panels and a bus sitting in the garage with 20KW worth of generator power.
I also have a Liberty with a buddy plug (couldn’t resist either). I created a sealed exhaust from the generator exhaust to an outside vent, and using a modified power outlet box to split the service from the buddy plug so I could power the garage and the house I am all set in the event of a power outage.
Because the bus is garaged 15 paces from the house and only a few more feet from each electrical panel other than plugging the coach into the house and garage panels and connecting the exhaust pipe extension I don’t have much to do to restore power. As long as we have the power source sitting in our garage we might as well use it. So far we haven’t had to use that as a power source.
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While problems with house goodies make me wanna scream, I still like the coach parts (air,driveline, motor and trans) operate so I can drive to somebody to fix house problems. Of course, I’m a mullet and don’t fix much of nothing. Just ask my wife!
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I forget Chuck, but Peter has the info since he installed them.
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I agree that the 05-08 is the most desirable IMHO,the other good thing is that Liberty was converting at least 25 or more each year.The decline in values in the last 4 years really makes these coaches a great value compared to a new coach and I think that these years are as good as a new one if it has been properly maintained.
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This is where I read about replacing Trans cooler. I was at Prevost Jax this week, and they said no replacement needed.
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This is most likely what you need
Ken
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I don’t know how often you get an opportunity to get under your coach, but when you do there are many things I have found very worth while.
The clunk is a good starting point. I have found more frequently now that the increased use of bushings, especially the red urethane bushings used in sway bars and other links to be a problem and fail. And they fail within a few hundred miles so I include a detailed inspection of bushings, something I rarely had to consider on my older coaches. As a personal note I am not replacing the red urethane busings with the same type, but I am going back to the two piece or single rubber bushings which Prevost does stock. As long as that is the area of interest it will be good to verify no bad ball joints or tie rod ends, etc.
But probably my most important task is to drain the air system not only to check for moisture, but to verify the protection and check valves are functioning properly. Draining the tanks in order and still having pressure in the next tank is the verification I am looking for. I also look at the frame area on the base of the air dryer as long as the air system is on my mind. If the frame has evidence of oil spray on it I know the air dryer cartridge is overdue. I have a 2 year schedule on them.
Your disc brakes have wear indicators, but rather than rely on them I look at the actual pad thickness. I also look closely at the drum brakes on the drive, not only thickness, but for cracking of the friction material. I give a quick look at discs and drums to make sure there are no cracks.
I look for hub seal leaks, chafing hoses or wire, and pretty much look for anything that needs attention.
For certain on average I am under the coach lubing it no less than every 5000 miles which gives me the opportunity to do all of the above. I don’t know if a tech who is on the clock pokes around under a coach like I do, but over the years doing that has caught minor issues long before they became something more serious and usually it is stuff that you don’t expect. I have found dripping temperature pressure relief valves on my HW heater because of drips from the tube coming under the coach from the valve, I have found missing bolts on baffles for the ACs or generator, I have seen where generator muffler clamps dragged on the ground, evidently from going over a high spot in a driveway or road crown, and I have seen air lines that were rubbing. When the coach is up in the air if they don’t object at Prevost you can learn a lot with just looking. I am sure your CC has some differences than my Liberty but all coaches should get the same look with a critical eye.
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Bill,
I break down and mount my own tires so I can tell you for sure what is involved. When mounting a new tire, before the second bead is slid into place on the wheel a bag containing Equal or other balancing media is put into the tire. With each bag of Equal or equivalent is a replacement valve that has a screen to prevent anything from getting on the valve seat.
When working on tires the man has removed the original valve so there is not any reason why the new valve with the screen shouldn’t be used. In fact old valves are replaced as a matter of course. Another reason why people that work on the coach to be watched like a hawk.
If you do not have valves with screens then the only way to determine if Equal was installed is to break the bead, and remove at least one side from the wheel and look inside the tire. This can be done with the wheels still on the coach on all positions except the inner dual.
If you do have Equal, and you do install the correct valves in the valve stem, consider using this cap:
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My wife uses a small foot stool as well. But also spends a lot of time with her eyes closed!!! 🙂
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50 bucks, did you leave your PC Napa card at home?:)
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While you’re up there, you might want to conside taking off what appears to be a cellular antenna and probably not used. You could use that penetration for the coaxt cable which would limit the cable exposed on the roof.
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I believe Prevost coaches since 2007 are multiplex. I believe current Liberty product has been multiplex. But most of our coaches are not. From an owner’s point of view I don’t think it matters, but from a technician’s perspective multiplex systems have huge advantages.
I have an interest in Jim’s system because I went through a bus fire that might have been easily extinguished if it had been detected earlier. Still trying to figure out how to best utilize the features and where to put the display in the coach.
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This was a shop in Dallas, that popped on the DD site search for service centers.
They quoted $800 for a check up plus $350 for a dyno.
I’m just trying to be prepared to make my first purchase and feel a little naked since I’ve never
even driven one I wouldn’t know what acceleration to expect or whats a normal feeling shift of the transmission.
I appreciate all your comments and suggestions. It helps get me ready for the big day.
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Cut and Paste from our site as an individual in certainly no
problem, but when a business does that with the sole intent of
bolstering there own site, that’s wrong. Nuff said, we all know
the story and thanks to Mark for bringing it to center stage.The idea of a single big Rally was Jon’s right from the beginning
because he attended a few of those big events back in the day. I
still think it’s a great idea and would save the commercial folks a
ton of money by reducing the number of events they have to attend
annually. What could be better than PC, Prouds, POG, etc attending
one large venue like a fairground.Unfortunately, I don’t think it will ever happen. The reason being
the various groups have no interest in that concept because as Jon
pointed out, they seem to think they will loose their base to some
other organization. Further, it would take some serious
participation from Prevost and that is unlikely as well. We have
discussed that concept many times. I can’t think of a better way to
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Here is the top of it.
If this is it, am I correct in assuming that means Dexron transmission fluid? Recommendations? I did not mess with it, just took pictures. Is that a dip stick? Any instructions on filling it?
Thanks again,
DKO
