John
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3/19/2018 5:21:09 PM Boateral
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The “P” stamped on the brass fitting was manufactured by …Parker.Looking at the picture appears to be a port plug.
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AL …2007 Marathon H3-45 3/slide #1075
2010 GMC Acadia AWD
KC, MO.
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Roger,
That’s why I bought a Lincoln (not all Lincoln’s are towable). It has a ‘tow-neutral’ mode that you select when towing. I haven’t towed it yet as I just got it set-up with the base-plate, SMI, etc.
The MKX is a roomy comfortable car that seats 5. It weighs about 4,200 lbs.
Safe travels,
Mark
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Jim,
Buddy uses the Ipad Pro with no problem. Must be a setting on your end. Maybe he’ll jump in here. I use an Imac, Ipad Air and Iphone with no problems.
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Great to see Eric is using the coach as it was intended to be used. We don’t do enough of that.
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Dorel, we always stay at McKormack Place…dry camp, secure 16/nite and 3blks from EL. Cab, Uber/Lyft will come to your bus.
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Now Flyu2, tell us how many times you have rivited a bucking bar up into the wing. They sure do make a noise when you turn the wing over … not that I would know, you understand. Give your dog Spot a pat on the head for me.
Burro
Fred
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Thank You……
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OK boys and girls. Each of us have experiences with low clearance objects. Now a railroad bridge is an obstacle none of us wants to become up close and personal with anytime soon. In 2013 following the Open at Merion, PA we were heading to a campground near Three Mile Island. No the ground did not glow at night and the fish were pratically normal. On the way we had the address of the campground and were following signs. Our problem was the only sign for the low railroad bridge was posted at the bridge as was the first photo in the posting. Now having been an NCDOT Division Traffic Engineer for 15 years and been in the engineering profession since January 1971, no don’t you go doing the math on that, Signs are supposed to be posted on the roadway BEFORE the turn onto the low clearance road. Now this does not always happen, especially in regressive states that shall remain nameless. There is also supposed to be a signed detour route for vehicles that exceed the low clearance limit. Well that doesn’t always happen when you have some hayseed municipality involved in deploying signs. So we make our left turn and sure enough about 1/3 of a mile ahead I can see the railroad bridge and it does not have enough height to pass beneath it. Pulled over to the curb, fortunately no cars parked there, got one resident scared as she had never had one of those big things park in front of her house before. I called the local police and entered into a discussion of sign placement and why a sign is an absolute necessity before a vehicle makes that final turn placing them in possible contact with a bridge girder. I was fortunate as the train station was on the smae side of the bridge as I was and it had a bus loop in front. I unhooked the towed vehicle and made a u-turn in the municipal bus loop, then drove on to the campground using the street I had passed that had enough clearance for any large vehicle that wasn’t an oversize load. So damage avoided.
Now if you want to see a compilation of vehicles ripping off their roofs google this: 11foot8.com. A person with a corner office has set up a video surveilance camera and puts crsh video on the wbesite. Veyr entertaining. Many of the vehicles are rental box vans. The renters either can’t read or have no clue of the box height. The NCDOT has not installed a preemption sequence triggered by a height sensor that turns the traffic signal red so the operator of the over height vehicle can read the warnings.
Apologize for the long wordy post.
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Tom,
I like how BA can use a curved line and outline in Red what is the critical part. It’s shows the training program at NAPA had some affect on an old Gumshoe detective.
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That would indicate you lost power to the PLC and the backup battery failed. Newer PLCs restore the program from non-volatile memory. Which PLC are you referring to?
Gerald
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Belated Sad News
Vivian McGraw passed away November last. Great Lady! And Jon was correct bought her first Prevost when she was 86 and actually drove it for a couple of years…..no worries, she maintained until the end her CDL.
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I know many or you were in the military and what I remember best is there was not a thing I couldn’t take apart and put back together blindfolded. Sorry ladies!
That’s how I want to be with my bus! I first want to know where everything is on the dash and transmission arm (is there an actual name for that?), so I don’t have to look down or over to push what needs pushing, at least the important ones. As soon as I get pictures of my dash etc I’ll post them here on the forum with some kind of catchy name like.
• Don’t be pushing my buttons Pilgram! (that’s for Jon)
• Do you feel lucky punk, do yah? A button story!
• Hasta la vista, Baby! Lets button it up!
You can vote on those if you’d like but please don’t add your own… This is a buttoned up post! 🙂 And remember that Jon and Tom have no sense of humor!
Harry
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Like Jeff said the first thing to check is the RPM on the engine. Most are set up to run 1800 rpm and will produce 60Hz. If it’s running slow it’s probably a governor issue. You can use a cheap non contact tachometer with the marking tape on the crank. If the speed is good look at the voltage regulator. Jeff
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Nice box for the couch trouble maker…
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We are loving the Marathon with the 2 slides but will have “Lady” withdrawal for awhile.