[John]

Me too on the seeing it done. Who knows, if we act right maybe we’ll get “looking down priviledges”.

I hope that this year I can see some progress since the last time I saw it.

[John]

I’m going to ride up to ISC and see them. I’m having some issues, that I think could be inverter related. I’ve heard nothing but good about them. I love having such great service options so nearby.

[John]

Jon… come to the Prouds Rally in Nashville and maybe it could be discussed with them in person… I bet they would go for it !!

Al… what do you think?

Diane

[John]

Doggone it guys !!!! LOL

[John]

John, Roger, I’ll commiserate. I had to change my start batteries after overnighting in the parking lot of Walmart in Flagstaff over Thanksgiving weekend. Luckily there was a Freightliner service center across the street that had 8-Ds in stock. The 2x 8-Ds are way easier to manage than 4 Group 31s from a connection standpoint, but boy those suckers are heavy!

[John]

i feel your pain. Just installed 4 new chassis batteries Sunday after being stranded in a campground with a bus that wouldn’t start..

Merry Christmas!

[John]

Wow, 35 gallons! it should have been running out of everywhere!

I actually was just thinking about having them change the oil only, no fuel filters, or grease. Just to keep me from having to haul off the old oil. And, have fresh oil in the engine for the winter.

I’ll go back to Jax Prevost for full service.

[John]

Glens,

II don’t know why purchase prices of busses is such a mystery.. I’ll help out here. Our coach cost us $139,000 , Sept 2009. That may have been a bit rich, but we wanted it. Our expert inspector gave us the tools to make the decision, and we haven’t looked back. We have owned three 45 footers, and we wanted a 40, and it didn’t matter going from Series 60 engine to an 8V-92. So after a year of searching, the Beaver XL 40 was it

We kicked a lot of tires.

[John]

George,

You really have two issues. The first and by far the most important is protecting the coach against freezing. It won’t matter if the engine won’t start if you have broken pipes in the walls or the water bay. So if you are dealing with that issue successfully the odds are your engine starting may alread have been resolved.

Coaches with Aquahot, Webasto or similar systems, in keeping warm coolant circulating in the house and bays to prevent freezing are likely to have the ability to heat the engine block. If not when you do plan on moving the coach, just turn on the block heater the evening prior.

I have started my 8V92 without preheating down to about 25 degrees. Colder than that I have used the block heater. Below zero the coach still started with no issues. At minus 20 when on a trip I put it on high idle and never turned it off.

Whatever you do, allow the coach to run at low idle for several minutes to make sure you have the oil circulating. After that in cold temps you want ot use high idle just to generate enough heat to start warming it up. Once my air was up I started driving at very moderate speeds to allow the coach engine to warm up.

If your coach will not go in gear, that is likely the transmission brain telling you the transmission temp is below the safe operating temperature and more idling to heat things up is required.

[John]

Dean, that is very helpful, thank you!!

Have a place around the corner who does countertops so will check with them. I will post a couple of photos of the current mounting setup and would love any thoughts you have on using it with the new top!

Thanks Glenn

[John]

Robert, Is it the H-45 at Marathon-Texas ?

AL

[John]

Unless you change it, the pw is just a randomally generated one…I don’t even know it, its saved in Firefox.

[John]

From what I have read, Texas and Florida seem to be the favourites for full timer domiciles. Mainly to do with zero income tax I believe as well as ease of being able to do all your “Housekeeping” stuff remotely. Loads of stuff on the FMCA forums.

[John]

The Vantare Inverters should not be set to charge higher than 15 amps each. Any higher , robs Amps you can use for other items, since all power goes through the Inverters all the time.

The time to recharge your batteries may be normal, due to the age of your batteries. If I run mine down, it will take 3-4 hours of Gen time to get back to Float mode.

I like the Vantare set up, once you get used to it.

[John]

Congratulations Larry and Diane. No doubt you and the new owners are in for some great times in both new buses.