John
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That’s sounds like a better approach. I’ve been spoiled in the past by always pouring oil from a quart container – funnel optional. I’ve seen the pumps you described though.
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I found the nut gone on a Royale I had on the front wheel, never lost a pound. Put a new nut back on and all was good.
I added a valve stem picture for those that haven’t seen how the stem is held in the wheel with the “O” ring.
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The dates are Jan 10 through 14. Would really like to meet others in the western US
LARRY NELSON
2002 XLII VISION
2012 HONDA CRV
HURRICANE, UTAH
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Roy, I have a spare valve with me. You make it in to Casa Grande yet?
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Jon, I think the 12v batteries are correct (13.25v), while the 24v batteries are drained some due to the blown fuse on the charger. When I check the vanner posts, it show you 13.25v on the 12v post, and 10.33v on the 24v post.
Not sure why the ready light was showing, but with a new fuse, the charging light is on.
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Jon and Tom, thank you for posting the passing of Bill. He loved the bus, traveling in it and everyone we met while traveling. Thanks to Prevost Community for all the thoughts and prayers.
I have headed west in the bus for the winter, as Bill would have wanted!
Tom
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I fixed the hose today, a straight forward enough Job but not easy to get to. And talking about a hose that doesn’t want to come off, but get it off I did! But not without pulling off the hose behind it as well. I never knew I could stretch that far to push it back in.
I lost about 2 gallons of antifreeze and know I need Ethylene glycol antifreeze GM 6038-M or ASTM D 4985. Is this standard antifreeze you can find in an auto parts store?
Harry
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Pressure Pro Pulse from Tom
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Dianne
I like the way you think too. This year you do ‘nt have to be in TX to get the heat. Ive heard of folks in AK where temps were in the 90’s. If you believe in global warming temp will continue to rise. Thanks for your thoughts
Ron
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Ben,
If you recall our bus and thge upgrades we had done you know that what you are asking is right down my alley. If the option had been made available we would have done LiPO4 and some solar as we had already spent 100k on everything else, including new Outback inverters. Liberty refused to wire an air conditioner to an inverter but that is still of interest to me. With LiPO4 batteries of 9-1200 hours I could at least run one overnight without the generator….at least that’s what people doing it on the boat forums say. I’d pay $15-20k for this option.
Solar is a different story. It’s much cheaper now than it was and will get better still, but 1200w or so is still probably going to cost $10k. If you can get that closer to $6k I would be in.
Can you program inverters already in-place to handle lithium batteries? If so, that is a leg up with saving a bunch of money and makes it easier to pull the trigger.
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Are you calling your Prevost an RV or are you talking about an RV whose dash shows coolant levels?
I am not aware of any Prevost installed dash with a coolant level display.
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I want to urge folks to make use of the internet. We have a lot of information on the site, so much so I am not sure any of us knows the scope of information available. But almost every link or information source came from the internet and if we answer a question the odds are almost 100% we googled the question. Some questions are not an emergency so waiting for one of us to respond is not a problem, but if you are in a bind you do not need an answer on this site if you do a search. The reason I mention this is initially digging up information ourselves is not as simple as just googling a question. It takes practice to find the right words to use to quickly get to operating manuals, service manuals, and drawings and diagrams.
Prevost Car has a site with more information than any of us can digest or remember, but if the question relates to the chassis it is a safe bet the answer lies on the Prevost Car site, often under parts and maintenance. Our resources are not limited to this site or Prevost however. We can get very detailed information if we look on the Detroit Diesel site, Allison, Headhunter, Michelin, Bendix, and many many others.
Very often when we make reference to information such as tire pressures we fail to provide links in the response because we assume the topic has been so widely covered everyone knows the information about tire pressures can be found on the Michelin site, in the Prevost Car site, and now I learn on a link on our site.
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Rollover tests are used to determine the coach’s suitability for commercial passenger service. They are also subjected to accelerated life tests on the structural integrity and things like suspension attach points and chassis resistance to twisting and flexing are tested. Since slides are not in evidence on commercial shells it is unlikely Prevost or anyone is going to subject one to the destructive testing that is involved.
But I seriously doubt the results of testing would be any different because Prevost has a stucture on slide coaches that is as tight and quiet as non slide coaches. I get zero sense when driving my coach that the creaking and groaning and other noises associated with a structure that is flexing and twisting are present. When I had a misadjusted slide pin fail to retrace I could not get the level low to twist or flex the coach enough to release it. I raised one side then the other then lowered one side and raised the other and tried to twist the coach every way from Sunday and ultimately had to loosen the slide housing to get it to release because the chassis would not twist.
I think Diane Byrd who was parked next to me must have been laughing watching the gyrations I went through prior to getting tools involved.
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Jon
Found a 12 volt pumps that will output 60 PSI @ 5.3 GPM. And at reasonable prices. Have to order one next week.
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I agree with Andy. There are 60 or 70 of us on the Forum delaying our Friday night dinner plans in hopes of getting an update on whether Harry made it to ETLC or not.
If he made it, maybe Brittany could take a picture of the coach and post it.
There are two pools going that are looking for resolution. One on whether Harry drives the coach to ETLC or its brought over on a lowboy. The other pool relates to the date codes on the tires.
Does it look to the rest of you that Buddy has gone dark? Off the grid?