[Karl]

I finally located this switch from Prevost parts. Seems they are having phone system problems, but I left a voicemail and they (Ed) called me back and we go the switch ordered.

I am still curious as to its function. The switch will take a while to arrive and I elected to tempoararily plug the hole left where I removed it. With the 2 wires disconnected the starter would not engage. I jumped them together and the engine cranked right up as normal. Later tonight I measured across the terminals of the old switch, in my lap, and found continuity between the terminals with (obviously) no pressure on the switch. This leaves me confused. Would the switch go open under higher pressure and why? Any guesses?

I included an image with a brief discription from the Prevost parts manual (Item 9, 56248). By the way, when it leaks as mine did it sprays fuel on top of the muffler below. Isn’t that exciting!

[Karl]

I assume that it is a Cruise Air,if so you can use a micron gauge and a very good vaccum pump and verify that it will pull to 100 microns or less.You can also put 300-325 PSI of nitrogen in the system and use bubbles to check for leaks,with that much pressure it is usually easy to find the leak.The hot gas by-pass valve is also a common area of failure which might not be the case with units from 2000.The glands on the hi and low valves also are an area where it is common to find leaks,they tighten with a 7/16 open end wrench and I snug them up fairly tight,the nitrogen test works in that area.

[Karl]

Thanks Bob, I will know tomorrow. Got a friend stopping by to look at it! Thanks for letting me know! MT

[Karl]

Coach search update

I sent a request for service info and to see if Parliament could
contact the previous owners, (since they have been the dealer for two sales of
this coach) to see if they would be willing to talk with us.

The next response I received from Parliament was that the
coach had been sold.

Oh well, back to the search.

I would like to thank all the members that took the time to post
a response to my thread. Especially,
Jon, Tom, Peter, Hish and Don, who went out of their way to share their
knowledge and experience with me personally.
I have some great new contact numbers in my phone with big stars next to
them. I hope to be able to express my
thanks in person at the next seminar, whether in a new to us Prevost or same
old .

[Karl]

First off, sorry for your luck!

Without being privy to all the details, it is my opinion, going by the facts you have revealed here, that you would be best served by going with the reman with the full warranty.

JIM

[Karl]

All this talk of #6 and EGR engines has gotten my attention. My question is: if one has used the “ugly fix” to shut off the EGR, is the assult on #6 halted?

[Karl]

On each thread there is a grey button in the upper right corner that says “Since Last Read.” Click that. It will do what you are asking for.

[Karl]

How many spots left? I’m trying to make it work.

[Karl]

John Deere has a new Zero turn mower coming out with the Michelin airless tires…. I would post a link but don’t know how to do it.

[Karl]

Of course Per, bring whatever you have, you don’t have to have a bus.

[Karl]

Truk, here’s the difference….Fla…wine….Ga….Squeezin’s. Geo.

[Karl]

Jon, their records reside in 0’s and 1’s. It would take a decent programmer an hour to write a script to strip oumidentifying information. What they are doing is giving an excuse. And you know what they say about excuses…

[Karl]

Asses, all asses ! But seriously I would think that the bet bet in a new seat might be the ISRI. I can’t remember any complaints about the seat that comes in a large propotion of new busses. The one exception may be from someone of much bigger girth. What makes an older seat uncomfortable after 5-6 hours is usually a breakdown of the foam cushion in the seat pad. This can easily be corrected by any competent upholsterer by using the correct memory foam. Re-foaming and even re-covering is a lot less expensive than new seats. We had the drivers seat pad re-foamed in our previous bus and I went from uncomfortable after 4 hrs to 10 hrs. The new owner had Parliament re-upholster both seats because of some wearing in the leather (didn’t bother us) because he likes everything perfect. Came out beautifully and cost him about 2K. A firmer seat will always be more comfortable in the long haul than a plush one. I could drive my Bimmers for 15 hrs. and in our Town Car am squirming after 3 hrs. Geo.

[Karl]

There are at least two strong lessons here.

The first is the importance of maintaining your tires. Even if a sudden tire failure does not cause a loss of control on our coaches just the feedback we have gotten on this forum makes it clear there is often going to be a large amount of damage as a result.

The second that Al is so kind to keep in our minds is that when there is a blowout our safety is dependent upon doing exactly the right thing with regards to how to maintain control. Once we experience loss of control we lose the right to be called drivers and at that point we are passengers in a vehicle that is about to have an accident.

I was shocked the one driver who destroyed his motor home would admit to stomping on the brakes, an action almost guaranteed to have a very bad outcome.

[Karl]

We can easily do a video of Tom, Jeff and I in front of the class answering questions and going over the topics, but I think those attending will agree that the ability to communicate with others who have the same conversion, or to see someone else’s coach and how it has been set up or modified has as much value as the classroom sessions. Those attending not only got the classroom stuff, but they had the opportunity to look at the underside of three coaches that represented all the coaches that were there. And at breaks, and meal breaks those attending were also looking at the other coaches that were on site.

What I think we might consider is the thumb drive we gave to all attendees as something we could distribute. Tom and I will have to discuss that.

The thumb drive is the outline of the entire two days, and contained in it are all the photos that depict the things we are discussing. In addition the thumb drive has all the links that have virtually every piece of information an owner might need. What would be lacking is some of the time spent navigating the sites those links bring up such as how we showed all that is available just on the Prevost publications page for example.