Keith
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The mileage checks with mine assuming my total driven and towed mileage is combined. The Hummer has the 8 stud hub and the job is not complex. But breaking the caliper bolts was a challenge. After the first side the second one took about 3.5 hours but that included supporting it in jack stands and cleanup and putting away my tools.
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Georges
It has been stressed about air system maintenance because of how extensive the damage from moisture can be.
Step one……….get away from the RV dealer. Even if you have to push the bus. You are already in trouble and allowing someone that doesn’t understand the Prevost air system to work on it not only will not assure you of a repair, but will cost you lots of money.
Step two…………if you are not in a position to do the work yourself, take it to someone that knows the Prevost pneumatic system, especially the suspension and conversion portion. You have no choice but to get the system dry and then evaluate what needs to be done to make all systems and devices work as intended. You could be very lucky or you could face some serious expenses.
Everybody else
Please make sure you drain your air tanks (you or your mechanic) every single time you get under the coach. Change your air dryer element routinely. Drain the house or auxiliary system water trap or separator routinely. The benefit to doing this is by keeping moisture out of the pneumatic system is you will not be subjecting all of the working components to damaging moisture.
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George, take a cruise over to chassis on the forum.
There are some opinions on the mud flap pros and cons.
AL
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Send it back or refuse it!
You can get it at your gm dealer or
eBay a whole lot cheaper!
1995-2005 gm jimmy or s10 blazer. Should run about 60 bucks. Brand new
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Ask and you will get a response……………..
http://www.rvpartscenter.com/prodselect.asp?SID=19&DID=10&CID=414
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Sorry to have missed this with a timely answer.
For the future anyone else, you may use a jamb nut of the crimped lock nut style.
They are about 1/2 thickness of a regulsr nut as Jon mentioned and available in grades 5 and 8.
These nuts in this application should have ample thread contact area.
JIM
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Are the spaces long enough for the bus and the vehicle being towed? That would make them about 60+ ft. in overall length??
Can anyone expound on this issue, because the length overall is important for my coach.
Thank you
Keith
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Thanks Les.
Do you know a good time from the PP calendar when in 2013 would be a good time for a PC rally in Branson? We don’t want to conflict with anyone or draw anyone from their group’s rally, but we do want a large turnout of the full range of Prevost owners.
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It appears something has happened to the post and the date and time was deleted.
Below is the a copy of the section of the document dealing with the time of the session, sorry.
Date of session:
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Wednesday, , CST (Central
Standard Time.)This is planned to be an informal session, with interaction
welcome by all.If you want to attend you will need to send my your name and email address using the forum messaging process. I will place you on the list. If your email address is not accurate, you can not receive logon credentials for the session. Read the invitation for details.
We have ample opening available, please request if interested. This session is free and is offered as a service to Prevost owners. The session will be recorded and posted for others to use as a reference.
Hector
Hector
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In case you have not had the opportunity to participate I would strongly urge you to consider being a part of Hector’s seminar.
As an owner you do not have to ever plan on working on or repairing your own coach, but the suspension system has sufficient complexity to baffle all who attempt to work on it. As an owner Hector’s seminar will take the mystery out of the system and leave you with basic knowledge that will enable you to understand it and even provide advice to a repair facility if you need service when going to a Prevost service center is not practical.
If you do your own work Hector will enable you to understand exactly what happens when you push a switch so when things do not happen as they are supposed to you know exactly where to look.
Don’t pass up what might be the last opportunity to attend this seminar. Attendance is limited.
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I have built 8 coaches before this became my passion.
This one has a definite purpose; it is to be of service to disabled persons, particularly military, to get them to their medical and other military-related appointments.
When I heard of a man who was not able to get to the ceremony where he was to be given his medal, I added the appointments thing to our mission statement.
It is a motor home, not a vehicle to do scheduled runs. It has been built to accomodate up to five wheelchairs, plus caregivers.
It has been built to meet the ADA specifications as required in a commercial building, as well as the electrical, plumbing and heat/cool system specifications.
To see the look on the faces of those who have been unable to get to important events due to lack of an appropriate vehicle makes it all the work worthwhile.
We operate by donation, not government funding, and I am thrilled to know just how I will always use this coach.
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Perhaps Prevost can address this, but I suspect exposure to the sun over the long term is the cause of most paint problems.
My coach is 16 years old and except for some peeling along the bottom of the paint scheme on the side (minor) my finish is holding up very well. I have no evidence of issues with the clear coat on the roof. But my coach has likely spent its life indoors when it was not being used. I know automobile finishes are perhaps more tightly controlled in terms of quality than almost any finish available yet I still see relatively new cars with hood and roof paint problems, and almost never on the sides suggesting the sun beats our finishes to death.
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PCC,
Truk has it right.
If you can add your coach info in a signature line, or tell about your converter, or let us know the configuration of the aux air from the pump it would help gve us a better idea of possible solutions. If you have room one item that will help a lot if you do use the aux compressor a lot is to add another air tank immediately downstream from any dryer or moisture trap you might have installed.
The tank need not be large, even a gallon in size will work, but it is important it have a drain fitting and petcock on the bottom. This would function just like the first tank installed on the chassis which is often referred to as the “wet” tank. That tank will capture a good amount of the moisture that gets past the dryer or trap. I had such a tank on my first coach and drained it routinely. It did occasionally have some moisture in in it. Getting moisture out of the aux system may not seem critical, but if it should find its way into the Norgren valves that are for the suspension it can really screw up your leveling and start to get expensive.
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We had a couple of members mention they could not edit their posts so I signed in as a member (not a moderator) and was able to edit no matter what I did. Looks goofy, but all of this is in the interest of science. So the problem has been turned over to our guru who will undoubtedly figure it out.
If only computers were as simple as buses.
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I did not hear that nasty tone – Was that also in this test?