Ken
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Gil,
Thank you for your reply. My coach has the same box on the side wall in the back in the same bay as the entertainment system. One of the breakers would not engage until I took off the power line out of the GFI. This led to the outlet that was connected to the TV before the short occured. I put in a new outlet and now everything is back to working as it should. Thanks again,
Eric
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Chris,
Since you are not the first Prevost owner that has had a small maintenance issue turn into a major nightmare don’t beat yourself up.
The message you should take to all who will learn from your experience is first and foremost don’t ever take a coach to anyone who lacks expertise (can they prove they have it), who does not have the financial means to stand behind the repair, and who is willing and capable to make it right if something goes wrong.
I am going to guess anyone can screw up. The critical issue is if there is a screw up is the shop going to make you whole? A cheap mechanic who is operating on a shoe string might beat the price of an established shop that carries liability insurance, but that cheap mechanic no matter how charming could turn out to be the most expensive guy in the world. The good news in your case is nobody got hurt. There are far too many risks taken when you ignore the fact these coaches require people with skills to maintain them.
You are paying another mechanic yourself?????????? Seriously?????????? The guy that screwed this up should be front and center bearing the responsibility to make the damage he did corrected. Not necessarily doing the work, but paying for it.
Check with your insurance company to see if you are covered. Your coach has been damaged to a great extent and insurance might cover the repairs. If yours won’t see if he has insurance. (fat chance).
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Sorry, no where near what I have available.
Davy
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The only awning I would consider putting on the coach would be the original ZipDee awning, manually operated with the arms. I had that type on 2 coaches spanning 22 years and with the exception of having to replace a couple of brakes which involves three pop rivets they were trouble free. They will get damaged in heavy winds so as long as you respect that and supplement the brakes with latches for travel you will have little or no problems.
Personally I would not add one because the coach has the small awnings which are virtually bullet proof. It does mot provide shade if you are sitting out, but those awnings keep the inside cool and are fast and easy to use.
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Think of Crestron as nothing more than a big remote.
Apart from the convenience of being able to operate all of the different devices of the audio visual systems (which I like a whole lot) it is very convenient being able to use it to perform a lot of other functions. It eliminates having multiple switches and controls mounted on the walls and cleans up the appearance of the coach. Every converter spends a lot of time and money designing the interiors and then having to stick various switches and switch panels helter skelter on the walls kind of negates that effort.
My complaint is solely related to making it convenient. Sometimes the Crestron is less convenient than it could be.
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Joe,
I can’t tell you the specifics on your model year coach but every DDEC coach has a means of flashing the codes so at least you can get an idea of what the CEL or SEL is telling you.
Maybe someone with your vintage coach knows or maybe you can find it in the Prevost Service Manual.
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Safe Travels Hish……..
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I agree with Jon nothing looks correct on the exterior as well as the interior. No liberty plaque on front and different Prevost plaques front and back. I would have to pull up vin. I have never seen this bus there are two other coaches that I know of that have aftermarket slides and neither of them look this much different.
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A nice secure dry camp spot is a Twin Arrows Casino, 18 miles east of Flagstaff. We have stayed ther coming and going five tines since last November. Just don’t park where signs direct you to rv parking with trucks. Plenty of paved areas to choose. It’s free and patrolled. Also further down the road is the Needles Ca KOA
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Great info Ken, thanks!
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Silver Leaf can collect any message data transmitted over the data link as long as you know the message identifier. When you select a specificspecific engine they select the standard messages for that engine. You can change or add to that list.
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I called him last week with some of my issues but we never were able to get together. I’ll try again soon. I have a couple of things that I am sure are out of the real of my experience.
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Ed,
You realize of course that now we are going to expect you to be our Li battery systems expert.
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In my airplane days I landed a Piper Archer on the Interstate between Tulsa and Oklahoma City, at 5pm, during rush hour, with the traffic. No damage, no injuries, no ticket, no FFA sanctions.
I was flying out of La Crosse, WI. When I arrived back at the FBO the next day, a newspaper picture of the FBO’s airplane sitting on the shoulder perpendicular to the highway had been posted on the bulletin board with the N-number circled.
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We have been lucky with the bus so far but have had our fair share of stupid boat and plane tricks.
One evening we entered a picturesque remote anchorage in British Columbia, managed to set the anchor against the side of the underwater fjord and held it with a stern tie. The usual routine up north. Settling in for happy hour I lit the gas grill and got distracted below. A few minutes later I hear a loud boom and my wife yelling FIRE! Not something you ever want to hear especially out in the boonies. I had left the gas lighter under the grill and it exploded/burst into flames. There were two other boats in the anchorage and I’m sure they still talk about the woman jumping into the cold water with a burning lighter. There was no damage to the boat (or the wife) just to my ego.