[Ken]

Don-

Auto adjust, and looks great!

I looked on ebay and found the kits, for $950. and up. Found a couple online from truck part suppliers for 1k. I may just do bearings for right now, since I have a lot of other stuff, brakes, tires, batteries going on. But down the road this definitely looks like the way to go.

[Ken]

Thanks Dan and Mike!

47inter-

Thanks for the part number ( NSK EP30BD6227T12DDUKC01) and the good tip about the left handed thread on the pulley.

What does MA6L 908 refer to?

[Ken]

I’ve filled up twice at 150+ gallons each time. No issues here.

[Ken]

Thanks for the update.

[Ken]

Was always told on the 3 we had was run them on high fan mode. Adjust the thermostat for temp. They didn’t like to be restricted across the evaporator coils. Didn’t know if that was right but ours ran for 11 years with just a freon tune up on a couple every once in a while.

[Ken]

I should have answered the question about why the mileage might not be accurate.

Coaches of that vintage and into the mid 90’s used a speedometer/odometer that had a poor reliability. I replaced them on both my 87 and 97. I retained maintenance logs so purchasers could see the indicated miles when I put in the new speedos and add that mileage to the one shown. If that were a DDEC version coach you could read the true miles, but it is not so you have to have some other way to determine if the reported mileage is correct.

[Ken]

Thanks Guys!

[Ken]

Running Microwave on battery is impressive. Lithium does not suffer from Peukert Effect which among other factors makes them quite attractive to me.

[Ken]

This was the first real world dry camping test of the lithium house batteries. I installed them last Dec.

Before leaving they were fully charged via CC/CV (constant current/constant voltage) that I previously programmed into the dual Magnum inverter/chargers. Drove 6 hrs to our destination with both inverters “ON” so the refrigerator etc would function properly. Their charger functions were “OFF”. Generator was off. The liberty installed 12v ACDelco alternator kept the house batteries fully charged. The 12v alternator never had to put out more than about 25 amps on the way there. Once there (Friday evening), the lithium house batts were never recharged. Two days later, Sunday morning, the batteries were at 12.7v when we started the 6 hr drive home. The 12v house alternator recharged the lithiums on the way home, never putting out more than 60 amps.

We admittedly didn’t spend all our time at the bus while dry camping. We were off having fun with friends.

What was used off inverters:

a – 120vac aux compressor

b – 120vac coffee maker 2 mornings

c – 120vac refrigerator/freezer

d – 120vac microwave

12vdc items we used:

a – house lights

b – house water pump

I’m a happy camper. IMO, our previous Lifelines couldn’t have done this, even when new.

[Ken]

If Mark participates in the TSD/Open Roads Fuel Program, his net cost would be less.

[Ken]

So much passion for busses here!

[Ken]

Thanks again for all the great ideas. I’m attaching a copy of the Certified Survey Map for the property and some pictures so you can see what I’m dealing with. We’re Lot 1 of the CSM. You might notice that a lot between our house and the next door neighbor was “split” to give us each a larger lot; the reason behind the “split” is kind of a long story that I won’t bore you with here.

The city of Shawano has a structure sideyard minimum of 6′ (5′ for paved surfaces) which gives me pretty good room for a paved bus site. The limit on the size of “total garage” is 1,200sf. The current garage is 648sf and the boat house is about 240sf which leaves me 312sf for an additional garage stall … 11.5′ wide x the current depth of 27′.

Beyond that to the east there should be ample room for an bus pad and maybe enough room to park the race trailer; if the race car lives here.

The lot line is angled towards our house as we go back toward the river which will narrow up the pad in back. In the picture the fire hydrant in the lower right-hand corner is essentially the lot line at the street and the lot line follows the trees back to the water.

I thought about Jon’s idea of lowering the bus barn to get under the height restriction. It would probably need to drop six to eight feet which doesn’t sound appealing to me and even then I’m limited to only an additional 312sf of garage which isn’t enough room for the coach.

The end result is that the neighbors will get to enjoy a beautiful Liberty Coach as they gaze out their windows rather than having it hidden and I’ll probably end up finding inside storage for the coach when we are going to park it for long periods of time.

Thanks again for the help.

[Ken]

I quess I’m confused the original 24v dd alternator was removed by the converter and replaced with a 12v one? Why?

[Ken]

If it worked for the crane, probably will work for the bus too.

If you’re going to park on the property often, why not pour a concrete pad for the Coach and put in a shore power plug. Put a vapor barrier and crushed rock under the concrete pad.

[Ken]

Again, thanks for your comments and experiences. Like Don said, i never drive with my tag axle up. i know they recommend raising them when you’re parking and making sharp turns, but usually i forget. So, my tag is almost always down. On the recent occasion though, i was glad i could raise it sufficiently.

Question, do new Prevost coaches come with oil/wet bearings or grease bearings? If so, has it always been that way, or is it an option? After my recent problem, i’m a little cautious about oil/wet bearings. Probably shouldn’t be though. But it seems it is something you have to check regularly. Grease bearings just appear to be more trouble free. What are most of the older coaches running now?

Thanks,

meslundy