Kevin
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Dick, it is a no name build, just got it from some guy who slaps em together out of his apartment. I looked up some HTPC builds and there are great builds on line with links to buy everything on Amazon, but this was actually cheaper and faster finding one local.
If you want one let me know, I am gonna have him do another one for my condo.
Bernie, T Mobile says I have unlimited data…however I hear they start throttling you after 5 gb a month, but so far I am at 12.5 gb this month and still get pretty fast 4G lte….anyways, long term this will not work great for netflix and stuff, but when I have a good wifi connection I will download what I want and watch it later, or rip dvd’s, blu rays etc.
With audio it just makes sense to ditch all the cd’s, I had like something close to a 1000 after friends gave me thier old collections they had ripped already. Now I can control all that via my phone and the PC.
Its just me driving so not watching TV going down the road, 99% of tv is gabage anyways so I think in my case I am gonna load up on a bunch of video and watch it on demand. I just watched Generation Kill from HBO that a buddy gave me on a hard drive like 3 years ago…so I am way behind.
I eliminated so much crap and power robbing stuff, now have a very low power pc that can supply pretty much everything you could want except live cable/dish tv.
I am not sure but I think with the Apple TV you can do the same thing, watch a bunch of stuff you have on a drive.
Besides dont you guys hang out at fancy RV parks where they have free hi speed wifi? I gotta use my phone at the Pilot and Walmart parking lots 🙂
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Greasing is something that anyone can do if they observe the simple rule that you do not overgrease anything.
The key is to supervise the guy with the grease gun and you get to slap him if he starts pumping in too much grease. He doesn’t need to know you don’t know.
About 20 years ago I was doing a lot of seminars and trade shows and on one trip it needed a scheduled lube so I pulled into a Union 76 and they could do it right away. The kid who was going to do it admitted he did not know what to do. The manager let me put on my coveralls and get in the pit with the kid. I showed him the fittings and explained how much grease I expected him to pump in them and why.
It blew him away that someone who was driving a Prevost coach knew where the grease fittings were and how much grease to shoot in them. Fake it.
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Chris, get quotes. You will find the extra driving distance will be one of the best decisions you can make. If you don’t find the savings in the thousands I will be surprised.
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To non-Marathon owners, if you don’t know what make your equalizers are, I would definitely check them out. I have a friend with a 2006 Country Coach and sure enough, he has a set of Sure Power equalizers that are on the list below as being recalled. I suppose he was never notified since Country Coach no longer has direct support.
Here is the recall from Sure Power:
Sure Power recalls battery equalizers and DC-DC converters
SOURCE: NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION (NHTSA) SEP 26, 2013
Sure Power, Inc. is recalling certain battery equalizers and DC-DC converters manufactured between January 2000 and Aug. 18, 2013 containing a particular epoxy sealing, aka “potting,” compound, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The Sure Power product is identified by the following part numbers: 12025C00, 12025C00-B, 12025E00, 12025E00-B, 12030C20HR, 12030C20HR-B, 12040C00, 12040C00-B, 12040E00, 12040E00-B, 52204, 52206, 52206RB, 52208, 52208P, 52208RB, 52210, 52210-20430K, 52210P, 52210RB, 52210RB-B, 52210RB-T, 52304, 52304P, 52306, 52306RB, 52308, 12040C01. The specific potting compound used in the subject products for insulation was found to be capable of conducting electricity after being exposed to heat.
Once electrically conductive, the material is capable of melting and burning, increasing the risk of a fire.
Sure Power will contact each of its aftermarket customers and notify them of this recall. The vehicle manufacturers that used the affected products as items of original equipment will conduct their own campaigns and notify their owners. Owners will be offered an unaffected battery equalizer or DC-DC converter, free of charge. The manufacturer has not yet provided a notification schedule. Owners may call Sure Power at 1-855-450-3594 or e-mail Sure Power at recalldc@cooperindustries.com.
Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to http://www.safercar.gov.
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I experienced a similar issue on another forum and the forum owner went through the same investigative process and eventually had to make some changes. I cannot remember the details, but the site was difficult to use for almost a month while trying to figure out the problem and then fixing it.
I am not a computer person, but I believe unlike in the past we now have so many different devices including laptops, tablets, phones, etc and then we add in the different browsers, I find it amazing anything works.
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Mr. Mark,
When you pick up your new coach be sure to allow yourselves plenty of time for training, which also is your pre-delivery inspection. Liberty does an excellent and detailed job of teaching you about your coach, but it is like trying to drink from a fire hose.
You not only are going to learn about the house devices and systems, you have to learn and understand the Prevost chassis. Both the house and chassis have systems you need to understand not only normal operations, such as slide operation, but you also need to fully understand unusual or emergency operations such as how to bring in a slide manually, or how to be able to drive the coach when the slide system controls are disabling the coach even with the slide in (for example).
You will have a unique battery system and it should treat you very well for a long time, but thaty is one area I would consider to be very important to understand. All of us rely heavily on our batteries and if we care for them properly they treat us well. Learn the Crestron, not that it is so complex it is difficult to operate, but that certain tasks are performed on certain Crestron remotes and you need to understand where to access the various systems and devices on the Crestron.
There is a need for regular maintenance on all coaches and that schedule is important. We all know we need to change oil and grease the fittings, but we also need to know simple but important things such as how to drain trapped moisture, or how to access air conditioning system filters. Those are just a couple of examples of things that are easy to forget or overlook. You not only have to know all this stuff, but whoever is teaching you has to remember to explain all of this.
If you live in the coach for several days or a week, and try to use every feature you will learn more questions to ask and more things you need to know. When we bought our current coach we had 22 years of Liberty ownership and I had worked on everything relating to the chassis or house over those years. But despite that we were still overwhelmed with all the changes from our previous coach and I am still learning 2 1/2 years later. So take your time, enjoy the Stuart area, get to know your new coach while still at Liberty, and let us all know how things are going. We all wish we could be getting the coach of our dreams.
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Thanks everyone for the awesome advice, I will do some searching and experimentation. I had a pair of Datsun 280Z sports cars and they were famous for negative pressure slip-stream at the rear bumper. One worn tail liht gasket and the car filled with exhaust fumes. Sounds like the same deal.
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That looks really nice, I looked at the Bose seat, they say it is for class 8 trucks only but can not see why it could not go in a coach, has anyone else looked at them? Not cheap but supposed to be pretty good!
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Rick, I think it would be a lot easier to just upgrade to a HD and that way you have to expain your little mishaps.
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Flash the codes to be sure but it sounds like the turbine speed sensor is acting upgood luck
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This does look promising………not sure how far along the development is. http://mountain-falls.com/
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Jack,
Unless I write it on a post-it my best intentions aren’t worth anything. I finally remembered to get the camera out and tomorrow if my brain doesn’t get sidetracked I will shoot a photo and email it.
You are referring to the one on the forward part of the steer compartment around the rear of the headlight right?
If you want to verify it is the solenoid valve you can pull the wire terminals and put your meter on them and press the horn button. You should see power. If you do, ohm out the coil. Usually solenoid valves have replacable coils and WW Grainger is as good a place as any to search for one. As an alternative see who makes the valve and find their local distributor.
If you don’t get power when you press the horn button, either that isn’t the solenoid valve for the horns or the open circuit is elsewhere, such as in the steering wheel. I had that problem on bus #1.
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isn’t that the bus you at Santa Fe 2006
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OK, I’ll try that
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Same with me Chuck, Miller moved me to Triumph from National Interstate and I did have a glass claim that was a non issue.
Get a quote from Miller Chuck, just to see where you stand. Miller