Kim
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Dan wrote: “They completed 15 fixes, none of which were routine maintenance.“. Tell us about them.
Where was the Porsche event?
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Thom,
We had a king-size Sleep Number bed in our previous (stick and staple) motorhome. What a piece of junk. The origninal motor was replace by Sleep Number under warranty but also failed. The wands failed too. We took that piece of junk Sleep Number mattress and threw it in a dumpster in St. Charles, MO.
We drove down to a mattress store and bought a king sized Beauty Rest pillow top mattress and had them deliver it to the motorhome. They were able to ‘squish’ it through the door and it sprang back to life once it was placed on the platform. What a wonderful comfortable mattress!!!!
When we sold the SOB motorhome, we took the Beauty Rest mattress and used it on one of the guest beds at home. I bought a replacement RV mattress at Camping World when we put the motorhome on consignment.
I don’t want to undermine those who have a good Sleep Number system. We had two total failures. I’ll never have another bed operated by a pump with wands….. can’t go wrong with a normal mattress!
So, if we could get a king pillow-top Beauty Rest mattress into our regular motorhome, I can’t imagine a queen mattress not fitting in yours.
Safe travels,
Mark
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The clue you provided was you have a 12 volt Liberty conversion. That means you have 3 8D batteries or approximately 75% of the total amount a 4 battery 24 volt Liberty conversion would have,
Your endurance is expected to be less so the amount of time you have between charges might be what is expected.
The voltages and loads displayed seem to be within the expected range. If you have doubts, the only real way to determine if your batteries are OK is to get at them, separate them electrically, and test them individually.
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Thanks Rod!!
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Chip,
The relays you are looking for in my coach are under the floor panel of the wardrobe. Based again on my coach the items which have failed seem to have ECC card 25A in common. I would check the ECC again especially the ones down low on the cooper bar. Let us know when you find the problem. -
Good Morning Tom,
I’m going to have to cancel my reservation for the March 18th Seminar. Unfortunitly something came up and I can’t be two places at the same time.
Bob Hansen
Delavan, WI
2008 Marathon
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Bob: Consider enlightening us as to what the shell cost, what you’ve spent so far, and what you expect to spend by the time you’re done. Are you doing the conversion inside? or is the bus outside while you work on it.
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Did the trailer come with an extended long tongue?
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Rudy we are talking about same thing , I wanted the new stretcher arms and they said it would not fit, I agree it’s much nicer to hook when the awning is rolled down to the tube instead of trying to hook the hook in the eye on the roof , they Zip Dee said that the new one would not fit on a XL coach
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got it Jon! Thanks for your help.
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Dawn…
365’s are an upgrade for sure… The H3-45 is pretty heavy when loaded… we upgraded our ’98 Vantare and went all the way with the 365’s… I wouldn’t consider just doing the steer as you won’t have a spare if you run into a problem…you can do the tag and steer which will leave you with a spare if needed… and no you don’t rotate the tires.
You should try to get your air system serviced if you are having so many annoying problems…Parliament isn’t far out of your way on your way home from the keys… Ben and Rick know all about the Vantare’s and would be a huge help to you… you would learn a lot fast if willing… we spent a week there right before we sold our Vantare and they were awesome !!! These coaches require a lot of maintenance and lots more when things are not tended to… seems like one problem triggers off another and the education you will get is amazing.
They can tell you everything you need to know and probably a few things you’d rather not know LOL !!
Just my two cents worth !!
Happy New Year and safe travels to you !!
Cheers, Diane
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Buddy…if you’re walking by the ultimate tailgating bay again can you get the brand name of that wine cooler?
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There are three R12 valves and one R14 valve they are relay valves hard to explain , Google R 12 valve Bendix brakes
It is in all buses , it is not put in just for towing it is part of the braking system on all buses they just take out plug on the R12 and put air line to back ,
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As others have said, thanks Jeff, Josh, Danny, Johnny and Brittany for everything you all did this weekend. Answering questions, walking through the underside of a coach, servicing attendees coaches, organizing food and grilling.
Thanks to John from Miller Industries for such an informative discussion on towing. I think we all walked away with a much needed amount of knowledge for something we all don’t ever want to use. That and for bringing some very cool bling to show off. Now if any of us ever need to get hooked onto, we can hope it happens when we have as much working space for the tow truck operator to do their work safely as John had in the parking lot.
Thanks to Brian from American Fleet for bringing an example of their work and going through what they all do. I am sure I am not the only one that doesn’t ever want to give American Fleet business, but if I ever am in the unfortunate circumstance of having to make a decision between extensive work on the DD S60 or getting a swap, I know I have American Fleet to look to.
And finally thanks to Jon and Tom for putting this together. The topics were a perfect mix and I know I came away with a great amount more knowledge of my coach and what I need to know when it comes to owning my coach. This is the second Prevost Community event I have taken part in and this one was so much more informative then the first (the first being the one at Lazy Days a couple springs ago). On top of that I was very glad to see both members of all the coach couples taking part in the event as well as so many Prevost owners in waiting taking advantage of events like this as a way to arm themselves with as much understanding as possible to make their purchase a success.
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I hope you guys with an EGR engine are reading this post. If you do you can probably save yourself
$20,000!Brian from American Fleet reached out to me with my turbo problem having been unsolved.
Here WAS the problem: After coasting or coming to a stop the turbo would not kick in..I had been to 6 different Detroit Diesel shops and spent over $20,000. Almost every part was replaced.
You can read about it the previous posts. My turbo problem wasn’t something they see very often but it should be in their training. American Fleet Inc. in Springfield is a great place to take your problems to. They have
a nice clean shop and the personnel are very sharp. They have rebuilt over 10,000 Detroit Diesels so they
know them inside out.But even with that my problem was’t a cakewalk. However after replacing the Turbo Compressor Outlet
Temperature Senso (TCO) and the EGR Temperature Sensor the problem went away !!!! So, if this had been
done by the first shop I went to, or the second I could have saved twenty plus grand! I suppose just these
temp sensors and 1 hour labor would have solved the issue of “no turbo boost”. Hats off to the guys at
American Fleet. I know were I am going when I need engine support!