[Kirby]

I’m not clear on whether you can hear the leak or not.

It could just be the middle valve/solenoid (ride height) in the steering bay on the 5 port Norgren. If you only have 4 ports, I can’t remember which one is ride height.

Identify the ride height valve and swap out one of the others to see if that’s the problem.

[Kirby]

Thanks, Mark.

You just cost me $137.50

But, looks like just what I was looking for.

Thanks again, really!

[Kirby]

You only need one. I grounded the axle to the frame with a ground strap. One wire goes from sending unit to gauge, then gauge needs hookup to ground in front as well as dash lamps for illumination.

BTW, I couldn’t find anything on the Meritor website re max oil temp, but I still have 260 stuck in my head and my VDO gauge designed for diff temp only goes to 300. Lo and behold, I was just on another forum searching for an answer: Peterbilt has a gauge with warning light illumination at 270.

[Kirby]

Jim,

I found that in my normal usage that I preferred 2 A/C’s that were both on 1 leg of my panel. I simply switched one of them with an A/C on the other leg to help balance the load. You might check to see what is using power on the more heavily used side and see if there is a possible swap to help balance load. This will help with your shore and genny draws.

Just a thought,

Doug

[Kirby]

Fosters is for Americans the iconic Australian beer. But it is far from the most popular beer in Australia.

Glen would not touch the stuff!!

[Kirby]

On our 2008 Monaco Dynasty (42 ft., 4 slides) I ran about 38-40 lbs on the tag (if I remember correctly). We weighed 40,039lbs.

Mark

[Kirby]

Did I read that correctly, Coaches can ride in the HOV lane through Atlanta area?

Boy have I wasted sometime in the Non-HOV lanes in Atlanta

Chuck

[Kirby]

Buses equipped with a Jake have a relay that lights the brake lights when the Jake is engaged.

If you can turn off the Jake and the brake lights go off it is likely your problem relates to the relay. Look on your electrical panel in the rear box to see which relay is dedicated to the Jake brake lights and check it or remove it.

[Kirby]

Thanks everyone, for the tips and advice. Being on the road and therefore not able to do the repair myself, the parts were ordered from Prevost by Marathon and TEC, the repair shop that will do the work. So, Prevost parts but CR is a dominant brand so maybe that’s what will show up. Good tip from Coloradobus, as we have certainly had a whole bunch of altitude and temperature changes on this trip, and I will definitely take a look at that vent. Meanwhile, I’ve been mechanically stranded in worse places. The weather here is perfect right now, we have no deadlines, we have full hook-up, a very nice neighbor (Hi, Larry) so we have little to complain about.

Kirby

[Kirby]

Kirby,

We found what has caused our hub seal failures is heat combined with extreme altitude change. While your having the seal repair, have the differential vent replaced. Often from years of travel combined with grit and goo build up the spring loaded mushroom cap on the vent sticks when internal “diff” pressure builds and blows out the weakest link: the paper seal. After going thru countless differential hub seals on our previous H and XLII, seems to have solved the problem

[Kirby]

Greg, far more information is needed. To start, has your coach been modified or is it original with respect to if the system logic was changed.

Early coaches had to maintain at least 35 PSI accessory air pressure otherwise the tag air bags would exhaust pressure and the rear would drop.

[Kirby]

216 Gaunce Drive, Cave City, KY 42127

All sites 50/30A FHU and pull-through about 75 feet long

Will add to the map.

[Kirby]

Tom, your problem is your location. You need to come out here to Coburg; we haven’t run the air conditioning since we got here.

Kirby

[Kirby]

i could probably write a book on depreciation. We owned 3 Newmar coaches, all new. A 2015 Ventana 3436, 2016 Dutchstar 4369 and lastly a 2017 Essex 4553….and now we own a 2009 Liberty Elegant Lady presently parked in Homer Alaska.

The Ventana was the best of the coaches from Newmar, just too small and a little underpowered with the ISB engine. It drive like a truck and was moved around by anything big passing.

The DS was a great floor plan, and parked marvelously but the suspension was primitive (the bags were not electronically controlled) and we had lots of quality issues, trims, water hoses not tight etc. We retired and decided we didn’t want to mess around with it, so we went with an Essex. Unfortunately it didn’t work out. Out of 300 days of Essex ownership it spent 100 going to or in the shop. Calling for support was a joke. We would get a coordinator from Newmar and then a vendor…eventually. They had to rebuild the entire floor of the cargo bays due to water penetration. It drove the best of the 3, and could compete at pikes peak with the ISX and relatively low weight of the coach. But it was a mediocre driving experience. The slide chains always made noise, the windows made noise and the parts falling off made noise.

They effectively rebuilt the coach.

The people were great, and we’ve met some great friends in the repair lots but we bought it to see the North America…not Newmar dealerships.

The Liberty has been a totally different experience. We traded a new luxury coach for a 9 year old coach, for substantially more money…and couldn’t be happier. The fit and finish is amazing, the systems are commercial, the appliances and furniture are top level residential. We could put out a house fire with the water pump. We have put almost 25k miles on it in a year. 95l miles on odometer. It’s been across the Rockies at both ends, Newfoundland, Alaska…

It hasn’t been without issue, lots of learning curve, but not once have we had to see a repair facility outside of chassis maintenance on the road. A big part of that is the staff at liberty. They KNOW your coach. I have never been referred or had to wait for a vendor. We have air leaks on the house side and need to replace the bay door trim panels (why doesn’t prevost use fiberglass?) but we take care of them at our annual maintenance stop. Nothing has prevented us from rolling on.

Most of the house parts are more expensive on conversions, but they are better. Chassis parts are likely the same. Labor rates are the same.

We have a Jeep and a Mercedes Suv. Both get us where we are going, and smooth roads differ less. But put some curves or bumps and you understand why Mercedes cost more. The Newmars drove like the jeep, our prevost drives better than the Mercedes.

-jeff

[Kirby]

Ronald, are saying the Crestron system is not a stand alone but, is integrated into the Techlink?