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Good catch Don. I knew what I meant and my brain reversed it.

Makes anything I post highly doubtful.

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Some folks swear by grease, and others oil?

My experience has been flawless w/oil. We’ve had 4 tag axle MHs with oil/wet hubs on the steer and tag axles. None have ever leaked or had a bearing or tire problem.

With that said, nearly 2 yrs ago, while I was under the bus, I luckily found a drive axle hub inner seal that was beginning to leak. I changed both sides.

I never raise my tag. But in your situation I would.

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Jean and I will be there.

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You only need to pull the passenger side axle to move the bus. Beside that, that’s some nice work.

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I thought more here would be upset by loss of such a discount program i know we are

Boateral. I got an email back from Napa’s Jeff Kuntz

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Dick, my ABS light stays on all the time as well, and you are correct as well, its about $3500 to fix it. Jeff and Prevost as well say that you have to pull the rear end apart and put pickups on the axles, then you can put external sensors on the reared and the system will work. You still have regular brakes, but no ABS, thus far no problems but at sometime in the future will have it changed over.

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Yep, mirrors on our trucks did not shake like these expensive POS Crapco ones do. I just don’t get why Prevost still uses them.

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Call Liberty if no once chimes in! They will help you determine the problem!

Do you have the train horn option? I noticed that they are not putting those in the new ones (at least the 2017 unit that I toured in Chicago).

Safe travels!

Mark

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We have learned that the definition of cool or comfortable is dependent upon the person defining it. I like it cold. By cold as I have said often is when the windshield is sweating on the outside.

Having said that I am fully aware I can have the ability to cool my coach with only two Cruiseairs, or I can fail to get it cool with all four working.

First, My XL coach had no double pane windows so in the winter the cold spilled off the windows onto our shoulders and in the summer the heat could be felt just by moving my hand near the window. The XLII windows have eliniated that problem, and I further assist my Cruiseairs by closing the shades on the sunny side so I am not getting radiant heating from the sun.

My window shades in the front when they were black radiated heat into the coach to such an extent the front Cruiseair couldn’t keep up. Now that I have light colored privacy front shades that problem has gone away. I never let my coach get warm. Cruiseairs are OK at maintaining cool temps, but if the interior gets heat soaked that mass of cabinetry, upholstery, flooring, etc just keeps pouring heat inot the air so by keeping it cool inside all the time the Cruiseairs do not have much work to do. The same applies to roof airs.

I also do not lower the coach so I get ample air flow to the condensers and I avoid parking in tall grass for that reason. If the ground surface under the coach is hot, I am going to flush it with cool water so the condensers have a chance to do the job.

I also bias the operation of the Cruiseairs to where we are in the coach. The front may have two Cruiseairs running during the day, but as we get inito evening we shut down one front AC and turn on the aft AC. By running two we can afford to run any other electrical devices without much concern about exceeding the shore power limits.

If a coach does get heat soaked the only effective way to bring the temps to a level easily controllable is to start the engine and supplement the house AC units with dash or OTR. The more cold air that can be introduced the quicker it gets comfortable and easy to keep comfortable.

It is my opinion only 3 AC units for a 45 foot coach, especially one with slides is marginal at best. If one fails you might be able to get the interior cooler than outside, but not much, especially if the failed unit is where you need the flow of cold air.

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Thanks, Tom and Jon!

It has always been a pleasure to work with the conversion people and the wonderful motor home folks that I have had the opportunity to meet and work with. I will jump in where I think I can help!

Bill Jensen

for Prevost

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Jon,

Thanks… I appreciate the information…. I changed out the entire fan clutch assembly recently.

Pres

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Geo, not everyone is in a financial position that will allow them to pay triple the current dues. Tom for example. All of his money is going into floor tiles which would have been paid for if certain folks bought batteries from him.

Just sayin…………

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I stayed at the Malibu RV park back in 2011. Excellent view. I don’t remember the rate being outrageous.

They have a beautiful view and are located on a high embankmant above highway 1! This park is just down from Pepperdine University.

Mark

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Charles,

If you are sure you know which bag is leaking you can have it overnighted to you by Prevost. To replace any of the air bags you almost need to have the chassis fully raised and if that cannot be done it likely has to be jacked under the chassis support point(s).

Don’t under estimate how much of a pain that can be, and it might require multiple jacks and some four letter words. If you are able to get it to a shop with lifts the time involved will be less because the lift(s) can raise it high enough to get supports beneath the chassis.

Take it easy driving it so you don’t damage anything, and be aware of ground clearances if you have to go up a driveway because you generator baffle and some other low hanging stuff could be at risk.

You might be able to use the manual part of the level low to help keep the coach off the bottom bumpers that are internal to the air bags. They were not intended to allow driving on them.

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Charles, this is AL here in KC. I ‘am sending you my cell number in a private e-mail. We’ll get you taken care of.

I’ll stay on line until I hear from you…

Contact made….. Charles is off I-70 exit # 49 Higgensville MO. about 50 miles east of KC.

We have Plan A and Plan B.

Off the highway and safe for the night. Arrangements made for mobile truck service will inspect the rapid air leak rear of bus in day light before going back on I-70.

Arrow Stage Lines has a certified Prevost tech on staff. They do outside customer work on Prevost as needed which is straight down the road off I-70 about 30 miles away.