[Marshall]

Daryl, go back in the closet and pull back the cover, probably curb side. You will probably see a red light on one of the fuses, that’ll be the problem. BTDT

[Marshall]

Liam where do these go? I don’t see them on my screens.

[Marshall]

You will go from a truck to a BMW. Geo

[Marshall]

Jeff:

Thank god you found that before something terrible happened.

There has been more than a few yachts burn down because a halogen light fixture was mounted in the swing of a door. As Murphy’s Law would have it, the door was not latched open or latched completely closed and ended up with the door swing resting under a halogen bulb in turn catching the door on fire then spreading from there.

I have to attend fire school every 5 years to keep my License current and every 5 years they show us the same video of a room catching on fire from the spark of a bad lamp wire. The room is fully engulfed in 3 MINUTES. Most people don’t realize how few precious minutes you have before a area is completely engulfed and out of control with not chance of recovery.

Chuck

[Marshall]

This is a fantastic discussion! I recently bought a new regulator for the gear-driven 24v 270A 50DN on my 8V92TA. When I went to convert the 50DN from a low-side to high-side setup, one of the electrical studs broke free internally. I haven’t looked to see what it might take to correct that, but I sat there looking at my alternator and decided to look into removing it altogether. I no longer have OTR air conditioning, and would not want to have to work on this thing again once the bedroom is installed. My bus is currently gutted for a complete renovation.

This may need its own thread, but apart from blocking off the accessory case and oil line, how big of a job is it to convert to a belt-driven alternator? Are mounting brackets available to make it less of a custom installation? I’m flexible in the type of alternator that would go back in, but would like good output in 24v.

[Marshall]

We seem to be short on answers to many maintenance / parts problems these days.

[Marshall]

One of the problems with doing these kinds of articles is the author usually only has direct experience with one coach or boat setup – the one they have – but have to use words to describe a bunch of different setups for all the potential readers. As in the case of our buses where some are 24v start, 12v house, some are 24v start and 24v house, and some are a hybred, that can take a lot of extra words. The one thing most in dispute is the phrase “drop in replacement”. That is never the case if you want to recharge from shore/gen power, engine alternator power and solar power. You will have to add some new electronic gizmos to make that work safely.

From the magazine articles and group presentations I have made the most difficult thing for the reader/audience member to get straight is you cannot directly connect any form of lead acid batteries with any brand name Lithium batteries. Most RVs, including our bus conversions, have some form of battery isolator or combiner designed to directly connect one lead acid battery to another under some conditions. To replace one of those lead acid battery banks with Li means you have to also get rid of that combiner or isolator and replace it with something else, most often a B-to-B charger of some sort. Once the reader/audience member gets this concept clearly in mind, my experience is they usually get quickly past the problem with the “drop in replacement” phrase.

The second thing most often in dispute is the notion that all Li batteries are the same – they are definitely not – and you cannot safely interconnect different brands or capacities of Li batteries. The type of cell used, the way they are wired internally and the type and capacity of the BMS can all be different one Li supplier to another. The only way to really tell is to take the batteries apart and look for yourself or have someone you trust do so and report what they find.

These things said, the one indisputable for most users is the superiority of a properly designed house Li battery bank over most stock Lead Acid battery banks in real world use for our Prevost conversions. If you live power pole to power pole, or religiously run your generator any time you are not plugged in, then the type of batteries used won’t matter much. But if you dry camp at all, even over night, you will see a great benefit.

Jerry

[Marshall]

I use the brass pex fittings with the stainless bands with the crimp tool, Home Depot or Amozon , when you crimp it does not leak or come apart,the picture shows Flair- it fittings they are good but there is to many there

[Marshall]

Drove about 350 miles today .ran great for 200 miles had to idle past a accident on highway.soon as I got back to speed it started again for about 50 miles then cleared up and ran great.

crazy I think I will have fuel filters replaced and see what happens I would think that if filters were dirty that it would miss all the time?

going to look for turbo senser

thanks again

ps going to be in Nashville for 5 days so got time to check out

[Marshall]

Good Idea Chuck, Maybe the admins can lock this one, and move today’s posts to a new one?

[Marshall]

I’ve worked on a few IH-45 Foretravel’s on their Aqua Hot’s. The 1st one I serviced was a few years back and after service they were leaving so he showed me the way the way the large slide with wall to wall granite floor coming in. Pretty cool but a mechanical nightmare, a section of granite 20 foot long by 18 to 20 inches wide drop down and the upper granite floor come together above it, WOW! To Complicated, But all the newer coaches are that way. Scary. My good friend that recently passed,We were at Buttonwillow race track last October watching a track day, We were sitting by my bus having some beer and his 2017 H3-45 Millennium was 30 ft away, He pulled out his I-phone and opened his awning turned on all 4 AC’s and closed all his inside blinds, I said pretty cool till it doesn’t and he laughed. Which means he had to have someone flown out to reprogram or something to fix it.

[Marshall]

Roger – replaced mine and afterward, pushing it down was amazingly effortless – and, has remained effortless for about 2 years.

[Marshall]

Keep hanging around this Forum, There is nothing these fine Owners have not seen.

[Marshall]

It seems there is no “standard” time frame to receive an account posting of cost of last use. I thought 5 days was a bit long and that is why I posted the question. I don’t use the card as frequently as Some so I thought maybe I screwed up the process.

thanks

[Marshall]

Chuck-

Thanks for the good information. I did have a pad drag situation on the left front wheel. I was wondering if the brakes were over greased at the dealership, but I couldn’t even see a grease fitting on the caliper.

Do they have grease fittings, or are they just lubricated by hand with the specialized grease you mention when doing a rebuild or inspection?