Mike/Lisa
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Without wanting to encounter a lot of grief at the DMV I accept whatever model year ends up on the title or registration. Depending on the converter and how the coach is titled the model year is affected.
My first coach was registered and titled as a 1987, and it was listed as a Prevost with the VIN agreeing with the model year.
The second coach was also registered and titled as a 1997 Prevost, but the Prevost VIN was for a 1996 model year.
My current coach is registered and titled as a Liberty, model year 2006, with a Prevost VIN being for a 2005.
There have been Prevost coaches registered as a model year up to 4 years newer than the Prevost VIN because they were in the converters inventory for up to 4 years from the chassis date. I know of one Parliament with a model year 4 years newer than the chassis VIN and 5 years newer than the engine date of manufacture.
I wish I knew and could understand why some of my coaches were Prevost coaches and one was a Liberty coach. All were build by Liberty.
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It would be prudent to size them in watts as close as possible to the existing units because you don’t want to over power your existing wiring.
I installed Magnum MS2812 w/remotes and temp sensors in place of my old 2500 Hearts 5 yrs ago. I had to rearrange things in that bay a little, but no big deal.Here’s a PC thread w/pics: LINK
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Al: This is obviously a case of “a picture is worth a thousand words”.
If this were my coach, I’d find a skilled metal fabricator in my area. Often you find them involved with motorsports. Those guys and gals are skilled at “cutting back” (taking off and taking apart) until they get to “good stuff” (straight stuff that wasn’t bent in the incident) and then coming back to make it as good as new.
It appears to me that the door is essentially a number of “layers”: rub rail and skin (both stainless steel), back of door (looks like plywood to me), and the frame (probably mild steel welded together that everything fastens too). In additional it looks like there are some small trim pieces.
As Jon pointed out, a Metal Mangler might be able to straighten, pound out, and polish some or all of the stainless steel (something I’d like to watch happen!) so it looks like new. Or you should be able to obtain those pieces from Steve Kolb at International Bus Parts along with the small trim pieces. The fabricator should be able to easily straighten/rebuild the steel frame.
Keep us posted. Good luck!
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Al, send me the pics I’ll add them to your post.
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Thanks, Chad, for your updates. I am not going to anything with that today. It is cold and snowy here and the garage where she is kept is quite cold. Tomorrow it is supposed to warm to 48 degrees so I will look at it tomorrow. Also, I presume the device with the handle is what someone else referred to as the three port vale. That is what I was going to replace.
Thanks again, PC members, for your responses.
R
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Jon: Did you consider adding some electric toe kick heaters throughout your current coach? I think we have enough unused breakers on our panel.
Do you have heated floors at all?
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Chuck the system came with all new wire for everything can’t remember size it was in a nice loom, My cable for camera was in ceiling also up in the head liner, no way to replace it, so like I sad it was pretty darn easy to go down below instead.
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Is the Texas paint shop once upon an time a PC advertiser still in business ?
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Well, its just a thought. Featherlite is supposed to call monday. In the meantime, just grasping at straws
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After removing access door that separate genset from radiator, airflow being drawn up through floor under genset as well as draw from tunnel up from ground in column in front of genset, opersting temp was about 185
trying to kill two birds, i shut blower bay door three hoping there was enough air incursion to keep cooler air drawn to blower electric motor via short plastic conduit Chris created yesterday. Bay sealed up to tightly from our patchwork filling holes. So thermometer mounted blower box showed 52C where the motor quit
So one opening to fuel tank access we had pkugged is back open. Once again to try running everything as previous experiment, but cold front blew in with bus shaking winds, and a 23 degree temperature drop. Genset running at 185, blower box at 45C, enough cool air blower motor happy. We had to stop experiment after 47 minutes because we knew genset operation perfect below outside temp in the 50-60’s. So who knows if it will run during outside temps over 75
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Hey Jimmy,
Looks like they took the ad down…guess she’s mine now.
Here are a few pics.
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I think they are considering x2 on each sink. So mine would have 6, plus two more in the shower and two more outside. So 10 on a one bath coach.
w
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Todd,
What year is year LeMirage XL?
Ron
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Coach Net sent out a tech and he said its the drier. Thanks to everyone for the input, sure makes a rookie feel good to have access to all the knowledge and kindness on here. God Bless
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Hmm, his personal coach, does that mean he’s a broker or bus flipper? It helps if you identify your conversion. Replacing all air lines is a stretch for sure. Assuming you didn’t do any pre buy inspection, your best bet would be to get the bus to one of our service shops such as Tradewinds in Florida, East Tennessee Luxury Coach, Prevost or the Converter to get things straightened out.
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They will work on any Prevost conversion.