Paul
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As Paul says there is a lot of information in the Cruiseair manual about the SMX panel, including calibration. One of the ones I had on the 97 coach did what Roger described and I did the whole procedure to set it.
If I remember it lasted a trip or two and acted up again so I did what Paul said and just set the temp to one that was comfortable and ignored the display. It wasn’t long before it started showing the correct temp again, at which point I gave up and stopped trying for accuracy. As long as the bus temps were comfortable and it cycled when needed I ignored it.
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I can vouch for Tom and his impecable service and the quality of the LifeLine batteries. Replaced mine last summer. BTW Tom, I just recently went into the battery compartment to service the batteries and they looked great – didn’t require much cleaning at all.
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Gil
I don’t know you . But take this from a guy who has owned more than his fair share of automobile dealerships AND through that experience knows how a manufacturer should best handle a customer who is facing an “out of warranty” defect AND its effect on the resale value of those vehicles AND has owned more than his fair share of high line busses (Bluebirds and Prevosts), AND who has experienced firsthand the “proactive” way that Prevost is handling this situation……..As we say in the Automobile business “your sleepin’ with your choke out !” Your just plain WRONG. -
Here’s a few listings, give them a call. One is just down the street from your home, too bad you’re on the road.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Seltec-TM-31-Clutch-Assembly-OE-/261076766106?hash=item3cc9634d9a&vxp=mtr
http://www.ebay.com/itm/A-C-Compressor-Clutch-TM31-TM-31-2GR-12v-NEW-/110668403147?pt=Other_Vehicle_Parts&hash=item19c459d1cb&vxp=mtr
This one may have the right pulley, I can’t remember if ours is A or B sized:
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We lived in Jamestown NY, not far from Lake Erie. When I flew back and forth to Canada, almost exclusively for business because we bought our steel from the Canadian mills thanks to the exchange rate, I had to file a flight plan in advice to advise customs on each end. I carried the forms listing passengers, their birth dates, country of origin etc.
Dealing with customs was a non event since I either waited in the plane, or came into the office depending on the practices at that particular customs office. It took me about 5 minutes on the ground and I was off again. No hassle, just the inconvenience of having to make a stop at a port of entry airport.
We had friends however who had power and sail boats on Lake Erie. It was common for them to leave their marina stateside and go to a marina in Canada for lunch or an overnight stay and never clear customs or have to file any paperwork. Ditto in the opposite direction.
The last time I went to Canada in our coach to do a seminar for a company in Ottowa we were searched and treated like criminals by the Canadian customs inspectors at the Thousand Islands port of entry. I cancelled all steel orders and never went back to Canada. Life is too short to be abused as we were. And just to be clear, this preceded all the current Homeland Security BS by 15 years or so, proving people can be jerks without having an excuse.
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I can tell you that even though I had an impressive fire going at one time nothing was visible in the mirrors or the rear camera.
Did that fire in fact originate in the engine area? We had substantial engine area damage yet nothing, absolutely nothing was affected inside the coach so there was no smell or visible indications of smoke.
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Tom, I certainly don’t think Liberty puts the wrong stuff in. Why would you ask? You may want the read my note again. Like Jon said, you can’t depend on the color. Look at the chart and you should see far more green coolants don’t meet Detroit’s specs than those that do.
If others aren’t using a Detroit shop for service, make sure you are are getting Detroit approved fluids.
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I thought of Prevost also, but John pretty much kept to himself, so I kind of discarded the idea. Anything is possible though.
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Rodger,
I’m guessing my 99 is different than yours. On mine there are two dash switches for the two evaporator fans. Either will engage the clutch. I also have at least two pressure switches that control the compressor for protection. And finally, i think there is a protection relay that makes sure the fans are running. Okay, not finally, I think the CC ECC is in the middle of all of this. If you don’t find a schematic, call CC. They might have it. If not, see if the wire number can be found at the ECC and trace it from there. BTW, I’m assuming your vintage has the main electrical panel in bay 1.
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Tom,
My Liberty only had the 3 element Culligan system, which included a sediment filter, activated carbon filter and RO membrane which ran to the refridgerator. It also had 2 whole-house filters, a sediment filter and an activated carbon filter. Unless you are using a water softener, I don’t know of any reason to deal with salt.
Most of the systems I’ve seen are by far more complicated, expensive and maintenance intensive than anyone will ever need in their bus.
I would stick with a basic whole-house style sediment filter along with an activated carbon filter. You will likely have an additional carbon filter at the refrigerator for drinking water and ice cubes. The whole idea is to have a water supply that is safe for consumption and relatively taste and odor free. None of us need pharmaceutical quality water to shower in or brush our teeth.
In my opinion, the Culligan 3 element system was unnecessary.
My advice….keep it simple.
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Gary,
I crossed at Pt Huron last year heading to Buffalo with no problems, even declaring a shotgun. The KOA at Pt Huron has some super size sites that worked well. Short trip across, so don’t have any campground suggestions in Canada. The custom folks at Lewiston on the US side were assholes. Canadian customs couldn’t have been nicer.
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Jon,I don’t think that the Shureflow pump will produce enough flow to flush the Headhunter toilet,I carry a spare Mach 5 pump for that reason as well as a toilet valve,timer,and switch.
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Tivoli lights and in fact all non LED coach lights draw a lot of power. It is nice having them all lit up, but I have to be aware of whatever else I have going on because at my inverter charge current settings I am actually drawing down the batteries.
But to answer your question, Fred, you might have to get the information or the replacements from Liberty. As tempting as it would be to go to LED lighting in the tivoli lights it likely needs to be an all or nothing deal because the light colors would be different with an LED. I suspect the tivoli lights are chosen to give off a “warm” light rather than the blue / white light of the typical LED.
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Yes we have Paul, but our take is everything on this forum is an attempt to help owners and would be owners and no one has ever stated or claimed to be an expert on any particular subject. The experts have a business, factory trained techs, insurance, pay taxes and have the special tools and expertise to provide services. Many of those are our Advertisers.
If I was a shade tree mechanic, with no business license, no insurance, getting paid in cash, paying no taxes, soliciting business while blowing my horn on any forum about all my abilities and expertise, I would be terrified about liabilities or worse. Further, that won’t happen on this forum because it would be a direct slap in the face to our paying advertisers.
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Jon,
My aux compressor is off more than on. In fact it’s only turned on prior to starting the engine if the belt bags are deflated and while parked and occupied. I thought you did the same with a post a while ago were you said not to worry about deflated belt bags at startup citing the fact seated coaches don’t have aux compressor.
FWIW, the rationale for leaving my aux when not in use or driving is to reduce the possibility of it running too much from a leak and there’s no reason to produce moist air in an idle system. In my case the compressor cycles a few times a day and I get little to no water out of the aux tank drain. Still, why risk it?