Peter
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I never removed the innner piece. I did it while it was still installed. when I went to first pick up the coach, that window was really fogged up (it had not been so when I looked at the coach, but it had been really rainy and humid in Florida), and I was not going to drive it that way, so I did the removal right there and drove it home. Going through the old records on the bus, I found that that window had been repaired less than two years before I bought her and it’s been just fine with the single pane. I’ll get to it some day. I’m waiting to see who has come up with the best answer. It seems that the double pane, whether new or repaired does not last.
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I would totally discourage the concept of hiring a driver… you lose all sense of privacy and there is always another person with whom to deal….. we fly with two pilots… when we land, they go their way and we go ours. This gives the needed privacies essential to compatibility.
This, I view as the major stumbling block to the concept….. Parents, children and differences of ideas, disciplines and eating meals and stopping with accommodations … being together all of the time…. all are somewhat unsurmaountable with an outside person. It sounds great but I would not even begin to try it…
I am not a grump bucket but I would really do your research.
Very best,
Pres
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Brian,
I enjoyed your presentation at Jeff’s place in November last year, and I can understand your business decision. I heard good things about your company from other PC members, so I wanted to give you a try. Prevost is having a hard time giving me a leak-free engine like the Cat I had in the last coach. I will call you next year–my plan was to stop by after Margrit’s bowling in mid-June in Boca Raton. -
Buddy,
I have Silverleaf on my coach and love the digital readout on my coach via a Windows tablet. It does display the actual gear I’m in. It came in very handy this summer when driving thru the Rockies for a couple months, along with all the other Temps I can monitor.
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Jon, thanks for putting Peter’s post in context – I did not think that Peter’s situation was typical but did I not have the benefit that others may have who have been following his story. We plan on going full time in about 18 months, if all goes well, so even though we will not have the schedule that others may have, we also do not want to be stranded and we do not want be constantly fixing stuff so a preventative maintenace program is a must for us. My challenge is to prioritize the stuff that might fail before it does. I do not need to catch everything (I cannot afford that program) but the more I can prevent the more enjoyable the coach will be. I get the big stuff like tires, batteries, oil changes, coolant changes etc… The coach that I recently purchased has a pretty good maintenance history, especially since 2012 when there was quite a bit done such as changing the air bags, extensive brake work, new front Koni shocks, new Silver Leaf glass dash, LED Headlights, tail lights and interior lights and a bunch of other stuff. I will be relying on folks on this site for some help and also probably ELTC in setting up a PM program for the many other things that are just waiting to fail. Hopefully I will not be too much of a pest.
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Well I think I will chime in hear about well maintained these are the things that I think make a well taken care of coach this is not in order just things I have done in two years
New inverters magnums
New air dryer hole thing not just filter, with new governor in it
new drive and steer tires
New wheel balancers
new blind motors
New head hunter tank monitor panels
New over the road clutch for compressor
new koni shocks all around
new brake chambers
new tag lift chamber
new wood floor in salon
redo all grout in shower
new hoses for webasto to heater in water bay and hot water tank from motor
new webasto hole unit
new muffler and tip
new hot water tank
new stainless black tank
alll new verse valves for black and grey valves and ram to open valve
new gen fans
all fluids changed at the right time
new rear end the hole thing
new seals drive and tag and new stemcos
new tires
all new front end parts and alignment
new head lights updated
new sat dish and dome
new drives seat
all fittings under bus comp fittings
all new brake calipers and shoes
ball valves on all house fittings
new fuel pump on gen
all new bushings on steering parts front and back
valves adjusted
new racor filter for motor
new windshields
all delam done top and bottom stainless and panels in between Windows
all new flex strips on window awnings and new canvas and pull tabs
New Allen bradly computer boxes
all,delam done on stainless and On top between Windows
new crestron box in back
new fuel line from fuel filter to back of head of motor
new updated starter
all new R12s and R14 valves
new check valves
new belts
new mini air bellows at motor
new door latch and handle
all new air bags front to back
all new norgrens
new fan clutch
new vanner 100 Walt for house and two new computer back up batteries
New house batteries and gen batteries and chassis batteries
all new compressors for fridge and freezers fans for sub zero fridge and freezer
new timer for head hunter toilet
all new drain cocks on all air tanks
New red dot heaters inside coach for webasto heatersThis is off the top of my head what I have done for a well maintained coach!!!!!!
For dates and more details I would have to go to my maintanence log!!!!! -
I actually think a lot of coach owners do a decent job of maintaining their coaches. I have spent time looking at coaches at various service locations and most look decent from a mechanical perspective. What cannot be seen however may prove me wrong. An oil change and annual grease job is not good maintenance. There is so much more that can play a large role in the quality of the coach. Ignore coolant changes and the engine is in danger. Don’t maintain the air system and thousands of dollars might have to be spent to restore it.
I know I cannot keep track of when anything is due on my coach unless I look at the records. There is just too much and while I can defer a whole lot of what I do I also know it will come back to bite me. And the devil is in the details. I have been bitten by a failed air bag, failed hoses, bad brake chamber diaphragms, etc.
I had to deal with other people’s errors such as damaged threads on a transmission oil pan. All of those things have greatly influenced my decision to be pro-active in maintaining the coach and I have been aggressive for the last 15 to 20 years and I actually think it is cheaper in the long run to stay ahead of the coach’s needs.
But none of my maintenance work is worth anything without the documentation, not only for the time I consider selling the coach, but as my reference source when scheduling maintenance events. It does upset me when I see or hear the terms “well maintained” or “serviced by Prevost” or “needs nothing” and ther is not a shred of documentation to support the claims.
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I love the support! I will certainly keep you all posted. I have a lot of experience with unjustifiable “toys”, unfortunately, as most do not understand my race car fetish… That said, this purchase was supposed to have *some* practical benefit as I’d actually sleep and eat in this thing… Still negotiating the job, so we will see.
Thanks!
Charlie
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Agree with Dan – a coach that is for sale and has been/is described as “well maintained” means almost nothing. But by contrast…I’ve never seen or heard of anyone selling anything and saying “we really ran the crap out of it!!”. When it comes time to put our coach on the market, we’ll most likely do as Dan suggested…the receipts and records we’ve kept indicate we were pretty serious about the operational maintenance as well as the preventive maintenance aspects of our coach…but in the final analysis, it’s up to the buyer to educate himself, and determine what he is looking for and what he feels comfortable with.
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Can u post a pic of what u have , what kind
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Peter, my pro driver has gone black as of this week, do you have one you want to part with or do you know how to fix them. Any help is appreciated.
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T&B……..I am not familiar with the details of the codes in Jeff’s county, but it is usually not permitted to have water share a trench with electric service. If they can share a trench there are depth requirements as well as marking services located at different depths, usually with plastic tape, a specific depth of gravel covering a service, or some other means of isolation.
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The older sensors many years ago had an issue with the “o” rings and that was corrected.
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Leaking sensor seals is a thing of the past. I would bet money it’s due to temps. It’s happened to me as well, cold brings down the pressure and sets off the alarm.
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Hoses of any type, hydraulic, pneumatic, coolant, etc are likely available from any competent hose shop while you wait and likely for a lot less than Prevost may charge. I replaced my power steering hoses on my first coach and all it took was for me to bring the old one to the hose shop and 20 minutes later I was out the door with the new hose in hand.