Peter
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It sounds as if you would like to sell your bus in about a months time frame, since you say it will be ready to show in mid January and you would like to sell it it by mid February.
Unless you have an extremely attractive price point, or you happen to find a buyer who wants specifically a 40′ Liberty, this time frame is very optimistic.
It took me nearly 18 months to sell ours, and, in my opinion, it was one of the nicer coaches available at the time.
I would limit the amount of your “stuff” displayed both within the coach and in the storage bay areas. This will give prospective buyers a much better opportunity to visualize your bus decorated more to their taste.
I also found that my maintenance history was important to the more serious buyers. I found there there were plenty of “lookers” who were simply curious about Prevost conversions.
Good luck….
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Good advice, sometimes those filters are impossible to break loose. I just had the same deal with the coolant filter and it was put on in January (not by me) and I almost had to remove the housing to get it off. Once off, it wasn’t a pretty picture. Hand tight must not have been the method when installed.
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Ditto on the plane being easier to fly than the bus is to drive.
Flying in the lee of Lake Erie out of Jamestown NY I had a lot of time on instruments and I felt a whole lot more relaxed even when the weather was at minimums than I do when I share the road with people that seem like they are out to get me.
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Jon,
Kinda reminds me of the guys who felt they just had to “improve” their Harleys back in the day with all manner of after market stuff. Carbs, cams, you name it.
All I ever did with mine was keep it properly maintained and it never, ever left me stranded, nor did it leak a drop of oil.
I often thought of all those “improved” bikes as I rode past them when they either failed to start or gave up somewhere along the ride.
It was my position that Harley-Davidson spent a lot more in engineering, research and development than I was willing to part with and that their finished product would likely perform quite well if I didn’t tinker with it.
I wouldn’t be surprised if the same weren’t true with Prevost.
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Here are a few more pictures:
This is what happens when truckers do not pay attention.
We owned the entire section above the “convention center” and it sure was great to see our coaches all lined up.
The folks from Prevost were getting ready for the seminars. We had a lot of talent and knowledge at our rally thanks to Prevost Car.
Robert Hitt and Bill Jensen put on some very good seminars. We ran out of time despite taking more than scheduled because they answered all the questions thrown at them.
This group really paid attention and learned a lot.
We all took a test ride in a seated 2010 H3. That was our rally transportation and it was nice not having to car pool.
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Be careful with a short trailer, especially one that has a short tongue.
Many trailers will damage the back of the bus if you turn too sharp. To gain more clearance, purchase a trailer with an extended tongue that will allow for a geater turning angle before the corner of the trailer hits the back of the bus.
For me, I find towing a vehicle 4-down to be much less of a problem – assuming you have a vehicle that can be towed 4-down. But I understand wanting to take your favorite vehicle with you, even if it is not optimal as a toad.
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I am sorry Monday I will break it down for you on what wire goes to what light ok all 21 are for the left side and all 23 are for the right side, damn I wish I could make the edit function work on this board
good luck
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I’ve thought about a trailer too Ron, but seems like the negatives outweigh the positives. My biggest concern was unhooking the trailer and not have any vehicle heavy enough to move it around. There would be times when the trailer would have to be put in an overflow area and some of those I’ve seen didn’t make it easy to maneuver a 45′ bus around. My thoughts were to haul a small car, golf cart, bikes and stuff without the need for a stacker, but the vehicle would have to be able to handle the trailer, at least for very short distances.
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Bill,
I had the same thing happening on my 97 Marathon. I installed a Guest charger and if I left the power breaker on for the charger while the bus was running, I would get the same thing you are seeing. Don’t ask me how that worked, but it did.
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As explained to me once the autostart is set low so that when the Voltage dips below 50% for a brief period the generator doesn’t start up. Many time you can draw your battery voltage down below 50%, like when you microwave popcorn, but once the microwave stop the voltage climbs backup to say 75%. So if you set your autostart to start at a higher % are you charging the batteries because they are low or just a momentary load draw. I for one don’t want my generator starting every time there is a momentary draw to 50%, but at say 40% standing voltage, AGS crank it up and charge those babies.
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it’s ok boys! I have it figured out and fixed!
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I have worked on mine several times.
The toilet is very hard to move to the outside of the bus to work on it because of its weight so be careful. When you remove the hopper and clean everything and install the new gasket and get ready to re-install the hopper, just go ahead and silicon the hopper to the bowl. Trying to use the two small threaded tension rods to secure the hopper to the bowl and have no leaks is almost impossible. The two rods only take a few inch pounds of torque and I could not get it to stop leaking. Kept tightening and finally broke the slots molded into the bowl that holds the rods.
Also you can get an all rubber flange that takes the place of the wax ring. Much cleaner to work with.
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Thanks so much for all the pictures!
Sure looks like everyone is having a great time!
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I worked the wood right up to and slightly around the pedals – carpeted behind the pedals.
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Above is a $600 repair on sale for $190.