[Peter]

Home in Baytown with a little over 500 miles on RV 1. Ran 60 mph at 1280 rpm and got a little over 9 mpg. I usually run 65 mph at 1400 rpm and get 7.9 mpg. So I am pleased as my mech urges me to keep good additives for the injectors.

I have a stuborn miss at idle, just gives a spitt or two from time to time. Runs great, pulls great but a spit when idling the Cummins M11E set at 400 hp. So the RV 1 did not cure the spit yet.

[Peter]

One is 97 and the other is 98. Both were entertainer coaches, so probably not much help for interior parts.

[Peter]

I wonder with almost 2000 members here on PC how many Prevost Motor Coach conversions there are still on the road today??? I doubt that there is any way to really know. Just wonderin

[Peter]

I think some of us will be interested to hear how the the situation with the friends Prevost in your collapsed building turns out. Is it covered by insurance? If so, whose? Good luck with that.

[Peter]

Really
appreciate the kind words, but the members are what make the Rally a
success. It shows when things are winding down each day and folks
just naturally jump in and help clean up and offer any assistance
needed. I think it all went pretty well and as Grizz pointed out, we
had 35 Coaches.

I’m
sure Jon will jump in here as well, but I would like to know if the
format of a No Rally, Rally is something that everyone enjoyed,
versus the full blown 4 – 5 days of structured agenda’s? Our goal
was to offer a no cost Rally with lots of free time to do what you
want, without compromising the food and fun. Was 2 – 3 days a good
time frame or should it be a day longer?

The
visiting of members with each other and comparing bus notes is
priceless. Having the time to interact with each other and kick tires
is what it’s all about. If you have a suggestion to make the Rallies
better, please discuss it here on the forum.

Leaving
in the am for home, SUNNY all the way, go figure after 4 days of
rain.

[Peter]

I just don’t get this…… putting in 2 bags of “pixie dust” inside a tire. Second, paid labor to remove rim from bus, break 8 beads, change 8 valve stems and then install 8 wheels back on bus. Air everything back up, cross your fingers and pray to bus gods everything seals back up.

If you have a flat and it’s repairable you have an issue with all this stuff inside tire. If you need air ..Now worry about valve not accepting air and then not sealing, because its restricted.

Do owners need to carry spare bags, spare valve stems, spare valve cores, in case of a malfunction ?

It just seems so simple to install the Centramatic ring knowing if there is a problem we don’t have another problem.

[Peter]

Has anyone had their airplane painted to match their coach? Or vice versa?

Back in my airplane days (30 years ago) Imron was the top paint for aircraft. Is that still the case? I presume painting technology has changed.

[Peter]

Thanks for all the ideas, I have been sick for the last while and traveling home so haven’t got to check anything yet.I also got home to find the roof on my steel 30 x 50 garage had collapsed under heavy snow load.

[Peter]

Sandy and I drove around this morning after coffee and counted 35 Prevost coaches in the resort.

[Peter]

We miss ya Jeff, but we’ve enjoyed spending your money, can you send more?

Dick in Wisconsin was suppose to send us a donation, but he backed out.

[Peter]

Peter, a pic of the new manifold. I assume you are replacing the black plastic or composite manifold in the steer compartment with the 1/4″ air lines coming out of it?

[Peter]

Could be a brake…maybe a chamber leaking and the spring brake partially applied. I have seen that happen too.

[Peter]

I bet it was the bearings that failed and started fire then tire failed , money on bearings causing fire not a tire blowout

[Peter]

Kevin:

Our service center in CA has been jammed for the same reasons…snowbirds leaving….last minute issues…staff working 14 hour days, 24/7!

Didn’t realize the number of coaches coming down from Canada and all points North to escape the cold. We passed 12 Prevosts heading up

the 15 Freeway as we were heading South!

[Peter]

Kevin,

If you are talking about their Florida facility, it’s not just Liberty that is backed up on work. Pretty much every place down in Florida is backed up right now.

Most snowbirds held out on getting things worked on till the end of the season and everyone is booked out till the end of the month, into next month.

We were trying to get a towbar setup installed (towbar baseplate and airbrake hookup) and no one could get us in till end of May/Early April. Ended up installing the baseplate, wiring myself and brought the coach to Jeff up in Knoxville area to do the airbrake setup on the coach side of things.

I tried not just RV places, but also hitch places. Everyone is booked with end of the season work being done by late leavers.

Good luck.