Peter
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Yep
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I second what Jon said
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If there is a brake drum not functioning the first thing I would do is verify it has all disc brakes. If in fact it has drum brakes on the drive axle I think I would walk or run away.
Nobody should sell a coach that has known brake issues, especially if they are on the drive axle because that is the brake location that does the most work.
If it does not have drum brakes on the drive axle I will run away faster because people selling you a coach with a brake defect should also be smart enough to know what kind of brakes it has so they can repair them.
That should make you wonder what else is wrong that you are going to find out the hard way.
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It is an older MCI charter coach, probably an MCI 102A3 or C3. There were a lot of these on the Hawaiian islands and are usually scrapped as the cost to ship back to the mainland is greater than the worth of the vehicle. It may be one of the vehicles from the Roberts Hawaii fleet that found an alternate home after its useful life.
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Ditto
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The converters never installed a moisture or water trap that was as effective or reliable as the air dryer installed on the Prevost chassis. The water traps in particular when used collect large amounts of water, and if the owners neglect to keep them drained the aux air system can get very damaged with corrosion like you see in the water trap.
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To say nothing of the high potential to have the rings “frozen” in the pistons, or break quickly after start up, something that goes undetected long enough for the pieces to mess up the engine.
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Liberty uses the ZipDee awinings, and believe me, they have as many, or more issues than Girard. On my last coach, I had motor issues and dealing with ZipDee was a very large PITA. I finally got the issue fixed, but it cost me lots more than it should have.
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Have never met Phil but our thoughts and prayers are with him and his family and the pup.
Hpoe you make a full recovery.
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I’am very sad to read about his unfortunate accident. If there is any thing I can do, let me know.
Jeff, thanks for stepping up…. getting the bus secured. Members on this site take charge getting problems solved.
AL
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Use Centramatic’s as they balance everything, wheel,hub, tire. Watch the video Centramatic produces. Weights are a complete joke with other options available today.
This is where I found my wheel weight when replacing the CAC. This panel is right behind tag tire.
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The problem is that nothing is on, no refridgerator, no TV, no lights. No major appliance or lights are on at all. I simply turn on the inverters with nothing on and I lose significant voltage.
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Eric, I see where Jeff is going with his question and it is a good one because one bad battery in a set can pull down the entire set.
However based on your listing of conditions that drain the batteries I think you are indicating if the inverters are “off” your batteries do not lose power. You indicate power is drained only when one or both inverters are turned on. My question is if you only turn on one inverter, does the power drain occur with either inverter? If that is the case I would presume the inverters can be ruled out as the cause of the loss of power, but they are providing the path to the load. What provides some confusion is those inverters never provide power to the same devices (loads) so if the drain is only with one inverter and not the other the search can be more focussed.
What is your 120V current draw with the inverter(s) on. If the battery drain is within 6 hours it indicates a load on the 120V AC system that is fairly large, at least greater than a refrigerator, and maybe less than an air conditioner.
My questions presume the coach is not connected to shore power or generator power, and that when the batteries are depleted, providing shore or generator power to the inverters recharges the batteries.
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What brand batteries did you use? How are you load testing the batteries individually?
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I’ll be damned, I took mine out the back.