Peter
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I would just look for a Detroit shop (assuming older coach with series 60 etc). My local Detroit shop does a lot of work on seated coaches….and it is just an oil change…and agree on Speedco, probably avoid them.
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We had a similar breaker issue on our Power Tech 15KW. Generator would start up,run fine, then shutdown radiator blower quit when breaker tripped. We would refill with coolant, start up and it would run fine thru the night.
increasing difficult to keep running, so off to the experts
Turns out voltage regulator on the electrical box mounted on the genset, was bad. Replaced with new regulator, and tech made some voltage output adjustments to it, now problem since
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Could be a correlation between Michelin demand and the Dow.
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It does cost some money to get a bus up to stuff , but it’s peanuts if you break down on side of road , I don’t think most owners see what’s needed to have it top shelf , if it moves every week and they use all systems , then If they had one cent of common cents things would be right, but that’s not always true I roll every week for 40 weeks a year for the last 30 years if it breaks fix it , if its going to break replace it , If you want trouble don’t do anything about it !!!!!! Even the converters don’t really get it, they say they do top shelf work but that’s crap they don’t , I found lots of stuff not right on mine, they said that was normal , I don’t think so, I found five air leaks on mine before I left the place cruise airs filters not cleaned do I need to go on!!!!! Most all dust boots cracked bad all had to be replaced fuel filter plugged with lots of dirt and pinion seal leaking !!!! Two wabasto fans not working , one tag seal leaking , really what’s up!!!!! I think I will just do it myself!!!!! Take it to Jeff Rowe , now this is just my opinion so take it with grain of salt!!!!!!!!
i just added this I am talking about somebody selling a coach , I think most people when selling think there coach is in top shape, but it’s not
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Question? Why is there a Michelin tire shortage? Anyone been given a reason?
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For comparison, here was my cost per tire through our Michelin program in June:
315’s 6880
365’s. 7290
That was direct billing from Michelin and included TN tax, FET and 50 per tire junk fee.
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If I had a problem with my coach the sequence of my calls for help would be Prevost, Detroit Diesel, converters, service providers, and then an email or phone call to people I know who could help.
Between Tom and I we are on this forum a lot during the hours from about 6:30 AM ro around 9:00 PM eastern time every day of the week. We do try to help folks when we can, but we don’t have anywhere near the answers Prevost or Detroit would have.
I have been along side of the road so I am well aware of the difficulty of the situation. I know we have a lot of members who are very knowledgable, helpful, and willing to go to extremes to help another Prevost enthusiast, but……the first place to turn for help has to be the professionals.
Having said that I would urge every member of PC to develop a resource book. We have members from around the country who have extensive experience. Our skills range from guys who have literally built their own coach to people who don’t know the business end of a screw driver, but who know who to call. Start collecting phone numbers and email addresses from PC members. Work to maintain lines of communications with other PC members with your model coach or conversion. Those are the people who will have the greatest expertise with your Prevost. Think of the list as a support network. Even if folks on the list cannot help you fix the problem, they will know who they can rely on locally for assistance. I know other Prevost owners will often go out of their way to help another owner. Often the best help that can be offered to another owner is to offer advice on who to contact for assistance.
On another site the owner of the site created a list of members with phone numbers, addresses, email addresses and that list was a great resource. Unfortunately it eventually found its way into the hands of marketing companies so what many considered private information became widely available. When we designed this web site we decided we were never going to reveal to anyone in any way our member’s personal information. We will not create such a list because there is no way to protect our members.
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The park is quite nice. I would advise that you get one of their upgraded sites, though, not a “standard.” Standard = parked on gravel next to grass = water spots all over your bus from when they water every night. We were in a standard last night and after viewing the bus this morning, we determined a build out on cement away from the grass is a must. We just moved, are having the bus washed by a guy who comes on their lot ($2/per foot – not bad), and the view is beautiful of Flathead Lake. The park adjoins a KOA and shares a pool and laundry room with them. The pool is not a place I’d hang out as it’s tiny and filled with kids (retired teacher!), but after relaxing a few days we figured we’d be off at Glacier and other sites most of the time. They have a very nice workout room with state of the art equipment. Between that and John hauling me around the park (it’s got some steep hills!), I’m getting plenty of exercise. 🙂 There are social activities throughout the week, and everyone is very friendly here.
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I would say you nailed it Joe.
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Peter et al, if the parking brake leaks down when parked something is wrong because there is zero pressure to any brake chamber when parked. When the brake is released the parking brake receives air pressure to compress the spring.
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Thanks Gil, will try and get in touch this weekend!
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John & Julie,
Check with Taylor Tours in Phoenix. Not sure about the alignment but they should be able to do anything else you need. They are Prevost certified and maintain a pretty large fleet of entertainer coaches. They did the PDI and a much of work on my 2007 Marathon and they know their stuff. Chris Weaver is their head Tech I think and Cheryl works things in the office. They are good people and should be able to help you out.
Bill
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I had the same thing happen to me. It’s has only happened to me once. I don’t think Tom believed me either. Maybe, they are just messing with us CC owners. I know when I logged in the next time it worked.
I’ve had a few glitches with this site, but they seem to go away. Just this morning I couldn’t access anything on this site. All I got was a SQL error. That too, went away in time.
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I put one on my Royale last year did it from under coach and from back of motor with long extension on ratchet to do band clamp, got chrome tip from chrome shop worked great blew out the side like the flat one did
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Mine was a braided steel line I tried to take pick of it did not work but the line I am talking about comes from secondary filter by the starter and comes out of there to back of head