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Reagan

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August 18, 2015 at 9:50 am in reply to: Solenoid Rack

I would just try new hose full length. Most of those in that area are short. Make sure ends are cut square as they tend to leak if not with push fittings. The picture looks like the hose is angled in fitting. That fitting you push the little collar in and just pull hose out. Bob

Reagan

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August 10, 2015 at 2:47 pm in reply to: How did you replace the TV in front?

Dick, sounds like I have the same liberty setup as you do.

The previous owner swapped out the front and back TV’s to flat screen TV’s before I bought, which was nice. Basically the TV fits in the same hole that the old TV was in with a surround panel to fill up the space around the new TV. They built a “mount that was screwed into the frame of the cabinet and attached the new TV to that. This sets the TV so it’s just a little out of the cabinet, and then made a faceplate out of plexiglass that fits into the frame, around the TV to clean it up. They painted that black so it blends into the overall front cabinet area.

It’s not a big TV, which is okay for me and my wife. Just big enough to fit into the opening and to see from the couches 🙂

I’ll try to get a picture up of it today or tomorrow if no one else has anything to go with.

Reagan

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August 10, 2015 at 11:01 am in reply to: Speedometer Erratic

Had that problem, checked everything I could find and finally pulled the speedo, took it to a VDO repair shop here in Michigan and ended up buying a new one set to my actual mileage for somewhere around $200.

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Reagan

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August 9, 2015 at 3:43 pm in reply to: Bogging down in East Texas

I admit, I did not llook behind the batteries… I just got back…

I will go later this afternoon… I BELIEVE…. I BELIEVE… I hope I find iot today.

THANKS,

Pres

Reagan

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August 9, 2015 at 2:41 pm in reply to: PC “Know Your Prevost Seminar 2”

Well, I guess we are like the pig and breakfast; paid for the seminar yesterday, so we are committed!

Reagan

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August 8, 2015 at 4:14 pm in reply to: Bus Barn

Darn, you did all of this for me on a Saturday and the Banks don’t open until Monday!

Thanks!

Fred

Reagan

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August 8, 2015 at 2:15 pm in reply to: Best Brand of LED TV for Coach ?

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Reagan

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August 8, 2015 at 1:32 pm in reply to: Blue Ox Patriot

The critical consideration is the type of braking system on the toad. Air Force One and M&G are excellent because they are proportional to the coach braking force, but most importantly they convert the pneumatic force of the bus air system into the toad’s hydraulic braking force readily. AF-1 for example maintains vacuum boost to keep the pedal effort similar to that used when the toad is being driven.

But we have gone from vacuum boosted brakes to hydraulic boosted brakes on some vehicles and without the hydraulic boost the pedal effort is considerable. General Motors I believe uses brakes boosted with the power steering pump so instead of vacuum assist it is hydraulic assist and the difference between assisted and not assisted is significant. That system is not likely on the lighter SUVs or pickups, but can be found on heavy duty vehicles.

Ram is now doing the same thing. On the light duty pickups the brakes are vacuum assist and both the M&G and AF-1 work well. When the Ram is a heavy duty, such as the 2500 models the power steering pump provides the boost and neither M&G or AF-1 can apply significant force for braking.

On the other end of the spectrum would be light cars that have no power brake assist. On those a typical bus brake system for the toad may apply too much force to the point of locking the brakes. Selecting the correct system will require some research into how the system works and how it can be adjusted if needed.

Reagan

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August 2, 2015 at 9:25 am in reply to: PC Really No Rally – Air & Coach Concours Nov 2015

It sounds good Tombut I cant seem to find the cost anywhere. Are these old eyes going bad or what?

y the way, we saw “Ted” 2 last week. Sorry to say its not so good. Still love the first one though.

Reagan

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June 25, 2015 at 11:01 am in reply to: Three Axle Alignment

Truk, ya gotta spend that slide money of Nancy’s somehow. Geo.

Reagan

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June 24, 2015 at 3:24 pm in reply to: Three Axle Alignment

Conversion service should be provided by the converter or an expert in that particular conversion.

Prevost service should be provided by Prevost or an expert in working on the Prevost Chassis.

Maybe in an emergency you might be able to get some service on one or the other by other than who should be doing the work, but usually the only thing you can rely on if you have anyone other than who I listed above do service work is that good results might be more from luck than anything else. I don’t feel lucky today.