Reagan
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If that doesn’t get you taken care of, remember, worst case, you can take the one out of the face of the inverter body and put it on place of the board in the remote panel inside. Dan Hartley, our parts manager, may be able to help as well. I believe we have 3 reman’d inverters, and a few we are scavaging for parts. One way or another we may be able to help you if you cannot find elsewere.
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Cheeeef,
Hope to see you there!Safe Travels,
Doug
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Tim,
Leon is my Hero! And that who is told me it was normal at least on my Bus. I am sure he did a better job of explaining it but it does take a minute or so and it really doesn’t matter if the coach has anything on or not in my case.
As soon as I turn on the main breaker in DS bay. it does its thing and when I hear the dish drawer beap I know it’s complete but I always make a habit of walking inside and checking that everything is normal and both inverters are showing AC good.
When I overload the system and exceed the 50amp limit… Aux reset will keep flashing until I press it.
My guess was this was Marathon’s attempt to keep an owner from having to go outside to reset the main breaker which I really have never had to do but aux reset many times when someone (wife or girls) do something they shouldn’t
Seems well designed and engineered to me.
Bill
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There is nothing magic about installing the “base plates”. It is all a simple mechanical process that involves nothing more than bolting something onto a toad frame so the tow bar can hook to the vehicle.
Depending on the vehicle and how to gain access to the frame mounting points the job is simple with just a few steps, or lengthy with the required disassembly of a lot of components. Dana’s Jeep is a good example of an installation that requires a lot of disassembly, and some vehicles are worse, some much better.
The area that requires some concern is the wiring. A lot of toady’s vehicles have multiple control modules and multiplex wiring and the sophistication of those systems might create problems like power to the lights feeding back to modules that should not see power, or the lights doing weird things unless diodes are installed. The work around situations like that involves adding a set of lights or light sockets dedicated exclusively to the RV lighting.
Everything else relating to wiring is just routing the wires and connecting them to the plug and lights or light sockets.
Don’t be afraid of doing your own if you have some tools and patience. There are U-tube type videos on doing just about anything so regardless of the toad it is likely someone has put a video on the internet to use as a guide in addition to the well detailed instructions that come with the Roadmaster or Blue Ox components.
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Dick,
Those are some of the questions we are trying to get answers to. The owner’s manual does not give that info as far as we can tell. -
Andy, same experience…last time I timed it…3min6sec at Bella Terra….Jon still did’nt believe me. Geo.
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. Look around and do a search on counter depth like others have said. There are a lot of them available. I found a Samsung with a 5 star energy rating that has an energy saving mode. With 2 doors and 2 drawers. Perfect for the bus. One thing that I should have done. Is saved the formica color match panels that were in the old Amana. Could have used them for a custom cabinet or shelf to replace the old built in coffee maker.
Safe travels,
Rocky
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Who’s the dealer Brett, we need to know those things.
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I hope my post is not too redundant.
Brett:
The Forum members and admins are making two points to you:
1. If you find a coach that checks many of your boxes, many of us on the Forum would be happy to look at the coach if its in their area. If you find a coach a couple, three hour drive from Milwaukee I’d be more than happy to do that for you so you aren’t out on a wild goose chase looking at a misrepresented coach. I’m still stunned at the number and magnitude of the bad experiences you’re had in your search.
2. If you were to post a general idea of what you’re looking for, its possible that someone on the Forum might be aware of a coach that’s for sale or about to come up for sale that fits your requirements.
A post might be … “Looking for a late 90’s, early 2000’s H-45, need sleeping for no more than two, must have private commode, standard trailer capacity OK, we’re full-timers and prefer extra storage over OTR/bus air, have four slides now, would like one or two. Indifferent between natural wood or Vitricor. Have a purchase budget of $150K and budget of $30K for initial zero out.”
The admins might want to consider adding an additional topic: We’re looking for a coach to buy.
All these little things add liquidity to the market and faciliate efficient sales of coaches … which benefits everyone who has an interest in buying, owning, selling, converting, maintaining, or repairing a Prevost coach.
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: ) Great story! Thums up, Like, and all that.
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Hi Jeff,As the initiator of this thread I thought it incumbent upon me to poll the posters. You’ll be happy to know that when you say “I’m a bumbling idiot”! No one felt you were bumbling!
Harry
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Hi Rocky, Robert and Jon , Thank you for the information, I understand better now!
I met with my mechanic at the coach this morning with my starter that was rebuilt. We no more than got there when it started sprinkling and after 10 minutes started pouring. So we’re looking at tomorrow where there’s only 20% chance of rain.
I mentioned to him about the 15/55 mph, cruise and Jake brake problem and told him someone here on the Forum said they could all be related? He said it could very well be and put his finger on the left side of the relay that he installed a few days ago. If you remember the other one, I posted pictures, was black. He pointed out all the breakers and electrical stuff to the left of the relay and said the relay controlled all of that! He said the relay may not be the problem but it could be! He also told me he’d checked all the wiring related to this relay inside and outside the box and found nothing amiss! Wow wouldn’t it be something if it fixed everything!
If it does fix everything, I’ll make an appointment with ETLC for a checkup. If it doesn’t I’ll make an appointment with Clark! Thank you one and all for your help with this. You’ve been a great help to a guy struggling to understand!
Harry
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5/26/17……The new toad just arrived….
2017 Lincoln MKX Turbocharged 2.7 V6 AWD
2013 Honda CRV AWD (to be sold soon)
We also always want a tow vehicle with us. So convenient! We have towed the Honda from TN to CA and have never unhooked it, but it’s there if we need it!
Mark
PS. Jon’s Ford is the coolest toad!
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I have those quick connect adapters, they are what my current cars and trucks use. But the fittings on the compressor/lines on the coach are not quick connect, they are threaded and have caps on them that come off and expose threads. I’m a little fuzzy on this because it was a few months ago when I checked them out for possible future maintenance needs to be sure I had the right stuff. I’ll check them again when I get the coach back back on 4 June from Prevost in Fort Worth who is replacing a side window broken by a weed trimmer (not by me).
Found a photo, here is what I have with the cap on it.
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Driving My coach home for the fist time. I had to go thru about 90 miles of very very narrow concrete barriers. One lane only , about 8-10″ of room on each side of the coach it seemed like. And maybe it was 12″ on each side ? But I seriously doubt it. I would not wish that on anybody. Also had a few of those bridge crossings after that , where My mirrors were 3-4″ from a semi’s mirrors. NOT FUN !
Safe travels,
Rocky