[Richard]

Hello Paul and Jane,

thank you for the well wishes!!! I have been admiring the Prevosts for many many years, and finally got serious about them 2 years ago. Now, I am a very impatient man so 2 years is a very long time..any other men like that?? I have a small trucking business with 6 tractor trailer and I do still drive some, but not daily…….so I was pretty sure the driving part of the coach would be fine, and it was, but I still feel the need to clutch and grab a gear!!! Haha I had to learn quick, the ride back to NC a long way from Wyoming.

What did I learn from my search for a coach?? Not sure can say it here, but I did not know $$$$ about the coaches!!! Quite frankly, if it had not been for Jon, I might have had a coach, but would have made some serious mistakes and ruined the experience of a lifetime. We looked at maybe 10 in person, and they all looked great to us because we wanted one….but, most importantly,a good coach must be maintained, and all of that documented….no word of mouth!!!! Both Tom and Peter, the previous owners, did a helluva job with this coach and I thank them also.

We cannot wait to hit the road again……..Happy Coaching to all!

Dave and Karen

Maybe Lucy,sugar, and jasmine

Bicycles haha

[Richard]

Mine is a 40′ CC and the OTR takes about 6 lbs. R134A.

[Richard]

Pictures would be great! Love to see your efforts.

[Richard]

We all are going to suffer the leans, some sooner than others, some later and I cannot see any consistency in when it happens. Some coaches 15 years old still don’t lean and never have, some don’t get 5 years old before they start having issues.

How any of us deals with them is an individual choice. Some replace air bags, valves, and all the push in fittings within the systems, other only isolate the problem and fix the source of the leak.

[Richard]

Of course Jon is towing an H2! The stones on the Alaskan highway are so bad that everyone’s toad I checked, to include the ones with the Roadmaster shield, had a pile of stones in the area just below the windshield wipers–no kidding. The good news, other than a need to replace the coach windshileds the coach only suffered a couple small dings in the front.

As for that rear mud flap, it’s height above the road is critical. If it’s too close to the road and you drive down gravel covered roads, which Jon probably doesn’t, the mud flap will create enough turbulance to lift the rocks off the road.

[Richard]

Jon, there are alligators in the pond here that apparently like eating puppies as well! The staff said a few have “gone missing”.

[Richard]

Jon, your post got me thinking.

Checked the temp. rating with my new valve installed at the Thomas compressor. My replacement valve was rated at 250 deg max. As you say heat could shorten the life installed next to compressor. Marathon routinely mounts check valve at this location. As you may be aware there Aux system splits someplace after the Thomas compressor line. One direct line to Aux tank mounted back in the hot water bay on the passenger side. The other side of the split runs to the Aux storage tank under drivers seat.

This rear storage tank supplies a reserve 10 +or-gals of air @ 120 lbs for the operation of the air operated in and out sewage dump hose. Another air item is the trap door on the underbody raised and lowered for travel position of sewage line and 50 amp cord.access.

The best I can tell is the split is behind the generator and nearly impossible access. Lines are different colors which ID’s from front to rear on the bus. This was helpful to pressurize various lines checking for leaks

Researched a company in Minnesota which manufactures check valves. http://www.valvecheckinc.com

I now have a custom made model 6200 ….400 deg heat rated, Viton gasket , “0” ring seal , 3 psi cracking pressure, this is amount of air needed to open the valve when the compressor starts. Shop talk if your in the check valve business.

Choices can be custom made setting cracking pressure with various custom stainless springs .

Choices can be made on the valve seal and its material. Viton “0” ring is the best with air, has a long service life, heat not really an issue with Viton material used inside this valve and service next to compressor.

All of the internal parts for the new check valve are held in place with a snap ring. The other valve internal parts appeared pressed in.

[Richard]

On the same subject, air leaks, that is one reason I insist on
having an aux air pressure gauge on or under the dash. You can easily
catch suspension or other leaks by watching how often the compressor
cycles. Without that gauge, you could have a serious leak causing
the compressor to run constantly trying to keep up and never know
it.

If you have a brake leak, you can catch it with the primary and
secondary brake air pressure gauge as mentioned in the other posts
and with an aux gauge, you can do the same thing. A
really bad aux leak like an air bag or hose won’t have any effect on
your brake tank air until you use the brakes,
deplete the air because the compressor can’t keep up and the next
thing you know the buzzer/lights come on, your out of air and the
emergency brake is about to shut you down. All of that could be
avoided if you knew you had a bad aux leak and could get off the road
safely.

Note – The aux gauge will show the compressor cycling as a normal
function since the suspension is using air as your driving. If you
get used to watching that gauge, you can catch what is not normal and
know you have a leak.

[Richard]

Yes , I have the same 2 switches beside the door. And the Tivoli switch works , And the Master used to work , ? I have had the ceiling lights to come on for a few seconds then go back off in the last couple of days.

[Richard]

These pics are from my bus and may not be like yours.

If not someone else may want to see them.

maybe too large for one post?

[Richard]

Hi Tom,

I know of this guy, I have spoken with him about something or other not too long ago…..I will give him a call and see if he can check my bus out, as it is only about 20 miles away from him. It’s worth a shot, as I don’t really want to go to the “other side”!

Thanks for the heads up.

Georges

[Richard]

Thank you for your replies, I will persue the suggested steps to try to find out what system I have and post a picture. I believe the leveling system on the panel is an earlier set up to the rotating switch I have seen here and was installed by Liberty. The first thing I need to do is understand how it works, I was hoping to find someone that possibly had one back in the day here. Although it is an older coach, it has had some updates and is a really nice one. I am just needing to correct the bleed off of air situation and I will be off to a great start.

Thank you for the safety regarding the air suspension, I am very cautious of getting under the coach without support, I have read alot about that here as well and will make sure it is safe before crawling under it.

Richard

[Richard]

I just checked and the rates for Destin West RV drops from $99 to $60 per night beginning Monday. I agree with Gil, Destin West would be a little more quiet than Santa Rosa. Also, there are plenty of nice restaraunts and other attractions near Destin West. As a bonus, it is five minutes from my house! 🙂

Brian

[Richard]

Jon,

My bet is that all of your Prevost guages are run from a single communications bus. If the communication bus dies so does all the guages. My perspective comes from the marine industry where more and more systems are collapsed on a common communications bus with multi function displays.

You are absolutely correct though. If the display dies all monitoring is gone. In that case I break out the PC and hook it to the communications connector next to the driver’s seat and I have all engine and transmission data restored. That’s not everything, but it is most of the data.

Flip phone, really? Tell me its not true.