[Rod]

Jon, the Prevost information comes from Michelin and is of course based on whether you are running Michelin tires. Thanks for clarifying. Tire pressure recommendations based on Michelin OEM tires. The coach should be weighed fully loaded, all tanks full.

Prevost recommends following Michelin’s guidelines, available atmichelinrvtires.com/assets/pdf/RVTiresBrochure.pdf.

[Rod]

Hey Rod

I am working like a mad dog to get it done enough to come. I have reserved a spot so I better be there hadn’t I!!. BTW, what was the name of the vinyl you used on the dash. I need that to order some more for the rest of the dash area.

Rob

91 Prevost

Missouri

[Rod]

Thanks everyone for the confirmation.

[Rod]

You just had to bring up that blue lift, didn’t you…

[Rod]

Jon:

I’ve got a minor roof water leak I’m chasing. Do you have a photo or description of the outside air intake cover to which you’re referring?

[Rod]

Very cool. I just hope I never have a need for one.

[Rod]

Thomas,

You can attach the temp sensors to the battery case with double sided sticky tape. I doubt there has been any change in your battery wiring configuration.

[Rod]

Well, mine is at JAX now waiting for Rick’s to get done. I sent him some pics today and they are making good progress on it. Mine is up next and should get into the shop Tues or Weds this week. They were swamped with work today. John was out working on stuff they were so busy.

I will call him later in the week for an update. There were two guys working on Rick’s coach when I was there this morning, so it looks like they are trying to speed things up.

[Rod]

I switched my Verizon plan to the Share Everything Plan, saved money and now all devices share 6 gig of data. So I have 2 Iphones, an Ipad 2 cellular and the Jetpack Wi-fi for less than 2000 a month. It’s a fixed rate monthly and no other crazy charges.

I had to do all this because of the fear of Jon’s two can’s and string breaking!

[Rod]

After spending about a week parked on a heavily treed site at TGO I looked at the top of my slides before retracting them. Both were covered with leaves, seeds, and small twigs. I swept them clean as best I could using my washing brush and extension pole. When I got home I opened them back up and finished cleaning them and ended up with a small collection of live Oak leaves on the garage floor.

My next project is going to be an air blower that I can use to blow debris from the top of the slides before I retract them. John is right and it was evident if I had allowed my slides to close without first cleaning most of the stuff off some would have gotten pushed beneath the seal.

Until I get my long tube leaf blower made my solution will be to leave the slides out until I get enough speed up to blow the leaves from the slide roof. That should work.

[Rod]

Al – you & Mary Ellen will be missed! If the dates free up, come on down!

[Rod]

I had my local Hunter Douglas dealer restring a couple of mine. Only took a day or so after I dropped them off. He said they were warranteed and no charge for the service.

[Rod]

Thanks for the input everyone! Painting, In this case “clearing” a panel is not difficult; in fact I will go so far as to say that painting, save the trick airbrush stuff, is not difficult at all. Back in the day, if one screwed up the job while shooting lacquer, it could be fixed in 15 minutes due to the rapid dry time; with these newer paints it takes a bit longer however one can always sand and buff these finishes, nearly all of them, in a few days time provided there is enough material to work with. Properly applied the above should not be required however, it is an option that is available with these new paints.

I will admit that I have painted before, aside from fences and walls with a roller, so I do not consider squirting the bus a gamble. There have been but two problems that appeared in my recent work, those being fish eyes, which are caused by silicone in all of its forms and off brand masking tape. I think they are behind me now but for the fish eyes I wash, scrub then apply numerous wipe downs with a surface solvent (Preps-Sol), and I will only use 3M green painting tape designed for use with these paints, actually the solvents in the paints. You have to look inside the roll to make certain its 3M as there is a lot of green tape out there.

We have all heard about the prep being the most important part of painting,…cleaning, maybe a bit of putty, sanding and masking and I certainly will not argue that point. Further, I cannot argue the quality of automotive paints, as I really think that they are all pretty much the same; the cheaper paints having more solvents and thus may require more applications to get the desired coverage but that’s about all I have noticed: this in large part due to the EPA sticking its beek into the allowed ingredients in all paint. California has gone so far as to prohibit all but water born (water based) without literally millions in special “anti-smog” equipment so nearly every paint shop is now in the neo-latex business.

[Rod]

I like watching gamblers at work. Especially those that are willing to risk they know more than the guy that actually made the product. For the effort you are going to with the prep work, and the amount of work involved if your choice (modified as you might decide) prematurely fails I suspect a short phone call to the folks that make the products might give you some insight as to what product you might want to use of the two you have, or better yet, one on the shelf that might be even better.

I don’t have a law degree, but after seeing $80,000 in finished parts in a dumpster because the finish failed I have a deep respect for the nuances of the various formulations. In your case you are asking a finish to adhere and tolerate heat and UV exposure. You don’t care about abrasion resistance, or ability to adhere if the surface is bent over a mandrel, or it will resist scratching such as from a 2H pencil test. You want it to stick and you do not want it to “chalk”. It will be worth the advice you get from the people who formulate the products.

If you were slopping some paint on a rusty engine block I would heartily endorse the cheap oil based enamels on paints from Tractor Supply. But you are in a whole different league in what you are doing.

[Rod]

Send me some pictures! I will be happy to look at them Jim!

stitchesinteriors@gmail.com

Thanks!