Ronald
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1st thing I did was put in a tool box, went to Lowes and bought the bottom section of a roll away ball bearing drawers lots of room not to pricey
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First of all, finding Prevost service anywhere between TX and CA is IMPOSSIBLE. It’s a vast wasteland and CO puts you about as far away from Prevost service as possible.
Now, the good news! Woowie, Zoowie. Who would have thought that $49.50 worth of bushing could make such a difference in the way the coach drives! It appears that I have forgotten over the years just how great a Prevost drives. There must have been a gradual degrading in the ride and handling over the years. Today’s drive (350 miles) was simply a pleasure. I still can’t be sure it will be the solution to the air bag problem but I sure am hopeful! The coach was driving so well I thought I would run it up a bit like I used to do. At 72 it ran great (pretty normal) but above that I had some front end vibration even with my Centramatics. Today, 80 was smooth as a baby’s butt! Truck’s passing me by did not move me to the side even a little bit (like the old days that I had forgotten).
I took a peek under the coach at one of our stops and I see that the Volvo techs did NOT properly re-engage the nut locks properly (only bent 1 of the 2 tabs) but I will take care of that in the next few days. I will send pics to Volvo showing them what the techs missed.
“Right now”, I am really, really happy and I am thinking that I should consider replacing the bushing on ALL of the remaining radius rod bushing (a dozen or so in the rear of the coach). We had a great drive today and it reminded me why I bought a Prevost in the first place. Now, if only I could find someone who knew how to fix problems with a DDEC I engine!
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It’s OK Les, the Racoons are invading his garden and he’s just slightly losing it these days. He’s traping them and humanely moving them, but they only return and just piss him off more. If it was me, I would just make sure I didn’t run out of ammo.
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Probably just your brother in law having a little fun at your expense. Maybe he really does have some special power(s).
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Ronald,
Where did you stay in Cave City ?
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Ronald I met someone at a rally a few years ago who said he parks there often. Said the gate guards just think it’s an entertainer coach and just to keep a low profile.
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I think all that cheese is getting to Dick….
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The rear system is often referred to as the Primary system, as that’s what does most of the braking on a semi. The front system is often referred to as the secondary. The auxiliary system is separate all together on a Prevost, with it’s own compressor but no ability to control the brakes. The front axle does not have parking brakes, so if the front system bleeds down, you won’t apply the parking brake. If the rear system bleeds down, it will apply the parking brake. The compressor can’t send pressure to the rear system if its venting air through the front, so you only have the energy in the tank at the time of the failure. That minimum energy is mandated by FMVSS with tank volume and cut-in pressure requirements. The redundancy is that the rear system didn’t bleed down through your leak due to the check valve and you were still able to stop the bus, not that you can continue driving it with multiple brake applications.
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Hi Liam,
Thanks for posting the pictures. I have not done anything about my leak but I can see now how the sides are bolted to the main core.
Why did you have to replace the radiator?
Gerald
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Very nice coach. Apparently well cared for. Do you know who did the conversion?
I found the change holder next to the driver for the toll booth interesting. I’ve never been in any of Jon Wehrenberg’s coaches, but I suspect there is one of those in each of his coaches.
Do you find the marine compass useful? Or is there too much metal around it?
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Greg and Penny,
It would be great to see a pic of your MCI.
Safe travels,
Mark
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Yes Sir, cut in a blade fuse at 2amp is fine.
Amazon has em, I couldn’t attach picture.
Later
bv
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Correct switch on inverter turn off then you can operate them from the remotes…Inverters need a load…photo shows breakers off..turn on refer or microwave…..any change…
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With Jon on this one…most people want it changed to 5th if they get one that is 4th. Very annoying to have it automatically go to 4th all the time. Geo.
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Thank you Jon and I was thinking of that very thing about how to access the latch on my slide window from outside? One thought is to open the window a tad so you can’t notice it from the outside or let rain in? Yet enough to push it open from outside? But that requires remembering to set the window latch on the way out. And you can’t drive that way due to wind noise.
I’ll have to take a good look at the window latch next time in the bus to see what my options are? Unless an XL owner already figured it out?
There was a time you could depend on Tom for this kind of information. But now with his slide coach he’s so mesmerized with watching the slide going back and fourth (oops, didn’t go back that time) that those good old days are over!
Harry