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This is a general comment relative to coach storage and slide seal inflation.
Jeff’s response is absolutely correct.
If a coach is being stored, and it has inflatable slide seals owners need to be aware that if the coach is not indoors or protected from weather slide seals must remain inflated. Any water entry into a coach has the potential to cause damage and in some cases that water damage can make the coach unuseable. That is a serious statement, but the greatest risk associated with water damage is mold and mildew. That creates a health risk and if widespread the cost to remediate mold and mildew damage can exceed the cost of the coach.
But if a coach stored outside does seal the slides against moisture penetration the use of an auxiliary compressor to maintain seal inflation can create a different type of moisture damage. Few conversions have air dryers or moisture traps of sufficient quality to prevent moisture from entering the coach accessory system. It is this reason why owners who intend to store coaches outdoors for longer periods need a plan to insure moisture generated by the auxiliary compressor is periodically removed BEFORE it enters the coach accessory air tank.
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Noob, the RVAC will only cool from the salon to the vanity. In any heat you will have to run the cruise air for the bedroom and the front one also depending how cool you like it up front. If you do not have OTR, you will have to make sure the entire bus is cool (especially the bedroom) before you stop. I am not a big fan of basement AC units and particularly RVAC which is no longer supported. They can be repaired as any AC unit except for the proprietary circuit boards. In that case the normal retro-fit is a Coleman-Mach unit. I have OTR, so when I stop the bus is plenty cool. As soon as i am plugged in or turn the genset on I set the bsmt AC and both cruise airs on to the temp I desire. They will not kick in immediately as the temp is lower from the OTR, but will as the temp rises. Then I adjust accordingly. If you do not have OTR and it is real hot while you are moving you will already be running everything. Just make sure you get it a bit colder before you stop as you don’t want to let the bus heat soak as you hook up. Geo.
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Same deal with my Roadmaster, when the shank gets worn you have to send it in for repair. There is a big nut down in the tube holding the swivel and you have to have a special tool to remove, so easier just to replace the shank.
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The only reason for exercising the coach up and down and side to side is to get an average. Because of the dead spot in the ride height valve, and because the height is going to vary depending on the direction you are coming from when you hit the dead spot the best you can hope for is when you average the highest and lowest measurements taken you end up with the specified height.
You will drive yourself absolutely nuts if you don’t do that.
Having said that, you can adjust to the correct height if you adjust the coach to the correct height, and insure the arm on the valve is in the center detent. If not adjust the rod connecting it to the chassis so it is in the detent. But them measuring to verify the setting you still have to go up and down and rely on the average.
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Unless someone is carrying excessive weight (such as Tom carrying dues money) the weights are what they are. Whether they are out of whack side to side or over the axle limits the only reason to know them is so we know the correct tire pressures based on the weights.
I know of several coaches that exceeded axle limits by more than a ton, and as unfortunate as that situation is there is nothing we as owners can do about it other than making certain the tire inflation is based on the weight.
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Wouldn’t it be nice if each side of each axle carried the same load?
In a perfect world it would, but it starts with converters who try to do just that and get close. But generally it is not likely to happen because of a wide variety of factors. On my coach all my fresh water is on the passenger side and as I use water those 800 plus pounds move to the holding tank on the other side.
Then there is the problem of what we load in the bus. It may not seem like much, but by the time we add food, linens, clothes, spare parts, tools and everything else we put in the coach when we get it and it is empty we are influencing not only side to side balance, but axle weights.
Maybe buses of the future will have moveable ballast that is controlled by the chassis multiplex system that moves weight side to side and which adjusts air bag pressure to load or unload axle weights.
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That is why you need 1 or more dash cams!!
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My 06 LX II Marathon coach is currently at Winter Garden. There is a drive train vibration I’m hoping they can diagnose and fix before our trip up to Asheville later this week. My initial impression as to the customer service mirrors the OP’s comments. I’m hoping to be able to report a positive outcome on this service visit.
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Take a look at Scangauge, about 150 bucks, I’ve been using it for a couple years. I didn’t buy new, Buddy sold it to me and I paid over retail, but he was getting some upgrades at ETLC and was short on cash.
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one more ==Use gray teflon tape on air fittings –reduces possible leaks.. Learned from departed member.. he was correct. some knowledge lives on!
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Based on Newell annual production I have a very hard time thinking that number is their total production. My guess is that number is overstated. Either that or they have been making coaches for far more many years than I was aware of.
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Use the one from the existing switch
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Yep what Jon said. Parts deals Emailed to your address once you set up an account with Prevost. After, you have the option to charge (30 day billing) or , like I do, pay with Credit Card.
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What a coincidence my motor just locked in the half way position. I just removed the bolt on the end of the threaded rod to get the foot rest down.The threaded rod would only move about an inch then seize. So I know I was getting power to the motor. Your description explains it better.
The new threaded rod look beefier than prior.
Is that really the part number on the sheet??
Is the phone number on the upper left the contact for parts?
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Everyone usually recommends what they have and I am no different. However, I have a bus with OTA (Bus A/C) because I did not want to settle for one without. We came close to buying three buses before we bought this one and no or non-working OTA figured into each decision at least somewhat.
We started out with cruise airs and mine were useless over the road. We now have four roof airs and the forward one is no more than 3 feet behind the driver’s seat. OTA is much, much cooler than all those ACs.
I was on an entertainer coach a while back. It was parked at a venue on a 100 degree day in direct sun with five roof airs running off the generator and at least 12 people on board.
During load-in and soundcheck, some one had turned off the generator and the bus was heat soaked. You could feel the five airs working, but it was going to take a while. After a couple of complaints, my friend cranked the engine, flipped it on high idle and turned on the OTA. No more complaints.
We love our OTA!