Rudy
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Great that none of you all were asleep.
My cook top cover is in two granit pieces and for each one there is a small pin/plunger type switch that keeps the cook top from comming on if one of the tops is on.
This may be something you could look into for futrue safety.
Can I come sking.
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We’re on 219 at the Aztec but won’t be in ’till the 1st of January.Hope you decide to stay longer.. Enjoy your stay..
Gil
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We are signed up as well.
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We had a single tank on our Foretravel. Never had a problem. Easier to manage than two tanks.
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I’d like an app for my iPhone rather than another standalone device, but so far I haven’t found any apps with universally good reviews for accommodating “no fly zones” for our coaches (height and weight, primarily).
As for the 10’8″ bridge, I pulled over to the side of the road pissed, but not as pissed as everyone behind me. I was coming from Eastern Long Island, not GWB/Throgs Neck (that’s just my normal commute TO Long Island with the bus – which is perfectly safe for buses other than traffic). I sat there weighing my options about 50 yards short of the brige. After some careful consideration, I decided the 10’8″ warning was for the lowest point and the bridge was a shallow arc. I wagered the top of the arc was about a foot higher than the outer parts so after pissing off a lot more people, I got back onto the highway and drove in the middle of two lanes (in between two lanes, I guess you’d say) so that I was centered under the arch. I know my bus is about 11’4″ lowered. I have not yet measured its normal ride height – a major problem.
By a stroke of God that worked and then I was also lucky enough to immediately be at an exit for Citi Field (home of Mets, they must have coaches that go in there, right?). I then drove all over places that probably don’t see Prevost Coaches very often and found the proper truck route to LGA. LGA itself was an entire mess. It is under construction, packed, and has its own height warnings for some terminals. I evenutally kicked my passenger out at the wrong terminal just so I could escape the madness. I was thrilled, ironically, when I was safely back on truck-infested highways in stop and go traffic with Jersey barriers everywhere and no space on either side – but at least not about to be decapitated by a bridge.
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Dick provided me with a contact at Perko as well as part numbers for the overall latch set and the cam/bevel set. The latch set is available from West Marine for $100 while the cam/bevel is available for $200. Since the bevel is what is broken on mine, I went with the $200 repair/part. Should be here in a couple days.
Basically on the bevel, one of the ears that the cam push/pulls broke off, making the cam skip or get locked up some times. This added the possibility of getting “locked” in the head. Not fun if no one is around I am sure.
Here is a link to the full latch set
http://www.westmarine.com/buy/perko–mortise-latch-set–257121?recordNum=74
And here is a link to the cam/bevel parts
http://www.westmarine.com/buy/perko–regular-bevel-with-cam–10616480?recordNum=99
The picture for the Cam/bevel on WM’s site shows the overall latch set. Here is the actual part that should be coming. As you can see the bevel has two ears, one broke off.
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The State of South Carolina requires a Class E non-commerical license for a vehicle over 26,000 LBS, and a Class F non-commercial if towing something. Written test first then a skills test. A learners permit can be issued for wither Class E or Class F. Then the skills test.
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I think the steer is 630259 if u use 630260 it will not raise or go past road height check those part numbers but I am pretty sure that’s right I had a coach same year and it had 630260 on front and would not go past road height after some digging found out it takes the 630259 with the May west pedestals and it will go right up past road height
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Liam, the Webasto on my 1990 XL Country Coach always did that when we were above 5,000 feet altitude. It looked like the Batmobile, but was only visible at night. I think if you look really closely you will see that there is no flame coming out of the exhaust pipe, but rather it is a reflection of the flame inside the unit, reflecting on the hot and smokey exhaust. The exhaust spins in a vortex which makes it look like a cone-shaped flame. In my case, the Websasto always smoked more at altitude, which is why we got the Batmobile effect. It really freaked me out until I figured out what was hapenning. Be very careful when checking. Flame or not, the Webasto exhaust is really, really hot.
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Hector,
I would suggest you talk on the phone to Jeff for a possible solution. Based on feedback from others, including other bus sites it is possible the older roof top ACs were actually quieter than the replacements available today. However I do know that when Liberty made a major change in their approach to air conditioning the coach and started using roof ACs on certain models they made a major effort to control noise. I do not know if they were completely successful or if it involved a design that can or cannot be retrofit.
We do have some members who I know have Liberty coaches with roof airs, and one had a previous coach also with roof airs that might be able to offer an opinion regarding noise levels. Perhaps they may post a response to this thread.
Noise level has always been the drawback to roof airs and what is an acceptable level may be subjective, however I believe those with the Liberty coaches with roof ACs also have Cruiseairs in the same coach so you should be able to get an accurate reading on noise levels.
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Tom,
You’re really missing out! That’s how they fertilized the crops in Turkey when I was there, and they had the best vegetables ever. -
All I can say is I will never screw with my braking system. With all the engineering that goes into it, with all the certification testing required, the engineers had to know what they were doing. If I wanted to get bold, before I made any changes, including one of such significant proportions as changing brake chamber size I would speak to the engineers.
I have zero concern about changing the parking or emergency brake to a different, especially larger, size with one exception. The service brake modifications are what I would be concerned about.
The parking brakes with larger chambers are going to hold better. That is a good thing. The exception to my feelings on that is if the emergency brakes deploy it is a spring brake, not controlled by ABS and if it locks a lightly loaded tag axle as a result you know a sliding tire has virtually no traction so you know emergency stopping distances are going to be compromised.
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Charlie, never let a job interfere with the enjoyment you will get owning a Prevost. We all reach a point where we find we want something, and initially think we need to justify that desire.
If you want the truth, none of us can justify a coach. They are a dumb investment and an ongoing cost. But I cannot think of anything I have ever purchased that has brought so much satisfaction.
Buy the bus you want and make the driveway fit it.
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Coleman-Mach is the unit normally used for a retro-fit. It’s not inexpensive, but cheaper than any of the alternatives. Geo.