Rudy
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What I am calling “boots” are the dust covers on the calipers covering the rods.
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Refer to my previous post…the drive to Tennessee is worth it. Geo.
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Used mine today without a PIN.
Did save $45 on 155 gallons. Can’t complain about that.
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Jeff’s glass guy that comes to the shop does a great job.
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If you are asking me, I purchased Tim’s less expensive suggestion at the time some years ago.
Call him and check out what they offer now. Tim knows the the Ins and outs about camera systems,
RV Cams, Tim Lazaroe, (225) 261-7815
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So what did you buy
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Times 2 on RV Cams which is located in Baton Rouge, LA.
They can offer economical components to the best money can buy. You make your choices.
Outstanding tech support and can explain the various systems, one camera on up to multi-cameras.
Mine is a 10 years old economical single camera system using my existing wiring. Still working fine and much better than the one it replaced. Use it all the time I am motoring to make sure I have passed a vehicle before moving back over.
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Art,
I think the 5 port valve may be the answer but rather than speculate you are going to know for sure.
The problem with moisture is not always getting a volume of water in the system, but in creating a humid system because springs rust, the raw aluminum bores in the spool valves get white corrosion eventually forming a gray sludge, the inside of brass fittings gets a green discoloration, and things just don’t work as well as intended.
The problem with moisture is it is damaging in a slow subtle way. There is no magic moment when something is working perfectly, and then it isn’t.
The 5 port valve in the rear does 3 things. In the neutral position it shuts off all air flow and whatever air is in the air bags is locked in. In the driving or road height position the spool shifts and air flow into or exhausted from the air bags is controlled via the ride height valve. In the manual position it shuts off the ride height valve and allows you to open the air supply to add air to the air bags or open the exhaust valve to deplete air.
While I still suspect this is a valve problem I cannot figure out (yet) why air is exhausted when you take your finger from the switch, especially because you have new valves. Even if the 5 port is lazy and is not moving the spool as it is supposed to there might also be something else at play here.
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Is everyone referring to Goodlettsville and using Nashville as reference?
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Having new grease and outer hub cap (seal?) replaced is good.
Consider maybe…when you get somewhere where you are having some maintenance done have them remove the tag hub and inspect both the inner, the outer bearing, and the hub (rear) seal.
Without getting into too much detail just know that after a few firm stops the slack adjuster will re-adjust the pad clearance. May or may not be a problem again.
I might be worrying too much…again!
Be safe and have a good trip.
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Our bus lives at home in our covered carport where I also park 2 of our 3 daily drivers, so the bus gets a lot of attention.
Every month or two I dump all the fresh water. Then I pour a little bleach into the fill hose, hook it up, and add water. The bleach is barely noticeable. We carry bottled water for our consumption.
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I have seriously considered a Marathon build, but they will not even consider a Lithium installation, and bus-air , which is a must for me but seems alien to them. I love all the amenities and features that Marathon does include as standard and optional compared to Liberty, but they just won’t do Lithium installation at all. They seem to be unwilling to adapt to the changing times.
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Earlier we discussed the SSN and I couldn’t figure out their need for it and I don’t just hand out my SSN. I was then told they redid the application so it was filled out on line and SSN was no longer on the application.
I then filled out the application and received a call today to confirm my banking and my physical address to send the card. I was then asked for my SSN which I declined to give. That of course concluded the conversation. I thought since they took the SSN off the form it was no longer requested.
Has anyone had a conversation with these good folks asking why the SSN? Maybe it’s just me but the need of our SSN makes no sense. I like the plan, I like the savings and I like to support our Prevost Community Forum. Maybe one of you can explain it to me? They are not a bank/lending institution and we are not requesting a loan, please explain?
Harry
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Been there, done that.
IMHO I think the handle was cheaply made in the original coaches. I think if the back side of the handle had been a little more robust, the handle would last forever.
Ours broke as we returned from a trip after we had the coach parked at home. Cathie was outside, couldn’t open the door. I was inside, couldn’t open the door. I had to exit the coach through a window in the bedroom onto a ladder that Cathie had gotten out of the garage. Let me tell you … it WAS NOT easy.
The next I got all the tools I needed (some I had to buy special for the project at the hardware door), climbed up the ladder, and crawled back in through the window. Took the panel off the inside of the door and was able to figure out how to open the door, rig a wire to unlock the door, and put the ladder away.
Called Prevost parts, together with the CSR looked at the parts schematic, selected the right part, ordered it, and it was delivered. I thought I was getting a “new handle” … because that was what broke. The price I recall was around $150 or $160.
The package arrived in a day or so, it was really heavy, and there was LOTS of stuff in the box. I looked at the packing slip and the part number didn’t look familiar. I went to my email and looked at the invoice. Different part number, called something like “door mechanism”. and price was almost $600.
They exhausted the supply of the original $160 XL/XLV handle and the replacement was the XLII handle and mechanism. I could see stuff had to be modified. I had it installed by the Liberty techs at the Liberty rally in Maine last fall. The techs said it was the first XLII handle they had put on an XL/XLV chassis. They were surprised Prevost had run out of the old stock. I got a box of parts back after the project was over!
So the guys scrapping out roached out XLs and XLVs need to understand the market price of the door handle in good shape is in my mind $125 each.
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This thread has been all over the map, but I do have a little to add to it.
Recap:
In January I had the engine removed to replace the wiring harness to the fuel injectors. I had them replace the fuel injectors while they were in there.Two weeks later the ECM went down. In the process, we changed the fuel pump (Also Bad), cam sensor, crank sensor and ultimately the ECM.
A few weeks later I changed the Throttle Position Sensor and that cleared up a long term intermittent Jake problem.
There is one thing that I do not think I mention. When Brad, the mechanic that helped me so much in Mississippi, remove the crank sensor, there was a very small sliver of metal on the magnetic end.
That was very concerning to him and his gut reaction was to pull the engine and rebuild. I could not wrap my head around rebuilding an engine that was running good and smooth, but I did not discount his cautious approach.
After talking with Jeff Rowe, we came up with a plan. Brad changed the oil before I left Mississippi. It had only been 1700 miles since my last oil change, but the engine had been out, the top end opened, the fuel injectors were replaced and all the other drama I have described.
The oil sample from the change in March and also the sample I had from the January oil change 1700 miles before were taken to Puckett Machinery in Jackson Mississippi. The samples were processed and sent to their lab and the reports came back good.
We resolved to either pull a sample or have the oil changed at about 7500 miles and analyze the oil then. With that information, we could proceed.
I found myself in the northeast at 7500 miles and could find no place to get the oil changed or a sample pulled so the sample was taken from an oil change last week at about 9900 miles.
I received the results today and all looks very good.
Whew! I am very thankful.
Davy