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Cool pics Art. What does the caption on the Liberty front cap say?
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We had an inverter fail on our 99 Liberty Elegant Lady 24volt coach, it was the inverter that powered the refrigerator so no refrigerator. I discovered this before it got warm and spoiled the contents. No inverter … no power from shore power and no power from generator. Jeff Rowe at ETLC talked me through wiring around the bad inverter and I had power to the refrigerator. It wasn’t difficult.
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Well this place is great. I also post on facebook, but I spoke to don today.
While running around the coach we checked the psi switch that triggers the air compressor to work. I pushed the points down and it caused the air compressor to turn on.
Ill be ordering a new switch and also putting in a pressure gauge. I also will put a quick connect so shop air can be plugged in so I can check for leaks.
Went from lost to found by end of day
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Greetings Jon,
Have you heard any bad reports about Interstate 8D Gel/Cell house batteries?
Mine are not taking a charge and am looking at Continental Batteries as replacements.
Happy Holidays and All the Best
Earl Justus
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Yes, mine will lift but not completely off the ground. I`ve adjusted chain that lifts it for max height. it helps in slow turning radius. Some other models may lift completely.
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I had a DDEC internal battery failure on my DDEC V coach. Threw a code, but that was all. I’ve been told that can lead to complete failure, but mine didn’t do that.
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left windows in place. just removed glass. I had made pattern first and had replacement glass pre-cut. I did tape new glass in place to let adheasive set(to keep it from falling out) been good for over 7 years now.
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Today i faced both of my exhaust manifolds. Fairly easy to do, setup was a bit tricky. 30″ cleaned up one and 25″ on the other. They are both now flat within 01″.
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This has been educational for me. For my 32 years of Prevost ownership I have heard all the horror stories ranging from poor quality wash jobs to chemical stains and damage to polished aluminum wheels. It was unimportant to me because I always tended to wash my own bus.
Age has become an issue with ownership because while I still want to do all my own bus work, Mother Nature has different ideas so I now have to adjust.
I will not say never, but in the event I need someone to wash the bus again I will become proactive and force more attention to detail. Clearly the enthusiastic bus washers need to slow down and make sure they do loosen and flush all the dirt, and they certainly need to do a much better job of using clean rinse water to completely wash off the abundance of remaining soap and chemicals.
Since I never had any coach as filthy, including the years we ran in the salt and grime of highways in the snow belt, I may never need to use a truck wash again. but if I do I will be prepared, including turning around and getting back in line to make the truck wash do things better or over.
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You didn’t state if u had a 12v “Classic” (like my 1996), or a 24v “Lady”?
If its a “Lady”? I have no clue.If its like my “Classic” there are 2 things that come to mind: 1) Tivoli solenoid has failed closed (1st pic), it is located in the converter 12v bay (#2 driverside).2) on/off switch has failed closed (2nd pic). -
Post this location to the PC Forum map!
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Dash air and coach air on an OTR coach is the same system.
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Do not forget the fitting where the belt tensioner arm pivots under the fan clutch.
With no lube the bushings wear and the gearbox to clutch belt starts getting eaten up by side to side movement.
Prevost calls for lube every 6200 miles.
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Mikee, do you use a welding regulator to pressurize the system? I don’t know if I can get 250 psi in through a regulator based on the way it works, and I don’t have the fittings to go from the tank straight to an R134a fitting. Once there is pressure on the outlet port of the regulator, it tries to start closing the poppet valve. I didn’t try cranking it all the way in, but I’ll give it a shot.
I repaired the leaks at the sight glasses and found a couple more at the compressor’s pressure sensors (I had been into the compressor previously.) I got those sealed up and let it sit overnight. It dropped from 50 psi at ~90F to 44.5 psi at ~70F. Ideal Gas Law says it should have been closer to 47F, which is about what was in the lineset before I opened the Schrader valve on the suction port. I’ll crank up the pressure today and see if I can locate the remaining leak(s). We are leaving tomorrow so I really hope I can get it working and not have to rely on the Cruise Airs going down the road…
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It probably is the power pole, but I doubt there’s much I can do about that. I just wanted to see what was under my control (the electrical load). I did lower the shore power cord thing down to 30 amps and so far no tripping.