Steve
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Thanks Steve, Next time I’m in your area, I’ll stop in!
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Hey Guys
As I just moved from LA to Missouri, and grew up in LA traffic, I agree with taking the shortest route, but the key to LA traffic is timing. If you can get to the bottom of the grapvine by 11:00 AM and don’t stop for a break until you are in Orange County you should NOT hit any traffic and you’ll make great time. The 5 gets a little tight (3 lanes) in the Santa Fe Springs portion, but then should open up. So between 11:00 and 3:00 is the sweet spot.
If you can’t hit this window, then I would take the 58 hightway East through Tehachapi to the 15 south. Its two lanes each way and has some steepness to it. But once you hit the desert floor you should be good.
The 210 fwy which I lived near my entire life, is great. The most recent addition to that freeway starts in San Dimas, and it is very smooth,open and runs fast. But again, timing is important on the 210 as well. There is a short cut once you get to the bottom on the 5 south at the 14 hwy interchange. Once you starting see the freeway signs for the 14 interchange, get over to the right ASAP. The transition from the 5 to the 210 (San Fernando) is short and people carry alot of speed into it. If that worries you then take the truck route to avoid it. Take the 210 east (San Fernando fwy) this is far less traveled fwy that is a nice run that will dump you right into Pasadena (210 fwy east San Bernadino) And if you don’t hit the sweet spot, that where the traffic will start for the next 40 miles.
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Davy,
thanks for the tip. I’ll try it tomorrow.
It is surprising how little engine braking there is without the jake.
Gerald
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No problem on the half Pressure Pro big boy, so you want a Repeater and 4 Sensors?
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Same question here … Although we may be able to arrive on the 23rd by moving around a few things. Will they reach out to us to verify our arrival date?
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Dick,
Confirmed today. If the OTR rocker switch is in the middle (OFF) position, I do not get heat when I turn up the temp or speed controls. I do get lots of cold air.
Sounds like your solenoid valve for the front heat exchanger is stuck but that does not explain why you can regulate the temperature which is done by cycling the valve on / off depending on temp setting
Does the A/C side get cold?
Gerald
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Per I doubt you will like that because when on cruise and you are doing about 55 and and a little hill comes up and it drops a little speed about 50 mph it will shift to fourth and be at high rpm not over but high then when the cruise kicks back on it will shift back to sixth, It won’t be bad if you are not on cruise and you let you foot off the throttle and want to slow right down on a off ramp or a quick stop , but when on cruise it will be up and down with the cruise on , depends on the speed you are going and the road but if you are in the 45 to 55 mph it won’t be smooth it keeps trying to go to fourth then back to sixth
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Mark & Kristi, you are experiencing now what we have learned about during the past 3-4 years. And it is getting worse with every year. More and more people come to Florida each winter and it is nearly impossible to get a reservation anywhere, that is to say in the nice places, unless, you do make a reservation several months ahead of the time of your stay.
When we started to look at our 2015/2016 winter schedule, we started to look around in July of 2015.
We had to adjust our schedule a couple of times because there was no availablitiy when we wanted to stay somewhere.
This applies to the keys, too. We are going to stay for a week at Bluewater. That reservation, for the first week of May was made this past July!!!
We have also wanted to stay at John Pennekamp State Park for several years but despite of concentrated efforts, we were never able to make an online reservation. Regardless of the date and the length of stay, everything was booked.
Last August I was finally able to make a reservation. It is from May 8 to May 22 … !
About 3 years ago, we tried to make reservations in the keys for the months of February/March and tried this in October. They just laughed at us.
The above does also now more and more apply to the “nice” places in Southwest FL. Many of the nice places do give preference now and first to people who will book for 3 months and longer!
We did stay for the month of December at the Myakka Motorcoach Resort in Port Charlotte. We were able to make that reservation in August and were told right away, that they would be booked solid starting with January.
Yesterday, they sent out an email to everyone who has rented there in the past. Right now, they will not even take any reservations at all for 2016/2017. … ! The email states that the reservation window for people who will reserve 3 months or longer will open on January 25 … And so on.
We would much rather travel without such restrictions and stay where we want, when we want and for however long we want. That has become a daydream.
Cheers
Ronald
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Thanks for the clarification that it’s really not a retarder but gives the transmission more precision in selecting the right gear … so when in “D” I should select the “Performance” mode all the time for better performance and really no noticeable loss in MPG, got it.
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If you push the mode button the little red little will come on and it changes the shift pattern for going up hills it keeps it in the gear a little bit longer and it will use more fuel if you are going down the road , I use it if it’s up and down lots so the trans does not shift so much
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Tim the JW speaker lights are about the best since you have the four light system and are sealed beam that’s what all my trucks have
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Andy,
The current style lights are not from any other vehicle such as Prevost has used since the early 90’s. They are an assembly of small lights for normal and high beam with a turn signal They are halogen bulb lights, with separate low and high beam modules mounted along with an LED turn signal / parking lamp mounted on a base as an assembly.
They are specific to Prevost coaches.
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One thing to consider is that both inverter control panels may not be wired to start the generator. Unless the generator has multiple wiring harness/control board connections, allowing multiple generator start signals, only one of the inverter control panels will be physically connected.
This certainly is how Magnum AGS works. I have no information if the older Trace controllers are similar.
If you do not know which inverter control panel is used to trigger a AGS, the safe thing is to set both to Auto. That way, whichever one is connected will be able to send the AGS signal.
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Is a pretty good road map all in all ! Geo.
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I was referring to chassis batteries and just as in all vehicles in a hot climte they last only 50-60%. I also meant lead acid, I don’t really know if AGM would be better in that application. Geo.