Steve
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Ditto what Tom said. Sounds like Webasto is heating your water and the SMX controls are powering up the toe kick heaters.
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I second that. Happy New Year everyone.
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BBB is correct in his above response.
Bill S.
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It is mildly dispiriting but not uncommon for internet posts to be dead wrong or to blow things out of proportion, both of which seemed to have happened with the original post and many of the follow ups. The CA regulations effective the first of the year ban commercial vehicles with engines more than 20 years old; i.e. pre- 1996. However, engines pre 2007 do need to have a particulate filter added to the exhaust, which is probably not cheap. I suspect there aren’t that many OTR truckers or reputable bus lines running 20+ year old engines, but there are longer phase-in periods for small fleets and the state offers financial assistance for those needing help to comply. By the way, these regulations have been in place since 2008, so they are not suddenly being sprung on truckers and they were adopted by the Air Resources Board appointed by the Republican governor Arnold Schwartzeneger. The compliance deadlines were actually extended by the current Board appointed by that communist Gerry Brown. As has been noted, diesel motorhomes are explictly exempt from the emissions regs regardless of year.
It is mildly dispiriting that no one has yet noted that California emissions and fuel efficiency standards have resulted in the nationwide adoption of very clean, safe and efficient vehicles. Despite dire predictions that everyone would be forced to drive a Prius, one can still walk into a Dodge dealer and buy a 700+ horsepower car if they want to. Produciton cars that accelerate from 0 to 60 under 5 seconds are not just common, but very common, and under 3 second cars are available, too. And the nation’s fleet is dramatically more fuel efficient and dramatically less polluting than cars of just 5 years ago.
It is terribly dispiriting that anyone would avoid entering a state just because they disagree with the political leanings of many of its residents. Has our intollerance of opinions other than our own really come to this? Is our political discourse really so degraded?
It is terribly dispiriting that some people, including those who profess to be strongly religious, think that God created the Earth so that man might degrade and destroy it as quickly and profitably as possible, without the slightest thought about what happens tomorrow if it interferes with their enjoyment of today.
It is mildly dispiriting that the “no politics” rule on this site really only applies to politics that the moderators disagree with.
All in all, I guess I’m pretty dispirited. The only thing I can think to do about it is to wish everyone a happy and harmonious New Year!
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I have emphasized for a long time how important service records are. This is vital for all owners, not those who are keeping records for the day they plan on selling the coach.
Our buses are very difficult to maintain in the respect we have so many key triggers for maintenance that nobody can track and do the maintenance on the required schedule without a master schedule sheet and a means of verifying the work has been done. Some items are calendar related. Some items have mileage as the trigger for rmaintenance. Some items have no specific schedule but the owner has to create one.
Then there are the vast number of items that are going to appear on a maintenance schedule, ranging from obscure items such as the power steering filter, to the obvious ones like an oil change, to the ones nobody lists as a maintenance item such as air bags.
Our coaches all have differences so the master maintenance schedule that an owner creates has to be designed to include those items on a particular coach. My list used to check hub fluid for example, but now that is off the list because I have permanently sealed steer and tag hubs. Since I have OTR my list has to include servicing the OTR filters as another example.
If you do not have a schedule, now is a good time to start one. If you are zeroing out a coach, start one. You will benefit greatly by having one you follow. If you are uncomfortable doing it yourself, contact owners who have your conversion, or have your service provider walk you through what is required.
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Another project in the books, idlers & belts “check”. Just a little pressure washing down on the bottom side and this one is done !
Steve
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Merry Christmas to everyone!
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Hey Jim & Chris,
Do you have to have your emissions tested there if your just visiting? I have never been to Cali in my bus only on a Harley Davidson with straight exhaust. I wonder what they think about our old “smokers”.
Steve
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http://www.arb.ca.gov/msprog/truckstop/tb/motorhome.htm
Vehicles for habitation, aka motorhomesPrevosts are exempt
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I guess this means me and my old 2 stroke would be shot on site.
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Dick,
You better be careful getting an oil change from Jeff. I heard through the grapevine you will leave there with you bill fold looking like an elephant stepped on it. May even take your eyelids too……..
Steve
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You look just like Jon ‘cept with hair as he ‘rolls” into his pit. Geo.
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Steve ain’t like that. If he was he would have his people doing the work.
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Like Tom mentioned, one of my blowers for the Webasto in the stairs leading to the cockpit was making a huge amount of noise. Jeff replaced the motor and now no issues. At least in my coach, I have 2 Webasto blowers (both work off the SMX panel), 2 110v blowers (one which works off the SMX control panel, and the four heat pumps/AC units which all work off the SMX control panels. I still have a stainless steel panel/vent as you enter the bus in the dash which I can’t figure out what it does. Any ideas?
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Peter,
When I thought about that I had already bought the new bearings and had them pressed in. If I ever have to change the bearings again, I will probably would do it. I am going to use my belt tentioner guage and hope for the best.
Tom,You got big shoulders son…………
Jon,
I know exactly what your saying, I will sneek in the barn while she is sleeping and apply a little paint and powder when I have time. Although I know I can not make a silk purse out of a sows ear…………..
Steve