steve
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Hi guys,
I’m replying for C Bus. They are busy loading their bus with goodies for the eclipse party. No problem at all with space. Parking for 23 or 24 coaches and looks like 17 or 18 expected. Read the prior posts for details and guest ready for some fun. -
Being the owner of an 8V92T in my vintage coach, I would like to defend the old girl. Of all the money (which is not chump change) I have put into the coach, (maintaining & bringing her up to snuff) I have spent almost nothing on the engine other than general maintainence that you have to do to any engine. We have almost 200,000 miles on her and she runs great. I expect her to run another 200,000. The original 8V92’s were junk, but after the electronics came out, we would get 400,000+ miles out of them. The electronics have made rebuilding them much easier. Any good mechanic can replace cylinders, liners, heads, and bearings. Heck, I did one myself, a long time ago- and according to one of my mechanics, wrenches do not fit my hands.
If you don’t lug it and don’t fry it, don’t worry. If she does go bad, American Fleet has one one the shelf.
I know that the 60 series is really a better engine in a truck fleet where you need to make an engine bullet proof, but for the relatively few miles that we run, and only pulling 42,000#’s to say 50,000#’s as opposed to 80,000#’s+ that we subjected these engines to in semi’s, you should not totally rule them out. You will pay a premium for the 60 series, and may not get a better overall coach.
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I live in Brighton and agree with TG 3930.
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I have to disable the adblocker before. So I just leave it off for this website and no poblems with it.
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I am truely saddend by this news. Peter came into our shop a year or so ago and from the moment I met him, I knew I would like him. His no non-sense attitude was something I found refreshing. I have kept in touch with him through text every few months or so and really enoyed reading his texts. He was a wealth of knowledge in many aspects, and it was great to listen to bit of his knowledge when I could. I will miss his friendship and his support of A.F. At the end of the day, Peter was just a good dude! Plain and simple.
Miss Ya Peter!
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When I bought our 1987 coach it was less than 2 years old so there were no issues with aging rubber parts. Despite that as you indicate, if the bus is tipped a certain way the window track would fill with water and water had the potential to spill over. Your problem is more a lousy design than an issue with the rubber seal.
As stupid as this sounds try to park the coach so a track full of water will not spill into the coach, but out of the coach. If you look at the design you will see if water fills the outer portion of the track it can spill into the inner track channel regardless of how good the vertical wiper seal is.
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Peter, posting for Neal..9 Liberty XLII. Geo.
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Al,
Thanks for all the great and detailed information as usual.
Do all Marathon coaches have these same valve configurations?
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First see if there is a air lock for door look at left side of door jam when going in coach it should be right there it comes toward the door , it is not in door the door has the hole in it for lock. Should be on the dash some where
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Where is the button?
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Sold the Prevost in June to a Country Music enthusiast after I remodeled it completely. Did not get to do the Magnum Autostart on that coach. I am now in the process of remodeling a 2000 Newell 45 footer with 2 slides.
Here are some shots after the remodel..Randy signing the tribute picture…..and last is the Newell
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What happens if you trip the breaker to the coach from the Generator and then read the voltage outputs from each leg of the generator. You may have a load on the 93 volt leg that is pulling the voltage down. If you can read the voltage off your monitors what is the amps on each leg. Can you read those also?
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Most of the reported differences between the inner and outer drive axle tires has been on 40 foot coaches, or those with less rear overhang, such as 45 foot entertainer coaches. The suspicion has been the temperature spread was due to the inner tire’s proximity to the heat of the engine and transmission.
My temperature spread measured right after stopping is usually 5 degrees or thereabouts. But I don’t think we have ever had enough information to explain wider temperature variations. Factors such as the time between when the coach is stopped and when temps are measured, amount of rear overhang, AC condenser exhaust locations, etc. all can have an influence. I think the most important thing is not the actual temperatures or the spread between the temperatures of the tires, but the consistency of the readings.
By consistency I mean if temps are read routinely it becomes a pattern. We will see variations between tires, but at every stop we should see the same temperature spread. If a tire is historically 20 degrees hotter than the others, but the cold temp pressures are always what they should be we can ignore the fact there is a spread and accept the fact the spread is normal. This is especially true if we also check hub or wheel temps and they also maintain a consistent relationship with one another. What we should always alert to will be deviations from normal.
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Thanks for all the replies. My dash air definitely cools, just nor as efficiently as it did several months ago. I noticed it occasionally freezing up in certain conditions, but never failing to cool to my liking, which is akin to a thin layer of ice on the front windows 😉 Well now in temps in the upper 90’s she just won’t cool as well as she used to. So I’m thinking she just needs to be topped off, which in a car is easier than checking the tire pressure haha. But in the coach just wasn’t sure if it was the same procedure.
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We did exactly what you are trying to do in 2008 in our XLII. A little tight getting through the door and making the turn into the bus, but really no problem. I also had the mattress delivered to the motorhome (actually drove motorhome to the store).