Thomas
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Quite a few of us subscribe to the policy that when work is done on the coach, we will be there.
I am sure most work at good shops is done correctly but nothing conveys how important doing a good job is as much as our being there and watching the work being performed.
If I did not do my own work I would hope the shops I take the coach to for service would understand a couple of things. First, for me to bring the coach to the shop means I have already made a significant investment in time and money. My closest Prevost shop is Nashville and it takes me about 3.5 hours, each direction and costs me about 70 gallons worth of fuel. So before a single thing is done to my coach I am in the hole a total of 7 hours of lost time and about $260 for just fuel.
So my first wish is the shop would recognize since I am willing to make that kind of investment just to bring my coach there it is because I consider that shop to be one of the best, and I expect the shop to live up to my expectations. My expectations are simple. I expect the work done to be of the highest possible quality because I chose to use the experts, not some local but untrained Prevost mechanic.
My second wish is for the work performed to be double checked. When I do my own work I complete the task at hand, and then I go back and re-inspect everything I did to verify I did not forget something. That’s not hard to do, it takes a little time, but it helps me avoid a problem with loose wires, a leaky filter, a tool left behind, or any of the other oversights so easy to do.
Lastly, I want to be charged for the time required. I don’t want to pay for on-the-job training, I don’t want to pay for do-overs, I don’t want to pay for a mechanic that spent his time drinking coffee and then going to the men’s room. I know some shops have flat rates. But I know the average air bag change is a little over an hour plus a few minutes at each end of the job to remove the stands or fold the fenders back in place. Don’t charge me for 25 hours worth of labor when the whole job is a 10 hour job unless you are telling me you don’t want my business.
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Kind words, thank you….
We have lots of pictures and we’ll get them going soon. This rally was great and I think the total bus count was 42.
More to follow, promise….
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Spectacular! Very well done! 🙂
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treedoc,
The Bus number is found on the outside backs of drawers, or other out of site areas Most al, if they haven’t been replaced have etched side windows with a border and beaver logo. Likewise, external mirrors have Beaver logo, and so do horn covers, as well as the Beaver side profile logo on front and rear of bus
wow another possible Beaver. Whoo hoo. No, we haven’t heard any in New England. Bus 29 was in Maryland, and it’s owner was to g full time. I haven’t talk ed to joe I recently
Here’s how it shake out
Bus 1. Consigned at Legacy last year, sold to Michigan
Bus 2. Saw it for sale on internet last month, no info, it still had 24 v headlights, bus 1,3,4 were converted or came with single headlights
Bus 3. Left in Las Vegas, owner live in Honolulu
Bus 4. Sold last fal, went from Tucson to Prescott
Bus 6. Lives Dripping Springs, Tx
Bus 7 we think is dead-Carfax show last licensed in 1997
Bus 8 lives in Oregon
Bus 9 live in Sacremento Ca
Bus 10 lives in Woodland Wa with second owner since 4-1994 1st owner was Ernret Borgnine. Ernie bought a1994 Country Coach
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We went there a number of years ago when we had a GMC Motorhome (much smaller) and as I recall there should be enough room for the bus. The place is really cool!
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I asked our warranty service people back in November, 2013 if we had any concerns or problems with the current X3-45 panel adhesion method. The response was that we have not had any panel delamination issues on any of the XL2-45 or X3-45 shells that were manufactured since the new adhesion process was initiated in 2010. Prevost is comfortable that this issue is in the past for new shells. If you insist on the delamination fix that we have been doing with older coaches to be installed a new shell, we can add the rivets & metal strips at our Service Center in St. Nicolas, Quebec prior to painting at the factory.
Robert Jones
Prevost Sales Manager, Bus Shells
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I knew that was coming about the Push-ins LOL
Good Idea Jon. I actually put a ball valve just ahead of the aux compressor, just to see if leakage was occuring at the compressor itself…….notta.
Someone before me put 1 in the steer compartment that feeds the step, fold up TV etc. I have turned it off, no difference. I will put additional valves on other aux lines.
New update, I raised the bus up, disconnected completely all solenoids from the valves on the manifold, so the solenoids are completely off, AND, the bus is slowly dropping in the rear again!!!!
Could the middle valve not be holding pressure inside the manifold/valve,and letting the signal to the 5 ports in the rear allow the piston to move? I know they have springs to center the spool, but I don’t know which way the signal is from the center valve, whether it holds pressure or not.
How do the valves work? What does the solenoid do to the stem?
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Gerald on my earlier post on needing extra antifreeze added (burp job) it was Prevost Houston that had done the complete fluid change. Oil, antifreeze. a couple months ago. Prevost Ft Worth had done the Trans (Allison) back last year. Prevost is or has been the only one in the 3 years we have owned it that has touched my coach mechanically.
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I had disk brakes on my 97 XL on the tag and steer only, drum on the drive. The shell was a 96.
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Got the hose ordered this morning. Liberty had access to one, as did Nixon Power (local). Ouch! $150 for a hose! Oh well, better to spend the money on the right part then to save and try to get by with something not meant for a specific application.
Hope to have it by end of the week (Thursday) so just in case we need the generator when we go out this weekend, we have it.
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Colorado, you should change your handle to Mr. Country Coach Information. Do you know the prior owner or recall any information about him that would help me contact? Prevost tells me they need his authority to release the service records. They tell me it was previously addressed for the delam issue but not their current fix, so i hope to be able to get his authority if I can reach him. Panterra may be able to help me but any clues would be appreciated.The Indiana coach was overpriced for the market but the paint was excellent and the coach had just not been used much by the current owner who I believe had owned it about 5 years. Wife and I like the nonslide coaches and are very pleased so far with our coach. The prior owner had it clean as a pin.
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Bryan,
We had day / night shades in our first coach. The lower portion were day shades, a gauzy type material would could see through, but which would allow us to block some of the sun. The upper portion when lowered all the way down was a solid material and it blocked all light. But it also had the ability to block the cold air that spilled from the windows when we were in single digit outside temps.
They were pleated, but not cells which likely would be even more effective thermal barriers. If you are seeking shades to create a thermal barrier I would think the cell type would work well but to be effective they have to go all the way down to the sills so you don’t get the heat or cold behind the shades from spilling out. When we sat in our chairs when it was bitter cold outside, the solid material pleated night shades completely stopped the cold air from spilling off the windows to our shoulders. They were a very pale gray so as Fred points out when used in the heat of summer they were not radiating heat into the coach.
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I look forward to finding out because big d does not use a torq wrench so I will want to torq them or find someone that can/will. I just need to know the right value first. Also one of my wheels took 16 ounces of weight. Seems very high to me. I would think that the wheel may need to be replaced if that is an abnormally high value. I was told the others took about 12 which again seem alot to me but I have never dealt with these large aloa wheels so maybe thats not out of line.
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I hope you never have to eat bees. I had to sell all my classic cars because I’m just not physically able to work on them anymore so I’m sure not going to be able to work on my bus. Unfortunately for me I’m a perfectionist so I’m almost always going to be dissapointed or worse. I was brought up with the idea that if a job was worth doing it was worth doing right.
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Just wondering…why would you need to have the window open?