[Tim]

You don’t need the isolator, but will need the converter. You can adjust the left/right volume output.

[Tim]

We actually have three TVs. I listened to Direct TV XM music on the bay TV a couple of years ago in Branson. First and only time. We don’t watch the TV in the bedroom, but when my grandson was little he used the bedroom TV to watch Barney VCR tapes. Now the one in the bedroom that we don’t watch will play DVD, cable or over the air, but it doesn’t matter. We don’t watch it.

We do watch the 3rd TV that is in the living room. I have a collection of Lennon Sisters VCRs that I am still trying to figure out how to play, but in the meantime we watch Ed Sullivan on DVDs. We especially like Kate Smith and Julius LaRosa.

[Tim]

Becky, Hearthside is fine in July, August and early September. After that it can get a bit nippy. Not much in the way of facilities in the UP, but a beautiful drive. Things to see and do in that part of the country: Door County, Wi., Milwaukee, Wi., Chicago, Il and the western shore of Mi. Geo.

[Tim]

x2 what Mike said

[Tim]

I have signed up. They called me Friday and will be calling all registrants next week with details and credit card info.

[Tim]

The question I have, can I get ready of the watchdog and run the geny the same way that all other converters do? Has any sparky in the group been able to come up with a schematic to do that.

I know that liberty coach wanted the best of everything but the “KISS” method was forgotten.

[Tim]

Another consideration is that some appliances are known to have issues ifr the inverters are not pure sine wave.

If a coach gets updated with newer appliances or electronic devices such as TVs, refrigerators, etc serious consideration should be given to changing inverters to pure sine wave.

[Tim]

This current bus is our second purchase from Marathon – Coberg. My experience is beyond all expectations. Our 2000 H3 was a trade in so Marathon owned it. A PDI is done by their staff which ID’s the issues. On my visit spending 2 days looking at everything made another list.

Nego on everything we made a deal. There is not one single reservation about buying another Marathon through there program.

Coach included a 6 month bumper to bumper warranty which is very comforting buying a bus 15 years old. I want to be fair with a short explanation of this 6 month warranty.

There are repairs and there is routine maintenance. For example , we talk on PC about air bags suggested replacement at 10 years. That’s where warranty gets a little fine line. Fixing air leaks was not any problem what so ever. Air bags are not leaking so this is a maintenance issue if the owner prefers to leave them as is, your call. We choose to zero out all air bags and Norgren valves on our dollar.

We also decided to take advantage (our dollar) of there other services removing all carpet.,new salon floor including steps, new custom mattress which fits under window ledge and has radius corners a perfect fit as we do not have slides. Picked out a carpet for bedroom which Mary Ellen saw used in a new bus.

With help from Alan in there design department added new accent items, new lamps, pulling everything together.

[Tim]

Ditto what Jon said. After burning $350 worth of fuel to get somewhere I’m not going to let a savings of 20 bucks dictate where I stay. But I’m not a full timer and I rarely have a leisurely schedule. Apparently PA works well for some folks, especially those whose schedules allow them to navigate the many restrictions and plan well in advance. Do a search for “Passport America” on irv2.com and you will see mostly positive reviews. Some report saving hundreds of dollars per year.

Many places give a small discount for Good Sam or FMCA or Coachnet membership. Even Outdoor Resorts gives 10% off for FMCA.

[Tim]

Tom,

When we owned our 04 U320 Foretravel we used Xtreme a couple of times and was very satisified with the results. One of the visits required fiberglas work and they did a great job.

Reese

[Tim]

Before anyone assumes the blue hoses are inappropriate for the application the only possible way to determine that for certain is to know the max temps the hoses are exposed to.

I know for sure my EGR coach has 500 degree air temps downstream from the turbo because I have monitored the temps via my DDEC reader. One thing to be aware of is the compression of air contributes greatly to the amount of heat the air contains. EGR engines with the multiple position turbo will generate intake air system pressures around 30 PSI under normal conditions, but when the EGR functions the turbo boost reaches almost 50 PSI which causes the intake air temp to get excessive.

If Silverleaf or any engine monitoring system is available on anyone’s coach, and if the intake air temp prior to the CAC can be read it would be appreciated if anyone could post that information. Pre-EGR coaches, especially those with the 12.7 liter might be withing the acceptable operating range of the blue hoses which is 350 degres.

[Tim]

George…

Haha ! It would be worth doing it just to see Becky dressed like that !!

Diane

[Tim]

I am sure it is not for a cost reason as they would pass on the differance to the user. And I am convinced that most of us would rather have th correct hose than to loose it on the road..

[Tim]

Will, after having met you and seen your coach last week at Jeffs place, any campground should welcome you with open arms and park you in their number 1 spot.

[Tim]

Tim,

We have passport america and good sams. Passport America seems to be hit and miss, more hit then miss. Places are listed as taking it, but seems to be only in offseason, or only for a single night (or both). Good Sams seems to work at most overnight stops and saves you a couple bucks, that and it gets you discounts at camping world for the essentials of RV’ing.

Good Sams seems to have been a better deal at this point…