Tim
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Swapped out our Amana refrig couple of weeks ago. Before leaving Marathon, Dallas I boxed up the interior shelf pieces..
I have shelves, glass trays, door trays, brakets, door inserts, ice holder. base air grill, drip pan.
If anyone needs extra interior parts, let me know. I’ll keep for couple of weeks….. Till July 15 then in the trash.
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Per….
It seems that some computers suffer on here for unknown reasons however there are fixes available.
Logging out and logging back in will bring the REPLY button back for you.
Snail typing is another problem and it is also fixable…
On your Internet Explorer page…
Go to TOOLS : then down to Compatibility View Settings : Then go to : Add this Website: Then type in http://www.prevostcommunity.com then click ADD and it will appear in the box below : Check both of the two boxes below that… Click APPLY and you are done and can type until your heart is content.
Hope that works for you.
Welcome to PC… lots of joy here !!
Cheers, Diane
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Our plan, once we are in negotiating range, are to spend a lot of time in the coach. I like to use the manuals to find my way, and plan to turn on everything that can be turned on (safely). The wife is very good at looking at details inside. Things like awnings, toilet, transmission, Jake brake, parking brake are identical to the ones that came on our coach (we are looking at 2000-2001 models), so no problem there. I have also picked up a few hints here on this board. Where we will fall short is inspection of the chassis where I will need expertise from Prevost/Marathon. Even so, I was pretty much planning on $10-20k in expenses post buy.
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Steve: While your idea might be logical and sound great, so many of the PC members are in various local, state, federal, and in a couple of cases international witness protection programs and/or are pretty much running under the radar and off the grid that only a few would want their information listed. You’ve probably noticed that many of the signatures are just “first names” or pseudonyms. With this bunch, there is very good reasons for that. I’ve heard that at no rally rallies when Jon takes out his Brownie camera all you can see is the backs of heads going towards the door three and four wide.
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You might better call the inverter service guys that advertise on the site or Liberty.
Good Luck
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Chris,
This is a great place to get help and air your troubles. My genset quit also just when I needed it. Jeff Rowe walked me through it and the problem was solved. I had ran down past 1/4 tank of fuel. Once you hit 1/4 your genset and wabasto can not work. Engine first…… Heck I didn’t know that!! Just another greenhorn mistake. As you can guess, that will never happen again, and if your genset quits again, I bet you check that fuse first. Just be glad that is all it was!!
Be Safe,
Steve
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Roger, we all carry too much crap we don’t need, so what would I do with an empty bay that could be filled with oh so wonderful Prevo bus air ? Geo.
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Yes, exactly!
Few alignment shops and technicians have the knowledge and training that Prevost has. Most shops set toe in so the steering wheel is straight regardless of where the gears end up. They don’t know when the steering box is top dead center by any means other than steering wheel position. Additionally, gearbox preload is set on top dead center, so if the wheel is out of position with relation to the shaft, preload would be off.
Even with a perfect alignment the vehicle may pull or drift to one side. (Could be a tire.) The usual fix is to increase caster on that side and in doing so the toe in will change. So will the steering wheel position. This is where the tech may want to reposition the steering wheel rather than going through the trouble of correcting the condition at the tie rods.
Centering a steering wheel by repositioning it on the shaft is not a wise modification and should always be avoided. If the alignment is done correctly there is absolutely no need to do that unless someone did so previously. In that case it’s a correction not a modification.
Here’s a thought: if the vehicle has no existing problem with abnormal tire wear and it drives correctly, don’t mess with the alignment when replacing tires. There’s no need!
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John, please keep me posted on your Lookout Mountain fly-in this fall. We live in downtown Chattanooga and will bring the bus up for the night.
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Tom,The time to remove and replace the film is now before it starts to look bad. By then it will be difficult to remove. That’s been the biggest problem in the past. It was left in place too long!
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Chip, while I was preaching in my previous post keep in mind every single one of us was a newbie. Nobody who is experiencing a Prevost for the first time has it all figured out. There are two people responsible when new owner has an experience such as you had.
The first is the seller of the coach who did not insist you get training, either by him, or by someone familiar with the conversion. Then there is the new owner who has likely been told this is a million mile coach so nothing can go wrong, and he believes that and his training ends as soon as he finds the key.
We who have learned our coaches via the school of hard knocks can use up a lot of bandwidth telling stories about how we have learned the hard way, so when we respond to a post when someone is in trouble we often have two objectives. The first is to help the owner to solve the problem and get out of trouble. The second objective is to nudge the new owner towards developing an understanding of their coach because sooner or later everything is going to break. Like pilots we have to not only have a good understanding of the coach and systems, we also have to have a plan for when it breaks.
I disagree with your decision to disable the stop engine function. Under the right circumstances it takes very little time to convert an engine to scrap metal. If you get the stop engine light, and you know it will not shut you down you have to consider you need to get to a safe spot NOW. I think with the SE function disabled it could influence a driver to be more casual in choosing a stopping spot. Fortunately an SEL is very rare, and often there is no real problem, but there is a perceived problem or a sensor problem. I have no hesitation in over-riding the SEL as necessary to get to a safe spot when my gauges are all telling me I am not overheating or losing oil pressure. But I want the option to let the computer protect my coach.
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On a 3 platform Cat scale when you drive on it you can see the 3 different platforms. The 1st and 2nd platform is where you want to stop with your tag on the 1st platform and your drive will be on the 2nd platform and your steer will be on the 3rd platform. You can see in your mirror where the break between the 2 platforms are at to stop.
Get out of the bus because you won’t be able to reach the button to call inside thru your little window. Walk back and make sure you look to see if you split your tag and drive axle on the 2 platforms. Go press the call button and she will ask your company or bus number. Pull off and go inside and she will give you a weight ticket and you will know what each axle weighs.
If you have a hard time splitting your tag and drive axle on 2 scales just pull up and put the rear wheels on 1 platform and the steer on the other. This will only give you 2 weights and gross but it will tell you whats on your steer.
Later
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Why do I feel like 2000 folks are picking on me and Tom.
Time for a director’s meeting to talk about dues again.
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I was told last year that I need shocks while having some tire work done at Wingfoot (Goodyear). They installed yellow Monroe shocks that were about $60 each. I will be changing those very soon. Even after having the air bags and valves repaired or replaced, the front of the bus still bounces way more than it should. I’ll be changing to Konis.
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Jon,
Prevost-Ft. Worth told me that the A arm bushings do age like tires. The more you use them by driving a lot, the more miles they will last. The bushings release a compound that protects them as they are used. The worst thing you can do to shorten their life is to let the coach sit and not drive very often.
Mine were replaced around 200,000 miles.