Tim
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well today day is the day I figure out how to fit the contents of my bus into our downsized “baby girl”. We’re in south haven and its a warm 42 degrees for the event. Met with Rex and Randy from Panterra yesterday to finalize the sale. I’m REALLY gonna miss my bus, didn’t think I would be this sad to see her go. But I have to keep reminding myself about the cottage on the beach. Gonna teach the wife how to drive it so that can be a shared thing……she never would try to drive the bus.
Hope pe to see you guys on the road, I know whenever I pass a bus there will be a little tinge in my heart.
jim
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Good job Davy!
Has anyone removed the PIAA lights from an H3 of my vintage? I don’t see an easy way to get to the bracket to unbolt them and then install the Rigid lights.
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Our Thanks as well to Tom, Nancy, Jon and Di for all the no rally rally work and for PC. Your ability to answer all the questions over and over for everyone is amazing. yeah I know sometime the answers are correct.
Good to see our PC friends. Good food, good beer, an allround good weekend. And a good 565 mile drive home today.
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Liam: What does “SI/DO units but are connected as SI/SO” mean? What does the “cold” mean? How should have the connection have been made to do it “right”?
What do you think of WAGO Lever Nuts? For use with stranded and solid wire connections on 12volt, 24volt, and 120 volt both low amp and high amp applications.
http://www.wago.us/wago/press/press-releases/overview/detail-1122.jsp
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Just goes to show there is strength in numbers, manufacturers sit up and take notice when you are 2000 strong, Gives you a lot of leverage when asking for discounts and other perks! Great site, and glad to be a small part of it, Gary
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As far as valve caps, the best ones are aircraft valve caps. They are brass and a 3/8 wrench fits them. When they are tight they will hold air even if the valve core was missing. They can be purchased from Aircraft Spruce and Specialty. Aircraft Spruce Part Number 2525 MS20813.
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Pizza social 4/17
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code 22 14 engine speed sensor. Oil level is good. What are the chances of getting home to NJ since she operated ok today.
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Did you check for codes? That may tell you something…also check the fluid level to make sure.
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Brian,
Could you post pictures of your new marker lights?
Davy
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I will definitely come and visit.
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I thought you were going to wash it yourself. I was bringing the scotch instead of the Advil.
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Sherry
that year of fan should have a know that you pull on and turn to open the fan manually. Most of the time as told to me by Fantastic is a poor ground. So once it is open clean the ground wire to the switch.
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I was bragging about you two just the other day, now your new dues invoice has been mailed and Jon told me to triple the amount.
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Wise Words Jon.
I learned a long time ago that anything with wheels or that takes fuel or ongoing maintance…even a house is NOT a financial investment. I prefer to look at these things as investments in a lifestyle and realize there’s much overhead and ongoing expense involved. When I look at the big picture, just the sales tax of a Prevost is much higher than many people make in a year. So, I consider myself fortunate that after many years of being a workaholic and having made some solid investments, it’s time to try something different. From my observations I think it’s safe to say that most people who own the higher end class A motorhomes have taken risks and achieved some level of success in their lives and look at them a bit differently than someone who shopping for a much less expensive class A RV or motorhome.
Entering this lifestyle is not something that I just thought of yesterday and started posting about. I’ve had a facination with motorhomes and for decades, but simply never took the time to consider the change in lifestyle. In the late 90’s I recevied an award from the RVIA but that’s another story.
Like many others these days, I started my research online and have spent many months perusing the various forums and lurking in an attempt to learn what others had to say about the motorhome ownership experience with various brands.
As you can see from my previous posts, I’m a bit methodical in my thinking and planning. I’m attempting to have fun in the learning process and have setup a way that I hope will allow me to learn more about MH part time life and do my best to make the correct decision on what works for me. If all goes as planned, I hope to make a decision on which route to go by the Fall. It’s going to be a fun Summer!
I’m going to do my best in sampling as much as I can to find out what works best for what my needs are today and what they may be tomorrow and I hope to do it without being a nuisance to the salespeople. In a perfect world, I would like to make this purchase once and buy or build the coach I feel is appropriate. So far, I’ve demo’d a Newmar Essex and an XL II and immediately noticed at least some of the differences. Both of them had a lot of pros and based on how they would be used would be a good way to determine which route to pursue.
From reading various forums it seems that many of the buyers of new coaches from various brands experience a seemingly high number of initial defects. For the life of me, I’m having difficulty understanding how any manufacturer can release a product of this magnatude with so many bugs and then make it the dealer’s responsibility to repair the issues. Even worse, I’ve read some horror stories about how long it takes to get some of these initial defects repaired…and that’s a scary thing, especially to someone who doesn’t know one end of a wrench from the other.
I’ll add to this statement that I fully realize that many owners may not be the type to visit forums and sometimes it takes a negative experience to join in on the conversations. This is one factor that keeps me coming back to considering a Prevost in that the number of initial defects on new coaches seem to be much lower than what I’m seeing with other brands. I’m also not hearing as many service or dealer nightmares on this forum than I have read on other forums. In fact, the folks on this site seem to speak highly of their dealers and service centers. That’s a good thing!