[Tim]

I decided since I would either be at a RV resort/campground (with full hookup) to go smaller on fresh water and gray/black water holding tanks in the 3rd bay. At best, I may do a couple days dry camping. I used 2 food grade 55 gal. plastic barrels at $5 each. Just cut holes and install fittings. Made cradles for barrels to slide in or out for extra cleaning. Works really well!

[Tim]

All I can say is thank gawd we’re not there………….the Redhead LOVES auctions, she has been known to bid against herself.

[Tim]

I am a little surprised…you usually only see things like that in Wisconsin.

[Tim]

Stock Prevost lighting as far as I can tell. I thought it was weird too. My cars that have HID do not shut off the low beams.

[Tim]

Good afternoon PC,

I have received a few calls about directions. The easises access is I-4 to Exit 25 County Line Rd. proceed South approximately 3.4 miles and turn left on to Medula Rd. follow this approx 1/2 mile and the entrance to Sun n Fun, the Florida Air Museum, and Central Florida Aerospace academy will be directly in front of you.

For those that will be traveling alond S. Florida Ave. turn west on to W. Pipkin Rd. and follow all the way to County Line Rd. turn right and at the next signal will be Medula Rd. turn right on to Medula Rd and follow straight to the entrance. Your GPS may say to take a right on to Medula from Pipkin, but there is a sharp right turn that you would then have to navigate, so I think its easier and more convenient to add the extra 5 minutes travel time in to your trip and go around.

We do plan on having a straff memeber at the gate to meet you to escort you to the parking area. If at any time you need to get a hold of us. Please call me or Bill on our cell phones and we will help you out!

Tim – 717-648-2337

Bill – 717-215-0700

You may be greeted at the gate by Jon or Tom from PC, so I will apologize in advance now! jk lol

Also, Im all but done with the agenda. Of course they are always subject to change. but it is 98% minus entertainment for Wednesday evening and a few more sponsors. As soon as I get the go ahead from my proof readers I will post. Im hoping it will still be today.

Cheers,

[Tim]

Walt,

We have the exact same issue. There is a switch in the upper hinge of the door. That might part of the issue. The switch thinks the door is open, hence the light stays on.

Leon will tell you to reset the techlink. That’s our next step.

If you find the solution, please post!

[Tim]

Jon, I was trying to play nice but since you mentioned it, count me in .

[Tim]

How to fix the missing balls, Al?

[Tim]

Mike, you are absolutely correct. I used 8 boxes of Baking Soda cleaning and nutrializing. Wife said I spent more on soda than on batteries. Don’t know what caused the rupture, but believe it may have been a really weak battery and it froze. Battery charger was not indicating that it was charging until after new batteries were installed, so I believe that the battery was flat even though the engine would still start, at least until the rupture. The temperature was down to 9 degrees during the Colorado snow storn I was caught in. One morning the engine would not start and I surmised it was the cold affecting the old batteries, so I pressed the House assist button and cranked up. My next stop was at son’s house for the Holidays, so it was convienient to change out the old batteries since I was plugged in to his 30 amp service. Bought new batteries, removed the battery cover and what to my wondering eyes should appear, but a blown battery. Wife went to the store to buy them out of baking soda while I took pictures, drew wiring schematics and labled wire ends after numbering the battery posts. I spent a good two hours cleaning scrubbing and nutralizing, making sure I got the baking soda solution everywhere and even let it set and seep into any area it could. I carefully followed the schematics and wire end numbers had no arcs, no sparks and then stood and compared photos to the wiring for about 5 minutes, gritted my teeth, closed my eyes, crossed my fingers and flipped the master switch. No Boom! so I was good to go. Tried the ignition and BEHOLD, it started right up.

Ah, the Prevost education process has started. Thanks to all the members of Prevost Community, my first lesson was not too painful, other than the hit on the bank account and even there, the PC NAPA card eased the pain.

Triple Fox

[Tim]

Jim,

The built-in tire monitoring system is standard on the Prevost chassis. It monitors tire pressure and tire temperature. You can adjust set points, etc.

Mark

[Tim]

Are these seminars audio only?

[Tim]

Mr. Fowler, sorry to hear about the power loss. We all worry about things happening while we are away from our babies.

There is an advantage with Liberty i-Link. I check on the bus probably 5-10 times a day with my i-phone.

I check the power supply and turn the heat on and off as needed (air in the summer).

It does give me peace-of-mind knowing what is going on with the coach when I can’t be with it. I set the genny to come on if power is lost.

Mark

[Tim]

Steve: I noticed the cracked fixture and thought that even if a rivet was an acceptable solution, the older the fixture is, the more likely it is to be brittle and prone to cracking. Not that tightening it might not also crack the fixture.

I have a friend whose nickname is “I’ll Rig Something Up”. So I understand “riggin”.

In this part of Wisconsin, we freely use the term “hack” or “hack job”.

[Tim]

Proof Tom and I are on the job and your dues money serves a good purpose.

When you use either link you need to click on “View Events by Date”

[Tim]

The emmissions regs do not require EGR, only that certain emissions be reduced to specified levels. EGR has been used by Detroit and Cummins and I believe Mercedes to solve the problem. Caterpillar engineers chose to solve the emissions problem by a different technology, which they called ACERT, which was problematic on the larger engines which had high failure rates. This spawned a few class action lawsuits by fleet owners. CAT realized its engineering was flawed and stopped making all over the road engines in 2009. Around that time CAT made some trucks with Navistar engines, but that didn’t work either. Eventually, CAT started putting Cummins engines in the CAT brand trucks. Not sure what the current state of Caterpillar engine buliding is. I had a C-9 ACERT engine in a previous motorhome and it worked great. I think the problems were more sereious in the C-13 and C-15 engines used in heavy trucks and high-end motorhomes like Newell.