[Tom]

Hate to see you go from the Prevost, Tom. We would still like to make a trip up to see the modification you made to your coach storage building to get it inside.

Ron

[Tom]

Try Jeff at ETLC.

A lot of the Freedom inverters have been swapped out for Magnum and I suspect there are quite a few of the remotes available.

[Tom]

Thanks Joe! For now, all I have is a spare tire in the compartment. Time to put on the old grease clothes and go at it! Appreciate your thoughts!!!

[Tom]

Yes and no Andy. Jeff replaced the compressor last November and I thought things where good. However I just checked under the coach today and I still have a sizable amount of oil residue sprayed around the air dryer and bottom of bus. I did a quick drain of all the tanks and had no moisture from any of them. I’m going to call Jeff to ask if he thinks the air dryer may be bad. I just don’t think there should be this much oil moisture coming from the dryer.

[Tom]

Jon, wouldnt the leven low system energize the proper solends to raise the rear? Colt mentioned that the rear came up on lever low, which would mean the solenoid is opening the valve.

Of course I’m going based on the liberty system and not really sure how marathon is setup.

If the coach can rise with level low, and switching to ride drops it,would that be the ride height circuit be in question, verses the valves/solenoids?

I know every once in a while, solenoids act up and switching between ride, auto and manuals helps “free” things up. I’ve also seen humidity in the system where the air dryer doesn’t keep up with it cause problems, requiring replacements of valves and filters (and draining tanks). Florida seems to be a great environment for this, especially as rain season and spring/summer kick in.

[Tom]

Depending on his driving record, lots of companies would likely have hired him. Until he has his license revoked, or has been convicted of a crime, most companies would not even know about this accident. It is unfortunate, but since there is such a shortage of drivers today, bus & truck, there are lots of drivers out there who should not be driving commercially.

With the low wages and being away from home for long stretches, there are not many who aspire to become drivers any longer. It is too bad as I can remember when truck drivers were very professional and not the slugs you see today.

And, what the hell was the bus driver thinking? 76 mph is way over the speed limit and if he never even hit the brakes he must have been asleep too…

[Tom]

Diane,

I think Jeff is on the right track. He also integrated Crestron with iPads on my coach. I have 3 WiFis on my coach…my 1 personal hotspot and 2 for the Crestron/Apple system. Occasionally, I’ll have to reconnect the Wifi to the proper Network on the iPads.

I also found that by going into Settings > WiFi, then clicking the little white “i” on the network choices, I click “Forget This Network” for selections that seemed to overide my intended network.

[Tom]

I, too, use 303 Protectant on the tires. It’s not too shiny but makes the tires look clean. As I’m washing the coach, I’ll clean the tires with soap and water. Once dry, I’ll spray the 303 on.

Safe travels,

Mark

[Tom]

WHAT IF?

With all of the new Technology showing up on the new cars, I think Jon should get a big insurance policy,(cause he is gonna blow up) a smart phone then he could check the tire pressures, locate the car, unlock the doors, remote start the engine, schedule the service and see if it has gas – then a smart watch, gives him his heart rate, tells him he has three emails and two text messages, also what time it is and how many steps has for the day -how many more he needs to get a badge, blue tooth it all together and then when he gets in his car – it chimes and recognizes his phone and taps his wrist and to make him look at his watch to see what the hell it wants,and it already anticipates his destination, tells him drive time, traffic conditions and eta- most of our daily driving habits are to the same destination so he may ignore the navigation part, but the speed limiter would engage if he were to exceed the posted speed limit. and might even shake his butt a few times (the vibrator) Then he could accuse the car of sexual harrassment, however my new one does not have a groper — time to trade.

I am being sarcastic and poking fun at and with Jon, but I agree with his thinking completely. Our society is getting dumber and dumber and the loss of the need to think is going to become very costly.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year – may your stocking be filled with hi tech gizmos that tell you crap you already know.

[Tom]

Might be worth thinking abut the Bridgestone 385…. Very little size difference.

Anybody though about this possibility?

[Tom]

Tim, Tim, Tim, how many times have I told you to hold your IPhone/IPad horizontal when taking pics.:)

[Tom]

Tom I have had one for 3 years now and love it. I like having another way a second option to see what’s going on.

[Tom]

Tom,

I read about a gentleman on the other site in the archives that used it and had 6 years on His lifelines. And they were still going strong. It is a not a charger, It is a De-sulfator. It has capacitors in it and stores up energy and releases high energy pulses every second to break away the sulfation from the plates. It is not that new Jon, It has been on the market since 2007. And the US Military uses them. There are a lot of reviews on Amazon. One Gent said that He purchased it after reading about all the testing and research that Pulse Tech Products had done. I have not read that yet. I will share it when I do. Also several RV owners had positive things to say about them.

I have submitted this question on Lifelines website. And most likely will not hear anything until tomorrow. The info C&P above from Lifeline does answer the equalization question though. One has to be careful , There is a lot of mis-information ( KOOL AID ) online everywhere !

Bsafe,

Rocky

[Tom]

I love a success story like Bill’s coach ownership, 100K miles in 5 years, ya baby, it gets used…..

[Tom]

I’m still trying to understand the technology in my old “90”. I’ll let you technocrats figure this one out.