Just Plain Jeff
08-30-2006, 06:54 AM
If you are out of work as I am, you will find that you, well, have more time to spend doing stuff that doesn't have to be done, really.
But then the left headlight went out. Not heeding the Hitman's advice I went to pick up a single bulb. What I found was quite interesting.
1. The cost of the bulb was about 6 bucks from a NAPA store. The least expensive thing I have ever purchased for a bus. In order to replace said bulb, one has to pull the headlight assembly out from the front. Since it is an adjustable headlight, somebody at Prevost had installed it with an additional 2DRYWALL screws to fix it in place, which of course, were rusty and nasty to get out. (Oct97 chassis). Instead of replacing the other headlight, per the advice from the Hitman, I blithely went along thinking everything was fine, only to have the right headlight bulb go out in about another week after that. Same deal with the drywall screws.
2. If you peel back the rubber wheel covers, you should see stainless steel bolts attaching same through the stainless (unless you have an H3 or XLII, which are different). When I inspected here I found two things. a) there was accumulated dirt under the rubber (horrors) and in one case, the bolt was not stainless. Apparently Prevost Car slipped some cheap goods in on the shell at the factory.
So, if you are out of work too, you can find stuff on your bus out of spec. Hopefully stuff that is not as horrible as I am finding.
But then the left headlight went out. Not heeding the Hitman's advice I went to pick up a single bulb. What I found was quite interesting.
1. The cost of the bulb was about 6 bucks from a NAPA store. The least expensive thing I have ever purchased for a bus. In order to replace said bulb, one has to pull the headlight assembly out from the front. Since it is an adjustable headlight, somebody at Prevost had installed it with an additional 2DRYWALL screws to fix it in place, which of course, were rusty and nasty to get out. (Oct97 chassis). Instead of replacing the other headlight, per the advice from the Hitman, I blithely went along thinking everything was fine, only to have the right headlight bulb go out in about another week after that. Same deal with the drywall screws.
2. If you peel back the rubber wheel covers, you should see stainless steel bolts attaching same through the stainless (unless you have an H3 or XLII, which are different). When I inspected here I found two things. a) there was accumulated dirt under the rubber (horrors) and in one case, the bolt was not stainless. Apparently Prevost Car slipped some cheap goods in on the shell at the factory.
So, if you are out of work too, you can find stuff on your bus out of spec. Hopefully stuff that is not as horrible as I am finding.