Hello From a Newbie

hello and welcome!
we love your line - spending the children's inheritance - we say we are squandering our children's' inheritance!!! hahahaha they don't think it is funny!
happy travels!
jody

Thanks to all. I drove the coach back to Texas from Arizona. The trip was uneventful. The Prevost is much quieter and smoother riding than my (soon to be up for sale) American Eagle.

Thanks again,

Hector

Aha......another member of the TBC. Welcome aboard!

Hey Big John, Hector took the plunge and solved the MPD, I hear it's a good time to sell Eagles!:p

At last, I have had contact with Country Coach Technical Support concerning the Fast Idle issue. Their comments are that the fast idle is controlled by pushing the set button on the cruise control keypad while the vehicle is stopped and in neutral. However, this was a program change done by Country Coach to the Allison transmission computer and is not contained in the default Allison program.

They have suggested that if the Allison computer was disconnected for any reason, such as welding on the coach (this coach has receivers installed on the rear for a motorcycle lift), when the computer was reconnected and rebooted, the program would have loaded the default program from Allison, which does not include the changes needed to activate the fast idle.

Country Coach is looking into how to reinstate these program changes and will contact Prevost/Allison to interface.

Worth mentioning, I did get a detailed technical response from Country Coach, but I did have to wait several weeks. Apparently, the tech I was communicating with had to check with several others that happened to be on on vacation, thus the delayed response.

I will update when the issue is resolved.

Thanks for everybody's input.

Hector

Welcome Hector & Lee,

I enjoyed reading on your blog; I like the pictures of Alaska and the commentary. Plan to come to POG rally in Sevierville, TN in April 2008 and you will get to meet the group. They are a great bunch of guys and gals.
As you already know, you will learn a great deal about your bus.:D

Yes, we are tentatively planning on attending the Tennessee Rally. Being involved with a group with common interests is great. It would be a nice spring trip.

Concerning my travel web site, well, lets say it is work in progress. I have been remittent (a nice word for lazy) in updating my 2007 travels. i have tons of pictures and comments. I thought that would be a nice job to do on cold winter days when it is too cold to work outside. The site should be updated soon. Thanks for checking out our travels and you comments.

Hector

Tom,

I don't know which excuse to use this time for not taking the plunge to cure MPD. However, I will continue to use " champagne taste on a beer pocket book"
Merry Christmas

Hi John. I Knew after my 1st Class A Motorhome I was hooked. I also knew that one day I would own a Prevost. So, it's only a matter of time for those who have MPD.