Greetings All,
The new coach is full of surprises....mostly poorly executed little
mods, much of it
electrical wiring routed up, over and around with no thought to sharp
metal edges
etc.I have found several wires with chaffed insulation. As a new owner,
it is all an
age of discovery and a learning curve .I enjoyed re-routing a "hot"
terminal from the left side battery...I DISCONECTED the plus lead and
promptly had it arc strongly
to ground as I re-routed it. Thats a new trick.
Does anyone know why a '78 Royale should be wired with two passenger
side
front batteries used for engine starting and one left front house
battery?
I also purged the power steering pump and installed a new return hose
with filter.
No surprises there except five different auto parts shops could not
provide the
AC PF883 filter.
I also noticed that the trans cooling lines route very close under the
left side manifold on their way to the cooler. This seems kinda self
defeating. Has anyone rerouted them along the left frame and then across
to the the cooler? Are they high pressure?
Would they need isolation from the frame for when the power unit moves?
Incidentally the trans ID plate reads
78M 454 78GM 2717
Is this different from the 425 unit many coaches have?
Any and all info gratfully recieved.
David Graves
Beltsville, MD
The new coach is full of surprises....mostly poorly executed little
mods, much of it
electrical wiring routed up, over and around with no thought to sharp
metal edges
etc.I have found several wires with chaffed insulation. As a new owner,
it is all an
age of discovery and a learning curve .I enjoyed re-routing a "hot"
terminal from the left side battery...I DISCONECTED the plus lead and
promptly had it arc strongly
to ground as I re-routed it. Thats a new trick.
Does anyone know why a '78 Royale should be wired with two passenger
side
front batteries used for engine starting and one left front house
battery?
I also purged the power steering pump and installed a new return hose
with filter.
No surprises there except five different auto parts shops could not
provide the
AC PF883 filter.
I also noticed that the trans cooling lines route very close under the
left side manifold on their way to the cooler. This seems kinda self
defeating. Has anyone rerouted them along the left frame and then across
to the the cooler? Are they high pressure?
Would they need isolation from the frame for when the power unit moves?
Incidentally the trans ID plate reads
78M 454 78GM 2717
Is this different from the 425 unit many coaches have?
Any and all info gratfully recieved.
David Graves
Beltsville, MD
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