New 06' Executive Owners... Ride Home
Spent about 1 hour looking over the coach and proceeded with the purchase. Drove home over 2 days, and although had a few issues, it was a great, safe and memorable ride. What a Coach...! The sel...
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IMHO you may be moving too fast. The "battery" issue may not be the batteries, at least I did not see a post about testing each one.
It is common in that coach (and mine) to need all of the battery connections to the starter and generator including the ground connections at the chassis cleaned. It is an easy job which takes a morning to do but it's importance cannot be emphasized enough.
The cable ends may have the green crud growing on them also which is not visible until you remove the shrink insulation at the ends.
My concern is one I have personally witnessed with Lifelines; the very best batteries being damaged due to charging problems that should have been addressed first.
Personally, I would do the job above and also remove the Big Boy to dissassemble and clean its contacts before installing the Lifelines. It is very easy.
I have seen a bunch of new batteries damaged due to those types of problems when folks go the easy route.
Do the maintenance with the old batteries, check the system for a few days before installing the Lifelines. Let the old batteries take the beating.
It is common in that coach (and mine) to need all of the battery connections to the starter and generator including the ground connections at the chassis cleaned. It is an easy job which takes a morning to do but it's importance cannot be emphasized enough.
The cable ends may have the green crud growing on them also which is not visible until you remove the shrink insulation at the ends.
My concern is one I have personally witnessed with Lifelines; the very best batteries being damaged due to charging problems that should have been addressed first.
Personally, I would do the job above and also remove the Big Boy to dissassemble and clean its contacts before installing the Lifelines. It is very easy.
I have seen a bunch of new batteries damaged due to those types of problems when folks go the easy route.
Do the maintenance with the old batteries, check the system for a few days before installing the Lifelines. Let the old batteries take the beating.
