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Brian Elfert
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, March 28, 2006 - 7:55 pm: | |
I have purchased a 1995 Dina Viaggio 1000 coach with Series 60 and B500 tranny for my conversion.
The purchase offer is contingent on passing an inspection. I plan to have a full service done before driving it the 1200 miles home.
A big decision I need to make before picking the coach up is to keep the road air or not. It is flat on charge and I'm not sure about keeping it yet or even having the dealer fix it. I certainly don't want to spend a lot of money recharging the A/C every year. If I tear out the A/C there will be a nice place for the generator.
Brian Elfert |
Marcus
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, March 28, 2006 - 8:41 pm: | |
Congratulations on your new baby, I think those Dina's are the way to go on a conversion. Let me know when you get tired of it. |
Ed Jewett (Kristinsgrandpa)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, March 28, 2006 - 9:48 pm: | |
I have been drooling over the Dinas for a couple of years now. They are great looking coaches.
Good luck.
Ed |
Marc Bourget
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, March 29, 2006 - 6:10 am: | |
Brian,
Depending on usage patterns and construction features, I'd ditch the road air as long as you are diligent in insulating (spray foam or equivalent) |
JimH
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, March 29, 2006 - 7:17 am: | |
Only keep the over the road a/c if you want to pay for AND maintain 2 a/c systems!!! You will still need a house a/c system when parked so why not use it when on the road??? If it can cool you enough when parked it can do so while driving. Get rid of it!
JimH |
Arthur J Griffith
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, March 29, 2006 - 11:59 am: | |
I personaly would keep the Drivers air part of the system. A big plus when on the road.
ARTHUR |
Brian Elfert
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, March 29, 2006 - 12:18 pm: | |
I'm probably dropping the road A/C since the dealer is now saying they won't fix it at the price I'm paying. Repair would probably cost a few hundred I'm guessing.
The only thing I think the road air is really good for is cooling the driver.
My purchase offer has a few contingencies including passing third party inspection and fixing the road air. I could pull out of the deal and it may yet happen.
Brian Elfert |
Richard Bowyer (Drivingmisslazy)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, March 29, 2006 - 12:23 pm: | |
I personally would not keep the drivers air unless it is a completely separate system from the OTR system.
Richard |
Brian Elfert
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, March 29, 2006 - 12:38 pm: | |
Arthur, wouldn't keeping the driver's air basically mean keeping the entire system?
You still need the compressor and the condenser at minimum as far as I know. I don't know if the Carrier HVAC system in the Dina has a seperate control for the driver or not. It has a electronic panel to set the desired inside temperature and heat or A/C. It also displays current temp.
Brian Elfert |
Dravo
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, March 30, 2006 - 9:19 pm: | |
Post some pictures of your new baby! |
Arthur J Griffith
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, March 31, 2006 - 1:09 pm: | |
BRIAN All you need to keep for the drivers air
is the drivers air evaporator and blower and
controls pertaining to drivers air, which is all
located up front. You add a small compressor and
condensor, automotive style in the same area as the old. Usually you can mount the compressor
right on the engine as on an auto engine. Then you run your appropiate size lines all the way to the front to your drivers air evaporator.
Also a big plus is all the room you will free up in the old AC compartment in the back and also
in the evaporator area. This also pertains to the heating coil which is usually located with the front AC evaporator.
You will really appreciate that drivers air and heat when trucking down the road and not having to run the generator. $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
Just some more food for thought. GOOD LUCK with your new dream.
ARTHUR |
John MC9
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, April 01, 2006 - 12:21 am: | |
Didn't Niles say he was using a refrigerator compressor for
the driver's air system?
Brian -
The OE air is nice when it works. Mine put ice on the
windows, when I bought the bus. A few months later, it
doesn't do a thing; it lost all it's freon. They quoted
over three hundred for a freon charge, and that's without
repairing the problem.
I took it all out, and bought two 6 mo old roof airs for
$250 each.
My bus came equipped with a "Welch" air conditioner
that's totally independent of the OE system. Even at
Welch's price, it's well worth it. It can cool the bus down
(after sitting in the summer Florida sun for a week), in about
fifteen minutes. It can also power the driver's air!
If the OE system's depleted, forget it. Make the contingency,
to take it all out.... And the seats.... and the bathroom...
Now... That'll be a "deal"! |