Annual Maintenance / Repair Cost

[Ryan Wright]

Bob, I'll have to check my records, but it was on the order of $1200
for the job. Most of that was labor - while they were back there they
replaced some soft cooling lines that were falling apart and that
added quite a bit. I just took it to the local big rig garage to have
the work done.

I don't know that it's necessary to replace it just because it's old.
These are supposed to last a very long time. Any truck shop should be
able to test yours and tell you if it's still working like it's
supposed to. I don't think they fail catastrophically - mine didn't
leave me stranded or anything, just took a very long time to air the
bus up and when they tested it, it was only putting out a fraction of
the air it's supposed to.

-Ryan
'86 PT-40 8V92

On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 4:10 PM, Bob Lawrence
wrote:
> Hi Ryan,
> How much was the air compressor and where did you get one? I'm
> thinking about replacing mine just cause...just cause it's 24 years
> old.
> Bob Lawrence
> 84 P36
> Los Fresnos, Texas
>
>>
>> I've had my coach one & a half years now. I've spent $413 in oil &
>> filter changes (supplies only, labor was my own) but I've spent just
>> over $5,000 in repairs. Most of that five grand went to fix three
> real
>> problems - a minor transmission tweak, a new alternator and a new
> air
>> compressor. The rest were minor things as best as I can tell the
>> alternator and air compressor were original on my coach so after 20
>> years, it was time for them to fail. No big deal, but you do need to
>> budget for this sort of thing.
>>
>> How much work you can do for yourself makes a big difference. I
> don't
>> know enough to do the heavy mechanical work, but I have replaced
>> engines in cars so I'm not completely inept, either. I could have
>> saved at least a grand on labor had I replaced my own alternator &
> air
>> compressor but I didn't feel like doing that work and I had the
> money
>> to pay someone else. I could have also spent another three grand on
>> labor if I hadn't fixed all of the little stuff myself. If you're
>> handy around the house you'll save a bunch of money doing light
> repair
>> work on the house parts of the coach.
>>
>> -Ryan
>> '86 PT-40 8V92
>>
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