Foretravel Owners' Forum For owners and Fans of Foretravel Motorcoaches September 12, 2025 ...

Hi friends. More to come!

Pretty standard FT list of items to touch up right there.  Dash A/C is your wild card.  Could be $400 to fix, or it could go out a few weeks after every fix for the next half decade and cost $7000 for a non-working unit (as it did for the POs of our coach).

However, there is an easy workaround for that expense.  If the temperature is too hot for windows-open driving to keep us cool, we just fire up the generator while driving and turn on the roof A/C units.  Works almost as well, and I'll gladly pay for the extra 10 gallons of diesel a year over trying to fix what some might consider a redundant system (and one that seems to have more frequent issues than almost all other coach systems, at that).

  Dash A/C is your wild card.  trying to fix what some might consider a redundant system (and one that seems to have more frequent issues than almost all other coach systems, at that).

Add in fuel lines and examine the air bags closely.

X2....I've had dash air "issues" on all of our coaches. My files show this one has been gone through, but I don't show a $ amount or what was done. Suffice to say, I am "gun shy" about running it, which is stupid, but the above mentioned suggestions are what I do.

....I'll gladly pay for the extra 10 gallons of diesel a year over trying to fix what some might consider a redundant system (and one that seems to have more frequent issues than almost all other coach systems, at that).

No surprises there Mark and no big, giant ticket items either.  Tires and batteries are negotiating points.  If the seller wants top dollar they should be new or the price reduced to cover them.  AH issue is not a big one.  HWH leak is not big. Dash AC might be some work. The rest of it is like normal stuff.  How bad do you want to use your CB? Bose could be simple wiring. TV stuff you will probably want state of the art.

If the guts are good ... make a fair offer for both of you.

So all of the list aside, does it just grab you and the DW? Are the colors good? does it just say home? You have to want it too.

My coach had the issue when the brake was engaged it would still lurch forward. Found the rear seal was leaking around the brake and everything was covered in grease.. the rotor was sheared all the way around the hub area and was not working at all.. Replaced the seal and new rear brakes and back to holding and stopping as needed.

Other than that.. good luck.. Kinda exciting for us to be involved with your walk through. Thanks for posting

Your coach is newer than mine, but on ours the main thermostat controls 2 zones and a separate thermostat located in the bathroom controls the 3rd zone.

The one we're looking at has one thermostat above the driver's left shoulder that has temp sensors in the front, mid-coach, and in the rear.

In mode setting are you seeing 3 zones?

Look for white thermostat in the bathroom for the bathroom zone.  It looks like a furnace thermostat, not the Dometic multi-button.  There will be a switch on top to turn it on (push to left for on, click to right for off), and another slider on the bottom for the temperature.

Yes, sir!  3 zones.  Able to control all three from the the one multi-zone thermostat.

No thermostat seen in the bath area.

Here's a pic of the thermostat.  It's a Dometic Duo-Therm.  In the bottom of the LCD display you can see the 3 zone indicators.

Neat - our 40 footer had a separate bath thermostat (because there were only 2 roof units, so no "zone 3" for A/C or heat pump)

When you say the the AquaHot doesn't work on zone 3, do the bath area blowers come on but no heat comes out, or do the blowers not come on at all? 

Zone 1 = Dash, LR, Kitchen
Zone 2 = Bathroom
Zone 3 = Bedroom.

When the thermostat is calling for heat in zone 3 the fan in the bedroom comes on but the air never gets warm.  I'm guessing either zone 3's solenoid-operated valve or circulation pump may be the culprit.  But that's just head knowledge from reading the manuals and the forum, no actual experience yet.

BTW we're in the middle of the PPI.

Mark

I'm guessing either zone 3's solenoid-operated valve or circulation pump may be the culprit.
 

...This is a used coach and a buyer has to understand that not everything is going

to be perfect. Just do not want you miss getting a good coach.

Carter-