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Some more newbie questions - SFMEACH - 05-01-2005 12:59 After 130 miles under my belt I am already gaining respect for the way the bird drives. This is my first experience driving an RV but I couldn't help but notice the lack of being moved around by semi's or gusty winds. Nice, easy drive once my nerves settled down. I realized my jaw was tired from being clenched for the first 45 minutes behind the wheel. Overall the steering was pretty good (minor wandering at center) although I remember reading in other posts about the benefits of koni shocks. Any opinions about koni's? What can I expect to spend for shocks and installation. My bus has Safety-T-Plus installed. Any experience with this system? Some questions. What speed do most people cruise at with an FC? I cruised at 60 mph at 2250 rpm on the interstate. The cruise control does not work. Is it worth fixing or do most people manually maintain speed anyway. The transmission temp seemed low (around 100-120 degrees if I remember right). Is this normal? Steve Meach 85 FC35 Paw Paw, MI Some more newbie questions - Jeff Miller - 05-01-2005 13:21 Speed is up to you and the state laws where you drive, some are happy at 60 and others of us are happier at 70 or 75. If you have the standard 4.89:1 gears you are pretty limited and should probably be happy with 60-65. Cruise control in the '85 is the Bendix air system. The computer box is no longer available, but some have had good luck with a repair facility in TX. The system suffers from low-voltage problems, on the back-side of the battery box is a metal cover that can be removed to check voltages etc. A rewarding change is often to use a relay to power this system directly from the battery when turned on and bypass the ignition switch. The speed sensor is a set of magnets wire-tied to the driveshaft near the transmission, occasionally these will fall off. The Safe-T-Steer is something I prefer to remove, have never seen any value in it and it tends to make it more difficult to trim the steering slightly on crowned roads and in side-winds. It also adds side-load on the kingpin, increases the power (and wear) necessary from the steering box and components, believe that the product is no longer available. Others have less negative opinions about this device. As far as blowout safety, I've experienced several blowouts in Wanderlodge coaches and have never felt that there was a significant effect on the straight-line steering from a blown front tire (which I'm told is significantly different from the effect on fiberglass motorhomes during a blowout). - Jeff Miller http://www.wanderlodge.net http://www.millercoachworks.com --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "SFMEACH" <sfmeach@y...> wrote: > After 130 miles under my belt I am already gaining respect for the way > the bird drives. This is my first experience driving an RV but I > couldn't help but notice the lack of being moved around by semi's or > gusty winds. Nice, easy drive once my nerves settled down. I > realized my jaw was tired from being clenched for the first 45 minutes > behind the wheel. Overall the steering was pretty good (minor > wandering at center) although I remember reading in other posts about > the benefits of koni shocks. Any opinions about koni's? What can I > expect to spend for shocks and installation. My bus has Safety-T- Plus > installed. Any experience with this system? > > Some questions. What speed do most people cruise at with an FC? I > cruised at 60 mph at 2250 rpm on the interstate. The cruise control > does not work. Is it worth fixing or do most people manually maintain > speed anyway. The transmission temp seemed low (around 100-120 > degrees if I remember right). Is this normal? > > Steve Meach > 85 FC35 > Paw Paw, MI |