Bendix Brakes won't air up

[Al]

To everyone that responded, thanks!

Ok to bring everyone up to speed, we were able to get off the
mountain in Spruce Pine by taking the 1/4 air hose off and the
system started building presssure. We got to Gastonia, NC and the
dryer started purging air again. Thank God it did not act up in the
mountains on our way off Spruce Pine.

So we tried to repeat the process and that did not fix it. So we
went down to Napa and purchased an air governer and installed it.
That did not fix it. We had two friendly truckers stop for breakfast
and Kathy pounced on them to ask questions. She is good at that.
LOL Anyway before I knew it one of the truckers pulled out a
fitting to join the two hoses ( in & out ) and eliminate the dryer
till I get home. I spoke to Bob Loomas the night before and he
suggusted we do that as well. So we joined the two hoses together
and did not need the trucker's fitting since we had all the fittings
we needed on the dryer. It was a close fit with no room to spare.

Anyway so I spent the next two days calling every Haldex Dist. in
Charlotte and no one has the purge assembly. But I did locate one
in Atlanta which is on our way home. Also the unit has a purge
valve which is part of the major repair kit.

Just want to make sure the everyone is in agreement that the purge
assemble which is different from the purge valve is what I need to
make the repair. I am leaning towards waiting till I get home on
Friday to start the repair so I don't dampen anymore of the trip.

Again thanks goes out to everyone that responded to my help call.
Hopefully someday I can return the favor.

Al, Kathy, Alfred & Daniel Johnson
'96 BMCCharlotte, NC ==> Atlanta, Ga.

--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, krminyl@... wrote:
>
> I had a similar situation...after some searching, and obtaining
professional
> help, we found and replaced the air governor (about a $50 part,
and a
> thousand in labor...also rebuilt the air dryer). No problems
since. Before it was
> fixed, the air would air up to 30 lbs, and just stay
there...hissing sound
> somewhere near the top of the engine.
>
> Best of luck.
>
> Kevin McKeown
> Yorba Linda, CA
> 1986 38' PT
>
>
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