Bendix Brakes won't air up

[Al]

Hi Howard,
I replaced the new one with the old one since it was not the
problem. Plus I would have to adjust the pounds since it was set
for 130 and the old one was 110 lbs. I have a computer background
so I did not want to complicate the equation. Plus now I have a new
spare just in case. When I get home, I am going to change out the
purge assembly and see if that fixes my problems. I am going to
call coachworks as well and see exactly what they did. I thought
they rebuild the assembly for me and changed the filter. This is
our first major trip since the repairs so it should have lasted
longer than this.

Al, Kathy, Alfred & Daniel
Lake Hartwell State Park
Fair Play, SC
'96 BMC

--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Howard O. Truitt"
wrote:
>
> Al.
> Glad to hear you are moving along. Now you know you have a good
air governor.
> Howard truitt
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Al
> To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2006 11:54 AM
> Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] Re: Bendix Brakes won't air up
>
>
> 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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> >
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