Strange Lever

[Tom McCarthy]

So Greg,

With that philosophy of hiring as smart or smarter than you, which we
both share, we become the dumbest employees in the business. ;-)

Tommy 2 Shoes McCarthy
Poway. CA
95 PT42


--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Gregory OConnor"
wrote:
>
> Bill, just check the nut behind the steering wheel. With all the
> safety systems you describe, the operator has limited chances to
make
> a mistake but many more chances for failed response from the
> retarder. Education from others like Scott talking of 'felt like
> dragging an anchor' is a good a way for all of us to recall the
fix.
> There was an instance in Ca where a fully loaded septic pumper
truck
> driver lost his brakes headed down hill. He was able to engage the
> engine driven pump. The input was capped and the load of the vacuum
> pump slowed the trucks engine and stopped the rig. I understand the
> only spill was in the cab. Had his rig a fail-safe system that did
> not allow it to be engaged while in motion, response from surprised
> motorist in his path would be literal. "S*&%"
>
> I will only allow operators as smart or smarter then myself to
drive
> my trucks.
> Gregory O'Connor
> 94ptRomolandCa
> Self-employed, no operators
>
> --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, Wilhelmus Schreurs
> wrote:
> >
> > Mike:
> > Not so at all.
> > Electric trailer brakes actually has a puck that rubs on the
drum
> which is attached to the brake shoes, which in turn stops the
> trailer, so electrical/mechanical/mechanical, yuk, lots of wear and
> maintenance.
> >
> > With the Jacob's driveline retarder, it is electricity which
> creates a magnetic field to slow down the vehicle. there are no
> rubbing parts. Maintenance is very simple, cleaning, checking of
> contacts and greasing.
> >
> > One thing which Jeff Miller alluded to, there is no connection
> between the driveline retarder and the rest of the system ,
> acceleration or braking. Gosh one of the things when I get my BB
> home, I will look at installing circuitry that will either allow
the
> brake to be applied or disengage it when the throttle is applied.
> >
> > Bill
> > 84FC35SB
> > Terrace, B.C.
> >
> > Mike Hohnstein <MHOHNSTEIN@> wrote:
> > That would be one way to characterize the down grade
> retarder. It functions like electric trailer brakes, in a way.
> > The well marked grease zerk, if not covered with road grime is a
> critical maintainence point. I'm greatful that my retarder works
> pretty well so far, my chassis has roughly 170k miles.
> > Mike Hohnstein
> > Germantown WI, Myrtle ID
> > 83FC35rb
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Scott
> > To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
> > Sent: Friday, August 18, 2006 11:25 PM
> > Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] Re: Strange Lever
> >
> > So this thing is like a driveline breaking system?
> >
> > Scott Waldy
> > '83FC35SB
> > Boise, Idaho
> >
> > --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Scott"
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > Lots of great posts on the Jacobs Driveline retarder. (that is
> what
> > is
> > > on our coach 86FC) BUT no one mentioned the need to grease the
> > bearings
> > > inside. When we got ours you could not even tell it had a
grease
> > > fitting. Find it on the side of the retarder. Use a GOOD HIGH
> TEMP
> > > GREASE. I grease mine pretty frequently.
> > >
> > > I did the dummy thing last year on the way to RIV and left it
one
> > by
> > > mistake when entering the highway, thought I was draging an
> anchor,
> > > (actually felt like a fuel filter cloggin up) It got hot and
> > smelled,
> > > when shot with a temp gun it was just over 300* got back
underway
> > in a
> > > hurry and got air to it. No harm works fine. I use it in stop
and
> > go
> > > traffic, to limit the use of the service brakes. Works great
for
> me.
> > >
> > > ScottB
> > > 86FC 4sale
> > > SC
> > >
> > > --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Scott"
> > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > I have a Strange Lever mounted to the side of the shifter
box.
> > The
> > > > lever goes into a small black box with numbers on the side.
As
> > the
> > > > lever is pulled down, the numbers increase and the lever is
> > > internally
> > > > notched to stop on each of the numbers. Any clue?
> > > >
> > > > Scott Waldy
> > > > '83FC35SB
> > > > Boise, Idaho
> > > >
> > >
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