M&G brake system

[Leroy Eckert]

Hi folks:
I don't have a dog in this hunt and do not have a plumbing diagram of my bus air
system. Now you got me wondering. I pull a trailer with electric brakes. My
bus was factory fitted with a quick disconnect in roadside bay #3 , to be used
for blowing up the tires. The pilot air gauge has two pointers, red and green,
indicating redundant systems. Dumb question? If the quick disconnect in bay #3
failed would I lose all air to the brakes or is there a check valve somewhere
that would prevent the event? If not, I may consider changing the quick
disconnect to an manual shutoff valve.

Thanks for your input.

Leroy Eckert
1990 WB40
Niceville, FL






----- Original Message -----
From: smquandt
To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, August 21, 2006 2:28 PM
Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] Re: M&G brake system


I used a SMI silent partner on a PT-40/Honda CRV combination, and
like it. Like Curt I didn't want any surprises in my air brake
system. One thing that I had to do, probably because the coach is
steel was move the both send and receive antennas to the rear of the
coach to get enough reception to activate the braking system. There
isn't enough wire with the SMI and fishing it back there would be a
PIA job, but I found enough extra unused wires to get it there.

The system has enough adjustment through the G Force dial that the
toad doesn't brake every time you brake the coach. I've got mine
set so it only comes in moderate to panic stops, like when the old-
timer pulled out of the bar in northern Wisconsin yesterday on HWY
#8! If I can flatten the learning curve let me know

Steve Quandt
1993- PT40
Iron Mountain, MI
Currently in Rochester, MN

--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, Curt Sprenger
wrote:
>
> I looked at the M&G product and SMI products. M&G seemed fine
except I
> did not want the possibility of an air leak by tapping and quick
> disconnect. I went with the SMI Silent Partner, it should arrive
this
> week. I'll be looking for installation guidance shortly.
>
> Curt Sprenger 1987 PT38, Anaheim Hills, Calif.
>
>
>
> Gardner Yeaw wrote:
>
> > Has anyone used the M&G toad braking system? It connects to the
coach
> > air brake system and provides proportional braking on the toad.
You
> > unbolt the master cylinder in the toad and put the M&G adapter
on and
> > then remount the master cylinder to the adapter. It looks like a
pretty
> > good system and costs less than most other devices. (not portable
> > between cars, however). Once installed you just connect the air
hose to
> > the coach (the coach air system needs to be tapped and a qick
> > disconnect installed).
> >
> > Gardner
> > 78FC33
> >
> >
>





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