Ridewell down in the front.

[Harold Prescott]

I had a problem simular this. I had to replace the Bendix DC4
valve. This valve is located on the drivers side inside frame rail
just above the back-front air bag. It's inline with the air-
compressor, located before the first air tank. The exhaust runs
under the dc4 valve and over the front airbags.
I had a leak in the flex pipe that caused extreme heat into the area,
destroying the *O* ring in the DC-4 valve. (also destroyed an air-bag)
This is a b*t*h to get to.
With this valve malfuntioning, the front of the coach would'nt rise
to the occasion. However the brakes aired up as did the rear air-
bags.

Hope this is of some help.

Harold Prescott
'85 FC35
Norhtern California

--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "bluebird3208"
wrote:
>
> I have had a long standing problem of the front air bags deflating
> soon after the bus is parked. The bags will not hold overnight and
> sometimes that is all I need before leaving the next day. The
jacks
> work great but it is just one more thing to do. I have been all
over
> the bus. I have bubbled and sniffed (ultrasonic leak detector)every
> air leak I could find, and I am talking a detail inspection. The
two
> dry tanks will hold air for 2 weeks but the wet bleeds off way to
> soon.
>
> Here is proof that even I get lucky sometimes. I have been working
> on the genset quite a bit lately and I just hook up an air line
from
> the workshop to the schrader on the wet tank and keep it full to
> operate the gen air ram. I was in a hurry today to go to lunch
with
> my wife and tried to whip the air hose of the shrader valve and
> snapped it off the air tank fill. All the air in the wet tank
> dumped rapidly as I left for lunch. When I got back the front of
the
> bus is still at ride height. The only thing that makes sense to me
> is that I am some how getting pressure to the front dump valve when
> there is available air pressure in the wet tank causing the front
> bags to deflate.
>
> Anyone got an idea?
>
> Jim
> 83 FCRB
> Yorba Linda, ca
>