Photo Album17, Random Photos, Slobber Tube Fix Photos & 10,000 lbs. Hitch

[Rob Robinson]

Greg I understand what you mean by running the engine too cool by putting
the fan override switch on. But the fan comes on any time you use the dash
air anyways and that's a lot of the time for this northerner when he's down
south.

On 25/08/07, Gregory OConnor wrote:
>
> Kurt, the crank case vent system looks like a pro install. I wonder
> if use of metalic tube would help keep the oil from building up and
> forming a line blockage that leads to crankcase + pressure and seal
> damage???????
> The metalic tube would heat up ( transfer block heat) and pass oil to
> the new filter better. part of the reason the vent hose are not
> routed horizontally is because the oil will not drain via gravity
> after shut down.
> The 8v92 slobber tubes dont vent the crank case they handle a
> byproduct of the 2 cycle engine design that the S 60 does not
> produce. some 8v92 owners use "crap cans" that collect the slobber
> but allow pressure bypass.
>
> there is more crankcase pressure when the engine is cold or when the
> owner runs the fan to cool the engine lower than the engineered op
> temp in a false scense of operating kindness. The block and pistons
> are designed to size at a given temp.
>
> GregoryO'Connor
> 94ptRomolandCa
>
> --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com,
> "bumpersbird"
> wrote:
> >
> > Pics from Kurt. Read post #27039 it will explain some of the
> captions.
> > Comments on my favorite topic today. 10,000 lbs tow weight is what
> > the hitch is rated at. If you have a hitch that is rated at 15,000
> > lbs then you could haul 15,000. I think that during the time our
> > coaches were built 10,000 was the excepted standard. Today you have
> > class 5 hitches at 15,000 lbs. and some specialty hitches are ever
> > higher, like lintel rings etc. Hangings out at Prevost I've seen
> rigs
> > come in that are way over the top and they have standard hitches
> and
> > receivers. I'm not saying it's correct but it doesn't seem to be an
> > issue. Anyway a bird with a 6v92 could handle it. If you had an
> 8V92
> > or Series 60 you probably could haul any thing you wanted to as
> long
> > as the vehicle is designed for that purpose. You know proper
> brakes,
> > bars, GCVW etc. I regularly pull a 24' Car Trailer with a Grand
> Prix
> > GT in it with of course everything plus the kitchen sink. I get the
> > same mileage with or without it Avg. MPG 5.5 The coach has no
> problem
> > stopping it without trailer brakes, I tried it to see if it would
> do
> > it in case of trailer brake failure. With the trailer brakes,
> > stopping rate is equal to coach without trailer. MOL. The only
> > problem that I have is if the guy in picture #6, "Everyone loves
> the
> > Bird ", asks what my total combined length is?
> >
> > You're either on the bus or your not!
> >
> > Kurt Horvath
> > Bumpersbird
> >
>
>
>



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Rob, Sue & Merlin Robinson
94 WLWB


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