Testing compressor?

[Don Bradner]

Am I correct that your "4 tanks" agrees with my "three separate storage"
systems? (wet plus 3 storage)

Or are you saying that there are 4 storage, and if so, how are they broken out?

Don Bradner
90 PT40 "Blue Thunder"
Eureka, CA

On 3/12/2008 at 5:23 AM Leroy Eckert wrote:

>Don, there are 4 tanks. Lanyards make for easy draining.
>Leroy Eckert
>1990 WB-40 Smoke N Mirrors
>Dahlonega, GA
>Royale Conversion
>
>Don Bradner wrote:
> My assumption is that there are three separate (at least) air storage
>systems on my Bird. One for brakes, one for suspension, and one for
>auxiliary, with the latter including the step. That one is the fastest
>leaker on mine. The assumption is based on: The front/rear gauge, which is
>the brakes, stays up. The air bags stay inflated. The low air indicator
>comes on in just a few minutes without air, and the step comes out.
>
> It is possible, of course, that there are only two, and the bags are
>actually on the same system but stay up due to check valves; that does not
>change the fact that the aux system loses air fairly rapidly. I know I get
>some loss around the air dump valves. There are lots of other places, such
>as air waste dump valves, bulk oil fill, step cover, freshwater purge,
>air-extended driving lights, and probably more I can't think of.
>
> Don Bradner
> 90 PT40 "Blue Thunder"
> Eureka, CA
>
> On 3/11/2008 at 6:46 PM Ryan Wright wrote:
>
> >Thanks Ron & Kevin for your advice. I'm not sure how to check the
> >governor/regulator (assume you're both talking about the same thing?).
> >Kevin, where was yours originally located at, and how did you test it?
> >
> >I don't hear air escaping when the brakes are applied.
> >
> >-Ryan
> >'86 PT-40 8V92
> >
> >On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 6:06 PM, wrote:
> >>
> >> Check your governor...Mine went bad a few years ago, and I had similar
> >> problems. Hopefully your governor has been relocated to an accessible
> >> location....I replumbed mine, and bypassed the original because it was
>so
> >> hard to get to (up in a frame rail, behind the transmission). do you
> >hear
> >> air escaping when you apply the brakes? I did, and I had a faulty
>brake
> >> actuator "can". A leaking air bag could also be causing the air loss.
> >>
> >> Just a few things to look at....
> >>
> >> Kevin McKeown
> >> Yorba Linda, CA
> >> 1986 38' PT (For Sale)
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