Testing compressor?

[David Brady]

A good bit of tug is required - 5 lbs??? They are a little stubborn.

Just be sure to depress the collar as best you can with one hand

and tug with the other.



David

'02 LXi, NC



Don Bradner wrote:

They look like that style (after looking at the Clippard website),
but the line doesn't want to come out easily - how much of a tug should
it be?



Collar looks to be greyish, and was overpainted in black that is mostly
gone.



On 3/12/2008 at 12:45 PM David Brady wrote:



>Don,

>

>On my coach these fittings are either Clippard or Parker-Hannifen

>quick connects. To release the air line, depress on the colloar
(either

>yellow or green) and pull on the air line. Clip a quarter inch off
the

>airline (nice and square) and push into the fitting until it
bottoms.

>Should solve the leak.

>

>David Brady

>'02 LXi, NC

>

>Don Bradner wrote:

>>

>> I'm not sure how "normal" I would call any air leak, just
pointing out

>> that there are lots of places and separate storage tanks.

>>

>> I would love to find/repair all of the leaks to my auxiliary
system. I

>> know, for example, that if I wiggle the air fittings to the
dump

>> valves I can induce an audible leak. I don't know how those
fittings

>> work, and hence how to fix them.

>>

>> Don Bradner

>> 90 PT40 "Blue Thunder"

>> Eureka, CA

>>

>> On 3/12/2008 at 8:19 AM Ryan Wright wrote:

>>

>> >Thanks Don. Really appreciate this information, I did not
know this;

>> >it's good to know my air system is holding air acceptably.
The

>> >suspension does stay up, as does the air on the front/rear
gauge. It's

>> >just the aux air systems that bleed down fairly rapidly.
I'm quite

>> >pleased to hear this is normal.

>> >

>> >So the problem, then, is just the front/rear (brake) tanks
depleting

>> >so quickly and taking so long to fill back up. I'll bet
the

>> >mechanics find it pretty quick Friday. I brought the coach
to them

>> >once before and they did a great job.

>> >

>> >-Ryan

>> >'86 PT-40 8V92

>> >

>> >On 3/11/08, Don Bradner <"bluethunder%40arcatapet.com"


>> <"bluethunder"%40arcatapet.com>> 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.

>> >

>> >

>> >

>> >Yahoo! Groups Links

>> >

>> >

>> >

>>

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