Maybe your coach air and leveling system function that way due to noÂ
aux. air compressor. I dunno, just a thought. You know not all birdsÂ
are the same. I'm sure your coach being all electric and mine havingÂ
propane App's. could account for some of the system diffrences. IÂ
know propane doesn't apply to the systems were talking about but anÂ
all electric coach is diffrent than mine.
I will keep an eye on my shock fix also. At this stage of my life IÂ
don't trust anybody's craftsmanship, been bitten too many times.
I was just in the middle of installing the mounting brackets for theÂ
extra cooling fans on the right side engine louvered door, and IÂ
scratched the you know what out of the paint :{) Mad at myself forÂ
not keeping to protocall when drilling through thin metal.
Oh well another beauty mark.
Kurt Horvath
95 PT-42 WLWB
10AC
--- In "WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com", Pete Masterson
 wrote:
I guess the jacks toggle the dump relay when they're activated to Â
level the coach. I do note that if I forget to dump the suspension Â
before lowering the jacks that the coach doesn't settle down asÂ
much Â
as when I dump first, wait a few moments, then deploy the jacks. Â
(That usually ends up leaving me way up in the air -- and thatÂ
often Â
makes the first step from the ground a real challenge. Wife justÂ
says Â
it's good exercise for us.)
Since I live some 6 to 7 hours away from CCW's facility -- and Â
because it kept looking like we were _almost_ done, I was suckered Â
into hanging around. I did have my laptop and Internet connection,Â
so Â
I was able to handle some of my business and keep in touch. I was Â
also able to search for parts when their inexperienced serviceÂ
writer Â
was having problems finding some of the bits and pieces.
When I first described what I wanted done over the phone (to a nowÂ
no-Â
longer-there employee), he first said, oh, they'd need the coachÂ
for Â
3 weeks or so...! When I said I planned to be on board, the time Â
estimate evaporated down to "2 or 3 days"... When I got there, heÂ
was Â
long gone and the new service writer didn't expect me. <sigh> I Â
probably should have re-confirmed the appointment a few days beforeÂ
I Â
drove down. I'd made the initial appointment about a month beforeÂ
the Â
planned date to be sure they'd be ready for the service.Â
Everything Â
took longer to a lot longer than I would have guessed. Some of itÂ
was Â
due to the inexperience of some of the staff and some of it wasÂ
due Â
to unanticipated issues (such as taking 2 days to get a computerÂ
to Â
read the DDEC codes -- with the IT guy trying different things, Â
getting different computers, wires, adaptors, calling the software Â
support folks, etc. etc.).
The length of the stress crack and the shape of the torn metalÂ
causes Â
me to believe that this was damage that was long in coming. Had I Â
known that it was a "known issue", I certainly would have been Â
checking it frequently and I may have been able to have itÂ
attended Â
to before it was so seriously compromised. I'm unhappy with the Â
repair performed at Henderson's in that it led me to believe thatÂ
I Â
didn't have to worry, since it was fixed. So my inspections were Â
misdirected when I first heard the popping sounds. (It didn't help Â
that it sounded like it came from the opposite side of the coach,Â
but Â
I now realize that was an aural distortion caused by theÂ
furniture, Â
etc. inside.)
Yeah, it really hurt to have a $250 shock ruined, too.
Pete Masterson
'95 Blue Bird Wanderlodge WBDA 42
El Sobrante CA
aeonix1@...
On Jun 19, 2008, at 9:12 AM, bumpersbird wrote:
Pete & PT-42 guys,
My left front shock mount was also torn up. My BB guru said it's a
known problem???!!!&@$%^&*WHAT THE !@#$%^9)_.
The fix, just weld it back up! What the F@#$!
After installing new shocks a few months latter I replaced all the
airbags. When they lifted the front end up with jacks and theÂ
front
axle was hanging with all it's weight and no air bags attached the
shock must have just pulled everything down, ripping the mountÂ
off the
frame. Of course the new Koni was toast.
The mechanic was under the coach and I queried him, Hey DUDE, IÂ
think
you missed something here. Well it got fixed, he was a certified
welder, they did add some gussetts as I recall. I'll try to getÂ
some
photo's of mine as well just to compair notes. The work on myÂ
coach Â
was
done at Prevost Nashville.
If this is known problem. I would say anyone with a PT-42 95 to 97
might want to check for a potential problem.
Dang Pete 10 days in the parking lot! I think I might have rentedÂ
a Â
car
and gone home. I've been there to and sometimes you think wellÂ
their
almost done and bang, you find something else to get fixed.
My coach has an air compressor although it's not really veryÂ
good, Â
well
it's just loud. I can air up the bags befor hitting the STOW/STORE
button. So I either air up from Aux. compressor of from the engine
compressor before I let her down. I never had a problem doing itÂ
that
way. In my coach it doesn't matter if the jacks are up or downÂ
the air
bags will inflate or deflate on command.
Kurt Horvath
95 PT-42 WLWB
10AC
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