Maiden Voyage Complete!!!

[Pete Masterson]

Many of the drawers have latches at the back edge. They're spring loaded, and if you're "indecisive" about completely shutting the drawer, the spring will snap shut and the latch won't hold -- because the spring part is already closed. You can often see this as the drawer won't quiiiiite be closed. There are two types, a smaller black plastic -- you can see them on most of the cabinet doors -- and a larger, heavier silver metal type. Both can be twitchy, but the larger metal ones can be the most troublesome.

I have one large drawer in the galley that has two of those metal catches. One of them always gets snapped shut. It's annoying to have to re-set it as you need to pull the drawer all the way out, reach back with strong fingers or some sort of hook, then pull the spring latch forward. Dear wife manages to push the wide drawer in on one side, causing the other latch to miss, leaving that wide drawer half-latched and very slightly cattywampus. 

You probably won't find any bulb info in the manuals. Many of the 12 v. bulbs in closets are standard "dome light" types from an auto parts store. The peanut, high intensity bulbs are similar to ones used in low-voltage under cabinet systems. Be _very_ careful you don't get a too-high wattage replacement. They're brighter (nice) but hotter (not at all nice) and they can burn out the fixture and wires. There should be numbers on the bulb (or someone else may have them). Somewhere in the archives of the list was a discussion of those bulbs and a reference to a place online that has the right ones.

Actually 215 for the oil isn't unusual. About 200, more or less, is pretty normal, but 210 some of the time isn't unusual and 215-220 on most grades. The book claims 250 as the max, but I generally start getting concerned at 225 and will pull over to cool down a bit at 230 if I have any distance to go on a grade left. I note that on heavy grades the oil temp tends to stabilize between 225 and 230 a lot of the time.

Can't help you with the boost value. Previous owner installed a "waste gate" turbo charger that gives a little more boost than the OEM model, so my figures won't correspond. I have a note somewhere that the max was something in the mid 20s -- but I don't recall the number and the waste gate prevents any overboost, so I rarely watch the boost gauge much. EGT is important. You should see 600 under heavy load and 800 or more can occur.  You don't want to get much over 1000 and not for very long. When you cool down, before shutting down, be sure to let the engine run for 3 or 4 minutes to let the turbo spin down and let the temperatures cool down so you don't get any hot spots. If you've been traveling at low speed for 3 or 4 miles (as if you've come into city traffic), then the cool down idle can be cut to a minute or so. I generally look at the oil temp gauge and if it's under 200, (and the turbo has had a chance to slow down) then I'll shut down.

Pete Masterson

'95 Blue Bird Wanderlodge WBDA 42

El Sobrante CA

"aeonix1@mac.com"

On Jun 19, 2008, at 5:35 PM, coreyg67 wrote:

More questions.

I have several drawers that will not stay in the locked position, so every time we turn 

right, the drawers come flying open.  Is there any trick to repairing the guides, or are 

they a replace only type item?  

I am also having a problem locating a list of replacement bulbs for the coach.  I have 

thumbed through every manual that came with the bus, and cant find any light bulb info.  

Is there a list somewhere that contains part numbers for lights?  I need just about every 

bulb in the coach from headlight to taillight and everything in between.  I'm hoping to 

get a big shopping list and go buy all the necessary bulbs at once rather than make 6 

trips to the automotive supply house.

Im having a locksmith come out tomorrow to rekey everything and get multiple keys to 

the coach so that I can have access to everything, then I am going to spend the 

afternoon cleaning the radiator as I learned in the Temps thread that is going around.  I 

noticed temps around 215 for oil, which seemed high to me, so I figure a good cleaning 

is in order.

Can anyone tell me what the full power boost level should be?  I am only getting 17psi 

on full throttle pulls up hills, and I really figured I would be closer to 24-25psi.

Thanks again everyone, sorry Im writing a novel!!

Corey and Jenni Graham

1996 PT 42'

Prosper,TX

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