Finally bought a Bluebird!!

[Ernie Ekberg]

Horn button is an easy relocate Ernie Ekberg 817-475-3991 83 PT40, 88 PT40 www.ernieekbergflooring.net --- On Sun, 5/8/11, jerry_94110 wrote: From: jerry_94110 Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] Re: Finally bought a Bluebird!! To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com Date: Sunday, May 8, 2011, 12:52 PM Thanks Don....Since the coach is stored around 45 min from my house; the next time I am there I will check the gauges that show the air pressure. I will have American Bus check out the shocks. They are probably 24 years old. Regarding the horn, I did find the foot pedal when pulling into the storage yard at the end of my trip. The horn was going off for no apparent reason until I moved the floor mat that my foot was on which was on the pedal. I thought to myself that is why there is a fold down foot pedal to rest your foot on, so you don't set the horn off. --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Don Bradner" wrote: > > On 5/8/2011 at 3:34 PM jerry_94110 wrote: > > I'll take on a couple of those: > > >-The bus bounces a lot from forward to back like a dolphin swimming > >through the ocean. Is this normal? At some points it bounce so hard the > >air horns went off. > > Just sounds like it needs new shocks. The air horn was probably you stepping on the floor switch - did you know it was there? > > >-After stopping for about an hour to eat, when getting back into the > >bus, the front step was hanging limp and I needed to wait for the bus to > >air up again. How long does the bus hold it air? > > There are three separate areas that hold air. First is the brakes. The right-hand air gauge with two needles show the front and rear brakes, which run around 120 psi in use. They should take a long time to drop. > > Second is the air bags. The tag axle has a gauge, and should be around 60 psi, but the others don't have a gauge and you will know that they are down only by watching the coach "sink." > > Finally there is the auxiliary tank, which feeds the front step. It has a myriad of connections on things like the waste dump valves and anything else that uses air. I've never been able to get that one to hold air for an hour - too many small places to leak. >