Air Valve Leak

[cmillsap]

David,

I had Dan at Parliament looking for the valve. He was having a hard time finding that valve as it was obsolete. So I started looking for the valve at HWH or possibly changing the whole slide seal manifolds to the vacuum/pressure manifold you told me about. Joe (HWH) called me about a week after I had several conversations with the HWH parts dept. He said they had no idea what the valve was and agreed that replacing the whole manifold was their only option. Sooo, I bought the pressure/vacuum manifold from him. About an hour later UPS delivered the valve from Parliament. I was surprised as I wasn't aware that Dan had found a replacement. He knew I needed it and overnighted it to me.

Soooo, now I have two ways to fix the slide air control. The repair shop needed to open the slide. Soooo, I took the valve to them, they installed it and opened the slide and began the repair. I'll replace the old system with the new system myself later. I just needed to get the work going and finished so I can get my bus out of the repair shop. I can't afford for it to remain there much longer.: Everyday we find something that needs "fixin"

I must tell you, we (Tela & I) did inspect this bus as best we could while it was pouring rain in Fl. But there are just some things that get overlooked. If I had to do it over again, the price I paid would have been reduced about $10K due to items that need to be fixed to get the bus back to proper condition again. Lesson Learned: Never buy a bus during a rainstorm. Actually, I bought the bus at a good price, so I can afford to spend a little on it to get it in good shape.

So Far, new shocks, drive axle outer wheel seal replaced, tag inner wheel seal replaced, new seal kit on the S60 oil cooler (I thought it was a rear main leaking initially), anti-sway bar removed, new PTO & Pump, Brakes & slack adjuster repaired, alignment, new muffler, and two windshield chips repaired. All this besides the slide trim piece repair along with repairing (rust under loose paint along the bottom trim piece) and repainting the lower and upper portion of the slide room. Did I mention installing a battery watering system also.