Air Valve Leak

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David & Pete,

Thank you for the information above. It is greatly appreciated.

Don Bradner recommended the repair shop I am using which is Redlands Truck & RV in Redlands, CA. He had previous experience with them and was taking his M380 there to have his toad brake installed on the Bus.

I have to say that after near two weeks of getting to know the staff and their work ethics; I am quite comfortable with their qualifications & expertise. They specialize in chassis repair altho they can and will do work on issues peculiar to the other portions of an RV, coach, bus or whatever but prefer the chassis work.

The're easy to work with and from what I've seen so far; they are professional and capable and have been in business for over 40 years. The facility is full of RVs and they stay busy year around.

David, I asked about access to the oil cooler. They are certain they can remove & repair it without going through the hatch. When they get it removed they will clean it and inspect it for cracks before just installing it with the new gaskets. He still didn't have the costs compiled but assured me that installing the new gaskets and O-rings on the oil cooler was less costly than replacing the S60 crankshaft rear seal. I looked at the gasket kit, it consisted of the main gasket about 6"X 12" in size and a few yellow O-rings.

I've changed the original work order several times on him and he hasn't got it totaly revised yet. When I get the cost; I'll post it for you.
I also reduced the slide repair and repaint job to just straighting the trim piece and re-installing it with Sikaflex and bananna rivets to cover the elongated original screw holes. Once the banana rivets are installed they will flatten the heads as much as possible. Incidentally, they think that the trim piece was worked loose first over a period of time and finally just high enough for the C-channel to push and distort it??

Pete,

They just ordered the Chelsea Part number: 328591-129X, which will arive Tuesday. they have not been able to find the 1"-15T Quality Control Corp Pump (CPC 1049 CPC 030-R-2-AF-BC) yet and I did advise him to look at Williams & Williams. I hope I don't have to wait 3 weeks to get one.

Unless I misunderstand, those are the only two items needed to make this changeover??