I'm a birdman now.

[Edwards, Kerry]

Just purchased our first Wanderlodge. It's an 82 FC 35. It's the one I posted
questions about with the aftermarket turbo and retrofitted retarder. I bought
it from Steve, in Denver. Great guy. I've been a little leary about the
aftermarket turbo, but it has been on there since 84. It's got a pyrometer and
boost gauge so I'll monitor those closely for a while to see if there is a good
reason to return it to an NA. I was initally concerned that the engine did not
have the oil squirters on the pistons since it was an NA engine, but in looking
thru the CAT manuals, it's clear that they themselves mfg'd turbo engines
without oil squirters so it can't be a completely fatal lack.
Anyway, since Steve lives just a mile from a State Park, we bought it and drove
right to the park for a night's camping. One question immediately arose, for a
well designed vehicle, we were suprised not to find a place for the garbage can.
Are we missing something? If not, what have people done with a garbage can on
their FC's? Also, the engine warning light is on most of the time. From the
manual, it seems it monitors a number of things. Oil pressure and water temp
were ok so I'm thinking the next thing to check is the coolant level? Light did
go out or flicker once or twice going down the road. Is there anything else I
should check for.
Also, the step doesn't seem to extend properly. It looks like it comes out once
the air pressure drops, but if the air tanks are charged, neither the switch on
the left of the steps or the one on the instrument panel seems to do anything.
To put it another way, I couldn't get it to work last night, but this morning it
was out.
I'm sure I'll have a million more questions as our experience progresses.
Thanks for your help so far.

Kerry
Denver
82FC35

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