Outside compartment handle

[davidbrady]

(11-25-2013 22:44)BirdPilot Wrote:  One of the compartment aluminum handles is mangled on my coach and needs to be replaced. Any suggestions on where to find one?

Not quite so coincidentally, when that particular compartment door is open, it lines up perfectly with a large nut protruding under the slide out... so I believe I know what happened. It also had to be one with three different paint colors on it, which brings the next question. Are there any paint codes anywhere on the coach to identify the paint color(s)?

I'd get on the phone with the parts department at Holland Motors Michigan and maybe their school bus franchise and explain that you need a handle for the LTC40 to fit your LXi.

When I bought my coach I got a very nice 16" x 16" Blue Bird Wanderlodge embossed booklet containing the floorplan, samples of all the textures, flooring and fabrics used in the interior, and codes for all the exterior paints (as shown in the last attached pic). If you don't have it Parliament Coach might but you may have to purchase a copy of your coach records from them to get it. I'm not aware of the paint codes being attached to the bus body at any place.

BTW, I'm not quite sure how the slide adjusting nut could have contacted the handle. When the slide is fully extended the handle is well clear of the slide hardware, as it is when the slide is retracted. In addition, the slide should be disabled from being extended if any of the driver's side basement doors are open, unless that safety feature isn't working.