HWH LEVELERS GET REBUILT

[John]

I got here at HWH Corporation in MOSCOW, Iowa early this morning and
was told to just go straight in to bay #2, so that they could start
working on my 'Birds levelers. The mechanic did a quick diagnosis,
as he had seen this problem before with the fluid in the resivoir
that looked like jelly, it was caused by mixing regular Hydraulic
fluid with the automatic transmission fluid (DEXTRON 3) that they
recommend using, he told me to NEVER USE REGULAR HYDRAULIC FLUID
with these HWH levelers, as it will ruin the seals. The hydraulic
fluid was already in the resivoir of my 'Bird when I got it.

Two guys worked on the 'Bird from 8:30 am to 5:30 pm and they
removed and replaced after rebuilding, the pump, then flushed the
whole system of there contaminated fluid, rebuilt and replaced the
joy stick controls and the front jacks, the rear jacks were in real
bad shape and were obsolete, so they were replaced with new units,
all of the springs were also replaced, I haven't got the bill yet,
but I will take care of that in the morning.

John Finn
"FINN'S INN EXPRESS"
'82 Bluebird Wanderlodge 35FCRB
Hopkins, SC
"ON THE ROAD IN MOSCOW,IOWA"
To Visit the Finn's Inn Express Remodeling Adventure go to;
http://www.pbase.com/iamflagman/image/24977457

[fl_bluebird_1983]

Oh no, I just topped off my hydraulic reservoir with hydraulic
fluid. I "assumed" (you know what that means) thats what went into
hydraulic levelers. The level in the reservior was so low I couldn't
see what was used before. I have not used the levelers since i filled
it up (only been two days) do you think I can drain the reservoir and
if so how do you do that? Drain plug on the bottom maybe? hopefully!!!

Thanks
Bruce Campbell
Clearwater, FL
83'FCSB
"Blue Skies"
formerly "Rainbow Chaser", darn those stripes are hard to get
off "sorry Arley!"


--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "John"
wrote:
> I got here at HWH Corporation in MOSCOW, Iowa early this morning
and
> was told to just go straight in to bay #2, so that they could start
> working on my 'Birds levelers. The mechanic did a quick diagnosis,
> as he had seen this problem before with the fluid in the resivoir
> that looked like jelly, it was caused by mixing regular Hydraulic
> fluid with the automatic transmission fluid (DEXTRON 3) that they
> recommend using, he told me to NEVER USE REGULAR HYDRAULIC FLUID
> with these HWH levelers, as it will ruin the seals. The hydraulic
> fluid was already in the resivoir of my 'Bird when I got it.
>
> Two guys worked on the 'Bird from 8:30 am to 5:30 pm and they
> removed and replaced after rebuilding, the pump, then flushed the
> whole system of there contaminated fluid, rebuilt and replaced the
> joy stick controls and the front jacks, the rear jacks were in real
> bad shape and were obsolete, so they were replaced with new units,
> all of the springs were also replaced, I haven't got the bill yet,
> but I will take care of that in the morning.
>
> John Finn
> "FINN'S INN EXPRESS"
> '82 Bluebird Wanderlodge 35FCRB
> Hopkins, SC
> "ON THE ROAD IN MOSCOW,IOWA"
> To Visit the Finn's Inn Express Remodeling Adventure go to;
> http://www.pbase.com/iamflagman/image/24977457