[Bob]

I would be thinking to re-check what I think I did. It really sounds like your missing something to me. You say that the shoes are almost new? Just doesn’t seem that they would rust up that quick. Maybe sitting out in a pasture with the wheels off and the bus on the ground, I could believe it then but in a shop?

Wished I was there with another set of eyes. Just hope you don’t ruin the shoes and then…..opps! found out why.

[Bob]

That looks like a Racor assembly for fuel filtration and water seperation. Was the Davco standard or a replacement? Is it possible they abandoned the Racor when they installed the Davco?

[Bob]

Who did the work?

[Bob]

I agree…looks like a capped off filter housing. Maybe not needed because of alternate filtering?? Anyway, that is what I think it is.

[Bob]

Do as Tom says or you will run into that unfriendly character known as the “MOUND”.

Looks like this ……. only inside your black water tank.

[Bob]

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Still can’t add links??

[Bob]

Sorry, no more stands are being made or are available.

[Bob]

Unless Foretravel has a rather unique air system I would expect you have a lot of air system drains you are not using on a routine basis John.

You should have a wet tank, primary, secondary, and likely an auxiliary tank, all of which should have petcocks for routine draining. But air system maintenance goes way beyond that because the air dryer also needs to be serviced.

We also have a system petcock in the rear at the bottom of the RH rear tail light stack inside the engine door, but it is not used for daily system draining, but for an occasional draining. I don’t know of anything we need to drain daily, especially if the dryer has been maintained because it traps and purges moisture at each cycle automatically.

[Bob]

On my 95/96 XL the tag pressure is eased a little automatically when I make a turn at slow speeds in order to shortent the turning radius. It does not completely “lift” the tag. In fact the manual says, “Note: The manual valve for tag UP or DOWN is independent of the “Tag axle automatic unloading system”.

I have a switch that can cancel that function and I often use it if there is a change in elevation in the turn and I fear I may drag the rear end if it drops any.

Jon, I do think it affects the turning radius a little but that may just be my perception because of what I read in the manual…

When I first bought the bus I asked my contacts in the entertainment industry about it and they said they had never seen such a switch. I found out when I read my manual that only the XL-45 has it. The XL-45E does not have it in that vintage.

Is this in the later coaches?

DKO

[Bob]

I always lift mine when turning on my cement drive. Saves the wife from complaining about the black streaks!! 🙂

I did leave them down one time and stopped in the middle of the turn and I did not like the way the tag wheels were leaning to one side. It put a lot of pressure on the tire sidewalls so I know it is scuffing them. That is one complaint Eagle owners have with the bogie axles is the dragging of them on tight turns.

[Bob]

Truk…….I represent BCO and since I have been authorized to speak on his behalf I am officially informing you his name when shortened is Okie, as in the state of Oklahoma. It is not Oakie as in the big tree with nuts.

Please correct all future usages of his name forthwith.

And since Natalie is not here to ask the question do you really want to get into the fuzzy details about itching? Right here on a public forum?

BCO, this is the best I can do. You might have to staighten him out more when we get to OKC.

[Bob]

thanks bob. just got back from holidays sorry i didnt reply sooner.

petar

[Bob]

Fred,

Is there a metal shop close to you? If you can get a piece of scrap stainless to practice on you will be better off. You can duplicate the scratches and then sand them out and then polish the sanding marks.

I made a trim piece below the bumper to hide the hinges with 12 gauge stainless. I bent it, cut it and welded it to mold it like I wanted. Then took a 1/4 sheet vibrator sander, starting with a coarser grit and worked up until it looked great, then polished it until it looked chrome.

Keep us posted.

[Bob]

Dale tell me you really didn’t run that filter for 26 years!

The Micron question is a heated topic in the boating forums. Of course, on-the-road tanks aren’t subject to the same temperature changes and high humidty as boats. The bottom line is that if your engine manufacturer provides a fuel filtration system and a primary is added, then10 or 30 micron is fine for the primary. The primary filter is simply extending the life of the engine supplied secondary filter. Most on-engine filters are 2-5 micron and are expensive and/or hard to change. The primary, almost always a Racor with a drop in filter cartridge, is easy to replace and inexpensive.

[Bob]

Boxcar and Jon, Priceless!!

Fred,

Can you get some good detail close up photos of the areas?