[Roger]

Jim on mine the fast idle only works when the parking brake is on and the transmission in neutral. What is your doing?

[Roger]

Mark,

In the interest of educating us how about comparing the force required to collapse a new shock compared to the old, and to see if there is a difference between the force required to compress compared to the force required to extend.

I realize this is subjective but I think it would be a good indicator of how long we can expect shocks to last and if they dampen jounce in both directions or are biased towards one or the other.

[Roger]

Thanks Brian, that explains the Nascar fleet also heading south to Daytona.

[Roger]

Good question Larry, I’ve been having the same thought as my Direct bill continues to climb out of site for the house and bus.

[Roger]

Have you gone off your meds again ?

I sent you a video this am with easy listening music and you wrote back that the animal looked like a cow ?

[Roger]

Another very easy way to do this is to whip out your smart phone and snap a picture! You DO have a smart done don’t you? LOL

[Roger]

Assuming the coach has level low it is probable that the leak is in the air bags (one of the three), or the 3 port Norgren, or the 5 port Norgren or all the associated fittings.

If you haven’t spent much time beneath the coach looking at how the air suspension in the rear is set up, let me be the first to tell you that an air bag leak is not easy to find because you cannot get soapy water at the total air bag with a lot of the potential leak points hidden from view. Additionally the five port Norgen located ahead of the rear fender liner could leak through and it exhausts through a three port Norgren located in the steer compartment.

To add to the confusion, unless the coach has has the reverse logic upgrade your “leans” can be caused by low aux air pressure allowing the 3 port in the rear to vent tag axle air bag air.

I am not trying to confuse you or make it difficult, but while suspension leak detection is not that difficult it does require a little detective work and some understanding of the system. Check our articles section for some more detailed help.

[Roger]

ANOTHER MONTH…….ANOTHER DRAWING!

We are a little more than 2 weeks away from a drawing for another $100 Pilot / Flying J fuel card. Remember the only requirement is that you have posted during the month so if you have been shy or busy maintain your eligibility by posting. I would like to see all members post their credit card numbers, expiration dates and three digit security code, but I’m sure you can find something else to post if that is asking too much.

This is a great chance to answer Tom’s request for advice on improvements we can make to the site (we have some good ones in the works now) or to tell us how your coach fits in your lifestyle, or to ask Prevost a question.

Don’t allow all the folks who regularly post on this forum have all the luck. Throw your hat in the ring for the $100 fuel card by posting.

[Roger]

Over the years we towed a Dodge Raider (a rebadged Mitsubishi Montero), a Jeep Grand Cherokee, a Dodge Ram 1500 pickup, and our current H2 Hummer.

I designed and made the base plates for all of our toads except the H2 and have never had a problem. As John suggests, if needed, base plates can be easily fabricated and if designed properly will be of greater strength than those available from a manufacturer. In every case I used attach points on the frame of the toad never relying on sheet metal, reinforcing the attach points as required so loads were not going to damage the toad. When we sold the Raider and Grand Cherokee I was able to remove my base plates and restore the vehicles to the exact condition they were in when manufactured. What I did not like about my store bought base plates for the H2 is I had to drill the frame. My gut tells me if I remove the base plates those drilled holes are going to show signs of the forces imposed on them.

[Roger]

Yes that is what I am talking about is a stacker trailer.

Robert

[Roger]

Yom who is AAP?

[Roger]

I used to run them on our 1 ton duallys and got to notice that the last 3 sets a few years ago were made in china. I think every thing is made in china now with offices here in the states. I wouldn’t be afraid to run um, just keep aired up and drive.

glen

[Roger]

Terry,

We missed that number?

[Roger]

Hi all,

I am posting this from first generation iPad. I do 95% of my posts from this songar seems to work fine.

My credit card number is……