Just got back home from Forsberg's with new House Batteries and this happened...

[Jon Wehrenberg]

Viv,

Allow your mechanic to post using your site access because for us to explain the potential causes requires some diagnostics. I would need to know if the entire bus is all the way down or if the issue is related solely to the front, LH side or RH side.

I cannot think of a single thing that would cause the simultaneous lowering of the entire coach.

Air system pressures as displayed by your dash gauges are brake system pressures only and the fact they read 120 PSI tells me strongly you do not have a suspension system leak, but more likely an issue with the leveling system controls.

I am leaving on a trip tomorrow and will not be assured of computer access but there are folks that monitor this site that can talk your mechanic through the diagnosis.

[Journeyone144]

Hi Jon,
Thank you for seeing the post I made a bit ago and replying soo fast...I have the service fellow- Brian's e-mail...so I can ask him...but for now I can tell you he only showed me how he could push the one bag in with his fingers and he told me if it was filled with air he could never do that...
Also right now with the air reading 120 lbs of pressure the bus is not real close to the ground as it usually is when the air is low and I go outside to start it and bring it up to 120 lbs of pressure on the gauge every few days...
Are you really saying ....Maybe I don't have as much trouble as I was afraid I do...like maybe only one bag is bad...
I know I drag them a little when I go in and out of my driveway but I've only been in and out a few times since Jan. too...Only took it out today to make it easier for Tom at Forsberg's to exchange the House Batteries and the Generator Batt...
I'll send an e-mail to Brian telling him what you said but he isn't really my mechanic...he just took the service call I made today...and he was here the only other time I had trouble getting it up the knoll in my driveway...when I first brought the bus home...other times I take as wide a swing as my drive allows to try to avoid the dragging of the bags...and it pretty much worked..Hugs Viv...

[Jon Wehrenberg]

Viv, A friend asked me to look at the pictures which I had not done previously.

There is nothing wrong with your bus. The bus has bottomed out because you appear to be trying to put in a spot that has a low spot causing the tail to drag. I truly hope there was no damage done to the coach.

If you raise the bus up on the suspension it should drive properly over the rough terrain. That is one of the uses of the leveling system.

Unless and until you get familiar with the coach, its limitations, its systems and what to avoid you may have problems. These buses are not meant to be driven over rough terrain without precautions. I know this sounds harsh but your enjoyment of the coach will be greatly enhanced if you spend the time necessary to learn the coach. I am afraid it is situations like this that will enable people to take advantage of you.

[Prevost.Rick]

i agree with jon put my name in the hat to help,e me or call me ,year- conversion-would be most helpful,on the gen were the rad cap ,not the overflo bottle make sure you have antifreeze to the top,rick 813 833 2284

[Coloradobus]

Viv,

I know this is a simple idea, but what airbag did the mechanic push his finger on . If it was the tag bag, and as Jon saw on your photos shwoing going into the drive, had the tag been lifted for turning into the drive and not re-inflated? and the bus rear dragged? Just a thought

[truk4u]

With this vintage, it may also have the tag logic that will dump the tag air when aux air gets below about 60 psi. If the aux air was depleted, for whatever reason while the bus set there on the hump, the tag would dump and the bags would be empty.

[Will Garner]

Viv,

The problem with your generator may not have been the battery. It is quite possible the problem is the alternator. I had that problem this summer in Maine. Inopurtune timing, it failed on the only day/night we were to dry camp. We also could not open the coach windows for fresh air because of a reallly, REALLY hard rain followed up with some really, REALLY thick Maine fog. Sure glad we didn't eat tacos with the twins at dinner that night! Anyway, the alternator on my generator, a motorola unit is no longer in production. It puts out 37 amps when working properly. NAPA said they could get me one with the exact same body and mount dimensions but it did put out 65 amps. All that means is the battery would be fully charged a lot quicker. Bad news it would take three days to get it to the Rockland ME NAPA store. I had less than 24 hours to do something. NAPA put me in touch with a local Alternator/starter rebuilding shop. I dropped the alternator off at 4:45 in the afternoon and it was rebuilt by 10:00 AM the following morning. Repairs were completed in Bar Harbor thanks to Miles Circo and Jim Keller. Thanks again guys. Now if I could only get the Galley and Bedroon A/C compressor clutch to quit melting on me!