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RE: 1992 itasca sunrise
I do. I installed a pair of them last year due to a leaky bag. They are very easy to install.
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mike brez
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05/22/13 09:14am |
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RE: 1992 itasca sunrise
Might want to keep This and This handy and Here is some more.
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mike brez
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05/22/13 06:27am |
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RE: Looking for a diesel guru
n4hwl was the first to say it and I agree. Check all of your connections to the hard lines for slipped boots or rips. I had just replaced my manifold gaskets and bolts on my ISC and blew off a boot during my test drive afterwards. One of the spring clamps just had enough so I chose to replace them all.
I mentioned that on page one. That is the first thing to look at. Been there done that.
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mike brez
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05/21/13 07:17am |
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RE: Looking for a diesel guru
Black smoke is just un burnt fuel. If you were pulling a heavy load up a grade until the turbo spools up to get enough air to burn all the fuel i could see it smoke. I would also look to see if all your turbo boots are nice and tight. My little 7.3 in my pickup can smoke like a freight train.
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mike brez
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05/20/13 09:19pm |
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RE: 1992 itasca sunrise
I had a 96 motor home on a 95 P30/32 chassis. The vehicle owners manual described how to set the pressure in the airbags. In case you don't have the manual this is what mine said:
The owner’s manual gives the following ranges:
4,300 LB front suspensions = 10 psi to 50 psi
5,000 LB front suspensions = 40 psi to 50 psi
5,300 LB front suspensions = 50 psi to 80 psi
5,500 LB front suspensions = 60 psi to 100 psi
For the proper adjustment it says to inflate the air bags to the maximum pressure for your vehicle, load the motor home, park on a level surface and then reduce the air pressure as needed to level the motor home but don’t reduce it below the minimum.
I have seen other schemes for adjusting the pressure per ride quality, but the 1995 Chevrolet Forward Control Chassis owner’s manual said to do it as shown above.
I don't know if it's accurate or not but other posts have said the pressure in the bags affects the alignment and you should have it checked when you get the pressure set. The manual did not mention that however.
I think you are also suppose to raise the front wheels off the ground and deflate the bags. Then inflate to 100psi and lower wheels back on the ground. Then adjust the pressure by deflating to your desired pressure.
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mike brez
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05/20/13 10:56am |
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RE: 1992 itasca sunrise
I could be wrong ,but I believe the Airbags were an optional item. 50 PSI seems like too much air pressure I would have thought 10 to 15 PSI !
I think every P30 came with air bags in the coils. 10-15 lbs in the bags are way to low. From the chassis manual Air Bags Front:
For a 4,300-lb suspension, 40-50 PSI. For a 5,000-lb suspension, 50 PSI. For a 5,300-lb suspension, 70 PSI. For a 5,500-lb suspension, 90 PSI.
The GM part number is 367762 for the bags used in the 4,300 and 5,000-lb suspensions.
The GM part number is 15631881 for the bags used in the 5,300 and 5,500-lb suspensions. This is an Airlift H.D. Bag. The part numbers can be updated at any time, and a new part number of 15731951 was released for 1984 through 1997, but your handy GM dealer should be able to figure it out. Be aware that these front air bags are contributors to the GAWR (Gross Axle Weight Rating) for the chassis. Underinflation actually will decrease the rating and will undoubtedly affect handling. Overinflation makes the ride harder and doesn't increase the rating.
To get rid of the bags forever and never worry about them again go with a pair of These
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mike brez
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05/20/13 05:50am |
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RE: Alfa See Ya
Do yourself a favor and walk away. If you join one of the Alfa groups and read the archives you will quickly understand why they went out of business. Air conditioning does not work well. Unit leaks air everywhere. Slide mechanisms fail. There is a lot more. Most decent dealers will either not take them in trade or simply wholesale them off to "Joe's used car lot".
Moisheh
....and that was putting it nicely :R
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mike brez
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05/20/13 05:41am |
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RE: Carrying Aux propane tank
We carry our extra tank on our trailer.
Please make sure, if anyone ever decides to carry a propane tank, always carry it upright in a vented area. Never ever, carry a propane tank laying it down on its side. I am sure several people have done otherwise and never had a problem, however doing so can be fatal(person experience with this). You don't want to loose your family or family member because of something that very easily could have been avoided.
Propane is a very volitle gas, that is surprising easy to combust, and when it does, it expands very rapidly. Another big problem, is when tanks are being filled, they are often overfilled.
Do yourself a favor, when getting tanks filled, tell the person filling them to not quite fill them full. Overfilling of tanks happens very often, and when a tank is overfilled, it will vent off the exxcess gas later when the temperatures or pressures increase.
Here is the example, you take your tank it to be filled. It gets filled, probably even overfilled since overfilling takes place 50% of the time. The temperature outside is say 85 deg. You then take your tank and put it in your storage bay below your coach. Road temps, engine temps, exhaust temps, etc. heat up your bay & tank to probably 100 deg(or hotter). The propane expands in the tank and needs to vent(as it is desgined to do so) to releive the pressure. You now have a propane gas clound inside your bay compartment. This is somewhat normal for the most part. However when your tank is overfilled, which is also very common, you will have even more excess gas being vented off when your tank heats up. When your the gas cloud accidently ignites in an enclosed area, it will act like a bomb, which will then cause your actual propane tank to explode causing a second explosion. The two together will have devastaing effects.
Just to finalize this. Here is the results of my fathers accident, where a propane tank, in the bed of a parked truck, well vented, spontaneously combusted, and exploded. Imagine similar results under your coach in a bay compartment.
http://s23.postimg.org/5j0uatnnv/dad_truck.jpg
Holy shiit. Hope no one was injured or killed.
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mike brez
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05/19/13 08:33am |
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RE: Carrying Aux propane tank
I don't know why but I just don't like the idea of having a propane tank dangling on the back of my bumper.Maybe because I have been rear ended twice. :h
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mike brez
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05/19/13 07:56am |
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RE: Carrying Aux propane tank
I carry one all the time. I fits perfectly in a milk crate in a vented storage compartment.
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mike brez
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05/19/13 06:52am |
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RE: 1995 28ft Georgie Boy, Chevy 454, P30 chassis
Here is a little info on the P30 chassis and HereThis pretty much sums it all up.
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mike brez
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05/16/13 04:58pm |
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RE: 1995 28ft Georgie Boy, Chevy 454, P30 chassis
I looked closely to the front suspension and I see there is some kind of airbag inside the coil spring. there looks like a Schrader valve where you can pump it up with air. I never seen such a thing.
Welcome to the wonderfull world of the P30. When the bags go bad just get a set of These and never worry about them again.
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mike brez
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05/16/13 04:48pm |
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RE: re-caulking windows
Mine is almost 20 years old. I had no leaks but just for PM I put a small bead of clear around all tops and sides of every window a couple of years ago and still no problems and you can't even see the caulk.
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mike brez
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05/13/13 03:33pm |
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RE: Boondocking at Walmart
Funny that no one has ever thought to discuss this topic on here before.Really. Must be at least once a week.
I took it as sarcasm :h
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mike brez
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05/13/13 03:27pm |
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RE: 97 american dream
Congrats...that's a nice motorhome.
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mike brez
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05/12/13 02:13pm |
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RE: mirrors on wall
I would bring it somewhere and them break eeer remove it. The last thing I need is seven years more of bad luck. :E
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mike brez
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05/12/13 07:03am |
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RE: Toyo vs Hankook Tires
The only set of Toyos I ever ran we're the open country on my suburban. They were a******tire to say the least. Never again.
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mike brez
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05/12/13 06:48am |
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RE: 1995 28ft Georgie Boy, Chevy 454, P30 chassis
Yeah I am sure mine is a P30 and I like it very much and I was under it yesterday and it looks very solid. the wheels seem pretty close to the outside. I am pretty positive that it is a P30. It has IFS suspension in the front. My GMC RTSII bus has the same IFS suspension in the front (much bigger and heavier) and in the place of coil springs there are very large airbags. I am very impressed with this chassis. the motorhome is solid as a rock on the road.
You have no coil springs or air bags inside the coil springs
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mike brez
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05/11/13 06:24am |
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RE: the worse built motorhome you can think of
Yes I think a P30 chassis is great. I think my Holiday Rambler has that chassis. It has a tag axle. But I think it is a great chassis. When I drove my Holiday Rambler home, I was passed by truckers (naturally) and never swayed or moved. it felt solid as my buses. I like the p30 chassis.
Well since I own one I guess it gives me the right to say the P30 chassis is the biggest POS out there. Wish I knew 11 years ago what I know now.
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mike brez
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05/10/13 08:55am |
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RE: Dicor Roof Coating
Didn't use the Dicor brand but the stuff we did use has a base coat (primer) and top coat just like the Dicor. I think our TT roof looks better than it did when new and the whole process wasn't that bad....just time consuming to do it right and make it last. Here's a link to my post if you are interested. Good Luck.
Clicky
Did you pull up your a/c unit or roll around it? Looks great to me. I hope mine comes out that good.
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mike brez
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05/10/13 06:03am |
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