Finally bought a Bluebird!!

[Don Bradner]

On 5/8/2011 at 3:34 PM jerry_94110 wrote:

I'll take on a couple of those:

>-The bus bounces a lot from forward to back like a dolphin swimming
>through the ocean. Is this normal? At some points it bounce so hard the
>air horns went off.

Just sounds like it needs new shocks. The air horn was probably you stepping on
the floor switch - did you know it was there?

>-After stopping for about an hour to eat, when getting back into the
>bus, the front step was hanging limp and I needed to wait for the bus to
>air up again. How long does the bus hold it air?

There are three separate areas that hold air. First is the brakes. The
right-hand air gauge with two needles show the front and rear brakes, which run
around 120 psi in use. They should take a long time to drop.

Second is the air bags. The tag axle has a gauge, and should be around 60 psi,
but the others don't have a gauge and you will know that they are down only by
watching the coach "sink."

Finally there is the auxiliary tank, which feeds the front step. It has a myriad
of connections on things like the waste dump valves and anything else that uses
air. I've never been able to get that one to hold air for an hour - too many
small places to leak.