Finally bought a Bluebird!!

[jerry_94110]

Thanks Don....Since the coach is stored around 45 min from my house; the next
time I am there I will check the gauges that show the air pressure.

I will have American Bus check out the shocks. They are probably 24 years old.

Regarding the horn, I did find the foot pedal when pulling into the storage yard
at the end of my trip. The horn was going off for no apparent reason until I
moved the floor mat that my foot was on which was on the pedal. I thought to
myself that is why there is a fold down foot pedal to rest your foot on, so you
don't set the horn off.

--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Don Bradner" wrote:
>
> 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.
>