Looking to purchase used 1992 WB40

[mbrund]

Guess I need to clarify. When I say the front AC, I mean the house
AC, the chassis AC blows so cold during the test drive I had to damn
near cut it off

I will look into moving the blow by tube on the street side to make
sure that in the future we do not get any oil blow by in the rad.

As for the tag, I checked the turning radius with and without the
tag dumped. I could feel the difference, so I know the dump was
working. I dumped the suspension and then set the HWH in auto mode
and it detected that the left and right rear where low by setting
the yellow LEDS on the panel, and then the pump kicked on and set
the levelers down and leveled out the unit. I am not use to the
auto levelers as my other coaches have all had manual adjust
levelers, so I have to get the bubble level out and do the corners
on my own in the past.

Now I need to find out what tires to put on the beast. I has
Michelin Pilots 315/80R22.5 PXZA's, is this what most on running on
the 90 model WB's? The only reference I see in the owners manual
talks about 12R22.5 which appear to be a taller, narrow, and less
capacity tire.


--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, Pete Masterson
wrote:
>
> Congratulations! Welcome to the BB owners club...
>
> The chassis AC is commonly not working... and there's some debate
as
> to whether it's worthwhile to fix. (Mine's fixed...)
>
> Sounds like the tires are ready to replace. Scrubbing of the tag
> tires is common ... especially during tight maneuvers. It helps
to
> 'dump' the tag axle air bags (switch on the dash) if you're doing
> much low speed turning. (Keep the tag axle fully aired up while
on
> the road... dumping the tag axle air bags is only for low
speeds.)
> BTW, if your going to use your jacks, dump the suspension first --

> and always start with the tag axle since you don't want to strain
it
> with the full weight of the rear of the coach.
>
> Can't comment on the retarder or mud flap (my '95 is
different) ...
> just be real sure that the radiator is really clear. When I
inspected
> mine (at purchase) it looked pretty clean -- but it was _ONLY_
the
> area swept by the fan. Everything outside that was totally
plugged --
> and near-impossible to see. The air charge radiator (made of
shiny
> aluminum that was spotless) is in front of the water radiator so
you
> can't see from the outside. The fan shroud and AC condenser on
the
> inside make it very hard to get a good look from the inside...
The
> most common source of the clogging is from the breather tubes --
they
> release a fine mist of oil -- that the fan sucks under the side
of
> the body right back through the radiator where the resulting
coating
> of oil allows dust to adhere. Turns into concrete, eventually.
> Relocating the breather tubes so they exhaust to the curb side
would
> help. (It's on my to do list. The 8v has 2 breathers ... but my
> Series 60 only has one ... that some genius located on the same
side
> of the engine as the fan. <sigh>)
>
> Pete Masterson
> aeonix1@...
> '95 Blue Bird Wanderlodge WBDA 42'
> El Sobrante, CA
>
>
>
>
> On Mar 11, 2007, at 6:44 PM, mbrund wrote:
>
> > Well we went and did it now, we went from being wannabee's last
week
> > to a newbee this week. We looked at two WB this week, a 1994
PT40
> > (well used and abused), and the white 1992 that was on Bird
> > Connection. The 1992 was in great shape for its years, we end up
> > purchasing the unit after going over it for 3 hours, and then 1
hour
> > drive on rought roads and interstate.
> >
> > The only items we could find that had issues where: Front A/C was
> > low on freon, the tag axle tires have scrubbed off the inner
tread
> > on both sides, the other tires while not dry rotted show
significant
> > wear, the backup monitor does not work. That was pretty much the
end
> > of the list of issues.
> >
> > One issue that concerned me during the test drive revealed
itself in
> > the user manual. I had the retarder in apply, and set the cruise
> > control at 65mph. We happen to hit a large expansion joint in a
> > bridge that gave us one heck of a jolt, and the cruise control
shut
> > down. We expect that the retarder might have kicked in and shut
off
> > the cruise when the rear axle went over the bump because we had
no
> > more issues with cruise other than that incident as I turned off
the
> > retarder after that.
> >
> > The prior owner removed the rear body wide mud flap, so when I
> > inspected the radiator for debris I was surprised how clean it
was.
> > And that is when he told me he removed the mud flap because he
was
> > told it would cause an issue.
> >
> > Engine campartment was clean, batteries showed no signs of
> > corrosion, no oil leaks in the under carriage other than at hose
> > joint for the hyd. fluid that I believe drives the power
> > steering/fan (it is a hose right under the radiator).
> >
> > Michael Brundridge
> > 1992 WLWB PT40 - Georgetown, TX
>
>
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