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BobDunahugh wrote on Fri, 28 April 2017 08:30It seems that someone tried to help her by taking the right air ride valve apart. The parts are in a baggy. Don't know if all the parts are there. Maybe the best thing to do is to get another right control valve somewhere. Pull the fuse since she isn't using the system for now. Or just put in a switch to turn the compressor off. Also need to see if the compressor still works. Since it's been running all the time. BobDunahugh wrote on Fri, 28 April 2017 09:31Checked the compressor. 80 PSI is all it could get too. It's a Firestone Ride Rite. Are those fixable? Bob,
Clearly she already has a way to isolate the bags. So if the best you can do is get it down to some slow leaks in the system, that is OK for going down the road, and when she gets where she is going, she can raise or lower the bags to camp and then isolate the bags. When ready to travel, start the engine and get pressure in the system, un-isolate the bags, set the valves to "travel", and go.
Order valve rebuild kit here:
http://www.appliedgmc.com/prod.itml/icOid/953
Order compressor here:
http://www.appliedgmc.com/prod.itml/icOid/1050
If it was an OEM compressor and you didn't have to pay the core charge, the Dana compressor would have cost less than the Viair.
If you buy a new compressor and Slaten valves, its not that much more for Jim Hupy's wireless air system.
FWIW, if you change the bags out to SullyBilt or similar, 80 PSI would be enough. But that's $700.
Any SOLID fix is going to be non-trivial dollars. That's probably how she ended up where she is now.
How was she inflating the bags if the compressor only got to 80 PSI? Does she carry a portable 12V compressor?
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