| Manny Brakes, Emergency Brake [message #228400] |
Mon, 04 November 2013 10:48  |
psakw
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After finding out that the emergency brake could not be used because there is not enough throw with the stock emergency brake lever and that the lever was to hard to use I asked several GMC guys what they did. The best answer I received was to use an air actuator to supplement the stock system. After looking at the investment for a new cable system and air actuator I made my own system.
Instead of using the air type system I used a 12V electric actuator with 1000 pounds (5000N) of force and worked it together with the stock cable system.
I have no way of knowing how much force I can put on the lever located on the caliper of the rear brake so I was quite conservative with my adjustment of applied pressure. With the adjustment I have now the emergency brake holds well on a 7% grade and if stopped on level ground with the coach in gear it just starts to creep at 1500 RPM. I also tested it when slowing down for a traffic light I applied only the emergency brake and the coach stopped fine.
Anyone interested in installing one, I have made a parts list and have photos of what I did.
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| Re: Manny Brakes, Emergency Brake [message #228403 is a reply to message #228400] |
Mon, 04 November 2013 10:59  |
rcjordan
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>Anyone interested in installing one, I have made a parts list and have photos of what I did.
Trust me, MANY are interested. Put it online, Paul.
SOLD 77 Royale Coachmen Side Dry Bath
76 Birchaven Coachmen Side Wet Bath
76 Eleganza
Elizabeth City, NC
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| Re: [GMCnet] Manny Brakes, Emergency Brake [message #228409 is a reply to message #228400] |
Mon, 04 November 2013 11:46 |
Guy Lopes
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Yes Paul, please post up the info! We're all sponges for stuff like this.
Guy Lopes
76 Birchaven "Orion"
Sacramento, CA
www.GMC-Guy.com
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[mailto:gmclist-bounces@temp.gmcnet.org] On Behalf Of paul array
Sent: Monday, November 04, 2013 8:49 AM
To: gmclist@temp.gmcnet.org
Subject: [GMCnet] Manny Brakes, Emergency Brake
After finding out that the emergency brake could not be used because there
is not enough throw with the stock emergency brake lever and that the lever
was to hard to use I asked several GMC guys what they did. The best answer I
received was to use an air actuator to supplement the stock system. After
looking at the investment for a new cable system and air actuator I made my
own system.
Instead of using the air type system I used a 12V electric actuator with
1000 pounds (5000N) of force and worked it together with the stock cable
system.
I have no way of knowing how much force I can put on the lever located on
the caliper of the rear brake so I was quite conservative with my adjustment
of applied pressure. With the adjustment I have now the emergency brake
holds well on a 7% grade and if stopped on level ground with the coach in
gear it just starts to creep at 1500 RPM. I also tested it when slowing down
for a traffic light I applied only the emergency brake and the coach stopped
fine.
Anyone interested in installing one, I have made a parts list and have
photos of what I did.
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| Re: [GMCnet] Manny Brakes, Emergency Brake [message #228414 is a reply to message #228400] |
Mon, 04 November 2013 13:14 |
Ken Henderson
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Paul,
I'm glad to hear you've followed up on our discussions at Branson. Yes,
please post the information on GMCMHPhotos so we can all benefit from your
efforts.
Ken H.
On Mon, Nov 4, 2013 at 11:48 AM, paul array <pumppal1@aol.com> wrote:
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> After finding out that the emergency brake could not be used because there
> is not enough throw with the stock emergency brake lever and that the lever
> was to hard to use I asked several GMC guys what they did. The best
> answer I received was to use an air actuator to supplement the stock
> system. After looking at the investment for a new cable system and air
> actuator I made my own system.
> Instead of using the air type system I used a 12V electric actuator with
> 1000 pounds (5000N) of force and worked it together with the stock cable
> system.
> I have no way of knowing how much force I can put on the lever located on
> the caliper of the rear brake so I was quite conservative with my
> adjustment of applied pressure. With the adjustment I have now the
> emergency brake holds well on a 7% grade and if stopped on level ground
> with the coach in gear it just starts to creep at 1500 RPM. I also tested
> it when slowing down for a traffic light I applied only the emergency brake
> and the coach stopped fine.
> Anyone interested in installing one, I have made a parts list and have
> photos of what I did.
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Large Wiring Diagrams
76 X-Birchaven
76 X-Palm Beach
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| Re: [GMCnet] Manny Brakes, Emergency Brake [message #228428 is a reply to message #228423] |
Mon, 04 November 2013 16:19 |
kerry pinkerton
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Paul, you have to login, then go to your albums, create an album, and up in the upper right is "Upload Photos", directly below the blue HELP button.
Once you've clicked that, there is a new screen. Click on "Select files to upload" and browse for the files you want to get. Repeat that until you are finished with all the photos you want to upload. After you finish uploading, click the "Upload/Submit" button just below.
The next page will show you all the photos you selected and allow you to title them and add descriptions. Then you click the "Process" button and you're done.
Kerry Pinkerton - North Alabama
Had 5 over the years. Currently have a '06 Fleetwood Discovery 39L
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| Re: [GMCnet] Manny Brakes, Emergency Brake [message #228429 is a reply to message #228423] |
Mon, 04 November 2013 16:14 |
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ljdavick
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Paul,
I don't know if this will help - but it's from the Help menu on the photosite
If you're having some trouble uploading photos.
Your problem may be that the photos are just too large. They're ~250kb and 1600 x 1200 pixels. The photo site only displays a photo 1/2 that size by default so there is no sense to upload one larger than that unless it is imperitive to show detail. However, if you must, just do one at a time. That will increase your chances of it working right for you.
Otherwise, use the software that came with your camera to resize the photo by 50% or 800 pixels wide and retain the aspect ratio
You can replace the photos with the resized ones without having to replace your descriptions by logging in, go to "my albums", choose the correct album by clicking on it's title, click on a photo that needs to be changed, choose 'edit photo', select the revised photo by using the 'browse' button. This will create a new thumbnail, also. You can also delete the extra photos from the album this way.
Larry Davick
Fremont, California
A Mystery Machine
'76 (ish) Palm Beach
----- Original Message -----
From: "paul array" <pumppal1@aol.com>
To: gmclist@temp.gmcnet.org
Sent: Monday, November 4, 2013 1:45:23 PM
Subject: Re: [GMCnet] Manny Brakes, Emergency Brake
Hello Again Ken
I went to GMCMH photos and opened an album but I have no idea how to get photos in it.
When I go to upload it does not upload any photos.
Do you have an idea.
Paul
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| Re: [GMCnet] Manny Brakes, Emergency Brake [message #228433 is a reply to message #228428] |
Mon, 04 November 2013 17:11 |
Kingsley Coach
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Keep at it...we need the info ! <VBG>
Mike in NS
On Mon, Nov 4, 2013 at 6:19 PM, Kerry Pinkerton <Pinkertonk@mchsi.com>wrote:
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> Paul, you have to login, then go to your albums, create an album, and up
> in the upper right is "Upload Photos", directly below the blue HELP button.
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> Once you've clicked that, there is a new screen. Click on "Select files
> to upload" and browse for the files you want to get. Repeat that until you
> are finished with all the photos you want to upload. After you finish
> uploading, click the "Upload/Submit" button just below.
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> The next page will show you all the photos you selected and allow you to
> title them and add descriptions. Then you click the "Process" button and
> you're done.
> --
> Kerry Pinkerton
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> North Alabama, near Huntsville,
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> 77 Eleganza II, "The Lady", 403CI, also a 76 Eleganza being re-bodied as
> an Art Deco car hauler
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1977 Eleganza II 26-3
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| Re: Manny Brakes, Emergency Brake [message #228494 is a reply to message #228400] |
Tue, 05 November 2013 00:43 |
appie
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If you send a pm to me I will post it here
Appie
eleganza 76 "Olga" now sadly sold
6 wheel discbrake
Quadrabags
Springfield stage 2 462 olds
Manny tranny
( pictures at http://www.gmcmhphotos.com/photos/g6489-olga.html
Fulltiming in Europe july 2014 til july 2016
Denmark
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| Re: [GMCnet] Manny Brakes, Emergency Brake [message #228517 is a reply to message #228512] |
Tue, 05 November 2013 09:42 |
C Boyd
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| psakw wrote on Tue, 05 November 2013 10:00 |
Ok
I have logged in and yes I have gone to upload photos in the right hand corner about 20 times now. The problem is no screen comes up that says "select files to upload"
I dont know if this is because I have a Mac and not a windows computer but the website should be compatable to both.
Got any ideas ?
Paul
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C. Boyd
76 Crestmont
East Tennessee
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| Re: [GMCnet] Manny Brakes, Emergency Brake [message #228524 is a reply to message #228512] |
Tue, 05 November 2013 10:06 |
powerjon
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Paul,
I have a Mac also (Since 1989) and have no problems with the photo side, the site doesn’t know Mac and doesn’t care. I could be that you're not registered properly. The page that should come up is call “My Photo Image Upload.” The first line is your user name followed by you account info. The second section of the page is call “Upload My Photos," which is where your select and upload you photos.
My suggestion would be is to go back and go thru the registration process again as you might have missed one of the steps to complete the necessary steps. Did you receive a email from the photo with more instruction to follow? If not then you're not registered for the photo site, you're visiting as a guest.
http://www.gmcmhphotos.com/photos/help.html
JR Wright
78 Buskirk Stretch
75 Avion
Michigan
On Nov 5, 2013, at 10:00 AM, paul array <pumppal1@aol.com> wrote:
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> Ok
> I have logged in and yes I have gone to upload photos in the right hand corner about 20 times now. The problem is no screen comes up that says "select files to upload"
> I dont know if this is because I have a Mac and not a windows computer but the website should be compatable to both.
> Got any ideas ?
>
> Paul
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| Re: [GMCnet] Manny Brakes, Emergency Brake [message #228529 is a reply to message #228525] |
Tue, 05 November 2013 10:37 |
C Boyd
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pdf work as well as videos. Some of us use use tiny urls http://tinyurl.com/3xcs8j or just copy and paste the whole thing for a link
http://www.gmcmhphotos.com/photos/u1686-c-boyd.html
either way works for us to find your pics and for you to put shortcut on your desktop to find yourself.
| psakw wrote on Tue, 05 November 2013 11:28 |
Hello:
Thank you for the help. The problem was I was using Firefox as a browser and the button to actually select the photos to upload was not showing on the page.
I switched to Safari and it worked.
The photos are located under my albums named Emergency Brake Activator. (mechanical)
I also have a parts list and instructions in process. Do you think I can upload a PDF to the same site or does it have to be a jpeg?
Paul
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76 Crestmont
East Tennessee
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| Re: [GMCnet] Manny Brakes, Emergency Brake [message #228534 is a reply to message #228525] |
Tue, 05 November 2013 11:18 |
Bob de Kruyff
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| psakw wrote on Tue, 05 November 2013 09:28 |
Hello:
Thank you for the help. The problem was I was using Firefox as a browser and the button to actually select the photos to upload was not showing on the page.
I switched to Safari and it worked.
The photos are located under my albums named Emergency Brake Activator. (mechanical)
I also have a parts list and instructions in process. Do you think I can upload a PDF to the same site or does it have to be a jpeg?
Paul
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Looks like a very nice piece of work!
Bob de Kruyff
78 Eleganza
Chandler, AZ
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