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Dark Sky · 01-09-2017, 11:36 AM

We have bought a 2011 Coachmen Sportscoach Crosscountry bunkhouse unit, picking it up in 2 days. There is an unusual looking switch down at the floor against the driver's side wall. It's a two position toggle switch with a fairly long 'toggle', set in a small box. It looks factory, and the dealer has no idea what it does. Does anybody know the function? I have downloaded a maintenance manual and an owners manual but haven't found anything on it. One guess would be to control the block heater. We'll have to experiment once we get it but I thought I'd ask and see if anyone here has the story.
Thanks very much for your time!

MisterT · 01-09-2017, 11:41 AM

probably for the Air Bags - left(rear) is to 'dump the bags for parking', right(forward) is to air up the bags when driving

MisterT · 01-09-2017, 11:42 AM

also, who is the dealer, and why would they 'have no idea what it does' if they are selling this?

Dark Sky · 01-09-2017, 06:35 PM

Mister T you are correct. We talked to a different tech at the dealership and he confirmed the switch is exactly as described, complete with a demonstration. Thanks again for your time.

MisterT · 01-10-2017, 06:38 AM

just a note:

- you can drop your bags to sit your coach down lower when you park, even if you don't put your levelers down
- even if you forget to put the switch back into 'Auto'(forward) mode, it should air up your bags automatically once you put the transmission in gear, but it will take a minute for the bags to get up to full height
- if you don't drop your bags before you put out your levelers, the coach will sit up higher, and your legs will have to extend farther, though it will still work

Dark Sky · 01-11-2017, 07:02 AM

Thanks, I appreciate the info. We had a 40 ft toy hauler for five years, and full timed in it for a year and a half. I've gotten pretty good a fixing things that say Dometic on them, but this is our first bus. I am grateful for the help and info that I'm getting here on iRV2.
I'm picking it up this morning and we'll be loading and provisioning all afternoon. We're going out for 4 nights on our shakedown cruise tomorrow.