I dumped the air and raised the jacks - all came up (significant for me).
Got to use the ramps I built a while ago - the DW to got used to directing me onto them - she did well. Put 2 of them up front and raised the front of the coach to do the following:
AC Condenser:
History: The one I bought from NAPA didn't come with the install brackets and I called Evans AC and asked what they were called so I could search or/and where I could get them - left as msg. The next day a service rep called me and said she was going to send me 4 mounting brackets for free - NICE - maybe they made the 3rd party one? So it has been a PITA since the top bolts were frozen and the bottom ones were missing
. It was a real struggle to get the top bolts off, had to climb up inside the bottom of the coach behind the condenser and reach over it with an 90 degree adapter - had to cut them off with an air grinder with a cutoff wheel. Anyway, they got removed.
The new fan came with good instructions for push or pull applications - mine was on the forward side (pusher) so I needed to pull the fan and reverse it and then reverse the wiring so that the fan ran the right way. So, today I had to drill new holes since the new fan mounting brackets didn't match the existing (took a couple different drill sizes to get it right) and then I mounted the fan. I have not tried it yet (not sure why - probably because I went to the next issue while I was under her)
Ride height valves:
A while back I had a bad air leak and it ended up being the driver side front ride height valve. I replaced that, it worked
(now the coach stayed aired up for days instead of hours) and we measured the difference of the shocks mounting bolts (spartan told me this was the way to set ride height) and noticed a 3/4" difference curb to street side. I had other bigger fish to fry on this coach before I worried about this so I handled them first. Well I tackled that today - had to flip the mounting bracket on the curb side valve and got the difference to within a 1/16". I dumped the air a little and recharged it a couple times and measured it and it was close. I'll see if I need to adjust after I drive it - hoping to take a 100 mile trip in the morning.
Fuel sending unit:
My fuel gauge has been less than trusting since I bought it - on the way home after the purchase we decided to fill up just in case - gauge showed almost full - we pumped 70 gals into her
I talked to Spartan and they said it was a 0-90ohm sender and gauge. So today I pulled out a potentiometer (variable resistor) and set it to 90 ohms. Had the DW watch the gauge - I disconnected the plug on the sending unit and DW said it was "still full" - I put a jumper across the wires and DW said it went to empty. I put the "pot" across the connector and she said it showed full. I then cranked the "pot" down to about 45 and she said the gauge showed half. So it seems I have a bad sending unit - I put an ohm meter across the sending unit and it read 131 ohms. I think I have at least 3/4 of a tank so I need to run off some fuel before I change the sending unit.
I backed off the front ramps and put 4 ramps (I made 6) under the rear wheels and backed up on them to raise the rear (the DW learned a new, different process) . I lubed the rear axle fittings and the drivetrain (universals and slip joint). I looked around for more zerks but didn't see any. I did a search and haven't found a lube point diagram for a Mountain Master chassis
Exhaust brake:
I talked earlier about trying to find the components of the PACBRAKE Exhaust Brake system on the coach - I know where the main components are but one important part - the throttle switch - I can't find. I had the DW pushing the "gas" pedal while I looked from under the bed. I saw what was moving but couldn't see anything that looked like it could be a switch (from below you can't even see the linkage). I even looked behind the pedal to see if there was a switch there but didn't see anything.
I checked from below and didn't see much access to the linkage or solenoid - I have an appt this week for a shop to figure this out.
Good things: DW is staring to buy kitchen stuff, bedroom stuff, bathroom stuff. Things are looking good!!