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Originally Posted by JWLSC
The issue is resolved. I acquired this coach in March 2016 and have been learning a lot. I was told my many that my coach did not have a separate air suspension dump switch. Well last night while trouble shooting the issue I was looking over the dash and see a rocker switch that is just like the others but labeled CLOS and not in the manual. Well I toggle the switch down and guess what, the air bags inflated.I was astatic that I can air up.I thought my jacks were losing height when it was sinking into the ground, I thought I had a major issue with the air suspension but it was only a disengaged switch. Lesson learned is to take your time in trouble shooting an issue, ask plenty of questions and become familiar with every switch on your RV and understand what they are doing. I have also acquired many docs (I think like 28) for the Spartan Chassis if anyone needs them. I want to say thank you to the IRV2 members that helped.
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Long story short, after 2 days of sliding around under our 97 American tradition
Troubleshooting the reason for no inflation of rear suspension, the culprit ended up being this:
When the couch used up all of the rear jacks lift, the height control valve's elbowed looking linkage straightened out enough to allow it to go over centered
and foided in the wrong direction when the jacks were retraced rendering the valve disfunctional. I'm going to bungee tether the linkage elbow to prevent this happening again because the ride height adjustment is perfect and I don't want to monkey with it. On second thought a better option would be to adjust more length into that lower leg of the linkage while leaving the same angle on the upper arm on linkage as to not change the height adjustment. That should prevent the elbow from straightening and going over center.
I hopes this helps someone!!
Tommy and Kathy Landrum
1997 American Tradition w/flat towing Focus
Halifax, Va.