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gremsg · 03-05-2020, 08:01 AM

hello everyone I am proud owner of this new to me rv.
I drove 300 miles from purchase pick up with now problems. Parked in drive started looking over new toy. put jacks down low air alarm has been on ever since. have been in contact with Spartan tec gave me many suggestions. changed pressure sensor on emergency brake switch this morning with no help.
when i start engine pressure builds at about 90 PSI alarm flickers sound and light on dash then stays on until pressure tops out at 128 PSI. cycled jacks up and down pressure drops to 90 PSI when raising then builds back 128 PSI. alarm stays on entire time. don't feel to good about driving to service center with alarm on almost 40 miles to nearest camping world.
any response will be appreciated

Jake21 · 03-05-2020, 08:49 AM

On my 2002 eagle i have several pressure switches. I had my alarm start acting up. When I aired up, the alarm would stay on for about 5 minutes and then slowly stop. This got longer and longer before the alarm would go off. I started unplugging each switch on the fire wall and surrounding area until the alarm stopped. Turns out it was a bad switch on the inside fire wall behind the steering column. Pulled the switch and replaced. All good.

Hooligan · 03-05-2020, 09:27 AM

May do better at a major truck repair shop. They should also have a mobile repair service.

Your main concern would be the air brakes. If your system loses pressure (below about 45psi) the yellow button on the dash will pop out and the rear brakes will be applied. However there is a routine test of the air brake system. If your system meets those requirements it should be safe to drive to repair.
1.Chock the wheels.
2. Start the engine and run until air pressure cutout is reached, the dryer will purge. (about 120 PSI).
3. Shut off the engine.
4. Release the parking brake by pushing in the yellow button, do NOT apply the service brake.
5. The air pressure will drop, then stabilize, after that the system should not lose more than 2 PSI per minute.
6. Apply the brake pedal firmly (still with the parking brake OFF).
7. After the initial pressure drop, the system should not lose any more than 3 PSI per minute.
8. With the engine off and parking brake off, rapidly pump (fan) the brake pedal to bleed down the air supply. During this stage you should watch for the warning light and buzzer at about 60 PSI and then the yellow button (parking brake) should pop out at about 30-45 PSI.
9. Restart the engine and build up air pressure. While building up pressure, check how long it takes for pressure to go from 85 to 100 PSI at about 1200 RPM. It should be less than 45 seconds.
10. Set parking brake, Remove chocks, put vehicle in gear against the parking brake, slightly increase rpm, it should not move.

FWIW this test should be done prior to each trip..

FormerBoater · 03-05-2020, 09:57 AM

Congratulations on your Eagle.

I think this conversation will give you the answer from my post in 2015.

https://www.irv2.com/forums/f25/air-...or-253892.html

I would think your 99 will be just like my 98 as they are the basically the same body style.

FormerBoater · 03-05-2020, 05:44 PM

Hooligan is spot on re:standard air brake test.

Your issue is bad sensors. You will not need a heavy truck shop to solve your problem.

As you are a newbie you will find quite a bit of valuable advice and information on this site,but make it easy for folks to help you by putting all the information on your rig in your signature line.

There are many owners of vintage American Eagles, Dreams and Traditions that frequent the Fleetwood owners forums on this site.

Whatever you encounter there will be someone who has" been there and done that".

Good idea to post questions like this over there as opposed to the Class A forum.

gremsg · 03-05-2020, 05:53 PM

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Originally Posted by gremsg

hello everyone I am proud owner of this new to me rv.
I drove 300 miles from purchase pick up with now problems. Parked in drive started looking over new toy. put jacks down low air alarm has been on ever since. have been in contact with Spartan tec gave me many suggestions. changed pressure sensor on emergency brake switch this morning with no help.
when i start engine pressure builds at about 90 PSI alarm flickers sound and light on dash then stays on until pressure tops out at 128 PSI. cycled jacks up and down pressure drops to 90 PSI when raising then builds back 128 PSI. alarm stays on entire time. don't feel to good about driving to service center with alarm on almost 40 miles to nearest camping world.
any response will be appreciated

Thanks for all responses
after reading other post i investigated and found 2 more switches behind kick panel aired system up unplugged one at time alarm stopped. will replace with new all well
again thanks

Jake21 · 03-05-2020, 07:16 PM

Cool. Glad you got it

gremsg · 03-08-2020, 07:45 AM

My next project on this new to me coach is evaluation of this steering system.
previous owner stated he never used (he called high tec system)
I like things to work. I have motto if it ain't broke I did not own it!
So anyone have experience with this system?
It seems to have been installed when coach was new (1999)
1999 fleetwood american eagle
all components are present oil reservoir appears to be empty, when unit is turned compressor only runs for few seconds no air pressure shown on gauge
any thoughts or suggestion on need to make system usable or not would be great

FormerBoater · 03-08-2020, 08:03 AM

Have no idea what this system is or why it would have been installed.

OEM Power Steering works very well on these Spartan Chassis coaches.

Suggest that you start a new thread with the system name as the topic.