Cheyenne1 Posted April 30 Report Share Posted April 30 7 hours ago, Cotreker said: Like your light bar the top one. Where did you get this. I bought both of them from eBay. If you want PM me and I can send you the links to them. I didn’t think the price was that bad. Larry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenandjon Posted May 8 Author Report Share Posted May 8 Got all the bearings packed on the trailer and Cab air bags replaced. The air bags were really easy. Only took about 10 minutes. Quote Farmer, Trucker, Equipment operator, Mechanic Quando omni flunkus moritati-When all else fails, play dead I'm a man, but I can change, if I have to, I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lappir Posted May 8 Report Share Posted May 8 Not actually on the truck, but similar size and number of tires. I tried to upload a photo but the link must be broken. It just sits and spins. Anyone have an old Porter Cable pancake compressor? I've had mine since I lived in South Florida many years ago. Just used it to air up the tires on my trailer after putting the "Cross Fires" back on last month. The indicator said 10lbs low so I set the output to 110psi and clicked on the locking "Chuck" after allowing the tank to fill to 120psi. It only takes a few seconds for the compressor to kick back in and a few minutes (but less than I expected) for the compressor to shut off again. Now have the appropriate color in the viewer on all 4 sets of duals. Will hit the truck tires tomorrow after allowing the compressor to rest for a day. All in all it took less than an hour. It would take the guys at the "Tire Shop" over 1/2 hour to do them it seemed so I will continue to use the little Porter Cable for this. I won't try to set a bead with it or do a full inflation from flat. Rod Quote White 2000/2010Volvo VNL 770 with 7' Drom box with opposing doors, JOST slider hitch. 600 HP Cummins Signature 18 Speed three pedal auto shift. 1999 Isuzu VehiCross retired to a sticks and bricks garage. Brought out of storage the summer of 2022 2022 Jeep Wrangler Sport S Two door hard top. 2007 Honda GL 1800 2013 Space Craft Mfg S420 Custom built Toyhauler The Gold Volvo is still running and being emptied in July. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickeieio Posted May 16 Report Share Posted May 16 Made up an adapter to air the truck with shop air. PACCAR puts a male Parker cat. 1 fitting on the frame rail by the left steer tire to connect for towing. One Bh1-62 and a shop coupler, and now my truck can be aired up before starting the engine. Quote KW T-680, POPEMOBILE Newmar X-Aire, VATICAN Lots of old motorcycles, Moto Guzzi Griso and Spyder F3 currently in the front row Young enough to play in the dirt as a retired farmer. contact me at rickeieio@yahoo.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lappir Posted May 16 Report Share Posted May 16 10 minutes ago, rickeieio said: Made up an adapter to air the truck with shop air. PACCAR puts a male Parker cat. 1 fitting on the frame rail by the left steer tire to connect for towing. One Bh1-62 and a shop coupler, and now my truck can be aired up before starting the engine. I've heard of doing that at "Campgrounds" but what advantage is there in your shop? I guess if you are searching for a leak you wouldn't have to start the truck to build up pressure. Rod Quote White 2000/2010Volvo VNL 770 with 7' Drom box with opposing doors, JOST slider hitch. 600 HP Cummins Signature 18 Speed three pedal auto shift. 1999 Isuzu VehiCross retired to a sticks and bricks garage. Brought out of storage the summer of 2022 2022 Jeep Wrangler Sport S Two door hard top. 2007 Honda GL 1800 2013 Space Craft Mfg S420 Custom built Toyhauler The Gold Volvo is still running and being emptied in July. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickeieio Posted May 16 Report Share Posted May 16 3 hours ago, lappir said: I've heard of doing that at "Campgrounds" but what advantage is there in your shop? I guess if you are searching for a leak you wouldn't have to start the truck to build up pressure. Rod True, plus, if it's in the shop for an extended time and looses pressure, I can plug in and air up in a couple minutes, v. idling the engine for much longer stinking up the shop. The air fitting is next to the battery lugs for jump starting, so I can leave the air and trickle charger hooked up for as long as it's sitting there. I park under roof behind the shop, and plan to put an access port in the wall to run cords/hoses out as needed. Quote KW T-680, POPEMOBILE Newmar X-Aire, VATICAN Lots of old motorcycles, Moto Guzzi Griso and Spyder F3 currently in the front row Young enough to play in the dirt as a retired farmer. contact me at rickeieio@yahoo.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenandjon Posted May 17 Author Report Share Posted May 17 Hey Rick, you are in Indiana, right? I will be in your area Tuesday. We will be at the camp shore campground between Aurora and Rising Sun. It used to be Little Farm campground. Quote Farmer, Trucker, Equipment operator, Mechanic Quando omni flunkus moritati-When all else fails, play dead I'm a man, but I can change, if I have to, I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickeieio Posted May 17 Report Share Posted May 17 Jon, we're just north of there, near Lawrenceburg. call me at 513.284.6927 Quote KW T-680, POPEMOBILE Newmar X-Aire, VATICAN Lots of old motorcycles, Moto Guzzi Griso and Spyder F3 currently in the front row Young enough to play in the dirt as a retired farmer. contact me at rickeieio@yahoo.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike5511 Posted May 18 Report Share Posted May 18 Well the steering gear seal blew out today and I drove 250 miles without power steering! Left turns from traffic lights were a little bit of a grunt. Getting turned around in my culdesac and backed into the driveway was about all I could do. New steering gear ordered. From Volvo. About $900 with shipping. Not as bad as I thought it would be for a new one. (not rebuilt) Doing my part to stimulate the economy and keep the ball rolling! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sculptor Posted May 18 Report Share Posted May 18 (edited) 6 hours ago, mike5511 said: About $900 with shipping. Not as bad as I thought it would be for a new one. (not rebuilt) Doing my part to stimulate the economy and keep the ball rolling! I would have expected more $$$ also. That’s funny, the dealer parts counter should quote that after the bottom line on the receipt. 🥸 Edited May 18 by Sculptor Quote Kevin and June 2013 Volvo VNL 730 D13 Eco-Torque @ 425 Ratio 2.47 2014 DRV 36TKSB3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike5511 Posted May 19 Report Share Posted May 19 19 hours ago, Sculptor said: I would have expected more $$$ also. That’s funny, the dealer parts counter should quote that after the bottom line on the receipt. 🥸 The place I took it to fix said the price was seven hundred and something and about $200 to ship it. I questioned if it was a new part and they said they bought it from Volvo. They told me to start that they only use new parts, no rebuilds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Av8r3400 Posted May 20 Report Share Posted May 20 Finally got to replacing our inverter/charger after the lightning incident only to find out that the new inverter doesn't work. I bought it over a year ago so I am SOL on this one... GRRR! Quote Av8r3400 Thunderstruck - 2012 Volvo VNL 730 D13 iShift Slick - 2021 Grand Design Momentum 397TH I'd rather die trying to live - Than live trying not to die. -Leonard Perry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenandjon Posted May 22 Author Report Share Posted May 22 Left on a boys only trip Monday. Hopefully we got all the accidents out of the way the first day. The jaws were closed but not latched all the way. Biggest mistake was I ran the jacks up before the tug test. No major damage. Spliced the cord and destroyed the spare tire carrier. I'm glad it happened in the shop and not on the road. Quote Farmer, Trucker, Equipment operator, Mechanic Quando omni flunkus moritati-When all else fails, play dead I'm a man, but I can change, if I have to, I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike5511 Posted May 22 Report Share Posted May 22 7 hours ago, jenandjon said: Left on a boys only trip Monday. Hopefully we got all the accidents out of the way the first day. The jaws were closed but not latched all the way. Biggest mistake was I ran the jacks up before the tug test. No major damage. Spliced the cord and destroyed the spare tire carrier. I'm glad it happened in the shop and not on the road. Stuff happens............... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickeieio Posted May 22 Report Share Posted May 22 There’s more. I’ll let Jon fill y’all in further. Bright spot is, Jon and the boys got a chance to visit us, and the repair cost nothing. Quote KW T-680, POPEMOBILE Newmar X-Aire, VATICAN Lots of old motorcycles, Moto Guzzi Griso and Spyder F3 currently in the front row Young enough to play in the dirt as a retired farmer. contact me at rickeieio@yahoo.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenandjon Posted May 23 Author Report Share Posted May 23 Getting ready to hit the road this morning. Did all the last minute checks inside and out. Realized there was no 12v power inside. I checked everything I knew to do. So I called Rick to pick his brain. Drove over to his shop and started looking things over and throwing out ideas. Anyway it ended up one of the boys accidentally hit the master switch and shut it off. The switch is located directly under the fridge by the floor. The last few miles to the inlaws in Kentucky I realized my trailer brakes were not working. I have a few days to figure that out. I just have a regular brake controller like a pickup truck. When I step on the brake peddle it won't light up. I can hit the button on the controller and it appears to work but don't apply the brakes. They worked at my last stop but when I got off the exit at natural bridge it felt funny. I just took it slow and easy the last 20 miles and arrived safe and intact. Blinkers, brake lights and tail lights all work. It's just the brakes that dont. Quote Farmer, Trucker, Equipment operator, Mechanic Quando omni flunkus moritati-When all else fails, play dead I'm a man, but I can change, if I have to, I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickeieio Posted May 23 Report Share Posted May 23 55 minutes ago, jenandjon said: Blinkers, brake lights and tail lights all work. It's just the brakes that dont. You know a retired farmer who tinkers on campers...... It's only a couple hunnert miles back. It was kinda funny how while Jon and I were thinking out loud about his electrical problem, I remembered having a similar issue a few months ago, when my inverter had overheated, and needed to be re-set. He looked for a re-set button and found the switch had been accidently been flipped off. But we had a nice visit, and he bought me lunch. Quote KW T-680, POPEMOBILE Newmar X-Aire, VATICAN Lots of old motorcycles, Moto Guzzi Griso and Spyder F3 currently in the front row Young enough to play in the dirt as a retired farmer. contact me at rickeieio@yahoo.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenandjon Posted May 24 Author Report Share Posted May 24 Installed a new plug and now everything works. When I dropped the trailer we just spliced the cord where there was an obvious smash but it appears there is another bad spot we missed. I am going to pull this all apart later and see what it looks like. Quote Farmer, Trucker, Equipment operator, Mechanic Quando omni flunkus moritati-When all else fails, play dead I'm a man, but I can change, if I have to, I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Av8r3400 Posted May 27 Report Share Posted May 27 Worked on the inverter project today. I did figure out the problem and got it fixed. Then had to fix some other related stuff. Now I have a functioning inverter again. Yay! Quote Av8r3400 Thunderstruck - 2012 Volvo VNL 730 D13 iShift Slick - 2021 Grand Design Momentum 397TH I'd rather die trying to live - Than live trying not to die. -Leonard Perry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenandjon Posted Tuesday at 11:57 PM Author Report Share Posted Tuesday at 11:57 PM So the fuel line on on the Kubota generator decided to come apart and dump 5 gallons of fuel all over the bed. So that was my excitement for the day. Ruined my big 12 person cabin tent. But I guess I'm still better off than that hay hauler we seen on fire headed the other direction. Quote Farmer, Trucker, Equipment operator, Mechanic Quando omni flunkus moritati-When all else fails, play dead I'm a man, but I can change, if I have to, I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dblr Posted Wednesday at 10:55 AM Report Share Posted Wednesday at 10:55 AM Replaced the brake and trailer air supply valves in the dashboard, parking braked decided it no longer wanted to work correctly, also fixed an air leak deeper in the dash and repaired every wire on the radio after discovering ONE bare wire connection, figure it was out already and better safe than sorry. Quote 2017 River Stone Legacy 38MB 2001 T2000 Kenworth 2009 Smart Passion ET Junior hitch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GlennWest Posted Wednesday at 10:48 PM Report Share Posted Wednesday at 10:48 PM Cab air bags again Quote 2003 Teton Grand Freedom towed with 2006 Freightliner Century 120 across the beautiful USA welding pipe.https://photos.app.goo.gl/O32ZjgzSzgK7LAyt1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike5511 Posted Friday at 08:18 PM Report Share Posted Friday at 08:18 PM (edited) On 5/18/2024 at 11:59 PM, mike5511 said: The place I took it to fix said the price was seven hundred and something and about $200 to ship it. I questioned if it was a new part and they said they bought it from Volvo. They told me to start that they only use new parts, no rebuilds. I said OUCH today! But it had a little play in the steering wheel since I've owned it, not much, but now none, so that's nice. Edited Friday at 08:32 PM by mike5511 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lappir Posted Saturday at 08:52 PM Report Share Posted Saturday at 08:52 PM Got to Iowa May 28th and settled in. That's where my 2001 Gold Volvo spend the winter. Expected to have to work really hard, charging up the batteries and other things, but to my surprise the truck started at the first turn of the key today and kept running for 30 minutes. I usually only start my trucks if I'm going to drive them, but this one I'm not sure when I will be able to move it or where. It's in a pretty good spot for now. I did disconnect the batteries and had actually planned on plugging in a "Trickle" charger, but it didn't happen. When I hooked up the batteries the voltmeter on the truck showed 11.8 so they were down maybe a bit, but apparently it was warm enough for the fuel to ignite quickly. Let the alternator work it's magic for the 30 minutes with nothing extra running on the 12 volt system. Now to decide what I will do with it before I head out in late July and not back in Iowa till about this time next year. Rod Quote White 2000/2010Volvo VNL 770 with 7' Drom box with opposing doors, JOST slider hitch. 600 HP Cummins Signature 18 Speed three pedal auto shift. 1999 Isuzu VehiCross retired to a sticks and bricks garage. Brought out of storage the summer of 2022 2022 Jeep Wrangler Sport S Two door hard top. 2007 Honda GL 1800 2013 Space Craft Mfg S420 Custom built Toyhauler The Gold Volvo is still running and being emptied in July. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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