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Technical Support / Re: Power Gear air Leveling

« Last post by David T. Richelderfer on March 24, 2026, 04:17:57 PM »

From my reading here in the Forum, I would say many, if not most, coaches tend to lean... some quickly within a few hours versus some slowly over a few weeks... and anywhere in between for that matter.  Our coach, when parked here over the winter in Yuma has its air dropped, so it's sitting on the bottom of the airbags... thus, no leaning.  When in Oregon over the summer, the coach is parked on a down-sloping side-of-the-garage yard with its tail down and nose up.  There it will sit for several weeks while its nose will slowly settle down a bit to its curbside.  Not much cold weather in our lives anymore!

Only one time in over 13.5 years have I heard the auxiliary compressor running.  I didn't know what the noise was and shut it off.  lol  I later guessed it must have been the auxiliary compressor.  And the noise was coming from between the dash and nose, to the curbside of the generator.

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Technical Support / Re: Power Gear air Leveling

« Last post by Fred Cook on March 24, 2026, 03:02:29 PM »

Thanks, Dave. Just wondering, the coach tends to lean a lot more the colder it gets. Is this a common thing with air level coaches? During warm weather, it stays level for a much longer time.

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Technical Support / Re: Power Gear air Leveling

« Last post by David T. Richelderfer on March 24, 2026, 12:17:11 PM »

I found numerous messages by doing a search using the argument "aux compressor viair".  Various messages answer all the questions you asked.

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Technical Support / Power Gear air Leveling

« Last post by Fred Cook on March 24, 2026, 12:55:59 AM »

I have been having problems with my air leveling system. It will initially automatically level fine. But overnight the coach will lean way over towards the driver side. I know I am losing air somewhere, but there may also be a problem with the auxiliary air pump working. I have never worked on a system like this before so I don’t know what that air pump looks like, where it’s located or how to troubleshoot it to see if it even works. Has anybody had any problems like this? It would be nice to have a step-by-step instruction sheet and how to solve this problem.

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Technical Support / Re: Fuel Quantity Issue

« Last post by Carl Boger on March 22, 2026, 01:12:04 AM »

Use a double barbed fitting at the end of the new hose and then add a short piece of rubber line to the other side of the barb and slip it onto the tank.

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Technical Support / Re: Fuel Quantity Issue

« Last post by Nicholas Soldevere on March 21, 2026, 03:21:35 PM »

Update: So as you all may remember, I troubleshot the system and found the sender displaying the correct resistence up at the inputs to the guage. All connections below looking good. I purchased a guage (standard 90 ohm 2" guage) from Northwest, unfortunately,  they sent they sent the wrong one. Or, it is possible I ordered the wrong one but doubtful. I wanted the indication for a trip so I installed it anyway and now I have fuel quantity indication. It seems like Northwest is going to work with me on a replacement.

On to another issue, while checking the engine bay, I found the coolant overflow bottle leaking where is attaches to the nipple on the bottle. Unfortuantely, I just had the system flushed and serviced with something like 19 gallons of final charge and distilled. Not wanting to waste the fluid I caught it all in a large low profile plastic bin. I replaced the hose with a 1 1/8 " ID fuel hose. Got out my electric pump and pumped all the fluid back in so no waste there.

The only issue with the fix is the hose end is an interference fit on the nipple of the bottle and I couldnt get it to slide up on the nipple very far, I'd like for it to be farther up. It wouldnt stretch over the nipple because that hose has a metal coil in it.

Anyone have a suggestion for getting the hose way up on there?

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Technical Support / Re: Vorad

« Last post by Frank Bergamo on March 18, 2026, 12:54:00 AM »

I would just leave it. The cruise will operate if you turn it on/off/on/off/on. No Vorad but at least the cruise will work.

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Technical Support / Re: Vorad

« Last post by Michael Hammer on March 17, 2026, 04:29:48 PM »

Just an update. I replaced the defective chip in my unit. No luck, fault code indicates a failed CPU (Fault 11). System is dead. Does anyone know how to eliminate the smart cruise from the ecu in the coach. I don't know where to take the coach for reprogramming. Thanks!

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Technical Support / Re: Conditions for Slide Operation- Magnum Series B Chassis

« Last post by Jack W Hannah on March 16, 2026, 06:41:57 PM »

Fed & Joel,

Thanks a lot, really good info.

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Technical Support / Re: Conditions for Slide Operation- Magnum Series B Chassis

« Last post by Joel Ashley on March 16, 2026, 07:31:11 AM »

Especially if I the coach is on an already level site, I don’t know of any understructure that would be a detriment to slide operation at any height.  I’ve operated my slides on a range of heights, including the extremes.  My wife prefers the entry step be as low as possible, so campsite allowing, I’m commonly aired quite low, and have never had a slide issue as a result.

I just am reluctant to park on particularly uneven ground, requiring radical leveling that risks a twist affecting the windshield mount;  some factory windshield installations were erroneous and easily stressed (been there, …).  Your two-piece windshield is less susceptible than early one piece ones.

Joel