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General Boards => Technical Support => Topic started by: Scott Ramsey on March 22, 2019, 05:56:12 PM
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My low air warning buzzer has died. Does anyone happen to know where I can find it? 2003 Beaver Monterey.
Cheers,
Scott
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Scott, I believe you should contact Gerald Farris and probably Steve Huber may be able to help you. I would like to tell you it is in the dash somewhere but if you cant hear it then am no help as I cannot identify it to you but Gerald definitely would be able to. Call him. Call me at 231-218-1119 if you need his number. You can email him if you go to the officers listing.
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Good suggestion! I will give Jerald a call. Once I get it sorted I will post what I have learned.
Cheers,
Scott
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Scott,
The low air pressure buzzer is behind the dash, probably near the center. The signal comes in on wire #553 and is split between the buzzer and the low air indicator. It is a white wire probably labeled Low Air. If the indicator works and the buzzer doesn't you probably have a bad buzzer. A broken wire is possible but not probable. If neither the buzzer or indicator work, I'd suspect a bad sensor at the air tank. Again, could be a bad wire/connection, but less probable. (Above info is based on an 03 Patriot diagram but should be the same).
Steve
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Thanks all. The light works buzzer doesn't. Beaver did a superb job of locating the buzzer in a place that would never interfere with anything else. Where that place is is known only to the great Beaver in the sky. So I will rely on the gauge and the light. I always thought the buzzer was annoying anyway ;D
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Thanks all. The light works buzzer doesn't. Beaver did a superb job of locating the buzzer in a place that would never interfere with anything else. Where that place is is known only to the great Beaver in the sky. So I will rely on the gauge and the light. I always thought the buzzer was annoying anyway ;D
Scott, a thought! I was going down a mountain one sunny day at 70 mph when I heard the blaring of my low air alarm! I looked down and saw the air in both tanks rapidly approaching zero. I pulled off the interstate on the shoulder and just as I was coming to a stop the emergency brakes activated stopping me a little more abruptly than I planned. Turned out that the exhaust pipe fell off the intake side of the new muffler and the heat burned through the air lines going to that brass air manifold back by the battery tray used to let moisture out of the lines. Without that buzzer I would experienced what happens at 70 mph when the spring brakes activated in the center lane. It gave me the added seconds that I needed to react before the spring brakes stopped me. I like my buzzer! Just a thought. Have a great day.
Jerry
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I don't know if this will help since our coaches are different models, but I just went out to see where the low pressure buzzer is located on my '05 patriot, and it is right behind the dash gauge cluster.
It is a small square black box (about 1/2" x 1/2") connected by small (22GA) black and red wires. I'm not sure if this the factory buzzer or not. However if you have the removable dash access panel above the gauges like my coach, it would be easy to check this location.
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Scott, found it on my 03 Monterey. Well hidden but found it on top of the speedometer. Little black plastic sucker with a red and black wire . Since our coaches do not have the access panel in the dash the most likely scenario would be to remove the screws from the instrument panel and gently pull it aft then secure it open with string around the steering column. Used that method for changing the transmission temperature gauge. Good luck.
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Thanks to all your help (especially George who gets a purple heart for digging under his inst. panel) I found the dead buzzer. It was above and right of the speedometer. I ordered a replacement via Amazon. So I should be buzzing soon. Here is what the little devil looks like.
Cheers,
Scott
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Glad you tracked it down. That is the same one in my '05 Patriot - so I guess it is an OEM buzzer.
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Here is a source if you need one. They are a couple of bucks and change plus shipping. Nice folks to deal with.
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