Dave whether you have leaks or not is not the reason to use travel. In
travel the air system is continually redistributing the weight to some
predetermined ratio front to back. When people move from the front to the
back, the system compensates, when you stop at a gargage sale along the way
and your wife brings back a 600 pound cast iron stove and tells you to stow
it, you can do it with the confidence that the system will compensate for
the load change. I wonder if GM thought about garage sales during the
coaches design?
>GM decided after a while that the air leveling system should be left in
>hold when under way. That is why the manuals read differently for early
>and late models.
>
>I keep my in hold most of the time since my system is with out leaks.
>
> Dave Greenberg
>GMC Motorhome Registry
> 200 MacFarlane Dr
>Delray Beach, FL 33483-6829
> 1977 Eleganza II
>
>On Fri, 17 Jul 1998 18:50:17 -0400 "Samuel Pickens"
>>Paul, mine says put in travel when traveling. Hold is for parking and
>>holding position you set for leveling camp site.
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Bartz, Paul
>>To: 'gmcmotorhome'
>>Date: Friday, July 17, 1998 3:34 PM
>>Subject: RE: GMC: Air line check valves (reply2)
>>
>>
>>>Thom:
>>>
>>>Not sure I understand you and it may because we have different model
>>>year coaches.
>>>
>>>My 78 coach manual says there is a switch titled "TRAVEL" as well as
>>the
>>>"RAISE-LOWER" switches, which should be in the "HOLD" position when
>>>driving down the highway.
>>>
>>>I find that in the manual on p 29 under the section titled NORMAL
>>>OPERATION, Highway Travel.
>>>
>>>Does your manual read differently?
>>>
>>> Paul Bartz
>>>
>>>> From: Thomas G. Warner [SMTP:warner]
>>>> Sent: Tuesday, July 14, 1998 9:02 AM
>>>> Subject: RE: GMC: Air line check valves (reply2)
>>>>
>>>> According to my manual the coach should always be in travel when
>>>> moving, that why they installed the warning light when you put it
>>into
>>>> gear. The coach will than always have the right WEIGHT
>>distribution
>>>> when moving. The compressor will cylcle occasionally.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> [mailto
wner-gmcmotorhome]On Behalf Of Bartz,
>>Paul
>>>> Sent: Monday, July 13, 1998 10:24 AM
>>>>
>>>> Mark:
>>>>
>>>> Why do you find it necessary to re-level your coach so
>>frequently???
>>>> I have the Electro-level II and keep the switches in the hold
>>position
>>>> other than when leveling.
>>>>
>>>> We routinely travel with seven people in the coach and never find
>>it
>>>> necessary to level, other than to check the level every month or
>>so.
>>>>
>>>> Paul Bartz
>>>> {snip}
>>>>
>>>> I guess I hadn't thought about it. With the EL-1, I just leave the
>>>> switch in auto all the time.
>>>>
>>>> As people move around inside, get out and back in, I'll just
>>usually
>>>> hear the compressor run a cycle every now and then.
>>>>
>>>> I hadn't thought about it being too often, since other GM cars that
>>>> I've had that had with a similar system did the same thing, that is
>>>> run the compressor from time to time.
>>>>
>>>> We had a couple of 6000 STE's in the mid '80's that would run their
>>>> compressor whenever you put a couple of sacks of groceries in the
>>>> trunk.
>>>>
>>>> I guess I thought that a couple of compressor cycles while driving
>>was
>>>> normal. I have only used the 'hold' setting when parked.
>>>>
>>>> Is it a case of my not RTFM? Perhaps so.
>>>>
>>>> Mark
>>>>
>>
>>
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travel the air system is continually redistributing the weight to some
predetermined ratio front to back. When people move from the front to the
back, the system compensates, when you stop at a gargage sale along the way
and your wife brings back a 600 pound cast iron stove and tells you to stow
it, you can do it with the confidence that the system will compensate for
the load change. I wonder if GM thought about garage sales during the
coaches design?
>GM decided after a while that the air leveling system should be left in
>hold when under way. That is why the manuals read differently for early
>and late models.
>
>I keep my in hold most of the time since my system is with out leaks.
>
> Dave Greenberg
>GMC Motorhome Registry
> 200 MacFarlane Dr
>Delray Beach, FL 33483-6829
> 1977 Eleganza II
>
>On Fri, 17 Jul 1998 18:50:17 -0400 "Samuel Pickens"
>>Paul, mine says put in travel when traveling. Hold is for parking and
>>holding position you set for leveling camp site.
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Bartz, Paul
>>To: 'gmcmotorhome'
>>Date: Friday, July 17, 1998 3:34 PM
>>Subject: RE: GMC: Air line check valves (reply2)
>>
>>
>>>Thom:
>>>
>>>Not sure I understand you and it may because we have different model
>>>year coaches.
>>>
>>>My 78 coach manual says there is a switch titled "TRAVEL" as well as
>>the
>>>"RAISE-LOWER" switches, which should be in the "HOLD" position when
>>>driving down the highway.
>>>
>>>I find that in the manual on p 29 under the section titled NORMAL
>>>OPERATION, Highway Travel.
>>>
>>>Does your manual read differently?
>>>
>>> Paul Bartz
>>>
>>>> From: Thomas G. Warner [SMTP:warner]
>>>> Sent: Tuesday, July 14, 1998 9:02 AM
>>>> Subject: RE: GMC: Air line check valves (reply2)
>>>>
>>>> According to my manual the coach should always be in travel when
>>>> moving, that why they installed the warning light when you put it
>>into
>>>> gear. The coach will than always have the right WEIGHT
>>distribution
>>>> when moving. The compressor will cylcle occasionally.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> [mailto
wner-gmcmotorhome]On Behalf Of Bartz, >>Paul
>>>> Sent: Monday, July 13, 1998 10:24 AM
>>>>
>>>> Mark:
>>>>
>>>> Why do you find it necessary to re-level your coach so
>>frequently???
>>>> I have the Electro-level II and keep the switches in the hold
>>position
>>>> other than when leveling.
>>>>
>>>> We routinely travel with seven people in the coach and never find
>>it
>>>> necessary to level, other than to check the level every month or
>>so.
>>>>
>>>> Paul Bartz
>>>> {snip}
>>>>
>>>> I guess I hadn't thought about it. With the EL-1, I just leave the
>>>> switch in auto all the time.
>>>>
>>>> As people move around inside, get out and back in, I'll just
>>usually
>>>> hear the compressor run a cycle every now and then.
>>>>
>>>> I hadn't thought about it being too often, since other GM cars that
>>>> I've had that had with a similar system did the same thing, that is
>>>> run the compressor from time to time.
>>>>
>>>> We had a couple of 6000 STE's in the mid '80's that would run their
>>>> compressor whenever you put a couple of sacks of groceries in the
>>>> trunk.
>>>>
>>>> I guess I thought that a couple of compressor cycles while driving
>>was
>>>> normal. I have only used the 'hold' setting when parked.
>>>>
>>>> Is it a case of my not RTFM? Perhaps so.
>>>>
>>>> Mark
>>>>
>>
>>
>
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