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Title: Air connections
Post by: Leonard on December 31, 2023, 11:25:23 am
1998 u295 has 2 air connections at rear of coach  1 under hydraulic pump area  driver side  1 on passenger side  both are in line with tow hitch  so are accessable    is one for special purpose maybe ?
Title: Re: Air connections
Post by: wolfe10 on December 31, 2023, 11:51:28 am
Likely one was for an air-powered toad brake. M & G for example: Products Page | M&G Car Braking Systems (http://www.mgbrakes.com/products)

Other one???
Title: Re: Air connections
Post by: DaBus on December 31, 2023, 12:34:04 pm
Has anyone else had a leaky female connector or is our coach the only one?

Jerre
Title: Re: Air connections
Post by: rbark on December 31, 2023, 01:24:00 pm
Picture would be nice.
Title: Re: Air connections
Post by: Michelle on December 31, 2023, 02:45:36 pm
Going to hazard a guess that one is for a tow brake (M&G or AF1), especially if plumbed through a ping tank.  Second one could be for using the main engine compressor to air up tires (I know FT had those located in a bay in 2003) - if not OEM a previous owner might have added it.
Title: Re: Air connections
Post by: Dub on December 31, 2023, 02:46:09 pm
Like Bret said, one for toad brakes and the second is "likely" a connection to plug in shop air if not what Michelle said. Easy enough to tell, plug in a air hose and see if the hose charges with air.
Title: Re: Air connections
Post by: oldguy on December 31, 2023, 04:28:04 pm
One is probably plumbed in before the air drier, that's where I put mine for airing up the coach
from my shop compressor so the air is dry and in mine it is a male connector with a valve behind
it. One my coach the other is a female connector for Air Force One.  Jerre if you have a leaking
female connector change it out. My Air Force connectors were crappy so I change them out for
stainless connectors.
Title: Re: Air connections
Post by: AC7880 on December 31, 2023, 09:08:26 pm
Has anyone else had a leaky female connector or is our coach the only one?

Jerre
air connector in the propane comprtment.

NAPA part 90-672BR, coupler,  $8.99
Title: Re: Air connections
Post by: turbojack on December 31, 2023, 11:15:11 pm
air connector in the propane comprtment.

NAPA part 90-672BR, coupler,  $8.99
Or you can get one from Home Depot for around $5.00. They have 3 different types.  Make sure you get the kind you have. Look at the male connection on your hose to figure out the right one.
Title: Re: Air connections
Post by: JohnFitz on January 01, 2024, 12:25:45 pm
Or you can get one from Home Depot for around $5.00. They have 3 different types.  Make sure you get the kind you have. Look at the male connection on your hose to figure out the right one.
And I would suggest getting a brass coupler (NAPA P/N is brass) so yo don't have future leaks due to corrosion.