Dead in the water

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Dead in the water

July 21, 2017, 09:28:20 pm

Third shakedown cruise and issues.
Lost service air pressure. Can't get more than 70 pounds in.
Tow truck on the way.
Crud

Re: Dead in the water

Reply #1 – July 21, 2017, 09:31:04 pm

D2,valve maybe stuck.

Pump brakes until zero. See if it frees up the valve

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Reply #2 – July 21, 2017, 09:41:11 pm

I'm with Bob , also try tapping governor valve with a hammer.

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Reply #3 – July 21, 2017, 09:47:16 pm

Quote from: stump – July 21, 2017, 09:41:11 pm

I'm with Bob , also try tapping governor valve with a hammer.

Where's governor valve?

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Reply #4 – July 21, 2017, 09:47:48 pm

Call the tow truck and have him bring a D2 valve,they are everywhere.You need a spare anyway.

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Reply #5 – July 21, 2017, 09:48:58 pm

should be right on the air compressor will usually have a black plastic cap on one end. tap in the middle.

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Reply #6 – July 21, 2017, 09:51:40 pm

D2 Governor

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Reply #7 – July 21, 2017, 10:01:44 pm

Ya, worse news. No trucks available until tomorrow.
Just discovered my exhaust separated from my turbo
Double crud.

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Reply #8 – July 21, 2017, 10:08:15 pm

Can you take the Honda and try and find a store,give us a location someone will find you a d2 govenor,where exactly is the exhaust
seperated?

Re: Dead in the water

Reply #9 – July 21, 2017, 10:10:31 pm

Maybe the exhaust has melted an air line

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Reply #10 – July 21, 2017, 10:23:06 pm

Very limited service.
Daughter coming to get wife.
AAA found another truck.
Pumping and pounding did no good.
Exhaust blew off right where it connects to the turbo. Hard to load pics. Well tri in another separate post.

Re: Dead in the water

Reply #11 – July 21, 2017, 10:29:04 pm

On the turbo part,maybe you can get some bailing wire or something to hold exhaust in place til you get home or possibly find the
clamp somewhere.The idea about the melted hose sounds good.

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Reply #12 – July 21, 2017, 10:40:28 pm

Can't get pic to load.
This is fun, how?
Travel the country.
Meet interesting people.
Yea

Re: Dead in the water

Reply #13 – July 21, 2017, 10:45:41 pm

I noticed that on my air guage, the white needle (rear air?) was running much lower than the red one.
This means what?

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Reply #14 – July 21, 2017, 10:54:21 pm

Big air leak in rear. Probably not governor related. On the road it is hard to hear an air leak in the rear with the exhaust hooked up With the engine running. In your case almost impossible. Maybe run at high idle to build pressure shut off engine and run to the rear to try to hear where it is coming from.

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Reply #15 – July 21, 2017, 11:13:49 pm

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Reply #16 – July 21, 2017, 11:30:43 pm

Some small good news. Appears I just blew a clamp holding the exhaust onto the turbo. No melted hosts I could see though.
At idle, both pointers at 70.

Re: Dead in the water

Reply #17 – July 21, 2017, 11:33:43 pm

Back to possible governor problem then. When you shut it off does it hold pressure. Also when you rev it up does it build more pressure?

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Reply #18 – July 21, 2017, 11:43:26 pm

No increase at higher revs.
Testing leak down now.
10 lbs in 6 min. Both needles equal

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Reply #19 – July 22, 2017, 12:37:50 am

Make sure the pipe from the turbo is clamped and secured. The insulation is super flammable and does not take much to ignite it. One member lost his coach because the turbo pipe came off.

Pierce

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Reply #20 – July 22, 2017, 04:57:50 am

Poor alice.
Towed away in disgrace!
Road service/tow operator claims a couple of air leaks in rear. Not too concerned about exhaust.

Re: Dead in the water

Reply #21 – July 22, 2017, 06:21:43 am

Thanks to all who offered help and support!
It's truly great to know there are a group willing to help.
1) DW and I make it to home base at 0600.
2) Alice made it to the shop at 0500. A local shop, BTW. They work on big rigs and are going to help.
3) Educated guess, either a couple of bad hoses or cans, or both.
4) Exhaust does not sound like an issue to fix.

To the gentleman from CA who called me personally, all I can say is thank you very much.

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