M1088 camper conversion

[Mavcaster]

Hi Mav,

I don't think I did anything with them.... I believe I just removed them from the 5th platform and bolted them to the chassis. I will have to check for you.

My knowledge base of air brakes is minimal and I wasn't sure if they could just be deleted and capped, so I left them alone. I did that with the intent of going back and cleaning them up eventually though but I am wanting to get the camper useable first. I have a hatch in the floor over the trans where they are and should be able to access from the top and bottom as needed.

dang ok well let me know if you get a chance. i removed mine and now having some issues with parking brake setting but starting to think it’s an unrelated issue and likely a bad check valve or 2 way valve up front.

 

[ckouba]

let me know if you get a chance.

I pulled my floor panel today and didn't find the gladhands. I honestly don't remember what I did with them. I know for a while they were zip tied to the chassis, but it appears that I actually did remove them. I couldn't tell you off the top of my head what I did to cap the lines or ports, but I can tell you I don't have any issues with functionality.

 

[Mavcaster]

Ok well thanks for checking on that. I think my issues are likely from me trying to charge the system from the front glad hand and possibly blowing some debris up into the check valves.

 

[Mullaney]

Ok well thanks for checking on that. I think my issues are likely from me trying to charge the system from the front glad hand and possibly blowing some debris up into the check valves.

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The actual glad hands up behind the cab - where the hoses are used to feed a "king pin type" trailer air - have a shutoff "ball valve". Keeps stupid stuff from happening like trying to use the glad hand connections by the pintle and a pintle trailer at the same time. The hand valve will also force air in both places - IF the red (stop sign shaped) valve on the dash is pressed in.

 

[Mavcaster]

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The actual glad hands up behind the cab - where the hoses are used to feed a "king pin type" trailer air - have a shutoff "ball valve". Keeps stupid stuff from happening like trying to use the glad hand connections by the pintle and a pintle trailer at the same time. The hand valve will also force air in both places - IF the red (stop sign shaped) valve on the dash is pressed in.

Yeah I want to remove those hoses entirely. I’ve already removed SOVs. Removing hoses and capping them at the frame mounted valves shouldn’t be an issue since that would essentially be the same as closing the ball valves (in my mind). Intent being to retain functionality of the trailer brakes and leave the pintle gladhands in tact.