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Title: What is it?
Post by: richard5933 on September 04, 2017, 06:16:55 AM
Been wondering what this is. It's on the left rear corner and sort of looks like a Schrader valve. It's the piece just above the awning mount.

Thoughts?

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1964 PD4106-2412
Title: Re: What is it?
Post by: lostagain on September 04, 2017, 06:44:02 AM
I don't know. Some previous owner installed it, whatever it is. But I would get up there with a ladder for a close look. Maybe pull on the chain. Take it apart somehow... Unscrew it... Put air pressure in it with a hose, maybe it would inflate the bus? Maybe there is a manual for it that the previous owner left you?

JC
Title: Re: What is it?
Post by: niles500 on September 04, 2017, 07:38:37 AM
Possibly a coax connection?
Title: Re: What is it?
Post by: bevans6 on September 04, 2017, 09:15:24 AM
Air bleed for part of a cooling system?
Title: Re: What is it?
Post by: Dave5Cs on September 04, 2017, 09:22:39 AM
I had one when we bought the coach. It was an old Telephone antenna mount. You unscrewed the cap and then screwed on the car antenna for the phone up front. Now gone. Chain just holds the cap. ;)
Title: Re: Re: What is it?
Post by: richard5933 on September 04, 2017, 10:10:00 AM
Quote from: Dave5Cs on September 04, 2017, 09:22:39 AM
I had one when we bought the coach. It was an old Telephone antenna mount. You unscrewed the cap and then screwed on the car antenna for the phone up front. Now gone. Chain just holds the cap. ;)
Makes sense. Like some remnant of ancient days...

1964 PD4106-2412
Title: Re: What is it?
Post by: Gary Hatt - Publisher BCM on September 05, 2017, 01:10:03 PM
Quote from: lostagain on September 04, 2017, 06:44:02 AM
I don't know. Some previous owner installed it, whatever it is. But I would get up there with a ladder for a close look. Maybe pull on the chain. Take it apart somehow... Unscrew it... Put air pressure in it with a hose, maybe it would inflate the bus? Maybe there is a manual for it that the previous owner left you?

JC

DON'T TOUCH IT!!!  lostagain was right. I put air pressure to mine and my bus blew up like the Good Year Blimp and flew away. Had to buy another bus.   ;D
Title: Re: What is it?
Post by: Lin on September 05, 2017, 02:33:20 PM
Could also be just for a cable connection
Title: Re: What is it?
Post by: brmax on September 05, 2017, 03:12:07 PM
  Simple Its a conversion valve, old maybe but still!
Thats where they fill it with conversion fluid, By Gosh dont mix with the wrong kind.

Good day to ya
Floyd
Title: Re: What is it?
Post by: lvmci on September 05, 2017, 04:30:51 PM
Like Dave said, an old style UHF RF marine
radio phone/car phone coaxial cable for antenna. If there's an 1/8" hole and a chrome like exterior with alligator teeth around the edge. Still used in TV for wireless microphones  and transceiver, lvmci...
Title: Re: What is it?
Post by: Zephod on September 06, 2017, 08:39:34 AM
Quote from: lvmci on September 05, 2017, 04:30:51 PM
Like Dave said, an old style UHF RF marine
radio phone/car phone coaxial cable for antenna. If there's an 1/8" hole and a chrome like exterior with alligator teeth around the edge. Still used in TV for wireless microphones  and transceiver, lvmci...
Are you sure that's not where they put blinker fluid?


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