Another "What is it?"

[Rick 74 MC-8]

DON'T MESS WITH IT IT FOR THE EJECTION SEAT



                                      Rick 74 MC-8

[eagle19952]

passenger Air  Bags.....

[bwze]

I followed RJ's suggestion and gave Luke a call earlier today. He must have gotten busy because he never got back with me. Anyway, I decided to try to trace it out myself. The air line that exits this device on the right runs through the firewall and makes it way up to the center chase in the ceiling of bays of my '06. From there I have no idea where it ends up because I can't easily remove the chase cover to follow it any farther. I assume it must exit the chase near the fuel tank compartment, but I can't see to know for sure. I did get my wife to apply the brakes for me and it is definitely a solenoid of some type because it engaged once. Now I got her to apply the brakes a few times, but it only felt like it engaged the first time, but I could be wrong about that. So, I'm still confused........most of me says if it ain't broke don't fix it, but then what if it does break and I don't know what the heck it is.......

[bwze]

Talked with Luke today and he had one of his mechanics call me back. He and I talked for about 10 minutes or so and couldn't come up with an explanation for this solenoid valve. So when I got home today, I decided to jack up the front end so I could get a better look at where the line looked like it was headed and found where it exited the chase that runs down the middle of the bus.........but the end of it is plugged. Also, right by where it exited, there is a spot on the wall beside the wet tank where it looks like something used to be mounted. The studs are still there, but whatever it was is gone. So I guess that means that the mystery is for the most part solved. 

[bevans6]

That probably would have been the moisture expeller valve mounted near the wet tank like that, operated by the Skinner valve.  Cool...

Brian

[bwze]

Yeah, I thought so too. If so, wish they wouldn't have removed it.....