Air Tank Drain Lanyard Placement

[GnarlyBus]

I'm working on getting these cable pulls attached to my drain valve on the tanks between the front axle. For those of you that use pull lanyards, where do you attached the end you pull? I have some ideas but none of them are very" elegant".

[richard5933]

I've got one with the pull lanyard which was installed by the shop. The did it differently than I thought they would. Instead of leaving the end free to be pulled like you're describing, they used the loop on the end to fasten the end of the lanyard with a metal loop (like you'd use to fasten a cable to sheet metal) to the bottom of the bus near the edge of the bus.

Instead of pulling the little loop, which is difficult to do with gloves, I just grab the lanyard itself and pull sideways. Works better than pulling on the little loop - we had that on our first bus and it was more difficult to get a good grip on.

[Jim Blackwood]

Good plan. Set up like the cable for a safety switch.

Jim

[chessie4905]

Mine are attached in the wheel wells.

[bevans6]

MC-5C, mine are inside the fuel filler door.

[Dave5Cs]

Front wheel well. Ran them through small metal loops with a tab that i riveted at a few spots. Just reach in 2 inches and pull.

[buswarrior]

Install in such a way, and with little enough strength...

That if they snare on something as the coach is moving that you only loose the cable and and some lightly installed hangers... not rip the guts out of your drain valve and disable the coach.

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happy coaching!
buswarrior