Air ride seat

[bigred]

With all that has been going on ,I have just about given upon the Prevost ,so the other day I went out and fired it up Let it run on fast idle until it came up to temperature .I was piddling around on the out side while this was happening .I went back into the coach and it sounded lake a 12 inch gas main had erupted under the drivers seat .Got to feeling around to find the leak and determined that all that hissing sound was coming from a 1/4"hose that is split wide open.It is going into the back of a control that has two buttons on it .Where this thing is ,it is impossible to get to it (on ds) so here is my question.What do I need to do to replace this hose? Try to remove the control ? Remove the seat ? or is there another way to do this? Since I can't even get to where I can see the control .I am going by feel and don't want to risk screwing up a bunch of other stuff trying to get this fixed !! Help Please?

[freds]

Hi BigRed

I took a peek at your past posts and since you have an 8v92, I would say your bus is newer than mine.

I would say heck yeah, just tear into it. My captains chair was frozen in place, but hey some previous owner installed a 10 3/4 seat onto a 11 inch mount.

Just my .02 cents...

[niles500]

Hey big, the cheap plastic lines they use become brittle from the the seat going up and down, once couldn't find anything and used a twig to plug the line, the line terminates in the COMPARTMENT below, just fish a new line with extra slack to the quick connect and  pull it out from under the seat to reconnect then stuff it back under the seat away from any moving parts  - HTH

[bigred]

Fred: My bus is a 1993 Prevost Titled as a 1994 Country Coach . Niles:I can testify here and now that a twig is not going to plug this line!! This thing amazed me at the pressure on this little hose !!! I have used the twig repair before also,but there is no way a twig is going to plug this hose unless I could get a clamp on it.

[freds]

Fred: My bus is a 1993 Prevost Titled as a 1994 Country Coach . Niles:I can testify here and now that a twig is not going to plug this line!! This thing amazed me at the pressure on this little hose !!! I have used the twig repair before also,but there is no way a twig is going to plug this hose unless I could get a clamp on it.

Stick a small bolt in it and clamp it.

[luvrbus]

With all that has been going on ,I have just about given upon the Prevost ,so the other day I went out and fired it up Let it run on fast idle until it came up to temperature .I was piddling around on the out side while this was happening .I went back into the coach and it sounded lake a 12 inch gas main had erupted under the drivers seat .Got to feeling around to find the leak and determined that all that hissing sound was coming from a 1/4"hose that is split wide open.It is going into the back of a control that has two buttons on it .Where this thing is ,it is impossible to get to it (on ds) so here is my question.What do I need to do to replace this hose? Try to remove the control ? Remove the seat ? or is there another way to do this? Since I can't even get to where I can see the control .I am going by feel and don't want to risk screwing up a bunch of other stuff trying to get this fixed !! Help Please?

On my Country Coach there was no way to replace the air line without removing the seat to get to the control box and valves when mine blew I just cut it and folded the line with a zip tie around it till I made the repair mine had the same pressure as the chassis 130psi

[chessie4905]

Just pull the seat. Not that big a deal.

[niles500]

Big, got a kick out of that, yes a branch was what you needed , you must have the air lumbar etc. options for that size line, I wasn't sure if you meant 1/4 ID or OD line, now I know, mine is 1/4 OD but I still have the bellows for the seat and lumbar support, , your lines are overkill,  huh?

[bigred]

Big, got a kick out of that, yes a branch was what you needed , you must have the air lumbar etc. options for that size line, I wasn't sure if you meant 1/4 ID or OD line, now I know, mine is 1/4 OD but I still have the bellows for the seat and lumbar support, , your lines are overkill,  huh?

I would sure have expected a larger line for that much pressure.!!

[bigred]

Just pull the seat. Not that big a deal.

The two front bolts are a piece of cake ,but with all my eye balling ,I've yet to find the back bolts!

[bigred]

On my Country Coach there was no way to replace the air line without removing the seat to get to the control box and valves when mine blew I just cut it and folded the line with a zip tie around it till I made the repair mine had the same pressure as the chassis 130psi

Hey Cliff : Good to hear from you ! Hope the wife is doing well.I pretty much figured that pulling the seat  was going to be the way to go but I have yet to find the two back bolts on that danged seat

[freds]

    The two front bolts are a piece of cake ,but with all my eye balling ,I've yet to find the back bolts!

They should be directly behind the front bolts, on my bus it was an 11 inch base. Are you trying to remove the floor bolts or the bolts up to the seat from the base?

[luvrbus]

The bolts are up in slide and the slide has to be in the right position to see and remove the bolts lol as a Country Coach owner I can tell you they did it their way .

[bigred]

They should be directly behind the front bolts, on my bus it was an 11 inch base. Are you trying to remove the floor bolts or the bolts up to the seat from the base?

Just the seat part.If this was in anything other than a Country Coach it would be a 30 min job!lol

[bigred]

The bolts are up in slide and the slide has to be in the right position to see and remove the bolts lol as a Country Coach owner I can tell you they did it their way .

On a lot of things ,their way was border line stupid!! LOL