Prevost AirLock?

[bevans6]

Art, if you remove it put it in a box and send it to me.  I retrofitted a saloon door in place of dual doors, and the lack of the lock is a major problem when it comes to keeping the door tight on the road.  Major air pressure trying to open it.  Very hard to come up with a mechanical design that does what the air lock does (including remote control).

Brian

[artvonne]

  Brian, if I figure it out you have first dibs on it. It wasnt working when I drove it home, and the linkage rod was disconnected, I pulled it shut with a ratchet strap. Your correct there is some serious air pressure trying to suck it open.

 

 

[wg4t50]

I am with the crowd that likes the air latch, IF you understand it and now it works, it is a beautiful contraption that works, for sure no one is going pull the door open uintil you release it.  What is not to like ?  (MCI 7 model)

I had the service manual set for the coach, MCI convers the items fairly well, so it was a simple thing to figure it out, never had a problem.

[Ed Hackenbruch]

Yup, i sure like mine too!   

[RJ]

Paul -

Before you go pulling the air lock on your 5 to widen the stairwell, take another look at where on the DOOR the lock grasps.

I think you'll find that you'd really not gain much by removing the claw mechanism, and trying to yanquiengineer a replacement might be time better spent elsewhere.

As much as I'm a GMC guy, I'll be the first to admit that MCI's door air lock is one of the "better ideas" in the highway coach market.  There is a world of difference in the front noise level around the door because of it. 

FWIW & HTH. . .

[Ed Hackenbruch]

And coming from RJ, that is saying a lot!