[br549hoffman]

I had a leak on coach #659 on the air tank above the squirrel cage that cool the gen set, I found it while at home looking for air leaks "as I have read apparently we all do" I removed and welded it and replaced.... of course only after it had burned up the jun-air compressor.... Now here we just got this thing and I learned a lesson quick 1st check the oil in the small compressor  "in our old coach the compressor was air cooled and only used to flush the toilet" 2nd when in storage turn off the compressor .....  knowing Newell has several air tanks "at least ones I own" for travel precaution I went to our truck shop parts room and found out that if I combine two 4 inch muffler exhaust clamps that are used to attach the 4" flex pipe to the rigid pipe going to the muffler on our Peterbilts they fit snug around the body of the air tank, I then went to the auto parts store and pick up an steel epoxy adhesive and emery cloth for just such an emergency ... Well it happened yesterday only it happen to my parents coach #639, we are on a trip to new orleans and here air leaking under the front of the coach so I look in the front left compartment above the squirrel cage and low and behold no tank but still here a leak. After raising the coach as high as possible we find it .... there air two tanks above the front axle that I am pretty sure are for the braking system so I pull out my clamps and epoxy  scoot, wiggle, and squirm my way under there " I'm 6' 280 lbs so when I say all that..... well we call that wallering around under there.... I sanded off the area where the hole was applied the epoxy liberally ,snug up the clamps  and waited for 12 hours for proper cure .... and as Paul Harvey said here's the rest of the story  ....   Dad just fired her up and it is holding pressure can't hear a leak so on down the road we go .......       Sorry not a lot of room for camera shot .....................