Another Floozie2 drama!

Aha! Yet again the best laid plans of mice and men have been sent awry. We were due to set off for France yesterday (Friday) morning, so on the Thursday afternoon we got all packed up and then started to move Floozie2 to another pitch near the exit ready for an early get-away the following day. It soon became apparent that the air suspension wouldn’t rise. It wasn’t long before there was a group gathered around trying to work out what was happening. We tried one or two solutions, only they weren’t. A call to Winnebago in the UK suggested taking it for a run; that sometimes released whatever valve was stuck. Only it didn’t and it was an eventful trip up and down the site with no air in the bags. It was something like Skippy on a boneshaker. So on Thursday evening we plonked her on a pitch, I had a shower and we went around to Mick and Ann’s for a drink and a chat about the next step. As it happens, it was from this delightful couple that we bought Rowleth End; they went on the road after they sold up the same way we did. Mick is a champion fixer with RVs and an amazing fount of knowledge, so he was the first person I went to.
Friday morning, early ( well early-ish) we were under the motorhome trying to work things out. We kept calling Dudleys in the UK and Chris was able to give me information on where to look. We tried everything; still nothing. Then another great chap called Godfrey suggested we called Freightliner (the chassis manufacturer) on Skype. So we did via Godfrey’s computer. I spoke to a chap called Marcus who just couldn’t have been more helpful and suggested some things. We also gleaned a scematic drawing from him, which was sent by email ten minutes later. Now we know what we’re dealing with it makes it so much easier to work out what’s wrong and it would appear to be a solenoid valve which is faulty and not giving the signal to the suspension to rise. So today we’ll have a much closer look at this valve and try and sort it out. With any luck we might be able to free it off and we’ll be away on Sunday. If not we’ll be here for, well who knows how long whilst a spare is sent out. Unless of course we fix it. With the amount of knowledge and talent that abounds on this site, I’m sure we will!