1995 28ft Georgie Boy, Chevy 454, P30 chassis

mike brez wrote:

shaneperch wrote:
I looked closely to the front suspension and I see there is some kind of airbag inside the coil spring. there looks like a Schrader valve where you can pump it up with air. I never seen such a thing.

Welcome to the wonderfull world of the P30. When the bags go bad just get a set of These and never worry about them again.

A definite X2 on that one and I did the same.

shaneperch wrote:
Thank you so much for the PDFs that was very generous. I had no idea this RV would have airbags. The ride height looks fine It sits level according to the bubble in my fridge. but who knows.

GM shipped with 4200 pound springs in that era I read because they really did not know what the final build out weigh by the MH makers would be.

the Henderson SS260 5-5.3K springs worked great for us. The one time we weight the front axle was at 4600 but not fully loaded.

In our case GBM added 18" to the wheel base to make for good handling on our 1993 32' Pursuit so that shifted some weight forward.

My HR sits level as far as I can tell the bubble in the fridge is almost close to center. my chassis has no leaf springs. I really like my MH chassis. I drove my bus yesterday and the only difference is the power and it goes faster with a lot less effort. I found some paperwork in one of the cabinets stating the engine was replaced with a brand new crate engine in 1996. I don't know why. but the engine is 14 years newer than the coach. the coach has 118,000 miles on it. engine unknown. but this is the first GM based motorhome I even owned and I am satisfied with it. never owned a 454 before but impressed with it. my Father's friend has a 32 fishing boat with 2 454s and he is pleased. so I have to say thumbs up for the p series chassis.

I have a 1994 georgie boy on the P30 chassis, with the 454, it's a 28 ft. pursuit model. It is a well built coach, compared to fleetwood and forest river, which we have owned both. The coach has plenty of power to do the job, haven't had the exhaust manifolds crack on this one yet and it has 75k miles. It is throttle body injected, simple technology and works fine. I get about 8mpg also. I recently replaced the airbags inside of the coils springs. What a pain in the rear, never again. I will buy the super springs next time the airbags are dry rotted. We had exhaust manifolds crack badly on our 1982 fleetwood southwind with the 454/carbureted. They cracked so bad there was actually a gap in the manifolds, burning holes in the spark plug wires. That P30 was an ok rig, but it had it's problems. Look at the water capacity, mine only holds about 40 gallons which isn't very much. Mine drives good and holds the road just fine after a $1400 alignment job. Mine doesn't sit level either, even with 100 psi in the front airbags. It is nose-down, maybe the springs are just totally worn out. There are plenty of them on the road and will serve their purpouse. Is it the wide body or the 8' wide model? Mine is 8' wide with no slide, so it's a little tight in there but does the job fine for 2 people.

Thank you so much for the PDFs that was very generous. I had no idea this RV would have airbags. The ride height looks fine It sits level according to the bubble in my fridge. but who knows.

2x on going with the SS260 coil springs on that era P30. Our coil springs had sagged so even with 100 psi in our leaking bags so going with Henderson the cost was the same as going back with OEM coils and new air bags with a lot less labor and NO after care. :)

Here is a little info on the P30 chassis and HereThis pretty much sums it all up.

shaneperch wrote:
I looked closely to the front suspension and I see there is some kind of airbag inside the coil spring. there looks like a Schrader valve where you can pump it up with air. I never seen such a thing.

Welcome to the wonderfull world of the P30. When the bags go bad just get a set of These and never worry about them again.

I looked closely to the front suspension and I see there is some kind of airbag inside the coil spring. there looks like a Schrader valve where you can pump it up with air. I never seen such a thing.

My wife and I bough 1993 Georgy Boy Swinger 3190 with 43K miles this spring. Already added well over 1000 miles to the odometer. I have no RV experience so can't compare to newer and "better" coaches. However for a $9000 cash purchase motor-home it is comfortable to drive, has plenty of power in 454 and feels solid.

I see a lot of P30/32 haters in this forum, however I don't think there is such thing as perfect brand or chassis. I read stories of guys getting 250K+ mortgage for their dream coach and then spend years fighting warranty departments the next 3 years to fix everything.