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1997 Country Coach Intrigue
8.3 Cummins 325 HP
Gillig chassis
King Controls cuise failure
replaced 2 boards before discovering reason. The boards have a stepper motor with a cable wind-up pulley. The pulley on each board came loose on the shaft because the two throttle return springs were way too strong.
bought new springs with proper tension at hardware store. No more problems. Don't know who to blame, CC, Cummins or Gillig.
Another time
Lost power but engine would still idle. When opening throttle, black smoke poured out of the exhaust.
Pacbrake was stuck closed. Let it cool about 15 mins., unstuck and went on with pbrake turned off.
adjusted butterfly stop screw 1/2 turn out to keep butterfly from closing so tightly. No more problem.
One more time
Noise coming from rear while descending a long grade. Sounded like maybe a u-joint failing and got louder and louder.
Hose from pacbrake solenoid was routed too close to the exhaust manifold and burnt thru resulting in lost air. Compressor couldn't keep up and the air suspension was allowing the coach to lower itself down onto the tires. Right rear outside tire was rubbing first and got worse as we went.
Turned off pacbrake and pressure came back up. Replace hose at next campground. Took old one to hose place and had new one made
8.3 Cummins 325 HP
Gillig chassis
King Controls cuise failure
replaced 2 boards before discovering reason. The boards have a stepper motor with a cable wind-up pulley. The pulley on each board came loose on the shaft because the two throttle return springs were way too strong.
bought new springs with proper tension at hardware store. No more problems. Don't know who to blame, CC, Cummins or Gillig.
Another time
Lost power but engine would still idle. When opening throttle, black smoke poured out of the exhaust.
Pacbrake was stuck closed. Let it cool about 15 mins., unstuck and went on with pbrake turned off.
adjusted butterfly stop screw 1/2 turn out to keep butterfly from closing so tightly. No more problem.
One more time
Noise coming from rear while descending a long grade. Sounded like maybe a u-joint failing and got louder and louder.
Hose from pacbrake solenoid was routed too close to the exhaust manifold and burnt thru resulting in lost air. Compressor couldn't keep up and the air suspension was allowing the coach to lower itself down onto the tires. Right rear outside tire was rubbing first and got worse as we went.
Turned off pacbrake and pressure came back up. Replace hose at next campground. Took old one to hose place and had new one made
