Re: [a/s] Questions on our "new" '91 Limited.

[Jerry Flanders <jflanders2@xxxxxxxx>]

AHA!. I climbed under my '91 and see that I have a capped pipe stub
sticking out of the tank cover behind that same tire. No doubt that pipe
connects to the tank to drain it. There was even a drop of water(?)
clinging to it, so it must even be leaking very slightly. I will take the
cap off and see if that drains my tank. If so, I will get a petcock and
couple it to this pipe. I like to be able to drain my tanks and flush
thoroughly before a trip after it has been setting awhile. It will be hard
to get to, but not impossible.



>
>Also, I have a hose connection for flushing the black water tank. SNIP

>SNIP It runs water through some nozzles off a
>distribution pipe that is within the black water tank.SNIP
>

Thanks. This could be useful. Our routine was to completely fill and dump
the toilet a couple of times to flush it out, but your method sounds like
it would do a better job as long as I have a garden hose type water line to
work with (which is not usually the case at the typical interstate rest
stop, but would be the case when I pull in at a full-hookup site and need
to dump from a previous stay).


>Lastly, it has electric stabilizer jacks (which I absolutely LOVE). How do
>> I control the amount of lift on the rear ones? SNIP

>My rear jacks are a bit noisier than yours, I crank them to the ground (with
>the help of my wife), so they just touch.  Then I crank them both until they
>take the camper up a little.  Not much-just a little.  Of course these are
>the last ones to adjust...the front ones are already in place prior to this.
>When I bring the rear ones home, they just click a couple of times and I
>know they're where they belong.
>

They _might_ have pre-set the overload clutches (the thingie we hear
clicking) on the rear ones to slip/click at the "proper" amount of lift.
When the area is quiet, I have heard these click also. As an electronics
hobbyist, I often lean towards electronic solutions to my problems, and it
has occurred to me that if I simply monitored the current going to these
rear motors, I would notice the increase as soon as they started to take a
load. I might install an ammeter at the switches and see how well it works. 

I have two electric jacks in front, one on each side. I notice that later
models reverted to the one jack on the tongue. I wonder how well the two
jack installation worked out in the field - mine look awfully vulnerable
when they are stretched way out. Any movement of the trailer at all and I
would probably have a bent jack tube. You have one front jack or two on
your '93?



ANOTHER QUESTION I FORGOT EARLIER: Where is the adjustment panel for the
holding tanks monitor panel? The manual refers to calibrating a system that
was perhaps used years before, but the instructions clearly do not apply to
mine - I don't have the adjustment panel where they say it is. Most of my
monitor readouts seem to work, but the black water holding tank always
indicates 3/4, even when full _or_ empty!


I think Airstream provided a very poor manual - mine generally has no
relevance to the model I have. This is our 5th Airstream and I think the
manuals have deteriorated over the years - the earlier ones were more
relevant. 


SNIP

>Rich Walbridge


Jerry Flanders  W4UK  South Carolina