Tom
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A friend was spotting me as I made a turn in a narrow street a couple of days ago. He noticed that, when I applied the brakes, air was coming out of the connector at the rear of the coach that I'd normally plug the toad air hose into. This same connector is one that I've occasionally had to jiggle in order to plug in the hose. So I suspect it's either been bad from day 1, or somehow got some dirt preventing it from fully closing. It took all of 30 seconds to replace it with a new connector I had in my box of parts.
Under normal circumstances, I'd have the toad hooked up, so air wouldn't be escaping. But, on the rare occasions when we'd drive the coach alone, there was a potential for loss of air in the system. I now have an additional item on my pre-departure checklist.
I was wondering if others do something to prevent dirt from accumulating in the connector. e.g. insert a spare spigot (like the one that's on the end of the hose from the toad), or maybe put a boot/cap over it, something like the spark plug boot we use over the spigot on the front of the toad.
Under normal circumstances, I'd have the toad hooked up, so air wouldn't be escaping. But, on the rare occasions when we'd drive the coach alone, there was a potential for loss of air in the system. I now have an additional item on my pre-departure checklist.
I was wondering if others do something to prevent dirt from accumulating in the connector. e.g. insert a spare spigot (like the one that's on the end of the hose from the toad), or maybe put a boot/cap over it, something like the spark plug boot we use over the spigot on the front of the toad.