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<p>[QUOTE="86scotty, post: 12275693, member: 203295"]I've had an occasional problem for awhile with my airbags and sliding tandem not working all the time, slow to build pressure. I replaced pressure protection valve and leveling valve in trailer today but still have a problem. I am getting pressure to everything in the trailer but not enough for everything to work reliably.</p><p><br /></p><p>Any idea what the pressure coming from the airlines at glad hands should be? I'm going to rig up a gauge to a glad hand tomorrow morning and test what I've got.</p><p><br /></p><p>I'm thinking the big valve on the firewall may be bad. I don't know what it's called. Has big green and red lines coming out of it, the green one goes straight under cab to trailer air line manifold at back wall. I'm thinking it's bad because if I supply air to the trailer and pull my red air line it just hisses, it does not pop closed on the dash as it should.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="86scotty, post: 12275693, member: 203295"]I've had an occasional problem for awhile with my airbags and sliding tandem not working all the time, slow to build pressure. I replaced pressure protection valve and leveling valve in trailer today but still have a problem. I am getting pressure to everything in the trailer but not enough for everything to work reliably. Any idea what the pressure coming from the airlines at glad hands should be? I'm going to rig up a gauge to a glad hand tomorrow morning and test what I've got. I'm thinking the big valve on the firewall may be bad. I don't know what it's called. Has big green and red lines coming out of it, the green one goes straight under cab to trailer air line manifold at back wall. I'm thinking it's bad because if I supply air to the trailer and pull my red air line it just hisses, it does not pop closed on the dash as it should.[/QUOTE]
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