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After the recent tire problem, we decided it was time to monitor the tires.
Thanks to Professortom and Ron Ton for helping me with my options.
In this picture I would have preferred the control panel to be straight but there just wasn't a suitable area.
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This is easy to see and easy access for checking presssures.
When you start the diesel for warm up, you just operate the up button and it selects each tire and displays the pressure. You only have to deal with the low one or ones and it directs you directly there.
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This picture shows me looking at the left front tire pressure on the MH. That was the primary reason we went with this system. Others would give you an alarm if the tire was low but you didn't get individual tire pressures.
Notice the left inner dual is not displayed. I will explain this later. I haven't programmed it in yet.I had a damaged valve stem I didn't know I had and have to get it changed before I can activate that wheel.
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This is looking at the bug tires.
You can tell by the lower pressure, but actually the red light flashes over the tire you are looking at.
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If you are not towing you can disconnect the tow, so you don't have to deal with it.
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Rear Sensors
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No problem with the clearance on the rear duals.
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Bug Sensors.
My biggest concern with buying the Pressure Pro System was the cost of the sensors. $ 50.00 each. The batteries are stated to last 3 1/2 years. Because the sensors are enclosed, everyone assumed you couldn't replace the batteries and had to buy new sensors in 3 1/2 years. When I talked to the dealer, they said when you get a low battery alarm you just send the sensor back to the factory and they replace the battery. Around $12.00. I can live with that.
The best price I could find for the complete 10 sensor system was $ 690.00.

Big Bad John & Runaround Sue & Paris This message was edited by johnchurn on 5-26-06 @ 9:54 PM
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Once you set the system up you have to keep track of what sensor is where because it remembers the original pressure and alarms in when it drops 12%. So if you interchanged a 110 RV sensor by mistake on the bug, on the first scan it would see 32 lbs and alarm in.
I have a couple of rims on the bug, they are two piece, that cause the pressure to leak off over time. I need to get this under control because I don't want to deal with the alarms when the MH is sitting. If you leave the system plugged in and any of the tires leak down, it alarms in even though you are not there. I probably will solve this temporally by unplugging the power on the Pressure Pro unless I am using the RV.
When you are driving and the pressure drops below the set range, you get a beeping alarm over the suspect tire and a pressure read out. If you get an alarm with zero pressure, you probably just had a blow out and you need to get off the road immediately. This is what the system is all about.
I have an appointment next Tuesday to replace the extension on the inner dual.
Actually what caused the problem was the spring that holds the extension off the wheel cover shifted to the side and was rubbing against the wheel cover. Over time it wore a hole thru the dust cap and then started to wear halfway into the threaded valve. Because the hole is above the rubber seal of the valve stem, it didn't cause a problem.
The reason it is a problem now is when you screw on the sensor and it pushes the air plunger and forms a seal to measure the air pressure, the threads are worn thru in that area and it leaks around the sensor.
Only I could have that kind of problem. Nothing is ever simple.
From what I see it looks like money well spent. I'll let you know after a couple of trips. Hopefully I won't have to do any fender repair on the next trip.
Here's my baggies I made up to keep in the Pressure Pro folder, so when I need to take off the sensors I know where they go when it comes time to put them back on. I already have the driver inner dual in its bag. It's been set and is ready to go as soon as I get the valve extension replaced.
I can't find this picture. I took small plastic bags and marked which wheel on each bag. When I take them off and store them, it allows me to know where they go when reinstalled
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John - From your explanation it sounds like you'd get a low pressure signal if one of the sensors loosened, hopefully giving you the chance to prevent a $50 sensor loss. Do you think it would work this way? Good luck. - Dave
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