AUTOMATIC LEVELING
MI91.1070
18MAR98
AUTOMATIC RETRACT
TROUBLE SHOOTING STEPS
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7. Push the jack control switches to RETRACT. The foot of
the jack will retract while the switch is being pushed. Kick-down
jacks should stay in the vertical position.
For straight-acting jacks, the red warning light will go out when
the jack is extended less than 2 inches.
The jacks cannot retract if the pump is running. Anytime the
pump is running when the panel is on and a switch is NOT being
pushed, refer to Part 3d of the Repair Steps.
If a jack will not retract when the control switch is pushed to re-
tract, see Part 7 of the Repair Steps.
8. For kick-down jacks, push and hold the H/V switch to hori-
zontal. The jacks should return to the horizontal position. The
red warning lights will go out as the jacks swing horizontal. If
this does not happen, see Part 8 of the Repair Steps.
IMPORTANT: Anytime the master switch is turned off or the
ignition switch is turned to another position, the microprocessor
is reset. Any automatic procedure in progress must be restart-
ed.
9. Turn the ignition switch to the ACC or ON position. Push the
master switch to ON. If the system does not turn on, return to
Part 3 of the Trouble Shooting Steps. Push the Automatic switch
to AUTOMATIC LEVELING. The following should occur:
For systems with straight-acting jacks, proceed to Step 10.
a. The automatic leveling light will start to blink.
b. The pump will come on.
c. The jacks will drop to the vertical position.
d. The pump will shut off several seconds after the jacks
are vertical.
e. The red warning lights will be on.
f. The automatic leveling light should glow steady.
If any of this does not occur, see Part 9 of the Repair Steps.
10. Push the AUTOMATIC LEVELING switch to AUTOMATIC
a second time. (For straight-acting jacks push the AUTOMATIC
LEVELING switch to LEVELING the first time.) The following
should occur:
a. The automatic leveling light will start to blink.
b. For systems with automatic air dump, the air will start
to dump from the vehicle suspension. After approxi-
mately 30 seconds, the system will start to level the ve-
hicle.
c. The jacks will extend according to lit yellow leveling lights.
d. For systems with straight-acting jacks. The red warning
lights will come on as the jacks extend 2 or more inches.
e. After all yellow lights go out, the system will pause then
stabilize the vehicle. Depending on the system, the pump
will run for a specific amount of time then shut off.
a. 20 seconds for most systems.
b. 10 seconds for systems with air dump.
jacks.
11. Push the master switch to "ON". Push the automatic switch
to "Retract". The following should occur:
a. The red automatic retract light should start to blink.
b. The jacks should retract. Kick-down style jacks will re-
turn to the horizontal position.
c. The individual red warning lights will go out.
d. Four minutes after the last warning light goes out, the
automatic retract light will go out and the panel will shut
off.
NOTE: Systems without the automatic off feature will have
to be turned off manually.
If any of the above does not occur, see Part 11 of the Repair
Steps.
c. 60 seconds for Blue Bird coaches with straight-acting
NOTE: Systems with 2 position master switches must be
turned off manually.
If any of the above does not occur, see Part 10 of the Repair
Steps.
f. The automatic leveling light will stop blinking and the
control panel will shut off.
At this time it is assumed that the system works correctly
in the manual mode. Any time the pump runs with the panel
on and no switches being pushed, refer to Part 3d of the
Repair Steps. Proceed with checking the system in the auto-
matic mode.
