if the governor is regulating the compress and its compressing like it should thn your best bet if you already havent tried this is check the air lines or one other possible thing could be a slice or a hole in the tank itself
Which reservoir are you talking about? Are you talking about the brake chambers themselves, are you talking about the air tanks? Disconnect the discharge line which runs from your your air compressor to your air dryer. With the engine running, hold your thumb over the discharge port. If you can effectively keep your thumb over the discharge port without it being forced off, the compressor output is weak, and needs to be diagnosed.
No, they use air pressure or actually the lack of air pressure to stop the vehicle. The brakes are fully on until pressure builds up in the tank releasing the brakes. When you push the brake pedal this removes air from the system and applies the brakes.
We would need to know what type of brakes you have... S-cam air brakes, air disc brakes, air piston brakes, air wedge brakes, hydraulic drum brakes, hydraulic disc brakes... they're all different.
Air brakes are just as effective as a standard set of brakes. The advantages to air brakes are that you do not have to worry about leaking brake fluid.
It could be air in the brake line, or the brakes getting too hot from too much friction by using the brakes on a steep hill or riding the brakes, or there could be a problem with the master cylinder.
Compressed air.
The Mercury Mountaineer has hydraulic brakes, not air brakes.
George Westinghouse invented the air brakes
No. Hydraulic brakes can be either drum or disc brakes, and these two brake types are available as air brakes and air-over-hydraulic systems, as well.
Visit the following link to learn more about the difference between air brakes and regular car brakes: http://auto.howstuffworks.com/auto-parts/brakes/brake-types/air-brake.htm. In short, air brakes are made to prevent trucks, trains and buses from crashing.
supplies air to the trailer brakes to allow the operator to release the brakes
The air brakes portion of your CDL handbook.
A Lincoln Town Car uses hydraulic brakes, not air brakes.