Gerald,

You just gave me a Christmas gift.....I was not aware of the access panel under the second step. I just went out and yanked quite a bit and sure enough my step came up. It was never obvious to me that the step was removable. I had checked and added fluid with a funnel from below in the past (usually with some choice words) thinking what a crappy design

Every once in awhile another secret about these coaches gets revealed.... of course some of these secrets are probably in the manual gathering dust in the couch drawer.

later Ed

Thanks Gerald! I must have a late 98 model then.......