JimReling
Simi Valley, CA
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This happened to a member of our RV club. After a stay of 7 days at a park in Calif his RV would not start. Removed the engine cover to find rats had moved in and chewed up all the wireing. I know lots of people that have had rats damage their RV.
Jim & Ann and our two Corgi's Scooter & Polly
2005 Winnebago Voyage 35A
Workhorse Vortec & Allison
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tedshark
Hilmar, Ca. 95324
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My breakdown the guy I bought my MH from told me about problems with fuel filter so that was my breakdown I had extra filters and replaced them on the road and when that did not help I ended up messing around with the fuses and finaly got it to go it ends up that corosion of the electrical system is a little problem the fuse that supplies power to the electric fuel pump does not have good contact so I installed an alarm indicator light from the fuel pump power wire so that when the light goes out I know I have lost power to the fuel pump and it has come into use.
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Billdh435
Holland, Michigan, USA
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I had a similar experience on our 1987 Pace Arrow. I ended up doing the same thing with the indicator light.
However, in my case, it wasn't the fuse causing the bad connection. It was the relay that picks up when the oil pressure switch closes. The main contacts on this relay are what actually supply the voltage to the fuel pump motor. When I checked the operation of the relay by measuring the resistance across the contacts, it was not real obvious that it was the problem. There was continuity through the contacts but there was some small amount of resistance there. I forget the actual numbers now, but it was not enough that it really convinced me that the relay was bad. But I swapped it out with a new one and have never had the problem again. I also replaced the oil pressure switch because it seemed a little suspect at the time too. So I can't actually say for certain exactly which of the two components was the actual culprit in my case. But what ever I did, fixed the problem so I am happy.
Bill and Betty
2000 Class C Coachmen Leprechaun Ford Chassis Triton V10
2007 Saturn Aura Toad
and our 14 year old Dachshund named Lucky
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Dave Bowers
Beautiful Eden Prairie, Minnesota
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I had a loose rivet on the 12v fuse strip so I lost all 12v until I had it fixed. I spent 1/2 trying to start my coach until I found that I had left it in park when we arrived. I also have had a broken alternator belt. I will always have Coach Net ERS service. They sent a guy who fixed the belt on the road.
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retirednp
Baytown, Texas USA
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1995 Newmar Mountainaire, Spartan Chassis
19000 miles at purchase on Feb o4
300 Cummins, 6 speed Allison
1998 Dodge Grand Caravan Toad
Problem sudden loss of all electrical on the Chassis
Solution: replaced the Battery Disconnect Selenoid (continuous duty selenoid) for the ignition
Cost $17.95 and lots of gray hair and bad nerves
I am new to this forum thing but just saw the post you made about loss of electrical on your rig. It first started out like the ac/heater fan was drawing too much voltage.This gradually became more common eventhough the selenoid tested ok, it would get hot and shut off for a few minutes until one day it would not start again. It was very unnerving to say the least in that it left us in the road twice.
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Jim@HiTek
Gresham, OR, USA
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1994 Fleetwood Bounder 36.5'
190HP Cummins Diesel Engine
96,000 miles
Previous owner was a RV rental place in Alaska
Home has had many miles from Florida through states that use salt on the roads in winter or it tended to be near the coast (rusty chassis tho not to bad according to a coach technician).
Recent problem: After picking coach up at the consignment dealer, ran fine, restarted several times.
Got it home, parked it on a 3-5 degree slope, nose down.
Next day started fine.
3rd day would not start, strong batteries, just not getting fuel. Would not start for the next week.
Neighbor and #1 son worked on coach and gave up, but did notice that an air release banjo screw on the engine was striped, would not seal and allowed air into the fuel delivery system.
Hired diesel mechanic who did some magic involving removing the output hose from the water separator and dipping it in a can of diesel fuel, pumping the lift pump, cranking it for many seconds several times, etc. finally getting it to cough to life.
Mechanic decided that the banjo screw assembly needed replacement and that the in-the-tank fuel pump wasn't working or was weak.
Ordered and replaced banjo screw, two washers and the sealing screw, $39 worth of parts, $245 for labor (including trip charge) @ $60/Hr.
Since I had a backup out-of-tank in-line fuel pump ($55, cheap insurance) with a 5-9 GPM output, I went ahead and plumbed it in near the engine while we were waiting for the parts to be delivered, bolting it to the frame and rerouting the fuel hose. Additional parts needed were fuel hose ($3.60 per foot! needed 8') brass couplers and adapters to mate the 1/4" pump with the 1/2" system ($20 or so), clamps, and electrical connectors. Got lucky and found a nearby live wire for the pump that is live during 'run' and 'start'.
Starts great now! All I need do now is place a fuel filter for 1/2" hose in front of the pump and I'm good to go.
Jim@HiTek
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1/2 Canadian
Clackamas, OR, USA
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Retirednp-
You didn't say who built your chassis. Freightliner, Spartan...?
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glasair
Pleasant Grove, UT.
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Boy I hit the wrong key and have to start all over. My rig is a 1996 Allegro, chev. 454 P30 chassis with 70,000 miles. This is a long story, but it's hard to leave out details that I'm sure someone going to ask.
It happened on I15 between Las Vegas and St. George UT. I was going through the gorge, had just came down one hill, hit a flat area and bamb. Terrible noise coming from under the rig. I couldn't stop because I was over a gorge with NO shoulder. I went another 200 feet and seen a sandy pull over spot which I did. When I hit the sand I almost stopped dead, but had managed to be off the road by only 6". I tried to start the rig and move, but nothing moved. My cell phone was dead in the area and a HP came along about 12:30 and called Camping World RS. By 5 PM I got worried about the darkness etc. and gave a May Day to truckers going by. About 7 PM a wrecker camer from St. George 22 mi. away. After hooking up he started to disconnect the drive shaft and noticed that the rear whell was coming off the axle hub. So he had to go back and get a flatbed. About 8 pm he returned and winched the MH on the flatbed. Luckily the wheel screwed back into the axle instead of coming out any further and we got it on the trailer. Upon disassembly two days later, the axle had broken, bearing failed, broken brake line etc. which left no brakes, no emergency brake, nothing. If I'd of been going downhill, I probably would of lost control of the rig and hit the ravine. There was NO prior indication that anything was wrong, no bearing squeel etc. just bamb. Camping World had called a wrecker at MP 79 in Utah to go to MP 22 in Utah. I was at MP 22 in Nevada. The HP that called also identified himself as a NVHP at MP 22. I was told that a new axle was not available and a specialist cut the old axle housing off and welded a new one on, $1600. Both wheels were rebuilt. The scariest moment of my life when looking back on what could of happend to us. I could of been going down a step hill and finding out I had NO brakes, NO tranny to downshift, NO emergency break, and with the engine quit, very difficult sterring at 60 MPH!!!! It just wasn't our time to leave this earth.
Tradewinds 1998, Cat 3126 300 HP
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Big Katuna
Deland, FL
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Got a tank of bad fuel at exit 2 in GA in July 2004. Went about 150 miles, genset started surging and engine wouldn't make power; less than 2000 rpm, backfiring, etc. Hobbled to next exit, thinking it was ignition , thought about the genset surging, guessed about the gas and filled it up with 93 octane. Started it up and it has been fine ever since, another 2000 miles so far. Bottom half of tank must have had water or something.
ALso have a weird thing going on with the front brakes. THey have performed fine the whole trip, down steep grades, etc but overheated in stop and go traffic and boiled out fluid, losing pedal. I had them bled with high temp (Castrol LMA) a year ago. Taking it in to a Commercial Ford Truck place this Wed. THey are turning freely. I measured them when the were hot with my IR temp gun; over 500 degrees. After cooling, now read nid 200's. Going to replace calipers and master cyl for starters.
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DAVE COSTA
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Last year had a 1987 El Dorado 27 footer. Was for sale had bought another. Already had new tires on it one year old and 3k miles on them. Sitting around trying to sell her . Getting ready for a trip in the other MH and had to get this one off the street. Was going to put her in a used rv.s For Sale lot and let them sell it. It was 20 miles out of town. Jump in and took off. Did not check everything. Had two rear tires go flat on the freway going about 50 mph. Both on the same rear dual. Called for Sams Tow. Went to Big O with the two flats. Seems the inside was low on air and that caused the outside one to go down. Big O replaced the two at 50% off. I took it... The rig was sold the next day to private party. I down check the tire pressure every trip, have the rig weighted , and adjust the pressure about 5 psi above the ratings for weights. I actually have a better rated tires all around, do not need to go the max. pressure.---- max. load pressure is 90 psi I get to use 75 all around and that is above the weight carring load. I can half way drive in peace.....
dave costa
1996 Aerbus 37 ft. one slide
93 sidekick toad.
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