firemanmn
Fort Myers, FL.
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RV particulars: 1997 Gulfstream Scenic Cruiser
Driveline Cummins 8.3, Allison 6 speed
Miles: 42,000
Year: 1997
Break down Description: Big Foot levelers acting erratic.
Symptoms: RR leveler would run on after it was retracted. LF and LR would continue to extend after I would stop extending on the control panel.
Effect: I manually tripped the 120 amp circuit breaker in the battery compartment and parked as level as I could for the last part of the trip.
Cause: Solenoids sticking on.
Remedy: I made a call to Quadra Manufacturing for some info and the tech was very helpful. He suggested I change the solenoids on the three levelers that were malfunctioning. I couldn’t find the exact replacement solenoids. I eventually found an after market solenoid from “Stens”. The terminals were 90 degrees offset from the original part, so I had to drill a new hole and resize the buss bar that connects the two solenoids on each leveler. It took about an hour for the first one and half that for the next two. It’s good to level again.
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tartan23455
Virginia Beach, Va
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RV particulars: 1997 Mountain Aire
Driveline Cummins , Allison 6 speed
Miles: 34,000
Year: 1997
Break down Description: Coolant leak.
Symptoms: None - Green coolant all over everything
Effect: Stranded until fixed
Cause: Plastic sight glass in reciever tank blown out
Remedy: Installed plug in hole
On first trip, decided to stop at roadside vegetable market on way to Cape Hatteras NC. After stopping and as I was doing a walkaround check, found coolant all over toad and engine compartment. Found the "PLASTIC" sight glass on the coolant reciever tank was blown out. After much searching of auto parts and hardware stores within 20 miles was able to get a tap large enough and a brass pipe plug and tap out and plug the hole. The site glass is threaded in but is a bastard thread and could not find anything that would fit it. Now I must take the cap off and stick my finger in to check coolant level BEFORE engine gets hot, or wait till it cools down as the reciever tank is mounted too high to see into.
Rick & Gail Davidson
1997 MADP
1996 Jeep GC Toad
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PrairieGirl
Oklahoma
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2003 Discovery 330 Cat Allison tranny
Our leveling jacks have recently developed a mind of their own. Sometimes they work, sometimes not. I have discovered that going through the gears (on the touchpad) I can eventually get them to extend or retract. Seems their is something NOT connecting in the neutral switch. Does anybody have any info on this kind of failure?
Ray in Oklahoma
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aaron lloyd
iowa
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You cannot plan for all that can happen on the road as the MH has many areas it,s a home on wheels but you can stock some repairs,,carry replacment belts,hoses,fuel filter,fuses,some ele tape,,mechanics wire,,if you have a gas engine stock a spare throttle cable,,you may not be able to install the parts but having them on hand is over half the battle...ll
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CA Traveler
The Western States
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Quote:Now I must take the cap off and stick my finger in to check coolant level BEFORE engine gets hot, or wait till it cools down as the reciever tank is mounted too high to see into. Buy a small round wooden dowel and use it to check the tank level.
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Bunnz
Central Coast, California
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Had an incident this summer that was a real surprise. We were driving our 2000 Trek in Washington State on a rather steep pass with the outside temperatures in the low 100s. After about 40 minutes of slow continuous climbing, the engine quit! No engine temperature increase (based on gauges), the temp would increase, fan kick in and the temp would drop. But no excessive engine temp.
After sitting for about 90 minutes, the engine started and we completed the climb over the pass and down into the valley. Following morning I had a shop replace the fuel filter and check the engine codes with only a voltage drop being indicated. Fuel filter did not appear to be plugged. Engine has run fine every since, including pulling some good passes while pulling our Toad.
Particulars: 2000 Workhorse P32 chassis,
7.4 L Vortec gas engine,
32,000 miles,
lightly loaded, ie: fuel, water, holding tanks 1/2 full.
Fuel pump in fuel tank... sure seemed to be vaporlock but this is not supposed to occur with pressurized fuel lines.
add this to your stats wherever it might fit.
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czookeeper3
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we have a 2006 Damon Tuscany motorhome w/ Cat engine, Allison transmission, 6,000 miles. lots of problems from the start, but yesterday on I70 west of Denver, CO, the engine died and the thing had to be towed. Definitely not out of diesel, mechanic not able to restart, so far do not know what the problem is. We are also experiencing leveling problems, and my favorite: the windshield is threatening to fall out at any moment. Any thoughts?
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hotjag1
Lake Chelan, Wa/Lake Havasu, Az.
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I finally read all 42 pages.
This is a very enlightening thread.
No official tally of problems has been done yet, but from memory, there seemed to be a higher percentage of rigs running good up until shutdown for a short period of time (at rest stop or refueling)and then not restarting. Seemed odd to me.
Any explanations for this?
Don
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munkalido
tualatin, or.
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czookeeper3 wrote:we have a 2006 Damon Tuscany motorhome w/ Cat engine, Allison transmission, 6,000 miles. lots of problems from the start, but yesterday on I70 west of Denver, CO, the engine died and the thing had to be towed. Definitely not out of diesel, mechanic not able to restart, so far do not know what the problem is. We are also experiencing leveling problems, and my favorite: the windshield is threatening to fall out at any moment. Any thoughts?
Sounds electrical. Don't know what to say about the windshield apart from ensuring it's sealed to avoid water damage. How's it going with the dealer/mfg?
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czookeeper3
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Turns out our first breakdown was a fuel pump thing the freightliner guys called a "Huey" (sp?). That was fixed. Then yesterday another breakdown. It's in the shop as we speak. Not sure what it'll turn out to be this time. First indication is that one problem is a computer malfunction, but that apparently is not the whole issue. As for the windshield, we had a temporary repair done at La Mesa in San Diego. When the second breakdown occurred we were headed for the Damon factory in Elkhart, IN to have the windshield issue and hydraulics repaired. What's next is anyone's guess.![[emoticon]](http://www.coastresorts.com/sharedcontent/cfb/images/mad.gif "mad")
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