desertdeals69
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It could the carb. If fuel was not treated and is old chances are you have a plugged oriface. When we were an Onan dealer it was less expensive to replace the carb with a new one than to try to repair the old one. Success rate was less than 50% and with the cost of labor It made a better choice.
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17 hours ago, wayne77590 said:Drill a hole in each corner the diameter of the awing rod. Use the rod to position the blocks. Holes should not be a problem for the hard rubber.
I've been doing it that way for over 40 years.
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When the inner dual blew did you run any distance. If you did more than a few feet the outer dual is also toast. Your tires are over 6 years old so I would replace all. I have been using Toyos at about 2/3 the cost of Michelins.
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The OP was about storage maintenance not after a days usage. In your case just get a smart charger
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43 minutes ago, FIVE said:I hope you read the fine print on the HF "maintainer." I don't know if this is still true, but they did offer one unit of the trickle charge variety that will maintain a fully charged battery, but will not bring one that is not fully charged up to a full charge.
That is correct. Why wouldn't start with a full charge to begin with?
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I use an inexpensive battery maintainer from Harbor Freight for my chassis batteries. Float charge from the inverter for the house Lithiums.
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I installed Koni shocks on my Discovery and what a difference in the ride. I have some 115K miles on the original shocks.
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3 hours ago, F433921 said:The defrost cycle is not a function of time like the old school refrigerator.
The Samsung RF18 is a high tech unit that uses a micro processor to control the defrost cycles. The refrigerator and freezer sections have separate evaporators and are controlled independently. Defrost cycles are only activated when icing is detected and duration of each cycle is variable.
Since the evaporator icing is occurring on both the refrigerator and freezer evaporators, it's leading me to believe that the problem lies with in the micro processor. The only reboot option is to interrupt power to the unit. have tried this with no success. I have run the self diagnostics and no faults have been detected in the temperature sensors and the only component common to both the refrigerator and freezer defrost is the microprocessor.
Jim
I did not give a description of the timer mechanism. What I was saying is if you monitor the current to the defroster heater, assuming they are ok, then you can tell where the problem is. Measure the current and time to verify the circuit.
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About 5 years ago I had my ISB quit running and wouldn't restart. I was about 150 mile east of Kingman Az on I40. I called my insurance company State Farm and they had a roll back come and pick it up in about 3 hours. I drove my tow car which was on a dolly back to Kingman behind the tow truck. Everything went like clockwork.
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It might be the defrost timer. Seen that before.
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You need to correct the communication problem between the dish and receiver. Make sure the dish is locked on the right satellite.
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I would never store an RV without using a garage or at least a roof. My last 3 motorhomes have been in the garage I built in 88. They don't deteriorate like when left outside.
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I think Aquinby3 is referring to the members stoppin' spots listing in the Jan issue of the magazine.
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If it takes more time to do the same job because its a motorhome you should pay more but not more per hour just more because of more time.
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I would think that if the charger is in the float mode it wouldn't be charging 45 amps.
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What is the pressure and volume of the campground water?
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If they are over 5-6 years old replace them.
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What is wrong with the jack?
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1 hour ago, HasteMaker said:Anyone know if "Atwood" is still in the jack leveling business? I have done a google search & not found anything.
Are they all electric?
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5 hours ago, wolfe10 said:Largest steam engine ever built has been restored and is on a tour of the western U.S.
Saw it in Houston today-- viewing is FREE.
https://www.up.com/media/releases/190905-big-boy-southwest.htm
The schedule: https://www.up.com/heritage/steam/schedule/index.htm
If you want to see REAL HP, go to this Youtube video. A diesel freight train stalled out on a steep grade in Wyoming. Big boy was behind it and pushed it over the summit.
About 1:30 into the video watch the drive wheels carefully. You will see all 8 driving wheels break loose and reconnect with the rails. So, wheel spin with 8 wheel drive and 1.2 million pounds on it! DUDE!!!I was in Cheyenne the day it pulled into there to start its rebuilding.
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13 hours ago, sgtjoe said:I have a 2000 Freedom Inverter in my 2001 National Tradewinds but I just installed a residential fridge and this inverter is a MSW. The fridge doesn't run off of it. Fridge is a Haier 9.8cf. My question is while traveling I would need to run the genny to keep the fridge cool, so I've been thinking of having a smaller PSW inverter installed. If I did this can I bypass the current inverter and only let the PSW run the fridge. Any thoughts as how I could do this or should I take her in and have it done?
I installed a Haier 9.8 in my coach about 3 years ago and the compressor failed in 7 months running on a pure sine wave inverter. The factory said there is no warranty when installed in a motorhome. I put the Dometic back in and later sold the motorhome. My current coach had a Dometic side by side and was 32 inches wide. I installed a Insignia brand 10 cu ft with freezer on the bottom and built a slide out pantry using the rest of the width. I run a pure sine wave Xantrex 3000 watt inverter.
You could run a 400 watt pure sine wave inverter and wire it directly to the fridge so thats the only thing running off of it.
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You will lose about 1/2 volt through a diode. Its not comparable to judge the brightness from the truck when its running to when you are powering the lights from the motorhome. You have 13.5 to 14.3 volts from the truck vs the same voltage from the motorhome but the 35 to 45 feet of number 16 or 18 gauge wire drops the voltage.
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You need to weigh your coach. Then look up the correct pressure according to the tire mfg specs. The factory weight is probably not correct.
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I would check the battery voltage when the pump is running.
Onan RV QG 5500 won't start
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The Onan carb does not come apart like a normal carb. For the most part its pressed together and you destroy it if you take it apart. We were in that business for some 20 years with hundreds of carbs experiences.
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