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april10
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Dec 05, 2013

1990 Southwind Motorhome starting problem cont'd

A couple of wks ago I wrote about a problem with our MH starting, but dying within 15 secs or so. My husband hasn't had a chance to look at it, but now that he's laid off, we need to fix it and hopef...
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Spizzer
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Dec 05, 2013
You need to nail down what is really going on, electrical or fuel. The fact that it doesn't start on the first crank is suspicious. I lean towards fuel.

I would try giving it a shot of ether down the intake right at the first crank. If it fires, then you have a fuel problem. If you can keep it running with short bursts of ether, again confirms a fuel issue.

Good luck, let us know how it progresses.

Jeff

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