Help! Anyone know why generator won't retract?

There might be a lock that needs to be lifted

Ranger Smith wrote:
There might be a lock that needs to be lifted

Hmm. I've never seen a lock. Just a button to open it up and close it up.

Try starting the rig and see if it will work. Maybe a weak battery. Most of those that I have seen are air actuated and not hydraulic. Maybe low on air.

I tried starting it and with it running, not running, generator running, not running. I am going to drive it into the barn and plug in and see if it helps that way. Maybe it is more level there too. I don't know. I swear I am ready to drive this thing over a cliff.
Thank you for your suggestions.

Don't drive it over the cliff
Just drive out to Calif and leave it
I'll pay your plane ticket home

To update, I opened up the hydraulic bay and there is hydraulic fluid dripping from the fittings in there. This may be the dumbest question ever, but I am assuming that I would add hydraulic fluid to the hydraulic fluid reservoir right? That's all the way in the back of the motorhome. Ugh. And is there a specific type of hydraulic fluid to use? I have the HWH system. Slide outs seemed to work fine but leveling jacks which retracted fine, seem off now too. And thirdly, does hydraulic leak stop help/work? I called HWH as my user manual said to do that if the generator wouldn't retract and they said a tech could call me back in 2 weeks. Seriously? 2 weeks. ok then. So I have to either figure something out or cancel my trip. :(
Thanks for any help. Oh and husband is off fishing so it's just me.

See if there is adequate fluid in the system for the hydraulics to work properly. Had that problem with jacks on our coach OOOPS! Looks like we were a few seconds apart on a reply

You add DEXTRON 3 to the HWH system. Do NOT add HYDRAULIC oil. The HWH system is separate from the chassis engine system. Do not add stop leak to the system, it will gum things up. If the jacks are inop now, that points to a problem that is more than just the genset problem. Doug

Thanks. I checked the reservoir and it seems full. I don't know how it could be with the oiliness of the hydraulic bay. Inside the bay, it looks like a spray of oil on the wall and ceiling. :( The slide out rooms seem fine.
Any easy band-aid tricks? The HWH guy can't talk to me for 2 weeks and the Mobile RV service guy doesn't work on hydraulics.

dougrainer wrote:
You add DEXTRON 3 to the HWH system. Do NOT add HYDRAULIC oil. The HWH system is separate from the chassis engine system. Do not add stop leak to the system, it will gum things up. If the jacks are inop now, that points to a problem that is more than just the genset problem. Doug

So you put transmission fluid in the reservoir? Sorry to be so stupid. :(