looking for owners of 2004-2005 Pace Arrows

saber wrote:
Electrical Question
The two kitchen 110 outlets are putting out low power--around 92 volts. I have fiddled around with the electrical system for a couple of days and have concluded that the circuit breaker is not the problem, and interestingly enough, the bathroom 110 GFI outlet, which is on the same circuit, reads 112 volts. I have dropped all power off of the coach; checked every fuse, and followed the wiring as much as I can with nothing unusual found. Anyone had a similar problem, or any good ideas before I schedule our PA into the dealer?

Had the same problem and it almost caused a fire, it did melt the outlet. If your wiring is the same as my 37C, the circuit runs from the breaker to the GFI outlet in the bathroom, then goes to the outlet inside your water/electric basement compartment outside. Then it runs to a junction box in the kitchen sideout wall then to the kitchens outlets. (As you can see I had fun tracing this)

My problem was the outlet in the water/electric basement compartment. The hot wire came loose and was shorting out inside the outlet box. I would check there, Fleetwood used a cheap outlet and the wire just came out. Then I would check inside the junction box behind the slideout wall. I had to remove the wood inspection plate then started bring in the slideout until you see the junction box.

Electrical Question
The two kitchen 110 outlets are putting out low power--around 92 volts. I have fiddled around with the electrical system for a couple of days and have concluded that the circuit breaker is not the problem, and interestingly enough, the bathroom 110 GFI outlet, which is on the same circuit, reads 112 volts. I have dropped all power off of the coach; checked every fuse, and followed the wiring as much as I can with nothing unusual found. Anyone had a similar problem, or any good ideas before I schedule our PA into the dealer?

After reading about the springs and bumpers I crawled under my PA 37C and found the rear leaf springs sitting on the bumpers. I haven;t experienced a hard ride yet, but I called Workhorse and they confirmed that there should be a 1 1/2 to 2" gap. I've scheduled service at a Workhorse facility for April 8. Will let you know the outcome.

Had the short 815 awning fabric replaced with the 845 fabric. Awning now opens fully with arms straight. Still have problems with rain puddling in center of awning. At the Tampa RV show I noticed that all the high end RV's (Prevost, Newell, etc) have awnings that come out almost flat and they all have a couple of brass grommeted holes to allow for drainage. I decided to try it myself. Made hole in awning at low point and installed a brass grommet. Looks like it should prevent the swimming pool effect. Haven't had a good rain storm to check it out yet. Will report back when I do.

Jim,
I was under my P/A today working on the slideout's and I remembered the passenger side rear had about 1 to 1 1/2 off the stop. I am going back tomorrow and I will check the rest.

Jim, go to www.irv2.com and go to the Workhorse forum and ask. They will be able to tell what it should be and what you can do to fix the problem.

Subject: hard ride....bad springs?

The quality of the ride in our 2004 Pace Arrow has been deteriorating recently. For awhile we thought it was just California roads, but I knew it was time to replace the shocks after 4 years and 50K miles. But unfortunately new shocks didn't help at all. Now the ride is unbearable! Drawers and doors that haven't come open since the Alaska Highway are coming open, significant squeaks are coming from the living area, one (maybe both) the corner braces of the shower enclosure has broken, etc. We knew something serious was wrong when our 110-pound Golden Retriever climbed on the dash to escape the noise and bumps!

I took it back to the shop that installed the shocks, complaining about their overly stiff ride. They say it's not the shocks, but the springs. They showed me that the chassis is resting on the "bump stops". I had a mechanic friend come to look at it today and he verified that diagnosis. We found another Workhorse-based motorhome in the storage yard; it was at least 2 inches off the "bump stops".

I got the coach weighed this afternoon. It's well under the published load limits.

Has anyone else found their coach sitting on the bump stops?

Rich & Cheri' wrote:
The connector I'm referring to for the wipers is a black plastic block at the end of an approximately 6" pigtail from the motor. It's located above the motor and must be reached using 2 hands, one up from each side of the motor. There are 4 brass spades in the male end. I'm assuming that most all 37C PA's have a similar installation. Hope this helps.

I look for it, I have a 36B, hopefully its similar. Thanks
(Don't know why my signature isn't showing up??)

The connector I'm referring to for the wipers is a black plastic block at the end of an approximately 6" pigtail from the motor. It's located above the motor and must be reached using 2 hands, one up from each side of the motor. There are 4 brass spades in the male end. I'm assuming that most all 37C PA's have a similar installation. Hope this helps.

Meme&Ray wrote:
Thanks for the info. We have had that happen before too and never were able to get to the bottom of the problem.

Meme

Rich & Cheri' wrote:
Had an interesting experience. Twice now I've used my windshield wipers during a heavy rain and they wouldn't turn off afterwards. Had to disconnect the power under the frony cowling. The first time when I got home I reconnected the power the wipers were OK. This time I figured maybe water was getting into the connector. When I looked into the male end of the connector block I could see some greenish corrosion of the brass connection blades. I scraped it out and wiped out the area with alcohol on a Q-tip. Seems to have fixed the problem. If anyone has a similar problem, the connector is up under the down slope for the dash, just above the wiper drive motor. It is accessed from the ouside with the "hood" up.

Which side of the connector are you referring to, where it plugs into the wiper motor or the opposite side?

dcbrewer wrote:
Don't know the brand in our Pace Arrow, but the top broke off the kitchen faucet set in our Fleetwood Wilderness 5th wheel, replaced with a moen single lever with spray. Fit good and water line's threaded right on.

Moen is great! I replaced both kitchen and bathroom faucets in my P/A with Moen. Anytime something goes out they will mail you the part free for as long as you own it. I have been getting free parts for years for my house Moens.