Starting problems 1992 Safari Ivory Diesel
Hello,
I have owned this coach for approx. 2 years. When I acquired it it had no batteries at all in it, the owner had removed them the spring before the he passed away. I had no idea of what type 12v 6v 24v anyways a friend worked on it for about a day and best guess figured out which cable was pos and neg. for the starting batteries as they are both black and about 5/8ths of an inch in diameter. we later found a general owners manual in one of the cupboards which told us it was a 12 volt system. Two deepcycle 650 cca for the house batteries and two 12v 1000 cca for the chassis in parallel. The coach started fine for about a month but never seemed to turn over easily it really is not used very much, I just try to start it every month or so but the last while even though the batteries are full it won't turn over fast enough, negative cable gets extremely hot actually melted the lead a bit. When I use the battery boost it makes no difference. Not sure if it is the starter or what I really would like to be able to start this thing. So I can start to use it.
Thanks for any help,
Steve
I have owned this coach for approx. 2 years. When I acquired it it had no batteries at all in it, the owner had removed them the spring before the he passed away. I had no idea of what type 12v 6v 24v anyways a friend worked on it for about a day and best guess figured out which cable was pos and neg. for the starting batteries as they are both black and about 5/8ths of an inch in diameter. we later found a general owners manual in one of the cupboards which told us it was a 12 volt system. Two deepcycle 650 cca for the house batteries and two 12v 1000 cca for the chassis in parallel. The coach started fine for about a month but never seemed to turn over easily it really is not used very much, I just try to start it every month or so but the last while even though the batteries are full it won't turn over fast enough, negative cable gets extremely hot actually melted the lead a bit. When I use the battery boost it makes no difference. Not sure if it is the starter or what I really would like to be able to start this thing. So I can start to use it.
Thanks for any help,
Steve
