Winnebago Warrior furnace pooped out
Hi All.
A little background- I bought a one owner 1990 Winnie Warrior on a Toyota chassis. It's a 1 owner but the owner that survived the other was a woman who parked it for 3 years. That in itself created some issues like tires that looked good but really weren't, etc. but I was OK with that as the price and condition were good. I've since replaced all the tires, major tune-up, ball joints and more. Again, it's money but well spent IMHO.
A couple of other items took some figuring out but I did. I replaced the fridge burner so it would run on propane and all I paid for that was a tremendous amount of swearing and a few parts. Same with the furnace which was caked with mud dauber nests and the squirrel cage was real tight. I took the furnace out, cutting the power supply wires to be re-spliced later. Again, only frustration and swearing were the cost and when I re-inserted the furnace it ran perfectly until....
I was in a very cold environment recently and the furnace would make a real hi-pitched squeal before settling down in a minute of 2 and then running normally. Someone complained about the squealing in the middle of the nite so I thought to remove the furnace again and ck. it. The squirrel cage had been lightly contacting the sheet metal housing, causing the squeal so I repositioned it and oiled the motor shaft, rebuilt it and spliced the power back, reinserted it into its hole and....nothing.
If you don't know this make, Atwood, and the RV you wouldn't know that there is absolutely no access to the furnace w/o disconnecting the gas, cutting the power wires and jimmying it out of its hole. There are no panels, no access from behind the bench seat, nothing.
I'm wondering if I forced some power supply wire in the hole, into which I cannot see well at all with the furnace out (much less get my hands in there!), to separate, break, disconnect. I have power from the coach battery but nothing to the thermostat or the power wires to the furnace (which I can ck. w/a multi-meter where I cut them). The fuse looks fine and the circuit breaker isn't tripped. No power to the fuse though at the control center. All other electrical gadgets work fine from lights to anything using shore power.
Any ideas? I'm planning to pull the furnace out again and see what I can as far as power supply but short of that I'm at a loss.
Many thanks for any help and happy camping!
A little background- I bought a one owner 1990 Winnie Warrior on a Toyota chassis. It's a 1 owner but the owner that survived the other was a woman who parked it for 3 years. That in itself created some issues like tires that looked good but really weren't, etc. but I was OK with that as the price and condition were good. I've since replaced all the tires, major tune-up, ball joints and more. Again, it's money but well spent IMHO.
A couple of other items took some figuring out but I did. I replaced the fridge burner so it would run on propane and all I paid for that was a tremendous amount of swearing and a few parts. Same with the furnace which was caked with mud dauber nests and the squirrel cage was real tight. I took the furnace out, cutting the power supply wires to be re-spliced later. Again, only frustration and swearing were the cost and when I re-inserted the furnace it ran perfectly until....
I was in a very cold environment recently and the furnace would make a real hi-pitched squeal before settling down in a minute of 2 and then running normally. Someone complained about the squealing in the middle of the nite so I thought to remove the furnace again and ck. it. The squirrel cage had been lightly contacting the sheet metal housing, causing the squeal so I repositioned it and oiled the motor shaft, rebuilt it and spliced the power back, reinserted it into its hole and....nothing.
If you don't know this make, Atwood, and the RV you wouldn't know that there is absolutely no access to the furnace w/o disconnecting the gas, cutting the power wires and jimmying it out of its hole. There are no panels, no access from behind the bench seat, nothing.
I'm wondering if I forced some power supply wire in the hole, into which I cannot see well at all with the furnace out (much less get my hands in there!), to separate, break, disconnect. I have power from the coach battery but nothing to the thermostat or the power wires to the furnace (which I can ck. w/a multi-meter where I cut them). The fuse looks fine and the circuit breaker isn't tripped. No power to the fuse though at the control center. All other electrical gadgets work fine from lights to anything using shore power.
Any ideas? I'm planning to pull the furnace out again and see what I can as far as power supply but short of that I'm at a loss.
Many thanks for any help and happy camping!
