Dash air doesn't work
Need to pick your collective brains. A friend has a 2007 Itasca Sunova 26P Class A on a Chevy Workhorse chassie. Her dash air conditioner/heat control panel needs to be replaced (so she have been tol...
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I had a vacuum failure in my '90 Bounder and the control was from a Dodge Dart. I think that Winnie is a little more on top of things than that so here's how to start;
Go to the Winnebago.Com site and download the parts catalog for that model.
Make sure the part is available, it probably is from Lichtsinn. Don't buy it yet because you probably don't need it, it's just for knowledge in case it is bad. Knowing you can mess something up and have access to a replacement is comforting.
Buy a Mighty-Vac hand vacuum tool, or one from HFT.
Remove the vacuum lines one at a time from the control, using the M-V check for leaks and return good lines to the controls and replace any bad one with black rubber hose as noted above.. I'll bet you find the leak or bad activator motor real fast with the M-V.
I would take a couple pictures and label any lines you replace with the color of the original line or the vacuum motor it goes to.
Photographing the back of the control with all wires, cables and vacuum lines and labeling any lines replaced with a black hose is just a precaution for trouble shooting in the future.
When I had a failure with the Bounder, the workers(not really techs) never checked for leaks. When I got it home I went to an Auto AC shop and picked the owners mind. He said it was simple and it was. You just have to have faith in yourself. If your friend doesn't want to do it himself, go to any GOOD, REPUTABLE, Auto AC shop. They really do know what to do, they just charge +/- $125.00 per hour.
Go to the Winnebago.Com site and download the parts catalog for that model.
Make sure the part is available, it probably is from Lichtsinn. Don't buy it yet because you probably don't need it, it's just for knowledge in case it is bad. Knowing you can mess something up and have access to a replacement is comforting.
Buy a Mighty-Vac hand vacuum tool, or one from HFT.
Remove the vacuum lines one at a time from the control, using the M-V check for leaks and return good lines to the controls and replace any bad one with black rubber hose as noted above.. I'll bet you find the leak or bad activator motor real fast with the M-V.
I would take a couple pictures and label any lines you replace with the color of the original line or the vacuum motor it goes to.
Photographing the back of the control with all wires, cables and vacuum lines and labeling any lines replaced with a black hose is just a precaution for trouble shooting in the future.
When I had a failure with the Bounder, the workers(not really techs) never checked for leaks. When I got it home I went to an Auto AC shop and picked the owners mind. He said it was simple and it was. You just have to have faith in yourself. If your friend doesn't want to do it himself, go to any GOOD, REPUTABLE, Auto AC shop. They really do know what to do, they just charge +/- $125.00 per hour.
