emergency start has been hardwired?
I recently purchased my camper. It is a 1990 E350 Catalina. I have been having serious issues getting her started after sitting for even a day. If I drive for more than about 2 hours she starts to die and I have to shut her off for a while.
I have solar installed so almost all of the time I am running house stuff off of those batteries. Nothing inside the camper should be pulling power from the original battery and if I switch my solar setup to all batteries off (original and solar) nothing in the camper works. (As it should be.)
After much investigation (and replacing things that were not the problem) I have concluded that the previous owner hardwired the emergency start. The button is gone and the wires are somewhere behind the dash. :-(
So, from what I can tell the start solenoid is always "on" and is killing my batteries. He has done something very odd with the wiring. The camper will NOT start from the starter battery (fully charged and brand new) with the house battery disconnected. She will start from the house battery with the starter battery disconnected. I cannot find a picture of how the wiring is supposed to be. And no, a technical schematic will not help me.:-( I have the Chilton book for it.
So, I am hoping someone can tell me or show me a picture of how this is supposed to be set up.
I am happy to post whatever pictures are needed. ANY help is greatly appreciated.
I have solar installed so almost all of the time I am running house stuff off of those batteries. Nothing inside the camper should be pulling power from the original battery and if I switch my solar setup to all batteries off (original and solar) nothing in the camper works. (As it should be.)
After much investigation (and replacing things that were not the problem) I have concluded that the previous owner hardwired the emergency start. The button is gone and the wires are somewhere behind the dash. :-(
So, from what I can tell the start solenoid is always "on" and is killing my batteries. He has done something very odd with the wiring. The camper will NOT start from the starter battery (fully charged and brand new) with the house battery disconnected. She will start from the house battery with the starter battery disconnected. I cannot find a picture of how the wiring is supposed to be. And no, a technical schematic will not help me.:-( I have the Chilton book for it.
So, I am hoping someone can tell me or show me a picture of how this is supposed to be set up.
I am happy to post whatever pictures are needed. ANY help is greatly appreciated.
