vintage terry travel trailer help!!!
i just bought a terry travel trailer that looks to be a 1975 model. i cannot find any identifying numbers or such. any help would be greatly appreciated! im new to campers, and im getting ready to do ...
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That is a beauty of a project!
As far as manuals go, don't bother looking for the Terry manual. The manufacturers tend to not put any real specific info on your trailer in them. That includes how your tanks are setup, wiring and appliances..
What you want to find is the appliance manuals, you need to take a look at each appliance and locate the name and model number. Once you have that you simply do a Internet search. Many appliance manuals are available via Internet..
For that vintage, I would highly recommend replacing the "converter" which is basically a large 12V powersupply. The converter takes 120V AC and converts it to 12V DC which supplies 12V to all of your 12V lighting, furnace and such. The converter also does double duty by recharging your battery on the trailer.
Your current converter will be an old style "linear" type and most likely will not function correctly without a 12V battery attached.
New converters use a switching power supply and add three stage smart charging which really helps with reducing water usage of your battery...
I would recommend rewiring the electric brakes, good chance that you will have broken or badly corroded connections which will reduce the strength and reliability of the brakes. While you are rewiring the brakes I would highly recommend replacing the factory wire, typically they use 14 ga wire which is OK but if you replace with a heavier gauge of wire the brakes will work much better.
Good luck with your project!
As far as manuals go, don't bother looking for the Terry manual. The manufacturers tend to not put any real specific info on your trailer in them. That includes how your tanks are setup, wiring and appliances..
What you want to find is the appliance manuals, you need to take a look at each appliance and locate the name and model number. Once you have that you simply do a Internet search. Many appliance manuals are available via Internet..
For that vintage, I would highly recommend replacing the "converter" which is basically a large 12V powersupply. The converter takes 120V AC and converts it to 12V DC which supplies 12V to all of your 12V lighting, furnace and such. The converter also does double duty by recharging your battery on the trailer.
Your current converter will be an old style "linear" type and most likely will not function correctly without a 12V battery attached.
New converters use a switching power supply and add three stage smart charging which really helps with reducing water usage of your battery...
I would recommend rewiring the electric brakes, good chance that you will have broken or badly corroded connections which will reduce the strength and reliability of the brakes. While you are rewiring the brakes I would highly recommend replacing the factory wire, typically they use 14 ga wire which is OK but if you replace with a heavier gauge of wire the brakes will work much better.
Good luck with your project!
