Engine won't start

[tom68]

2005 georgie boy pursuit Triton V10

When I tried to familiarize my self with the bigfoot leveling system the other day I just retracted them all and went in the house.
Now today I was going to try it again.
Now the coach engine will not start. 12 volts on all batterys.
The same thing happend at the dealer when they were messing with the levelers. the engine wouldn't start they fixed it and said it was a bad starter solinoid. I think some kind of fuse is blowing.

Any ideas? I have a warranty so they will need to fix.
Just wondering if anyone else has had this problem.

[tom68]

Thanks everyone

[tom68]

Yup , bad starter the dealear replaced it. Works good so far.

[tom68]

The battery is charged.
It worked yesterday after I cleaned the cables.
This morning it is back to just a click . Yes everything lights up.

[rockhillmanor]

V10 has about 6 solenoids. One is attached to the starter as one unit the others are placed all over under the hood.

I experienced the same as you did. It was the solenoid mounted on the fender wall. :R

I had mobile repair out and he knew right away what the problem was. I turned the key as he checked out each solenoid until we found the one that wasn't working. Inexpensive part.

Just pray it is not the one attached to the starter because you have to buy the complete starter assembly for that one.

What happened to the good old days when vehicles had ONE starter solenoid. :B

[ArchHoagland]

When you turn the key to start do all your dash lights come on or is it totally dead?

Do you hear any clicking?

I agree with midnightsadie...put a charger on your engine starting battery and see how long it takes to charge.

[tom68]

I don't think I fixed the original problem . It did start after cleaning the terminals and cables.
They are coming out to look at it. I'm glad about that.
Thanks Guys I'll keep you posted If they find anything else.

[Dale_Traveling]

Give the starter a couple of firm strikes with a dead blow hammer or rubber mallet. If the starter now works order a replacement before if dies completely. Lot a heat in the area from the exhaust that can degrade a starter over time. I suspect this is what the dealer did to get you off the lot.

If it doesn't work after a couple of tries measure the volts at the battery post and then on the terminals checking for a difference. If you get a difference clean the terminals. Also check the heavy terminal on the starter and the engine block ground cable. You want the same volts as at the battery terminals.

If everything checks out then there's a problem with the start circuit that is a little more difficult to troubleshoot via a forum thread.

[Roman_Duck]

Make sure your jacks are fully retracted. On ours, the engine will not start until the jacks are fully seated in the travel position.

[tom68]

Will do. but I thought that the emergeny start feature would start it even if they were dirty.

[full-timer]

Clean the + and - connections on the chassis battery and connecting cables are clean. install and tighten the cables then see if that will do it.

[tom68]

The batterys have 12 plus in them. All three.

I tryed the emergency start feature nothing just a click.
When they were showing us how everything worked . He was showing me the leveling system ran all of the feet down and back up. Then the engine would not start. The next day he said he put a new starter solinoide on an then it worked. Now I am out in my driveway playing with the leveling and the same thing engine will not start.

[midnightsadie]

just for fun put a battery charger on for a few hours then try, some thing wrong here.

[Kayteg1]

Leveling systems suppose to operate on house batteries, not on chassis batteries.
Meaning if normal jack operation is leaving you stranded- there is something pretty wrong there.
Let them come and fix it on warranty.