Hydraulic jack stuck down

there should be a solenoid valve for that jack. you need to release the pressure by opening that valve. once you do that you should be able to pry it up. check your owner's manual fir the solenoid location.

How many fingers am I holding up?

Yeah, it's sort of hard to answer questions with no more details than you've given. If you detailed answers, please give us some details with your question. Your signature is blank. Many of us show our home location, the year, brand and model of our RV and often some other information that tells you something of ourselves. Your's is blank. Ideally, if we knew the brand and year of your leveler system there are folks reading your post that have run across the same issue with those levelers. If you don't know anything about the levelers, surely you could share the year, brand, model and length of your MH (I'm guessing you're asking about a motorhome).

DFord is absolutely right. There are different jacks and manufactures and they all work different.

He states on the profile that it is a 1999 Thor Pinacle.

Many moons ago I had a repair shop, I loved the customers that came in and said the vehicle is acting weird, figure that one out!

navegator

What gets me is, He stated he had the issue before and had to pry it up. DID NOT FIX the problem and now his son has the problem. Doug

dougrainer wrote:
What gets me is, He stated he had the issue before and had to pry it up. DID NOT FIX the problem and now his son has the problem. Doug

And didn't give his son the shovel.

A jack can stick for several reasons.. The most common is lack of lubrication.
A nother is a stuck solenoid

Now solenoids come in two flavors. ONe has some kind of "Manual release" that you can operate.. Depending on the pump brand you either work a "T" handle. Others You remove a plastic cap and then screw driver it.. Others. DO NOT HAVE a manual release.

once you opreate the manual release (Do both the stuck jack AND the dump valve) You can work it up then put a floor jack under it and pump it up.

Then restore the solenoids to normal. but LUBRICATE before you do anything.

I have one "Sticky" jack.. I'll work it out when I get the rest of the system fixed.

It seems your rig came with HWH levelers and room extensions. Check name plate on the tank for model and download the manual. From your lack of info it's impossible to tell you what to do. I can guess but what's that worth?

dougrainer wrote:
What gets me is, He stated he had the issue before and had to pry it up. DID NOT FIX the problem and now his son has the problem. Doug

On the first overnight of our most resent trip we had a jack that did not retract. I pried it up and didn't use the jacks the rest of the trip. Now that we are home the jack works normally. How do you fix some thing that ain't broke?

I will clean the gland nut and seal and see what happens in the future.
Removing the jack involves 2 big Springs that I don't know how to deal with yet.

Tom/Barb wrote:

dougrainer wrote:
What gets me is, He stated he had the issue before and had to pry it up. DID NOT FIX the problem and now his son has the problem. Doug

On the first overnight of our most resent trip we had a jack that did not retract. I pried it up and didn't use the jacks the rest of the trip. Now that we are home the jack works normally. How do you fix some thing that ain't broke?

I will clean the gland nut and seal and see what happens in the future.
Removing the jack involves 2 big Springs that I don't know how to deal with yet.

Simple answer. IF you have HWH jacks and you have to PRY it to retract, then the cylinder must be replaced. When Inner seals of an HWH jack fail, they will sometimes work but if they ever fail to retract and you must lever/pry it up, that means the Solenoid is OK. Otherwise you could not pry it up. So, I would suggest you either rebuild that bad jack or replace it. Doug