2005 Adventurer slide out question

[robertwk44]

howdy,

i have a 2005 adventurer 106 dbs cabover camper, its great.

my question to any other owners or someone in the know:

i can't figure out how to manually operate the slide in case of a slide motor failure or other issue. there is supposed to be a lever on the slide motor to disengage the motor like you can on the electric happijack camper jacks, but it's not there. i tried pulling the fuse to the slide to disconnect all power but that doesn't disengage the motor either.

i have called the manufacturer http://www.amlrv.com/ but they did not manufacture that year of camper, is was manufactured in canada by a company no longer in business.

thanks for any and all input,

robert

[robertwk44]

thanks for the replies, this website is a great resource

merry christmas,

robert

[AnEv942]

I doubt this may help but... ours is a HappiJac circa 2001.
Handle must be released or will not move..
However I read on your linked pdf about second person holding power switch after releasing? I don't know what that is about-sounds like a brake- ours you mechanically disengage- it free wheels-no second person doing anything or accessing switches so yours may differ. Just on the off case thinking handle possibly either broke, missing or just hidden....


This is taken laying on floor, slide is in.
When slide is out cant see this, access is thru floor. The sub floor cut out, just visible in top right of picture, aligns over motor when slide is out, removing a carpeted board gives access. Ours is full wall. Sounds like yours is partial slide-access thru seat cabinet.


This just shows lever flipped to disengage position. As the lever is on bottom of unit-when looking thru from floor side-its barley visible.

[sonuvabug]

robertwk44 wrote:
... snipped ... i have called the manufacturer http://www.amlrv.com/ but they did not manufacture that year of camper, is was manufactured in canada by a company no longer in business.

Well that's news to me. Here's a direct quote from the AML website.

"2008 - Adventurer Manufacturing Ltd. (AML) is relocated from Abbotsford, BC to Yakima, Washington, USA. The move puts AML on equal footing with competitor RV manufacturers in the US. The facility manufactures Adventurer brand Truck Campers and Adventurer brand Class C motorhomes."

The unit may have been built in Canada in 2005, but it was built by the same company ... AML! Sounds like someone there is too lazy to give you a hand ... no surprise to me. There's another current thread about the kind of after sales service Adventurer is providing. You should read it.

[robertwk44]

thanks guys,

i have the manual, it describes a motor release similar to the release on a happijac camper jack, but there is no such release on my slide motor.

i know where the manual crank opening is, i have tried to use the crank with the power cut off to the slide motor but it is still locked.

[billyray50]

On my model the manual crank opening is on the driver side rear of the camper. It has a cap cover over the opening. TC is in covered storage and will try to get a picture.

[jimh406]

I don't know if you have your manual or not. Looking around, it seems to be available as pdf here. http://www.amlrv.com/site/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/2005_Adventurer_Truck_Camper_Owner_Manual.pdf

If that doesn't have what you need, I'd look at some other years. Perhaps, they have a better example. http://www.amlrv.com/contact/alp-owners-manuals/