A few tips needed on appliances in our new 1975 14ft scamper
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May-17-2014 08:09 AM
I was on this website a while back asking about what to look for when buying a trailer. Since then the one we looked at turned out to be a dud, so we kept looking and found our 1975 scamper!
Its perfect for me and my girlfriend and the dog. Now my question is it has a obviously old furnace and fridge in the trailer that doesnt want to work.
Is there any tricks to getting a pilot to light? Special ways you can clean it?
The guy we bought the trailer from mentioned that the fridge only seems to work when the trailer is sitting level? I have had the unit plugged into main power but it still didnt run. Is this something that you would expect to run on the main power? Or is it just a 12v thing?
Sorry for the big questions here and story! I Look forward to showing you some photos of how much we have renovated the trailer!
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May-22-2014 05:06 AM
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May-21-2014 07:04 PM
Also, you should realize that your rig is 39 years old and many of those years, especially the latter, the appliances have had no maintenance. I'd suggest to break down the furnace and clean everything. A wasp's nest/spider web in the intake/exhaust is all that's necessary to cause a failure.
I'd also suggest that you discard the brake wiring and install new wire, vacating any series daisy-chained layout and rewiring the brakes all with separate wires to a parallel configuration.
I've done a lot of these things when I rebuilt my rig and there are pictures and descriptions in the thread in my sig line---the Cowboy/Hilton.
Best of luck!
'71 Starcraft Wanderstar -- The Cowboy/Hilton
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May-21-2014 05:59 PM
Fridges from this era with manual controls, used a bypass thermostat that regulated the burner flame from high to low. It was always on, unlike the electronically controlled fridges of today.
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May-18-2014 07:04 PM
This is not the tandem axle trailer i was originally going to get. This is much smaller but i have noticed that the brakes have been rewired before and are now not connected. I have been driving around without the brakes and have not noticed it been overly bad to brake with it set up like this.
So you think i should try lighting it with a blowtorch?
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May-18-2014 06:30 PM
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May-18-2014 05:03 PM
I have some friends with a pilot light for their water heater. They use a blow torch to light it as nothing else seems to work.
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May-18-2014 04:00 PM
Zacvv wrote:
Does anyone know what the weight should be on a trailer for it to have brakes?
LEGALLY speaking, it varies from State to State. 2,000 pounds is a common cutoff point. Also, although you don't say what you're towing it with: tow vehicle mfr's often require brakes on the trailer if over a thousand pounds.
Side note:
Is this the tandem axle trailer you mentioned in earlier posts? If so, I think it likely came OEM with brakes, and needs them.
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May-18-2014 03:53 PM
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May-18-2014 03:44 PM
I cant hear any gas at all when i try to light the pilot.
Im buying a battery in a week so i can see if that helps get the fridge to work.
Does anyone know what the weight should be on a trailer for it to have brakes?
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May-17-2014 07:05 PM
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May-17-2014 07:02 PM
Ex-Tech wrote:
First, your refrigerator, if original, will most likely not have circuit board. Fridges from that era used manual controls to switch from gas to electric. And yes, Rav refrigerators need to be close to level to operate and if operated out of level, can be severely damaged.
Also, an absorbs ion fridge will usually take 24 hours to read operating temperature.
Yup, X3.
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May-17-2014 01:11 PM
Ex-Tech wrote:
First, your refrigerator, if original, will most likely not have circuit board. Fridges from that era used manual controls to switch from gas to electric.
Beat me to it...my 1978 trailer's still-working original fridge requires no electric power to run on propane.
Question for the O.P.: Is the trailer aluminum sided?
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May-17-2014 01:02 PM
Also, an absorbs ion fridge will usually take 24 hours to read operating temperature.
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May-17-2014 12:12 PM