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Re: Class A Motorhome Wont Start!
Thank you for some all of your advice. I am an Aircraft Mechanic/ Avionics I know how stuff works I understand power and how to trouble shoot. Sorry for confusing some people. I was confused at all the different stuff. I just need suggestions cause im new to this life style. and i dont know where anything is and finding parts is like finding a needle in a haystack! its a very old RV! Im new to RVs. The old gentleman who sold it to me didnt show me much. I dont want to shotgun parts at it. Im not familiar to who to contact and where to go. Yes Im tight on money and on a time limit. got laid off stuck in an overpriced park $340 wk. and i have to budget so i can drive 900+ miles to a new job. Everyone is booked up for appoint. Camping world is giving me the run around. wont do this wont do that? so yes i wanted some quick help to get it started. Thanks to all of you yes there are 4 house batteries different compartment, next to the inverter and converter/charger. One 12V Starter deep cycle battery and one huge chassis battery. in the engine compartment. house batteries read fine. The starter battery was bad the store checked it out it was drained so we bought a new one. They sold us the wrong one. yes they sold me golf cart battery, but i got that fixed and returned it for the correct battery and a professional. Thats when after 24 hrs we have no power on to start it. I stated in my first post im confused of what everyone is saying. My first thought is simple straight to the power and grounds. Then Im gonna work from there. i just need advice to help work this out while i Wait ps I did try the emery button pressed it in to see what happened and yes it will try to crank but to weak.731Views0likes0CommentsClass A Motorhome Wont Start!
Hi everyone I am a newbie been living in my RV since August 2015. I have a 1990 Safari Ivory 38 ft long Diesel Pusher. Its A Cummins/OshKosh Chassis? I keep reading these forums and i know this has been answered but im getting confused. Any ways I am having power issues. The dash lights and nothing will come on when the key is in ignition. It wont make any sounds no gauges nothing. The exterior lights will come on. History, I bought in Aug 2015 camped out for a few months in a few places no issues with power anywhere. Till middle of oct when we stayed in one location for 28 days. When we tried to start nothing happened. So we did the easiest thing fist check the battery. no voltage. So we went to store got another deep cycle starter battery (golf cart), We were able to start and drive fine to our next location. everything was fine till a few weeks later when we tried to start it just to make sure it was still working. nothing again. so we jumped it. got it started. Then we had to move a couple of times due to spaces and different locations for the winter every time we had to jump it. The other day we went to a store returned the Deep cycle battery found out it was completely dead so i traded it for the correct deep cycle stater battery for the rv. everything turned on no worries. 24 hrs later we tried again to get things fixed before the next move. Nothing no sounds no lights nothing. Im beating my head? Do we take the chassis battery out to get looked at? Do we try to find the ignition switch and change that? do we try to find the ignition solenoid? What do I do.. I need it fixed ASAP and cheapiest things first. Im having difficulties finding any schematics of this model anywhere. Where can I download one for the future. Its such an old RV im worried no one will have parts I have 3 days to fix. Please Help anyone, I need advice Thank You:h5.5KViews0likes19Comments
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