RV's - the sequel: Powerless

[Wingnut]

Re: RV\'s - the sequel: Powerless

we're talking a MINI motor home here Gordon ... there's almost room in the compartmnent that the genset resides in for the generator ... absolutely no room for anything else including a vom ...
looks to me like the cables go right into the "canister" of the generator. I'm assuming it's a shroud over the stator and connections ... but I won't know until I have a chance to get it up on ramps and crawl under and see what's dismantleable ...
so ... for now ... it's shorepower until I get back. No big deal as there's no room left to sleep in it anyway ... the wife wanted me to haul 2 surplus recliners down to her son in Nacogdoches (3rd stop) ... so I guess it'll be real beds. I folded down the seats to make the bed and put the recliners on the back ... so there's just enough room for one person ... as long as they're no "larger" than me ... so stretch out and catnap.
We've got 28 hours (starting in the morning) to make it from Midland Michigan to Poteau Oklahoma so that the mother-in-law can attend her sister's 93rd birthday ... so it'll be straight driving for me ... they can take turns sleeping, I guess ...

Thanks for the advice ... I'll have something (else) to do when I get back.

too bad that common sense ain't

 

[Wingnut]

Re: RV\'s - the sequel: Powerless

to make a long story really short, SHF ... nope. Haven't found the problem ground yet ... and it has to be a grounding problem ... signal lights work fine until I turn on the headlights or step on the brakes ...
I've been told the ground is a sheet metal screw ... a Winnie idiosyncracy ... but haven't located it yet. But as long as the brakeslights and lights work ... I'm not all that concerned ... won't have much time to turn anywhere anyway ... ha. I'm taking the service manual along so while the wife is visiting her kin ... I can troubleshoot.
Worst is the doggone gas gauge ... in order to check the sonsor ... I have to drop the gastank .... and that's not a minor task ... so I'll be driving on the clock ... stopping every 3 hours for gas ... better slow and safe than running out. Empty tanks and fuel injection don't mix well ...
I think when (if) I repower this puppy ... she'll get a bigger doggie bag!

too bad that common sense ain't

 

[StoneHeartFarm]

Re: RV\'s - the sequel: Powerless

Wingnut,

How about a temporary fix for the turn signals. They make trailer light packages that you put on vehicles when you are towing them. Hook a couple of those to the rear and string the wires up into the cab. Then you'd need one of the bolt on replacement signal switches. Its not elegant, but it would at least get ya where you gotta go. Just bypass the whole existing signal system and build your own, you could probably do it in a couple of hours.

Until I got a new sender in the tank on my jeep I just used a piece of wooden dowel with a "t" handle glued on the end. Shove the dowel down the filler spout, pull it out and take a look. But, on a trip you should be keeping your tanks full anyway just in case you get somewhere that doesn't have all night stations.

SHF