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Generator won't shut down - gen. set slide out - akav8r - 11-01-2007 16:07 Just bought a 82 35FC. I have several issues most of them small. At this time I am dealing with a perkins 12.5 gen. set that will not shut down from inside the coach, starts fine, it will shut down from the outside. Is this shut down with a fuel flow solenoid, if so is it shut down from outside through the same solenoid? Where is this solenoid located? Slide issue. The slide is slow and sometimes will not extend, makes it difficult to shut her down then . Could this be a solenoid also or maybe an air problem, it is a air slide system. THANKS is advance. Wendel 82 35FC GA Generator won't shut down - gen. set slide out - Ralph L. Fullenwider - 11-02-2007 03:17 Good morning Wendel: The start/stop gen set switches inside are in parallel with the one on the control box. In your 82 FC I think you only have the one remote switch in the galley, perhaps one by the drivers area but not sure on that point. If you hold the stop side of the inside switch for 10 seconds does the gen set shut down then? And does the remote switch start the gen set? You can be fighting corrosion on the connectors or a broken wire in a harness or even a bad start/stop switch. You are going to need a multimeter or a toner to trace the wiring for a break in the harness. One needs a starting place so start at the end run and work your way back. Open the control box and check the connections and the wire crimps in those connectors. Inside the control box you should find a terminal strip and on that terminal strip connections 2,3,4 are your start/stop circuits. The stop should be terminal 2 and 4 is the common to both 2 and 3. 3 is the start connection. The terminal strip should be wired like this, starting with the left going to the right; the first is P or 12 vdc power then 1, 2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,20,34,38,53 you can tell the P by a wire going to the fuse holder. You fuel shut off solenoid should be on the side nearest the entry door and will be partially hidden by the exhaust header. So you now have a starting place to start your trace. As to the slide, yes it is air and you can try a couple of things there, first get a can of crc oil from Napa or a can of 3 in 1 oil, do not use WD40, then on the cylinder or on the valves, remove one air line and spray crc into the air line for about 5 seconds, then re attach the air line and air up the system, the incoming air will push the crc oil into the lines to the cylinder and lube the o-rings, you can do the same on the air valve that is located inside the frame on the far side or drivers side between the drive shaft and exhaust. There are flow control valves on there as well but am not going to go into that now. Find your manual for the gen set and there should be a wiring diagram to follow, suggest that you make a copy of that diagram in the book then put your book away and work off the copy, it is going to get messy at times. been there. Safe travels, Ralph and Charolette Fullenwider 84FC35 Duncan, Oklahoma At 03:07 AM 11/2/2007 +0000, you wrote: >Just bought a 82 35FC. I have several issues most of them small. At >this time I am dealing with a perkins 12.5 gen. set that will not shut >down from inside the coach, starts fine, it will shut down from the >outside. Is this shut down with a fuel flow solenoid, if so is it >shut down from outside through the same solenoid? Where is this >solenoid located? > >Slide issue. The slide is slow and sometimes will not extend, makes >it difficult to shut her down then . Could this be a solenoid also >or maybe an air problem, it is a air slide system. > >THANKS is advance. > >Wendel >82 35FC >GA > > Safe travels, Ralph and Charolette Fullenwider 84FC35 Duncan, Oklahoma Generator won't shut down - gen. set slide out - bluebirdsp36 - 11-02-2007 09:03 > Slide issue. The slide is slow and sometimes will not extend, makes > it difficult to shut her down then . Could this be a solenoid also I had this problem with my old 79 FC-33. I think you will find the slide runners and bearings are full of dirt. I used a power washer with hot water to flush all the old dirty grease and crud out and then used graphite grease to relube the tracks. It worked great after. Paul Cunningham Virginia 90 SP-36 Generator won't shut down - gen. set slide out - Richard Hayden - 11-02-2007 15:43 My '81 31' FC had the same problem but it was not the slide track, it was the air cylinder. That air cylinder can be rebuilt rather inexpensively. Dick Hayden - '87 PT 38 - Lake Stevens, WA - currently at Imperial LTVA, CA ----- Original Message ----- From: bluebirdsp36 To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, November 02, 2007 1:03 PM Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] Re: Generator won't shut down - gen. set slide out > Slide issue. The slide is slow and sometimes will not extend, makes > it difficult to shut her down then . Could this be a solenoid also I had this problem with my old 79 FC-33. I think you will find the slide runners and bearings are full of dirt. I used a power washer with hot water to flush all the old dirty grease and crud out and then used graphite grease to relube the tracks. It worked great after. Paul Cunningham Virginia 90 SP-36 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]