Dead bus... Help!

[Kevin Ford]

I had the same problem (intermittently) a couple of years back on my
1982 PT-40 and it turned out to be a bad crimp on the battery cable
that runs from the back of the bus to the front load center. You may
not have the same configuration on the newer machine, but it's worth
checking the main battery feed if you can find where it connects.

Kevin Ford
1982 PT-40
Richmond TX


--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, Pete Masterson
wrote:
>
> Got up this AM _really_ early in Kingman and headed east on I-40.
> Uneventful drive for 100+ miles. Stopped in Flagstaff since spouse
> wants to visit a national monument nearby. We pulled into a
shopping
> center parking lot to rest awhile and to unhook the toad --- and
> found the battery dead (learned a new lesson). Re-hooked the car
to
> the coach to drag it over to a service station for a jump AND...
>
> The bus won't start. I flipped the ignition switch ... the buzzers
> came on (as usual), then turned to the start position, the starter
> motor turned briefly -- then quit. All ignition-related circuits
are
> dead. No buzzers, no starter, nada...
>
> I checked the load center in the front and the load center in the
> back closet. Nothing obvious and no tripped breakers or blown
fuses
> that I could see. Looked in the engine compartment (back and side)
> nothing seems to be out of place. No fried wires.
>
> Is there a master fuse/circuit breaker somewhere? Any ideas.
>
> (I've called for service ... but I'd sure like to understand this
> myself, if possible.)
>
> Thanks for any comments.
>
> Pete Masterson
> '95 Blue Bird Wanderlodge WBDA 42
> Flagstaff, AZ
> aeonix1@...
>