Dead bus... Help!

[Pete Masterson]

Another winner! I owe some folks a case of beer.

Thanks.

Pete Masterson
'95 Blue Bird Wanderlodge WBDA 42
El Sobrante CA
aeonix1@...



On Apr 2, 2007, at 11:09 AM, Ralph L. Fullenwider wrote:

> Hi Pete:
>
> A couple of questions to consider;
> 1. What voltage is your dash DC gauge say?
> 2. Will the Gen set start?
>
> If you have 12.5/13.1 vdc on the gauge, then I would try going to
> the rear
> start switch and try to start form there. If it won't turn, check the
> grounds, especially the one between the starter and frame and the
> starter
> and the start solenoid. The rear/off/front toggle switch has been a
> bad boy
> in the past.
>
> Just tossing some ideas, but if the starter gave you 1/2 turn I
> would put
> my money on the ground strap.
>
> Safe travels,
>
> Ralph and Charolette Fullenwider
> 84FC35
> Ralph's RV Solutions, Duncan, Oklahoma
>
> At 10:14 AM 4/2/2007 -0700, you 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@...
>>
>>
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