1980 35FC won't start via the ignition, please help

[bluebird3208]

John since you have done to obvious you will now have to trace the
problem out. I would start by bypassing the neutral saftery switch
on the transmission. A jumper with aligator clips is the simplist way
to do this. Be very careful getting under the bus. Do not rely ont
the air bags or jacks. If that does not do it then you will need to
trace out the problem. To save pulling the Ignition switch out
prematuraly use a test light or multimeter. have someone hold the key
over and see if you get voltage on either side of the neutral safety
switch. If you have power there than the problem is the connection
to from the neutral saftey harness to the solinoid. If you do not
have power there then I would suspect that your ignition switch has
given up the ghost. Run a continuity test across the neutral safety
switch to make certain that it is good. Then put the wires back on
it. Remove the ignition switch so that you can get to the back of it.
Leave the wires on it. Try jumping from the battery side to the
stater side of the switch if she turns over you have a bad switch.
If not you missed something underneath. One last thought... Pull the
dash and make sure you are getting a circut throught the A/T switch.

Good Luck

Jim
83 FC
Yorba Linda, ca
--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Adria Haynes"
<mrbeebody@...> wrote:
>
> Don,
>
> Thank you. I have been looking all over for something obvious like
an
> eyelet without a wire, etc. I have no idea where ANY fuse block is,
> but I did give the solenoid wire a tug, and it's secure - and none
of
> the wires behind the flip out nose door have any corrosion at all.
I
> checked every single post there and they were ALL hot with the key
on.
>
>
> --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, dspithaler@ wrote:
> >
> > John I had a problem like that a couple of years ago & &
> couldn't figure
> > it out till I was under the coach & did the same as you did.
When I
> touched
> > the solenoid a 14 gauge wire coming from a fuse block in the
engine
> > compartment dropped off the solenoid. It was completely corroded
> off. We had just
> > returned from AZ couple of months before that.
> > Don
> > 89 SP 36'
> > Butler, PA
>