Can Anyone Help??? Stuck with an extended generator... 84PT40!!!!

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Scott,
Thomas Eastham in Texas that is parting out a BB might have what you need.
Howard T., Ga., 86 PT40


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> From: "mbulriss" <mbulriss@...>
> Date: 2007/06/29 Fri PM 06:54:55 EDT
> To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] Re: Can Anyone Help??? Stuck with an extended
generator... 84PT40!!!!
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> Scott,
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> Starting to sound like a prior owner modification to remove the
> locking slider bar that I would not care for if it was mine. The
> small stop tabs at the back of the tray runners will not stop it under
> a hard stop. Seems like a few years back, someone posted about their
> genset tray sliding out and landing on the road in front of them under
> a hard braking scenario. Oooops! Anyone else remember that post?
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> Mike Bulriss
> 1991 WB40 "Texas Minivan"
> San Antonio, TX - nice and steamy right now.....
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> --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Scott Forman" <sforman@...>
> wrote:
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> > I have the light, and it comes on when I extend the tray. Strange.
> >
> > Scott
> >
> > --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Ryan Wright"
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > On 6/29/07, mbulriss <mbulriss@> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Scott,
> > > >
> > > > I don't known the answer to that. I thought all the early/mid
> > 80s
> > > > with hydraulic rams had the manual lock. Looks like I was wrong
> > in
> > > > that assumption. Someone with another 86 will have to address
> > your
> > > > question.
> > >
> > > Scott,
> > >
> > > '86 PT-40 here. I have a lock. Big black lever on the front. I would
> > > expect you should have one, too. Do you have the corresponding dash
> > > light?? I have a red light on the dash that will come on if the gen
> > > tray is unlocked. The digitel will also complain about it.
> > >
> > > I'd find out why you don't have one - previous owner modification is
> > > my guess - and get it fixed. I'd imagine this is a critical safety
> > > feature to keep the genset in the coach. You'd hate to lose the
> > entire
> > > unit into the back of a compact if you had to come to a quick stop
> > and
> > > the hydraulics decided not to hold it.
> > >
> > > -Ryan
> > > '86 PT-40 8V92
> > > Tri-Cities, WA
> > >
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