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HWH repair / locating parts
07-13-2007, 01:33
Post: #7
HWH repair / locating parts
> Kevin McKeown
> Yorba Linda, CA
> 1986 38' PT (for sale)
>
Kevin,

Just noticed that signature. Got your eye set on for a replacement?

Mike Bulriss
1991 WB40 "Texas Minivan"
San Antonio, TX



--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, krminyl@... wrote:
>
> Just a little addendum to Curt's suggestion....the kick-down
actuator is
> attached to the main piston with 2 big hose clamp-type screw clamps.
When you
> take them off, there are two little spacer button thingys that set the
> kick-down actuator piston apart from the main leveling piston. The
two spacers are
> different, and there is a small spring inside this spacers. Make a
mental
> (or written) note, which spacer goes on the top, and which one goes
on the
> bottom. They are not interchangeable. Do not lose the little
spring that's
> inside the spacer button thingy.
>
> It took Curt 15 minutes....it took me two days because I couldn't
get the
> darn button spacer (for the lack of a better term) to seat and seal
properly.
> Holding onto a slippery piston actuator (coated with trans fluid),
while
> upside down on your back, and getting the hose clamp things on was
a bear for
> me....but I did get the job done, and it's worked perfectly since.
I too
> ordered the new actuator from HWH, and got about 50% back when I
sent them my old
> one. Again, if you get a new actuator from HWH, the spacers are
taped in the
> correct spots...don't mix them up.
>
> You can download the HWH parts list and assembly diagram from their
website.
>
> Good luck...If I can do it, anybody can.
>
> Kevin McKeown
> Yorba Linda, CA
> 1986 38' PT (for sale)
>
>
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Messages In This Thread
HWH repair / locating parts - Ryan Wright - 07-11-2007, 15:33
HWH repair / locating parts - Curt Sprenger - 07-11-2007, 16:17
HWH repair / locating parts - erniecarpet@... - 07-11-2007, 20:21
HWH repair / locating parts - Pete Masterson - 07-12-2007, 05:49
HWH repair / locating parts - krminyl@... - 07-12-2007, 13:14
HWH repair / locating parts - Ryan Wright - 07-12-2007, 16:54
HWH repair / locating parts - mbulriss - 07-13-2007 01:33
HWH repair / locating parts - Ryan Wright - 07-18-2007, 06:25
HWH repair / locating parts - mbulriss - 07-18-2007, 09:56
HWH repair / locating parts - Ryan Wright - 07-18-2007, 10:53



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