Electrical Gremlins

[Pete Masterson]

I was suspecting the relays. A previous owner has fiddled with them
sometime in the past. The jake brake originally had 3 levels (high,
med, low) but was rewired to only activate high or low (no medium). I
have some brand new relays (I got on eBay) that I can substitute in
if that seems like the problem.

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



On Dec 27, 2007, at 3:41 PM, g_man1146 wrote:

> --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, Pete Masterson
> wrote:
> <<<<<<<SNIP>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>> 2. The Jake brake has become intermittent. First noticed about half-
>> way through the trip, the Jake brake simply wasn't working while
>> crossing Texas. After staying for a month in Lockhart, the Jake
>> worked again. (I'd checked all the fuses, circuit breakers, etc.
>> and none were blown or bad.) Then it started working some of the time
>> and not -- even cutting in and out for several seconds at a time
>> while going down a hill at a constant speed.
>
> Pete,
>
> My Jake would intermittently stop working and I found that if I
> pulled the 4 associated relays out of the outside panel, cleaned the
> contacts and reinserted them, it would start working again------------
> for a while. Finally I cleaned them and put some dielectric grease on
> the relay connections and it has not cut out again since.
>
> Rich D. '99LXi43' CT
>


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