Yahoo Message Number: 10665 (http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/supercrvgroup/conversations/messages/10665)
We pulled into Fredericksburg at 2PM and no power to the Power Gear Jack control panel. There is always something...
After set up - I began tracing the circuit board wires through the panel and out the back. Sandy found a post that said there was a fuse under the driver side kick panel, but not on my 2006 Jayco Seneca 34 SS.
I reseated the connector and tried again to trace the wires - and found them coming out the back of the driver side cab. I stopped and tried to back trace from the controller in the pass through (level sensor) but could find no matching wire bundle? [mystery revealed below].
So back on my back following the bundle and wrapping it with green marker tape every few feet. I get within inches of the pass through and the split loom was dangling against the drive shaft! The friction melted the split loom tube and severed the black wire.
Incidentally - about two feet from there - there was a junction where THEY SWITCH THE COLORS ON THE WIRES! Please.
(http://cid:tie_8CFD93E12A8B9AE_B64_2ECEE)
Drive shaft, burnt split loom, and severed black wire.
Well - a butt end splice - crimp - tape and secure AWAY from the drive shaft - and at this writing we are level with our slides out.
(http://cid:tie_8CFD93EE90626FC_B64_2ED88)
How romantic is that.
Kevin
Kevin (Real) McCoy [KF5FUZ]
("Roscoe Ventura" Jayco Seneca HD SS 34 Diesel 2006; "Toad" Jeep Wrangler Unlimited 2007)
Yahoo Message Number: 10666 (http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/supercrvgroup/conversations/messages/10666)
Sounds like a very romantic day. Thanks for reporting it on this site as now it give us a chance to crawl under our motorhomes for a little preventitive inspection.
Mark
Yahoo Message Number: 10667 (http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/supercrvgroup/conversations/messages/10667)
Hope you got it fixed in time for a romantic dinner. We had a great 32 oz T bone steak dinner at the Red Barn last night.
Best
Ron Hall
Yahoo Message Number: 10671 (http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/supercrvgroup/conversations/messages/10671)
Kevin - my Jacks have been nothing but ptoblems since the day we picked up our coach (same unit as yours) it has been back to the dealer 3 times for the same problem in 9 months.....my panel keeps going into alarm and indicates jacks are down (which they are not). The latest cure has been the replacement of a float switch - we will see....
Yahoo Message Number: 10673 (http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/supercrvgroup/conversations/messages/10673)
Yes, I lived through that. I think it was the design switch from a vertical to horizontal reservoir that caused the issue. The solution in my case was a slight overfill of the tank.
Also switched to Mercon V for improved performance in cold weather.
Hope your problems are resolved.
Kevin
Yahoo Message Number: 10684 (http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/supercrvgroup/conversations/messages/10684)
I hope it was as GREAT as before !!!
From: ronjhallsr
To: KodiakChassisClassC@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, February 15, 2013 8:56 AM
Subject: [KodiakChassisClassC] Re: How I spent Valentines day - Or learned to love the Jacks
Hope you got it fixed in time for a romantic dinner. We had a great 32 oz T bone steak dinner at the Red Barn last night.
Best
Ron Hall