Went to leave Sequoia NP this morning and our hydraulic slides won't come in and our jacks only retracted part. We've checked all the fuses and talked to a tech at our dealer. Our only thought is the hydraulic pump died. When you try to retract jacks I can hear the pump make a little click...but nothing. We've called Coach Net and have a tech coming on Monday. Any other thoughts on what our problem could be?
On the positive note: there are worse places to be stuck than a beautiful national park.
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Ed and Jaime, 3 kids, 2 greyhounds
2014 Berkshire 400BH
TOAD: 2002 Ford Explorer
Does your pump have a solenoid bolted right beside the motor? if so you can jump with a screwdriver across the two big terminals , one is battery and the other is activated when the solenoid closes contacts) if the motor or pump runs then your solenoid is sticking or is bad mine has this same setup
My 2008 also has a manual pump, but I haven't ever tried to figure out how it works. I guess I had better figure it out now that I've said something about it.
do you know if it has the allen hex bit emergency slot on the end of the motor? my goody kit had one that came in it it is about 10 in or so and is flexable as to use a power drill to run the pump to allow an emergency retraction i can get a pic of the bit tool from my kit
it's no big deal anyway the service guy should have a solenoid on his truck and or fuses and i bet he will test it , those solenoids do go out a lot on autos and are very inexpensive as apposed to a motor or pump.after all your at the best waiting room in the world
The solenoids were fine. Tech thinks the motor went bad. Was able to get our slides in and jacks up and we are driving to their shop. Of course we can't find a replacement motor, Equalizer seems to be closed because of the east snow. Gotta love RVing!
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Ed and Jaime, 3 kids, 2 greyhounds
2014 Berkshire 400BH
TOAD: 2002 Ford Explorer
The solenoids were fine. Tech thinks the motor went bad. Was able to get our slides in and jacks up and we are driving to their shop. Of course we can't find a replacement motor, Equalizer seems to be closed because of the east snow. Gotta love RVing!
Did the technician get the slides and jacks up by using an electric drill and coupling to turn the pump? Just curious in case this happens to me sometime.
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