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Electrical Problems/ Re: Dick+list.
Dick Rettke
A hobby it shall be for me, except for holding tanks haha. -=dr=-
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From: <jacka2@...> To: <toyota-campers@...> Sent: Sunday, March 04, 2001 3:35 PM Subject: [toyota-campers] Electrical Problems/ Re: Dick+list. Dick (and all new Toyota-camper owners). |
Dick (and all new Toyota-camper owners).
There will be new things to fix on your Toyota each time you use it, and at the begining of each season. This is normal ,not only with an older unit, but with RVs costing $100,000 and up. These are complecated machines when taken as a whole, but very simple when looked at, each section at a time. Much of the work can be easly be done yourself. If you take it to the shop each time, you learn nothing, and end up spending a lot of $$ for poor work. Buy the Chiltons manual for the truck part and read it over. Open the hood and look at the parts as shown in the book. This is a good start. You need to know your truck as this is what gets you home. Always carry the book with you. If you break-down on the road, chances are unless you are lucky [?] and can get to a Toyota dealer, the mechanic you find will know little about your machine, and will need to see the manual. The owners manuals for the 85-86 Sunraders were written by attorneys. They tell you very little about the cabin. In fact they bearly even aknowledge the plumbing or electric systems. The fuse box for your unit is similar to the one in your home, except it has fuses and breakers for both 117 volts ac and 12 volts dc. Many RVers flip off the breakers when they put their units away for the winter. Check it out. A hard learned tip here. Forget the running lights. I've worked on the light systems on both mine and my friends unit. What a corroded mess from the Michigan winters. I had to cut out all the splice blocks and hard wire. I spent two weeks on the first one. the second unit I got smart and wired around every light. Only took a few days that time. Good luck and have fun. It's far less painful if you look on all this as a hobby ;0) Jack A2 |
Hi Jack,
I just read your ordeal with the running lights. I am preparing to try to get mine working again. My RV is a 1984 Sunrader. You said," I had to cut out all the splice blocks and hard wire. I spent two weeks on the first one. the second unit I got smart and wired around every light". When you said you wire around every light. Did you just leave the wire on the outside of the RV? I can imagine how hard it is to try and pull new wire thought the interior of the RV. My running lights a shot. Is there a place to buy the lights all wired togather. I guess you would just tape down the wire and connect each light separately on the outside. Thanks Jack Todd Portland Oregon A hard learned tip here. Forget the running lights. I've worked on the light systems on both mine and my friends unit. What a corroded mess from the Michigan winters. I had to cut out all the splice blocks and hard wire. I spent two weeks on the first one. the second unit I got smart and wired around every light. Only took a few days that time. Good luck and have fun. It's far less painful if you look on all this as a hobby ;0) Jack A2 |
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