12-07-2015, 05:21 AM
You said, " It seems like the starter motor/pump is not running".
If the motor does not start up when you press the extend button for the slides, then the slides are NOT GOING TO MOVE. Easy to check voltage to the motor if you have a volt meter & know how to use it. I'll assume you do or can find some one who does.
Since you don't have a working alternator, start the genset & merge the batteries. Wait 5 minutes. The HWH motor solenoid & motor is in the first compartment on the left side(L-1). The motor sits at the bottom of the HWH solenoid manifold. Ignition key "on" for testing.
Have Karen press the "extend" button while you stand at the HWH compartment. You should hear a click. Now locate the HWH motor solenoid that in my coach is attached to the rear wall--I am not referring to the hydraulic solenoids. Easy to recognize the motor solenoid as it has a OO battery cable going to it, then a OO battery cable going to the motor. Have Karen press the extend button again while checking voltage to the solenoid. Then have Karen press the extend button again and measure voltage at the battery cable coming out of solenoid going to the motor.
If you have good voltage (13 to 14 volts) going to the HWH motor solenoid, but no voltage going to the motor the HWH motor solenoid has failed. If you have good voltage(13 to 14 volts) going in and out of the HWH motor solenoid, then check the voltage at the motor where the battery cable connects while Karen pushes the extend button. If you have no voltage at the motor the battery cable from the solenoid has failed. If good voltage at the motor battery cable connection and the motor doesn't start when Karen pushes the extend button, then the motor has failed.
Either you perform the above tests or have some one do them & report back with the results. We can then move toward correcting the problem. This is where to start.
If the motor does not start up when you press the extend button for the slides, then the slides are NOT GOING TO MOVE. Easy to check voltage to the motor if you have a volt meter & know how to use it. I'll assume you do or can find some one who does.
Since you don't have a working alternator, start the genset & merge the batteries. Wait 5 minutes. The HWH motor solenoid & motor is in the first compartment on the left side(L-1). The motor sits at the bottom of the HWH solenoid manifold. Ignition key "on" for testing.
Have Karen press the "extend" button while you stand at the HWH compartment. You should hear a click. Now locate the HWH motor solenoid that in my coach is attached to the rear wall--I am not referring to the hydraulic solenoids. Easy to recognize the motor solenoid as it has a OO battery cable going to it, then a OO battery cable going to the motor. Have Karen press the extend button again while checking voltage to the solenoid. Then have Karen press the extend button again and measure voltage at the battery cable coming out of solenoid going to the motor.
If you have good voltage (13 to 14 volts) going to the HWH motor solenoid, but no voltage going to the motor the HWH motor solenoid has failed. If you have good voltage(13 to 14 volts) going in and out of the HWH motor solenoid, then check the voltage at the motor where the battery cable connects while Karen pushes the extend button. If you have no voltage at the motor the battery cable from the solenoid has failed. If good voltage at the motor battery cable connection and the motor doesn't start when Karen pushes the extend button, then the motor has failed.
Either you perform the above tests or have some one do them & report back with the results. We can then move toward correcting the problem. This is where to start.
Steve Bare
1999 Newell 2 slide #531