11-13-2017, 01:14 PM
Guys,
We did our first family trip this past Friday. We originally had planned to leave on Thursday night but found out that after moving the left section of the driver side (were the transmission display is sitting at) some cables got disconnected and didn't have position lights or any other lights to drive at night so we postponed the trip for a couple of hours ( it was a long day getting the coach ready to drive) we slept for 3 hours and went back to the coach, disassemble the pull-up knob that handles the low lights and the dashboard lights (with the dimmer in it, by the way if you ever want to remove that I can help on how to do that! or wire it back again, for that matter) and with a volt-meter measured everything and connected everything back together (it took me 2 hours to do this) by 5 AM we were ready to LEAVE!
Started the coach......wanted to change to reverse and it won't go! Tried to put it in Drive and it went into drive....tried to accelerate and it won't do NOTHING I can push the gas pedal to the floor and absolutely nothing will happen. Decided that we broke something while remodeling. Tried to put it in Neutral, I wouldn't go into neutral. Panic mode set in, removed the key and the engine will NOT STOP! I WAS SHOCKED! More panic than before.
Anyway, what I'm telling is probably stupid to some of you but I've never started the thing after being sitting for a few days (no air was in the tanks) and NOTHING works without air supply. I did remember the PO mention something about sliding under the coach to move what you guys are talking about: the gear selector to Neutral, giving that I already went through the nervousness of not having a clue on how to stop an engine with anything better than removing the key (and given the this doesn't do a thing) will you be kind enough in pointing me out were should I find this leveler that I need to move to put it in Neutral if I ever needed it?
After 10 minutes (it was forever at that time) the Air Supply gauge went all the way to 60 and everything was OK with the world, we drove 1000 miles to Destin, FL (Camp Gulf site 807 right in the beach) and back and we had the most wonderful time we laugh now when I think about that but it was nerve racking to know that I can't stop the engine by removing just the key!
Thanks!!!
We did our first family trip this past Friday. We originally had planned to leave on Thursday night but found out that after moving the left section of the driver side (were the transmission display is sitting at) some cables got disconnected and didn't have position lights or any other lights to drive at night so we postponed the trip for a couple of hours ( it was a long day getting the coach ready to drive) we slept for 3 hours and went back to the coach, disassemble the pull-up knob that handles the low lights and the dashboard lights (with the dimmer in it, by the way if you ever want to remove that I can help on how to do that! or wire it back again, for that matter) and with a volt-meter measured everything and connected everything back together (it took me 2 hours to do this) by 5 AM we were ready to LEAVE!
Started the coach......wanted to change to reverse and it won't go! Tried to put it in Drive and it went into drive....tried to accelerate and it won't do NOTHING I can push the gas pedal to the floor and absolutely nothing will happen. Decided that we broke something while remodeling. Tried to put it in Neutral, I wouldn't go into neutral. Panic mode set in, removed the key and the engine will NOT STOP! I WAS SHOCKED! More panic than before.
Anyway, what I'm telling is probably stupid to some of you but I've never started the thing after being sitting for a few days (no air was in the tanks) and NOTHING works without air supply. I did remember the PO mention something about sliding under the coach to move what you guys are talking about: the gear selector to Neutral, giving that I already went through the nervousness of not having a clue on how to stop an engine with anything better than removing the key (and given the this doesn't do a thing) will you be kind enough in pointing me out were should I find this leveler that I need to move to put it in Neutral if I ever needed it?
After 10 minutes (it was forever at that time) the Air Supply gauge went all the way to 60 and everything was OK with the world, we drove 1000 miles to Destin, FL (Camp Gulf site 807 right in the beach) and back and we had the most wonderful time we laugh now when I think about that but it was nerve racking to know that I can't stop the engine by removing just the key!
Thanks!!!
1988 40ft Newell Classic
8V92 TA Mechanic
Allison 740 (4 speed)