12-09-2020, 07:42 PM
Gurus,
I have had a recurring problem with the ignition key and starting the coach. Sometimes...(not always)...I would turn the key and nothing would happen. Coach didn’t crank or start....nothing. After a few more tries, it would start as always.
When I was at Newell, they looked into the problem and said that sometimes wires will push out of the relay blocks located under the passenger kick panel. They fiddled with the wires and seemed to clear the problem. But after a few days it came back.
I finally found the culprit. There are several relays that work together to first “turn on” the dash and then to start the engine. Visual inspection followed by wiggling each of the relays identified the culprit relay. On the guilty relay, a wire had gotten hot and was slightly pushed out of the relay block. What was happening is that the spade on the relay was just touching a large gauge push on connector within the block. Heat had obviously built up and was causing problems.
The fix is to remove the connector from within the block. (Use a sharp probe from the relay side of the block to release the connector). Replace the connector and reinsert into the block.
So far it is working.
I have had a recurring problem with the ignition key and starting the coach. Sometimes...(not always)...I would turn the key and nothing would happen. Coach didn’t crank or start....nothing. After a few more tries, it would start as always.
When I was at Newell, they looked into the problem and said that sometimes wires will push out of the relay blocks located under the passenger kick panel. They fiddled with the wires and seemed to clear the problem. But after a few days it came back.
I finally found the culprit. There are several relays that work together to first “turn on” the dash and then to start the engine. Visual inspection followed by wiggling each of the relays identified the culprit relay. On the guilty relay, a wire had gotten hot and was slightly pushed out of the relay block. What was happening is that the spade on the relay was just touching a large gauge push on connector within the block. Heat had obviously built up and was causing problems.
The fix is to remove the connector from within the block. (Use a sharp probe from the relay side of the block to release the connector). Replace the connector and reinsert into the block.
So far it is working.
Bill Johnson
Birmingham, Alabama