| Once step forward, two steps back! [message #262331] |
Fri, 19 September 2014 16:07  |
thorndike
Messages: 406
Registered: January 2011
Location: Conifer, Colorado
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Well I started changing my steering box today. I had a good talk with Dave Lenzi so I am confident in what needs to be done.
After I drained the fluid, I had no problems removing the steering shaft from the input shaft of the steering box so I thought "woo hoo, this is going to be easy." Until of course, I found out that the largest socket I owned was 1 1/4" and the nut on the Pitman shaft was larger than that. So off to the stores I went. No one had a socket the right size. Since I had to call a friend to borrow his tomorrow I had to stop working on the steering and tackle another job.
Earlier this summer I had to replace the fuel line to the Onan. One day, after taking a trip with the Tidewater Crabs, the Onan was running and then just stopped. So I took this opportunity to work on the Onan. What I discovered was that the new fuel line was a bit too long and had become pinched between the Onan and the back of the compartment. This was going to be easy! So I recut the fuel line, hooked it up and started the Onan instantly.
Then the problem arose.
I couldn't shut it off. I pressed the shut off button on the panel inside and there was nothing. No click, no hesitation in the Onan, no indication at all that I had pressed the shutoff button. I had to shut it off by moving the choke. I went underneath the coach and found a lose connection in the wire bundle that lead to the Onan, so I fixed it and confidently restarted the Onan. Nope. Still not able to shut it off. At least I fixed that bad connection.
I thought that the switch might be bad, so I removed the interior panel and started the Onan. Using some aligator clips I shorted the center and bottom connectors on the switch thinking that this should shut it off. Nothing.
This Onan does not have the original controls. It appears the panel has been replaced and can
be seen here:  http://i.imgur.com/nxc5frM.jpg?1
Before I waste time digging in the wrong direction, does anyone have any suggestions as to locating the problem? What is the proper pin-out of the shut-off switch?
Thanks,
Bob
Robert Peesel
1976 Royale 26'
Side Dry Bath
Conifer, Colorado
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