Tech Talk: October 2016

Baylor Randle, F334220

San Antonio, Texas

 

I have two suggestions: air bags and/or air shocks. The better choice would be a set of air bags, which would allow you to use air pressure to adjust the coach’s ride height to the chassis maker’s ride height specifications. Some air bag kits are equipped with a single feed line and another air line between the bags so they both fill equally at the same time. I suggest, however, that you use separate fill lines; that way, air won’t transfer between the bags when the motorhome is rounding curves. The ride will be much more stable.

 

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Evaluation Question

 

We recently purchased a Winnebago Journey 42E motorhome and we are having trouble balancing the interior temperatures. In your review of the 42E (June 2013, page 56), you indicated that you figured out how to balance the temperatures in the coach’s three areas. Would you please share with us how you did that, as well as any other information about this vehicle that would be good to know?

 

Lou & Karen Shelton, F432709

New Braunfels, Texas

 

I remember reading the owners manual to ascertain how to adjust the three-zone temperature controls. I also played with the controls until I knew what I was doing. If you’ve just purchased it, take it back to the dealer and ask for assistance. If that’s not an option, call Winnebago customer service and ask them to walk you through it.

 

If the owners manual was no longer with the coach when you purchased it, you can find the information online. From www.winnebagoind.com, select the “Resources” tab; click on “Product Information” and then select the specific make and model. I found an owners manual for the 2013 Journey here: http://winnebagoind.com/resources/manuals/operatormanuals2013.php. 

 

Step-by-step instructions for operating the Journey’s heating and cooling systems, as well as general information about these systems and their components, appear on pages 4-10 through 4-12. 

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Fuse Problem

 

My slideout fuse keeps blowing whenever I bring the slideout in. Why?

 

Craig S. Couturier, F392060

Bainbridge, Georgia

 

Without knowing the name of the slideout manufacturer, I can’t contact the company’s customer service staff. But if your slide’s fuse keeps blowing whenever you wish to move it in, the first thing to do is track down the short. Somewhere in the system’s electrical circuitry, the wire may be pinched and/or bare and shorting out. Don’t replace the fuse with a higher amperage fuse because then you might cause an electrical fire. 
 

However, since the slide is electric and is extending okay and not blowing the fuse, you should also consider the control module as the possible problem. The wiring to the motor is the same for extending and retracting the slide; just the polarity of the power to the motor is reversed. A bad relay or another item on the board could be the culprit.
 

I would suggest contacting the slideout manufacturer and seeking advice or the name of a service center.