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Likely has 2 screws on the underside

Depending on the filter, they are engine fuel filters good for 50+ gallons/hour on a system that has a 0.35 gallons/hour nozzle and yet people change them every year. In the 14 years I had a 100 in our 04 Dynasty I changed the nozzle 3 times and the filter once… nozzle by the sniff test and filter because it’d been 8 years. It did have a clear base which did show some discoloration in the filter. Your comfort level may be different… different strokes for ……..

I would send off a oil sample before assuming the worst.

When I added the Silverleaf VMS 333, I had both dash hatches off and the center console removed to find everything needed.

I would take the keypad off and check for 12V power to it first. Regardless of where you put a keypad, it will still do the same thing… 3rd wire is the signal wire that tells the cpu which relay to operate.

I would check it with the slides in.

Look at you FRBox, unfortunately it probably looks like this;

Yes, the black cover just pops off, but I’d try rebooting the system first. Turning the salesman switch off may do it, but solar may still keep it powered… turn battery disconnect off. The keypad is screwed on so remove and unplug it and plug it back in… does it work now? There’s only 3 wires so do you have 12V on 2 of them? If not, then it may be a fuse… could be behind the TV or in the BR closet. Next I would move it to another location and see if it works there.

04 Dynasty has a BIRD that once the house batteries are up to 13.8, will automatically start charging the engine’s, assuming the contacts in the BigBoy are not corroded…common, easily cleaned. A mppt controller is more efficient and the current solar wires are big enough IF you run your panels in series… higher voltage. Mount the mppt controller next to the inverter so the 12V cables are short. 600W might give you 25 amps for a net 10 amps into the batteries over 10 hours. Yes, a Dynasty will easily use 15 amps unless you turn the inverter off… go for the 800w if you dry camp often.

If it had spiral hose clamps , I’d say someone got rid of the rectangular one. I’d cut the hoses and and use spiral camps.

I own a bunch of different size trailers… single axle to 20T. Instead of repacking and after making sure the wheel bearings are tight, I put 90 weight gear oil in the cap and slap it back on… been doing this for decades. Can’t do that on our Monaco’s so I drill a hole in the end of the cap, thread it for a 1/4” pipe plug. I put about a cup of 90 in to soften the grease, but not enough to have it leak past the seal. I check wheel bearing tightness when changing tires.

08 Navigator’s is under the removal panel top of the dash drivers side.

My role model is a 84 year old couple that bought a brand new 45’ Beaver and drove it from South Carolina to Oregon for a Beaver rally in 3 days. She was limping from having broken her leg snow skiing the previous winter. Hopefully in 6 years I’ll still be RVing at 84 and if I break down on the road and can’t fix it myself, Visa will solve most problems. While being fixed, I’ll use our toad to continue on, or do some sightseeing in the area, or wherever until it’s fixed. If it’s going to take too long; Delta is ready when you are.

08 Navigator’s is behind front axle drivers side and fortunately it has a on/off switch in the side console. Need to replace it this winter and found this compressor to be much quieter than the ValAir.

Because there’s a synchronizing cylinder in the system it’s actually a good idea to not immediately let up on the switch when the slide stops moving… not going to hurt anything and it may move the debris from the valve.

LED are very thin so when replacing I mounted them on the face of the cabinet. Added hinges to the BR TV’s metal mount and went with a 40” Smart Samsung.

I hang my TV on a door like yours with 2 metal straps with a U on the end. Store it upright on the edge of a sliding tray. You could add 4 right angle brackets to sit/store it under the black area of the bay.

3 of the 4 slide topper’s have enough unused fabric to cut off the used and re-sew all 4 sides. Better than new if you use UV thread. I cut off most of the used on the LR big slide and re-sew.

Is there any resistance when you pull on the handle? If none… moves easily, you’re not going to get it open from the outside. If there is resistance, while someone is pulling the handle open, push in almost at the top of the door and pound on it too…there’s latches near the top and bottom of the door. Some combination of pushing on the door and pulling on the handle may get it to open.

The 21 Whirlpool I installed draws 8 amps DC measured before inverter…96 watts. On average it uses 1.3KW measured with a KW meter… that works out to a 40% duty cycle and 16 cents/day to run. One good 12V battery will run it 20+ hours before needing to recharge at 50% SOC.

Interesting that the flooded absorption voltage of 14.6 is higher than any other battery type other than custom.

15 years ago when I went to AGMs my research favored the AGM2 setting… don’t remember the difference and I only got 10 years out of them, dry camping most summers. Recently went to Lithiums I’d assemble/built for $2/AH and the AGM2 setting only charges them to 99.8%. Biggest problem is that setting won’t start charging until they are down to 40%…thinks they are fully charged until 13.0V. The best reason to go Lithium is for dry camping and the increased cycles they are capably of plus like AGM, no corrosion and mount in any orientation. Instead of spending $200 RC-50L (Lithium) I’d buy an additional 100 amp charger that can be set to 14.6V. This will decrease your generator run time (AGM or Lithium) and let you start recharging sooner. I power mine off the block heater outlet.

You have an additional 12V fuse panel inside your rig. Sometimes in the bathroom or next to your 120V panels. In addition to the Ahot and refer, it should have a fuse for your Tstats. It is separate from the salesman circuit… powered straight from the house batteries. You can use your pliers to jumper the solenoids to see if you have lights.

As long as the key is on, yes tapping the foot switch turns them on. Not sure why you think that’s not legal??? I’ve ordered a small red indicator led light that will come on too…will probably mount it at the bottom of the dash.

I did measure the amps these draw… a little less than 4 amps for the pair. They also appeared to have the beam pattern as pictured in blue when I tested them on the front of my SUV.