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    ADAM
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    Holiday Ramber
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    NEPTUNE
  • Year
    2010
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    Marshall, MI

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  1. If you decide to remove the large nut rather than the push nuts, you still have to make sure the shafts are free turning. And looks like the nut is gone already! Missed that and now wondering what's keeping the assembly in place. Block of wood and hammer required...!
  2. Googled and found "push nuts" available at Auto Zone.
  3. In your next-to-last picture showing the shaft/knurl, the shiny ring inboard from the spline is the spring clip holding the shaft in place. Try prying it loose with a knife or other sharp blade (maybe a little rust dissolving spray first?) to salvage the ring. Not sure where you might get a new one if it has to be cut off.or not salvageable. That should allow the shaft to be pushed into the cowl cavity. Suggest a good pasty waterproof lube in the hole when ready to reassemble.
  4. Had a similar problem and found that the wiper shafts were binding. Try moving the arms manually...if they easily move then not the shafts. If they don't move, remove an arm, spray lube down shaft. Look for the push on spring clip and make sure it isn't binding, repeat on other arm. If not binding, check movement on arms from motor. If all is free, might be a bad motor.
  5. The leveling system installed on my coach is a Lippert...may have different operating parameters than a 2005 Exec or other models/generations. I went to the manual cited by Paul and it states: "Drive-away Protection: When the ignition switch is set to the RUN position with the jacks extended, the JACKS DOWN indicator will light and the warning bell will activate if the transmission is taken out of park or the park brake is released. The system will then automatically retract all jacks until jacks are fully retracted or the park brake is reset and the transmission is placed in Park. A full visual inspection is required to confirm full retraction of jacks before moving motorhome." My manual does not have this paragraph and I cited what's in mine in my previous post. Not sure what model/year manual is to be reviewed on pages 127-129...mine covers the water system. I'll make sure that I don't try to put the coach in gear if any of the slides are out or the jacks down. That negates the need for a guaranteed response to my original question. And do agree, the thread did go into the deep weeds!
  6. Slides do not move when engine is running/key on, all fine. Always have been able to start the engine with jacks down and slides deployed...assume that's so you can build up air before retracting the jacks (and makes it easier to disconnect water, sewer and electric line). Plus we have always been told that an HR/Monaco of this generation is supposed to be "aired up" before extending/retracting the slides. All fine there. Question was whether you can engage either "R" or "D" with jacks down. See my quote from the manual...don't move the coach while jacks in contact with ground...that's my question/inquiry.
  7. Highly recommend visiting Wisconsin's Apostle Islands! Beautiful area and the boat tour around the islands is a great way to see/learn about the area. We did not take the ferry over to Madeline Island (did not leave enough time) so would suggest making any stop there more than 2-3 days. And any time spent in Michigan's UP is special. Live in south central Michigan and usually make a late September trip to NW Iowa where my wife grew up...always go through the UP on the way west to avoid Chicago in at least in one direction. UP offers many wonderful things to see and the smoked white fish and pasties are an added bonus.
  8. Timely topic! Had a transmission issue that was repaired by Allison in Fort Myers 2 weeks ago. Decided to test the repair by starting the coach and putting it in gear while the slides were out and with the jacks down (I think). ..did engage the foot brake. Engine started but wouldn't go into gear. Called Allison (I panicked!) and by the time they arrived I had raised the jacks, brought in the 2 hydraulic slides and voila...went into gear. Would like confirmation that the 2019/2020 vintage Neptunes do operate in this manner. Owners manual states "Do not move the motorhome while jacks are still in contact with the ground or extended" so a little conflict between the manual and actual operational experience. I'm on my second been HR coach over 24 years, owned this 2010 since new and continue to run into "things" that I need to learn about!
  9. Thanks gang for correcting some of my reply info from this morning. I was hurrying to get my 2cents in before the welding began! Tom's history on recalls is right on (my 2010 Neptune is a "Navistar") and was delivered with the reengineered arms. I inspected several coaches at the Ramblin' Pushers/Chapter 419 Maintenance Session in Goshen, IN last May and found one that definitely had "suspect" arms. I'm no expert but savvy enough to send the owner a long email (he didn't return my calls) about Source Engineering and the potential for failure, possibly catastrophic. I asked the guy via email after going home whether he confirmed if they were good or bad but he never got back to me. In a ditch somewhere?? And still surprised that there are coaches out there that may have the bad arms. Thank goodness for sources like this site, the Ramblin' Pushers site and the Pushers/419 MS! Adam 2010 Neptune 38PDQ
  10. Don't remember if the Caymen is on the same chassis as my Neptune but there was a major recall of all R4R chassies for cracked trailing arms. Both sides should be visually checked and both replaced if not the redesigned arms. Welding a suspect arm (and not replacing the other side) is an accident waiting to happen. Can't comment on a weld repair of the new design arm. And Source is the go to place for info and parts.
  11. Our site at Cypress Woods RV Resort on the NE corner of Fort Myers is for sale. Site has full hookups, large concrete pad, unfinished 8' x 12' shed, large footprint and mature landscaping. This is a highly rated RV resort with all the amenities. See PDF below... RV Site.pdf
  12. Fort Myers Allison did the repair yesterday...new internal wiring harness and detent lever. Even got a fresh load of Transynd and a new filter which takes care of the almost-due every 2 year maintenance. They also found that the filter magnet was missing...will bring this up with my regular annual maintenance shop in October! The coach was dropped off at 8am, picked up at 3:30pm and all is well. Their shop is only 3 miles from our RV site which really took a lot of pressure off getting it fixed and they were very accommodating and easy to work with. Worry gone and got a good night's sleep! Oh, and got a bunch of Delta miles...
  13. Research I did 4-5 years ago with Magnadyne...they also made harnesses to adapt to other radio brands. At the time they were very helpful. I had trouble with the XM function which required a work around (stand alone receiver).
  14. Tom, the "dead" neutral is the white "line" neutral that is in the box located in the bathroom and was connected to the neutral "line" post on the GFI. It is currently not connected. There are 2 black output/load romex cables that are wire nutted together with the black line wire. The remaining 2 white load neutral wires are connected and also connected to the 3 bare ground wires, one of which is part of the "line" romex cable. With this setup, the downstream circuits (TV, entertainment, dining and dash plugs and icemaker) all work. I'm in a pause mode and will probably not do anything more until we get home late March. Goofy problems like this one on top of the tyranny issue covered in another posting have me tuckered out!
  15. Tom, printed out your responses, annotated line by line and think we're now in sync! I'm giving the problem a rest and there are a few more things to do. Since the "line" neutral appears to be inop, I will contact Magna again to see if I can jump to an adjacent neutral (hot water plug nearby) or the inverter "needs" the line neutral to return to their box. Will try to verify that the neutral returning to the inverter is dead...but my "toned" circuit tester is at home. Will be getting the wiring CD out to see if the neutral has a junction/splice somewhere and make sure it's not compromised. And will check the ice maker circuit per your suggestion. I did purchase a non-GFI receptacle as the backup to install with the current setup. More later!
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