Hello All, just pulled the trigger on chapter two of our journey. 2003 U320 40'.
We are excited to get going on our first trip. Hope to see some of you on the road !
Congratulations and welcome to the family! Please insert your signature at bottom listing coach, year, etc. Where are you located now? Trips? Wishing you many safe happy miles in your newly required coach. 8)
Welcome to the family
Where are y'all from orrrr where is your base camp?
Rick
Purchased from a private seller in Nacodoches Thursday. Drove it back home to Hampstead NC.
Three problems right out of gate. The steps would not lower or retract on day two. Ratchet strap working fine for the ride home. The airbag on the passenger side tag axle went flat. Tire rubbing on something and spewing molten rubber all over the place. The airbags were just installed. Found that the installer did NOT put the nut back on the bottom of the linkage. Instead put two nuts on the driver side of the tag axle.
Aria deluxe toilet needs a flange seal. It was uncomfortable unless running both fans. Can't seem to figure out which model toilet I have. Aria deluxe 1 or Aria deluxe two. If anyone knows if the flanges seals are interchangeable I would be very thankful.
I knew I would adding stuff to the punch list and rather enjoy fixing stuff.
Congrats. If you call FT parts and give them your vin , they can tell you your build number along with every part that it came with. They'll be able to tell which toilet and sell the flange seal.
Who installed the air bags? That's a shame but should be an easy fix. Fwiw, I had a similar experience with one newly installed airbag, it happens.
Before you do any of the below, search the sticky and get some steel blocks to block it up. Mandatory before you crawl under one of these, especially with a potential major air leak.
If the step doesn't work and you have low air in some bags, that could be really dangerous and point to a large air leak. After you fix the 2 PS bags, air up to max, turn off the coach and check for leaks. I use dawn dish soap and water to spray the fittings, look for bubbles. Like when kids blow bubbles. If you see that, there's a leak. The steps can be a little more fun to work with since there are regulators and Norgren valves. Plenty of posts on here that discuss them.
Get some of this and put it on. I credit Chuck for telling me about this, works well. There is also a permatex one that isn't so runny.
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Feel free to ask questions, have fun.
Or, you can find it yourself. The build number is the 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th digits in the
model number on metal ID plate.
Either way, the "Build Number" is very important to know anytime you call the factory to ask a question or to order parts.
Welcome to the group!
For the step you are dealing with air and wiring. On mine the electric connection on the
Norgren Valve was shot plus the Norgren valves was leaking. The electric connection stop
them from working.
I had the build number and called FOT today. The last owner swapped out the original for the thetford. Thetford had the flange seals and got them on order.
Haven't tackled the steps yet waiting for some cooler weather this weekend.
Airbags all working fine after 700 miles. Unit seems to hold good pressure but will bubble test everything once I get my blocks under there.
If things didn't smell good- you may have a bad air admittance valve gone south. 10 bucks at lowes. They call them kitchen vents. Easy to remove and install.
On our 2003 u320 it had a 2 step Kwikee step that is electric. You can find a utube on troubleshooting the step
The flange seal is certainly part of the problem. The toilet flushes fine and holds water in the bowl indefinitely.
It takes just a few minutes to grease up the seal and reinstall. Looks like the old seal was cut when the new toilet was installed.
The steps are electric two steps just not sure which brand. Still have not been back under there to take a closer look.
If it's like ours it will be a Kwikee brand.