I have reason to believe both my travel solenoids on my rear sixpack gave up the ghost. Odd that it would happen to both at the same time but neither side of the rear bags adjust at all when moving from manual mode to travel mode, and they should as they're currently too extended. Before I crawl under there and pull them out, I'd like to confirm that air isn't get to the ride height control valves when in travel mode.
To do this, I should be able to put the coach in travel mode, disconnect the RHCV linkage, and manually turn the dial on the RHCV and hear/feel air exhausting out of the bottom of the valve, right? When I do that currently, I get nothing and just need someone to tell me I'm not crazy.
Likewise, I should be able to dump the air from the rear bags, put it in travel mode, and turn the dial on the valve to get the bags to inflate, right?
Wonder if there's a separate fuse in the HWH box for rear travel solenoids.
Great question and it appears that there's a single fuse for travel mode that I need to check first... low hanging fruit. I don't bother trying to gauge whether or not the front is working unless I'm on really level pavement (which I am not currently), so it's possible the front isn't behaving as well.
There is a 20 amp fuse for travel mode. On my year it is the one furthest out on the buss. My fuse was good but not making contact. I squeezed the holder and scraped the fuse and it started working and has since.
Doug you were close, thanks for nudging me in that direction. One of the nuts on the ground terminal had backed off. The battery power wire was grounding, but not the ignition power wire which explains why I was able to manually level the rig. I'm really glad this didn't happen while we were on the road, it's scary to think about. I would be curious to know if anyone else has the same nut set up, or if theirs has lock nuts/washers. Mine will be getting a lock washer added to it tomorrow.
As a bonus prize, I also found a magnetic work light still attached to the chassis from a few thousand miles ago when I reinforced my retarder bracket!
Very unlikely both solenoid gave out at the same time.
When you pull the travel fuse, you are killing travel mode and you set the travel heights manually then can take off driving. Have done that when had height valves die
Chuck I believe the Travel mode fuse should be 7.5. I put a bigger fuse in when I was having
trouble when one of my travel solenoids was shorting out when they got wet and I burnt a
wire out in the circuit board and was lucky to find it and fix it.
You may be right it was in '15 I had the issue memory fogs after too many years.
Congrats Elliott for your diagnosis on your issue! Going to bookmark this one for sure!
I believe I would invest in a nylon locknut along with a flat washer to push the terminals flat. Remember nylon lock nuts stay tight the first use, and the more times removed and retightened the less locking power.
My 2 cents..
Yup: A nyloc nut, also referred to as a nylon-insert lock nut, polymer-insert lock nut, or elastic stop nut, is a kind of locknut with a nylon collar that increases friction on the screw thread.
It's not every day you get to fix your coach for $0.19 ^.^d