Foretravel Owners' Forum For owners and Fans of Foretravel Motorcoaches September 13, 2025 ...

Out for a week. All been ok but hour ago at a fuel stop the allison touch console startes intermittingly visually going in n out. Nothing one sec, then 6 for yhe gear, then next then a red cross. All is working fine, shifting ok, temps fine retarder fine just the display...any reason to have  any concern?....figuring maybe just a loose or oxidized connecter. Parked for the evening. Thanks for any input.

They are easy to remove. Spray it with some Deoxit then with the Deoxit protection spray. Lets hope that it is the connector being loose or dirty. Those pads are hella expensive. Had to buy one in 2015 when it left us stranded 2 hours after buying our coach. That was a $1,000 part back then.

I despise soft touch switches.

If needed contact John @ transmission instruments. You can find him on the internet. He rebuilds them, wwwway less than new.

Thanks for the tip Bruce.... hopefully won't need to.

$1000   Wow!
I second the "pull it and clean the connector" idea.  Once you have the connector off, check for any signs of corrosion and/or loose wires in the connector.  There is no guarantee that the issue is in the wiring or on the console side of the wiring, but it's an easy and inexpensive place to start.

Thanks for the tip Bruce.... hopefully won't need to.

If needed contact John @ transmission instruments. You can find him on the internet. He rebuilds them, wwwway less than new.

There is (or at least was) a person that will rebuild them for about $450 (in 2016)...

There still is.  John Kopalek.

Worthwhile to read the trouble shooting tips on his website if the tranny touch pad is giving any signs of distress.

Transmission Instruments

Yep held in with screws an most of left side of dash panel has to move. Don't think this area of my rig has aver been accessed as all was held tight with tie wraps. Was finally able to access same connector as in your pic. Seperated and sprayed with contact cleaner even though spotless in appearance. At the moment the console lights up and shows gear position again. Fingers crossed will last till we get back home on Sunday. Then plan a session of removing entire area again and fixing a few bulbs as well as well as clean and lube all fittings in this area.  Slowly but inconveniently surely getting our 22 year old back in top shape . Thanks for some quick feedback guys.

If you end up pulling it apart again and if it isn't too much trouble could you shoot some photos as you tear into it? Mine looks like to pull the left panel holding the gear selector I have to partially remove the front dash but maybe I'm missing something.Thank you

I am a big believer in dielectric grease like this.
Press some into the female connections and smear a bit on the male connections as well as any seals and it will keep water/moisture out of the contacts, which will make them a lot happier for a lot longer.