Journey with Confidence RV GPS App RV Trip Planner RV LIFE Campground Reviews RV Maintenance Take a Speed Test Free 7 Day Trial ×
RV Trip Planning Discussions

Go Back   iRV2 Forums > iRV2.com COMMUNITY FORUMS > Vintage RV's
Click Here to Login
Join iRV2 Today

Mission Statement: Supporting thoughtful exchange of knowledge, values and experience among RV enthusiasts.
Reply
  This discussion is proudly sponsored by:
Please support our sponsors and let them know you heard about their products on iRV2
 
Thread Tools Search this Thread Display Modes
 
Old 05-26-2015, 05:41 AM   #127
Senior Member
 
Franka548's Avatar
 
Freightliner Owners Club
Retired Fire Service RVer's
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: N E Ohio
Posts: 4,403
Now comes the fun part, getting the glue residue off.
Frank
__________________
05 Alfa Gold 40' Motor Home "Goldie",
03 Malibu Toad
in a 24' CargoMate trailer.
Franka548 is offline   Reply With Quote
Join the #1 RV Forum Today - It's Totally Free!

iRV2.com RV Community - Are you about to start a new improvement on your RV or need some help with some maintenance? Do you need advice on what products to buy? Or maybe you can give others some advice? No matter where you fit in you'll find that iRV2 is a great community to join. Best of all it's totally FREE!

You are currently viewing our boards as a guest so you have limited access to our community. Please take the time to register and you will gain a lot of great new features including; the ability to participate in discussions, network with other RV owners, see fewer ads, upload photographs, create an RV blog, send private messages and so much, much more!

Old 05-26-2015, 06:42 AM   #128
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Mar 2015
Posts: 327
You saw through my ruse--thats not gray striping?!?


Home Depot has Goof Off in 1gal containers for $20, or is there any better remedy?

I am hoping to not use WD-40, as I'd have concerns using a lubricant under my later paint job, but I will if I have to.
__________________
1992 Four Winds 29'
MT4Runner is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 05-26-2015, 07:30 AM   #129
Senior Member
 
Big-Foot's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2014
Location: Midlothian TX, Gold Canyon AZ
Posts: 454
I think that you'll find that GoofOff is probably a petroleum product too...
I'd try WD40 and then wash iy off with Simple-Green myself...

On a similar subject, I'm trying a test patch if paint on one of my decals now.. Want to change out the Blue and putting Bronze over the top of it... It's been on a couple weeks so far and I will be scrubbing it and hitting it with a high pressure water nozzel.. If it holds up, I will paint all the blue decals..
__________________
Regards - Randy & Dar
2017 Thor Vegas 25.5 / 2014 Cedar Creek 40CFE
Big-Foot is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 05-26-2015, 07:42 AM   #130
Senior Member
 
Harley1994's Avatar


 
Monaco Owners Club
Vintage RV Owners Club
Nor'easters Club
Join Date: Aug 2014
Location: Upstate New York
Posts: 5,802
MT, go to a body shop supply, when we had the body shop they make a chemical that takes off the glue residue. Also the strips ect. its made to be able to paint over so shouldn't be a problem.
__________________
Terry and Eleanor
79 32' AMF Skamper 5th Wheel Toy Hauler
Harley1994 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 05-26-2015, 08:55 AM   #131
Senior Member
 
Franka548's Avatar
 
Freightliner Owners Club
Retired Fire Service RVer's
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: N E Ohio
Posts: 4,403
MT,
Terry has good advice, I used the goof off on my front cap decals, will have to use a degreaser on it before painting, but will have to anyways due to the wax that is on there.
Frank
__________________
05 Alfa Gold 40' Motor Home "Goldie",
03 Malibu Toad
in a 24' CargoMate trailer.
Franka548 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 05-26-2015, 09:10 AM   #132
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Mar 2015
Posts: 327
Quote:
Originally Posted by Harley1994 View Post
MT, go to a body shop supply, when we had the body shop they make a chemical that takes off the glue residue. Also the strips ect. its made to be able to paint over so shouldn't be a problem.
I called my buddy at the sign shop this morning and this was his recommendation:
Amazon.com: RAPID REMOVER Adhesive Remover for Vinyl Wraps Graphics Decals Stripes 32oz Sprayer: Automotive



Forgot to add my weekend entertainment:


I got off of an incredible 8 days on the Middle Fork of the Salmon River on Friday night about 10:00pm. My 3 girls had the MH loaded and ready to go camping. Slept in my own bed for the first time in 9 nights, then woke up to go camping.


We got out of the driveway and the transmission wasn't shifting right. It was OK in 1 and 2, but wasn't engaging in D. It would shift if I held the handle between D and 2. I stopped just outside town and had my wifey shift the column while I shifted the trans and adjusted the linkage.


Went to start it and it wouldn't start. I jumped the solenoid at the starter and it fired right up. So..not battery, not main conductor. I killed it and jumped the starter solenoid under the hood. Started right up. I elected not to fix it since I could still start it by popping the hood.

Had my tools in my pickup from the river trip, so we decided to head back to the house to grab the tool bags.


Made it to the same spot about 5 miles out of town and smelled something hot. The right front caliper was sticking after I changed the pads last week. Pulled over and banged on the caliper, but it wouldn't consistently release. Headed back into town, bought a new caliper, and headed home. Had it changed and rebled in about 30min.


I spent a bit of time in camp diagnosing the starting issue. It's either the neutral safety switch (which I assume might be the culprit since I had been messing with the shifter...but was new with the trans only 8,000mi ago), or the ignition module (which does click when I rotate to start on the ignition switch). I bypassed the ignition module with a wire from the start contact on the ignition switch to the trigger on the starter solenoid, so at least it starts with the key. I need to Google the test procedures for the ignition module and NSS so I don't have to pay to replace both not knowing if either is the problem!
__________________
1992 Four Winds 29'
MT4Runner is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 05-26-2015, 12:02 PM   #133
Senior Member
 
Franka548's Avatar
 
Freightliner Owners Club
Retired Fire Service RVer's
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: N E Ohio
Posts: 4,403
Ahhh, the never ending saga of the RV lifestyle.But just think, all this stuff would be happening in your daily driver or the S&B just on a different scale, so smile, and sit back and enjoy the ride.(after you fix the problems, of course)
Frank
__________________
05 Alfa Gold 40' Motor Home "Goldie",
03 Malibu Toad
in a 24' CargoMate trailer.
Franka548 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 05-26-2015, 12:46 PM   #134
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Mar 2015
Posts: 327
I had opened my fat mouth and told my better half that I enjoyed the challenges of working on this rig. Really no more complex (or actually less complex, electrically) than my old 4Runner.

After stop #2, she said that I might be enjoying these challenges but she wasn't. I asked her if she wanted to go home and pack up the tent. She didn't.


I'm more baffled why the linkage was out of adjustment in the first place. Whattheheck
...and the trans was rebuilt before I bought it and then the rig went on two 2,000+ mile road trips to Utah and over to Idaho 3 times...and only stopped working in my driveway.

OK, I did pull apart the dash to jump the resistor when I converted to an actual oil pressure sender instead of the on/off switch...but there's no adjustment inside.



I do love Google, though:

Faulty Neutral Safety Switch? - Page 2 - Ford Truck Enthusiasts Forums

See lower right--with my handy-dandy-paid-for-itself-1000x-over $6 HF multimeter, I already found out that:
White/Pink was the wire coming out of the Start terminal of the Starter switch
Red/blue was the wire into the Ign solenoid/relay

It shouldn't be the Ign module at all.

If I jump those two and it starts with the key, then I KNOW it's the "Range Selection Switch"...and can then try adjusting it..or replace. $38 on eBay.
__________________
1992 Four Winds 29'
MT4Runner is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 05-27-2015, 04:51 AM   #135
Senior Member
 
Big-Foot's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2014
Location: Midlothian TX, Gold Canyon AZ
Posts: 454
This is a common problem on Fords.. I've known a number of them where you had to lift the shifter further up into the PARK position to get the switch to work - or just drop it down into neutral..

Have you tried putting it into neutral or rotating the shifte a little higher (counter clockwise) ??
__________________
Regards - Randy & Dar
2017 Thor Vegas 25.5 / 2014 Cedar Creek 40CFE
Big-Foot is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 05-27-2015, 06:33 AM   #136
Senior Member
 
Curtis in TX's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Rhome, TX
Posts: 1,031
Glue Residue, Coconut Oil!
Rub it in and let it soak in a few hours in the sun.
Then scrape off.

Virgin Coconut Oil on your face and hands will do wonders too!
Will make you look younger if used once a day.
Softens skin better than any Petro Based Oil I've found!

Don't tell anyone, it will kill the Makeup Industry.
__________________
1990 Fleetwood Limited Edition, Converted to Diesel. Pulling my toy box, a 93 Isuzu Rodeo 4X4.
Life is for the Adventure not the problems!
Curtis in TX is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 05-27-2015, 08:30 AM   #137
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Mar 2015
Posts: 327
Thanks Randy. I did try rolling the column shifter through all 5 positions while holding the key forward, and still no start. I'll try jumping the pins below as well. I'd prefer to get it working "right".


Nice, Curtis. I'll have to try that. The Goof Off isn't working too badly. I put it in a spray bottle, scraped 95% of the residue off with a hard plastic kitchen scraper, and the remaining 5% with another spray and a wipe with a rag.
__________________
1992 Four Winds 29'
MT4Runner is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 05-29-2015, 10:36 AM   #138
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Mar 2015
Posts: 327
Quote:
Originally Posted by Big-Foot View Post
This is a common problem on Fords.. I've known a number of them where you had to lift the shifter further up into the PARK position to get the switch to work - or just drop it down into neutral..

Have you tried putting it into neutral or rotating the shifte a little higher (counter clockwise) ??
It was the MLPS.

I unplugged it and jumped the start terminals (R/LB and W/PK) and got it to start.

I couldn't get the new MLPS and the old one to show the same ohmmeter readings in the same positions in the parts store so the old one was suspect...nor could I get the new MLPS to show a 0-ohm connection on the same two pins. I took it home anyway.

Bolted it in and it still wouldn't start.

Pulled it back off and held the ohmmeter on pins 5 and 8 and found that the Neutral reference line was about 1/16" off. I left it in that position and bolted it up. MH starts in P and N, but no other gears.

Had a $50 core deposit for my stuck caliper, so after the $47 MLPS, I got $3 back!


Le wifey: "Why were you working on the camper? I thought you fixed it in camp."
Me: "Um...just wanted to make sure it's 100% perfect."
__________________
1992 Four Winds 29'
MT4Runner is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 05-29-2015, 04:45 PM   #139
Senior Member
 
Franka548's Avatar
 
Freightliner Owners Club
Retired Fire Service RVer's
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: N E Ohio
Posts: 4,403
MT,
Glad that you got it fixed.
Frank
__________________
05 Alfa Gold 40' Motor Home "Goldie",
03 Malibu Toad
in a 24' CargoMate trailer.
Franka548 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 05-30-2015, 09:15 AM   #140
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Mar 2015
Posts: 327
Scraping goo
Attached Thumbnails
Click image for larger version

Name:	image.jpg
Views:	156
Size:	267.8 KB
ID:	95646  
__________________
1992 Four Winds 29'
MT4Runner is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply

Tags
four winds



Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)
 
Thread Tools Search this Thread
Search this Thread:

Advanced Search
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are Off
Pingbacks are Off
Refbacks are Off


Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Cross Winds with a Trailer Crasher Travel Trailer Discussion 1 06-30-2014 09:44 PM
Four Winds 33SW Super C RetLaw Class C Motorhome Discussions 4 05-22-2014 09:34 AM
Winds Flip Trailers Kiwi Full-Timers 1 04-22-2014 12:35 PM
Newby considering 1992 four winds help please Stacyod Class C Motorhome Discussions 2 02-16-2014 07:14 PM
Firan Raven Renovation (1995) OneSiren Class A Motorhome Discussions 3 10-09-2013 09:22 PM

» Featured Campgrounds

Reviews provided by


All times are GMT -6. The time now is 03:40 AM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.8 Beta 1
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions, Inc.