Cruise control doesn't work on my 2004 Sightseer 30B

[wschneid]

I recently purchased a 2004 Sightseer 30b. the cruise control doesn't work. Any ideas on how to fix it. Ford V10 Chassis.

William Schneider

 

[ZigZag03]

Anything else not working? I found one of the bat lever breakers under the steps popped, wouldn't reset. Tracked down a power wire screwed to the firewall and when I got it where it belonged, the breaker held, and I got my cruise control and my power drivers window back! These older rigs I'm afraid there's potentially been a lot of electrical foolery been going on over the years...

 

[wschneid]

Thanks for the reply. My rig doesn't have power windows. Any other ideas?

Bill

 

[Morich]

The problem of sorting the wiring on RV is that we get semi-good info/support from Winnebago on their part but since they buy stripped chassis for the "truck" part they leave support for that to fall back to the chassis builder. And that becomes a problem as car/truck dealers are NOT inclined to help us DIY repair things!
My route would be to try searching out a repair manual for the Ford chassis you have. First thought might be to call a library on the odd chance they may still have one for that year. Second idea but I feel less likely is the auto parts store. I think they will tend to have newer but maybe get lucky?
Getting info on the chassis is sometimes a trek as they hold that info pretty close, so we have to get tricky! There MAY be somebody come along here that knows the details of cruise on early 2000's Ford truck, but it might take a long time before they look in!
Not trying to send you away but it may help to also post on some of the auto/ truck type forums as a place where you might find a gold mine of folks more interested in chassis question?
Cast a net in lots of different water?
For my limited knowledge of cruise I would have to start with looking for a fuse panel that involves chassis items. Likely to be found out under the hood, I would guess? No chassis manual on hand to guide you on that? Maybe a label inside the cover as a help?

 

[RV_Lee]

If the horn and other stuff doesn't work it could be a broken clock spring

 

[Morich]

On the other hand, I did a second check for manuals online and fidn lots of hits that seem interesting! Some for free, some to buy and I have no idea on what you may find but this is one that would seem to cut the chase and no idea of price.Just an option for quicker and likely more reliable info?

Lifes a gamble but we have to lay the chips down at some point, right? How much price versus value is often not known!

 

[creativepart]

You can find help on Ford chassis items from a Ford dealer or website. There's a Ford chassis forum on IRV2.com you might get some answers there:

Ford Motorhome Chassis Forum

Discussion related to the Ford Class A & C motorhome chassis.

www.irv2.com

 

[wschneid]

Thanks for the info.