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My Uncle who has a 38' Holiday Rambler RV with a Cummins 400 Pusher, had contacted me if I could help him with an issue with the rear view camera.
This afternoon, I visited him and he had explained the problem to me. The camera display on the center console for the rear camera would go black after ~20 minutes of operation/driving.
When I arrived, he had removed the screws holding the console trim panel. He had ordered a replacement display unit and also had the RV checked out by a Holiday Rambler service center. They had duplicated the problem, but did not have any idea of how to proceed (read $ to continue). He passed and called me.
I reviewed the rats nest of wiring behind that console and was amazed of the chaotic mess of wires.
I looked at the replacement unit and the connections were all different, so installing that would required much effort.
I told my Uncle let me look at things a bit. After about 20 minutes, I discovered that there was a cable connection with a threaded collar to secure it was not completely tight. I tightened it up and it was working fine (as it appeared to do previously upon startup). We took it for a 25 minute ride and it worked perfectly.
Since I tackled that, he asked me if I could help him as the Garmin GPS control was not working. He could not do anything with it as the only way to manage the GPS display was via a remote control.
The remote was managed via a tiny 'joystick' to go through the menus. I thought it might have gotten gummed up, so, after disassembling the remote, I removed the circuit board and sprayed it down with contact cleaner and them cycled the joystick through its motions.
"I put a fresh set of batteries in it, reassembled it and it worked perfectly.
My Uncle was astonished that I did all this in 2 hours and was grateful.
Sometimes it is the simple stuff that is the key to inoperation of equipment.
(My Uncle is preparing to sell this and I told him that I would be interested in buying it from him, and I think I got some brownie points in the effort applied today)
This afternoon, I visited him and he had explained the problem to me. The camera display on the center console for the rear camera would go black after ~20 minutes of operation/driving.
When I arrived, he had removed the screws holding the console trim panel. He had ordered a replacement display unit and also had the RV checked out by a Holiday Rambler service center. They had duplicated the problem, but did not have any idea of how to proceed (read $ to continue). He passed and called me.
I reviewed the rats nest of wiring behind that console and was amazed of the chaotic mess of wires.
I looked at the replacement unit and the connections were all different, so installing that would required much effort.
I told my Uncle let me look at things a bit. After about 20 minutes, I discovered that there was a cable connection with a threaded collar to secure it was not completely tight. I tightened it up and it was working fine (as it appeared to do previously upon startup). We took it for a 25 minute ride and it worked perfectly.
Since I tackled that, he asked me if I could help him as the Garmin GPS control was not working. He could not do anything with it as the only way to manage the GPS display was via a remote control.
The remote was managed via a tiny 'joystick' to go through the menus. I thought it might have gotten gummed up, so, after disassembling the remote, I removed the circuit board and sprayed it down with contact cleaner and them cycled the joystick through its motions.
"I put a fresh set of batteries in it, reassembled it and it worked perfectly.
My Uncle was astonished that I did all this in 2 hours and was grateful.
Sometimes it is the simple stuff that is the key to inoperation of equipment.
(My Uncle is preparing to sell this and I told him that I would be interested in buying it from him, and I think I got some brownie points in the effort applied today)
