[encantotom]

so here is my story. it had started getting hard to start on the engine batteries. so i would merge them together and it would start. i just figured my batteries were bad. they were old, so i just took them out and replaced them with sams club 8d flooded. when i took the old ones in, they were too discharged to check. (btw, i later bought a cool battery tester).

well it started fine and then after awhile, it started doing the same thing. had to merge to start. in retrospec, i should have realized they were just discharging. so now the engineer in my takes over and starts looking for something else. i figure the starter has to be going bad. so i took it out (it is 90lbs on the 8v92) and just replaced it. it was a bear to get in by myself laying under the coach.

put it in, nadda. the same thing.

now something in me says start with a meter and start checking cables.....then i realized one of them was totally open.

it ended up being the humongo in line fuse on the battery cable where it was attached to the battery.

i bought one on ebay, put it in and walla, all was well.

i should have checked it first...

i bought an extra in case.

they are pricey if you buy them retail, gotta find them on ebay.

thats my story.

tom