Tahoe Shark

It’s a great app for planning

i did that too, didn’t work. 

So the mystery is solved on the bulb. I went to a specialty store and they were able to match the bulb in LED. Part # T3-T5 1.5W/30K/12V

Here is the package

It is from the very top of the bulb to the little dimple at the bottom of the base.

Thanks for the chart, This bulb looks like the ones in the chart ut is 14.9mm x 36.18mm long. I will try to look for those bulbs.

I have a burned out bulb in my Mobile Suites Basement. No markings at all on the bulb. Pulled others out no markings. Anybody know how I could look this up? No idea what wattage or model it is.

Thanks in advance.

Can’t wait!

Ya know a lot of us will be at LaPosa South. Feel free to come out and hang around. 

9 hours ago, Danfreda1 said:

Not going to make it this year staying in Michigan and Wisconsin. Definitely going to miss the riding the week after. Got your zingers packed Chad?

I am sad about that. While we are not ready it only takes a day to pack up. We will arrive on Saturday 

Hey Corey,

you live in Nevada so yes you will need a non commercial A.

You will not have any issues. I routinely tow my 42’ Mobile Suites over hwy 50 from Nevada to  the Sacramento area.

Certainly not a politically correct sport but I would buy a ticket if there was one close. Enjoyed the heck out of the video!

Cory, we all have this feeling when we are new to the trucks! Just start the journey.

A little over 2 weeks to go. Can’t wait! A week in a park and 5 days riding SxS’s. Who else is staying over for riding?

We will be down there before you know it! 

So it’s time to update my original post. I have been fighting this brake issue for months at least. We have had to miss two trips because I don’t feel comfortable towing without trailer brakes. My HDT mechanic shop has had to move my appointment to look at the problem two times now. Enough!  I know you mechanically oriented folks will laugh your a$$ off at my story but I figured it might just help some other mechanical idiot like myself.

i am no expert at mechanical ( especially electrical) issues but I decided last week to start at the beginning of the problem and work from there. I could not find any brakes in the wires, blown fuses or disconnected connectors. The Max Brake had power and displayed the bar graph showing increasing brake pressure.

I dove into the Jackalope and found the original owners manual in the truck. I ran the truck up on ramps and crawled under to view the Jackalope. All the wires were connected but when the brakes were applied the red led did not come on. I compared the photo Henry provided to my installation and everything looked good. I ended the day even more depressed than I started.

Back under the truck the next morning and my truck had not fixed itself. Now I should have remembered that I got my truck back from the bed builder two months ago and my Jackalope was moved to a different location. I pulled the cover off again and inspected all of the wires for the millionths time concentrating on the blue wires. Both were hook up. Wait, there were two blue wires coming in and one going out. I checked the large photo in the manual again and my blue wires were backwards. I switched the connectors and tested the trailer brakes and now they were constantly on. As long as the trailer was hooked to the truck the brakes would not go off.

Seeing this as a minor positive I took the big photo under the truck and discovered there are several blade connectors near my blue wires. Comparing my wires to the picture I was one blade off. Switched the wires again and crawled out once again and tested the brakes. VOILA!!!!!! they worked.

So my problem is now fixed. I really do not know if I ever had trailer brakes in the year and a half I have owned this truck, but I do now. Thank everyone for there help and comments. Please chuckle to yourself.

Try this one. When my trailer was stored in Rocklin I used him several times. Always pleased with the work

http://www.sacvalleyrv.com

5 hours ago, Dirt said:

Hey was a lot of fun good to see ya all...as some know had a battery box fire with deka batterys 6volt x4....save the coach goin to rebuild...bought a k-z...41 foot in Florida....March here we come to get...HDT.S BE SAFE.   DIRT.....

Holy Cow! Very sorry to hear that Dirt.

Thanks Shawn!

Great, Thank You!

I am going to replace my Max Brake with a DirectLink unit. For those with a Volvo where did you mount the display portion? Are you happy with where you mounted it? Photos would be appreciated it you have one showing where you mounted it.

Thanks in Advance!

We are sad to be leaving Quartzsite so soon. Not nearly as much fun in a flea bag motel as in our Mobile Suites. We hope to see our friends again down the road. Quartzsite 2023!

4 hours ago, phoenix2013 said:

The only circuit where you want to put the 40/60 relay is the single one at the top right, since it carries the charging current from the truck batteries to the trailer batteries. The other four can be anything, even 10/20, since all they would see is 1 or 2 Amps and that would be with the old incandescent lights, even less with LED lights.

Brake circuit does not involve any relays, it's basically a short running across the printed circuit board from a tab on the left to the tab on the right. Take a careful look at the PCB you'll see it.

The Old Goat

Henry,

So as long as I put a 40/60 in the lone position on the top right of the board I can take the rest of the relays that were in the box (30/50 or 40/60) and put them back in any order in the other 4 locations. What is interesting is that if I put 12 volts from the trailer cord and connect the brake pin on the trailer I get power and activation of the pump. I plug it into the truck and operate the brakes (pedal or manual slider) and nothing. All lights, etc, work properly. I have been fighting this for a while. I do have power on the truck brake pin.

Thank you for the info. I did not realize the brake circuit did not have a relay. I am leaving the trailer home and driving my dually/ razor down to Quartzsite to visit the Quartzsite group.

5 hours ago, jkoenig24 said:

Virtually every cell phone today has a built in camera. Next time, snap PICTURES at the beginning and as you progress along your project.

Thank you

I took all of the relays out of my Jackalope to test them while trouble shooting a brake issue. On my Jackalope there are 5 relays, 3 -40/60 and 2 - 30/50. I did not check there positions when I removed them unfortunately because I thought they were all the same.. I went on Henry’s site and the pictures of the current Jackolope show all relays ar 40/60.

would any one know what positions the two 30/50’s go in?