Gentlemen your support has been outstanding and greatly appreciated during this stressful time.
The rig is back in our driveway. RVtech threw in the towel today. He said he tried to reach Ken Carpenter but I don't know if they ever connected. The nice guy from Drew RV tried to help, but was quickly lost when learning that the system is not HWH.
Karl, thank you for making an ID on the panel and sending over the contact information to boot! I'll give these guys a call. Lakewood is ~100 miles North. Not too bad.
Jerry, thanks for pulling up photos of your manual panel and providing schematics. Appreciate you digging up Nandy (?) LaFontaigne's phone number as well 813-409-8717. I'll reach out to him right away.
Made a call to JoSam Alignment today. Super nice people. Can't help me, but they did pass me to:
Lester
Creative Coach
8250 State Road 33 North
Lakeland, FL 33809
863-984-3439
888-234-3439
Lester was formerly with Beaver and is suppose to know these rigs inside and out. He's back from vacation next Monday. I'll be calling him first thing Monday morning.
Ed, I've re-read your post a few times. The disconnected air dump switch makes sense. RVtech connected the dash button and it too is working again. I may pull the wire again as the Bigfoot Panel is indeed handling that function as well. Getting the jacks down completely- can I use the manifolds in the rear bay (where the filters are located) to manually dump the jacks? If the panel has already been swapped then that explains the cut wires RVtech found.
At this time, still no air in the front bags. The hydraulic reservoir was filled. The control panel was activated. Fluid pumped out on the shop floor at two of the jacks, while two others (front left and right rear I believe I was told) extended. Explains the empty hydraulic reservoir.
So the systems are not connected - but they are interdependent as the hydraulic jacks have to be down and trigger a sensor that tells the over the road suspension it's clear to engage. Right?
So if I bleed down the jacks and get them fully up, I should be able to check the ride height valve up front and the solenoid located up front too with nothing inhibiting the air system. Yes?
Another question, has anyone converted the SMC to HWH.