RVA Levelers

[Steve Lercel]

Can anyone tell me the location on a 2000 Beaver Patriot Princeton of the reservoir and manual valves for the RVA Leveling System. I need to know the location so I can open the valve and let my front jack retract. I can't figure out why Beaver hid this valve and reservoir as they are important for servicing the system and for emergency retractions of the jacks.
Thanks for any help you can give me pertaining to this matter.
Steve Lercel
slercel@yahoo.com or 951-306-6697

[Gerald Farris]

The valve manifold on that system is mounted to the pump I belive. If you have someone run the pump (extend a jack or kitchen slide) you should be able to hear the pump from outside and locate the pump by the sound. The manual valve is located in valve manifold.

If you can not run the pump, you can follow the hydraulic line from any jack back to the manifold valve.

Gerald

[Steve Lercel]

I can't beleive that Beaver would hide a system that needs sevicing and is important. What did they expect, that when a jack refuses to retract, you need to crawl under the Motorhome and look for it. They even have a operating control for the jacks mounted in the service bay. What use is that? But to service the system or need it in a emergency situation situation, go look for it. The location isn't even mentioned in the manuals. Tells you everything about the system but where it may be located. Go Figure!! Thanks for your tips though. RVA had the right idea with the bypass valves, but Beaver had a better idea and hid them.

[Steve Lercel]

FYI, The valves are locate just aft of the battery compartment along with the reservoir. There is room in the service bay to cut a access panel out and you can reach the vaves from there without having to crawl under the Motorhome. It works just fine and you don't get all dirty doing it.