Tongue Jack Toggle Switch Failure

[wolfdds]

My tongue jack toggle switch stopped working in the up position this weekend. So I was not able to raise my camper. Luckily the bottom half of the switch stilled worked, so I could lower it. As an FYI: If you switch the red and black wires around it reverses the action of the switch so the down position becomes the upward movement. I was able to rewire it back and forth to get my camper hooked up using the motor. Having the inline fuse right there to cut the power off/on while switching back and forth was convenient. (obviously it could be done manually with the crank as well but then I would not have had anything to post). 🙂 

 

Edited August 13 by wolfdds
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[jd1923]

Nice! Good thinking @wolfdds and thanks for the picture so we'll know what to look for! 😂

[wolfdds]

I was able to find the part with Mike Sharpe's help. I am attaching the Barker parts list he sent me as a reference.

He marked part #20 but that is the light switch. Part #9 is the up/down switch.

Here is a link to the place I bought it from:

https://pdxrvwholesale.com/products/barker-jack-up-down-switch-736-2300

[Patriot]

@wolfdds  a very helpful post and glad Mike Sharpe was able to get you the link and info. Thank you for posting.

It might be super helpful if the mods or the site administrator would create a “sticky reference” page on the forum for links such as this.

It would be super helpful when traveling and may require fewer phone calls to Oliver Service.

It would be much easier to find links than using the forum search function.  

How about it mods can you discuss the idea of a sticky reference page for links like this to be created? 

Forum members thoughts?

Thanks!

[SeaDawg]

I can sticky it.

But honestly, ours failed six years ago, pulled it,,looked at it, and got a replacement at a local store.

One of the few spares we carry. It's a pita,to raise/lower the front jack manually. 

Of course, since we carry a spare, we've not had a failure since.  Usual culprit us our front jack connection. Gets more weather. 

Edited August 18 by SeaDawg

[jd1923]

On 8/17/2024 at 6:38 PM, SeaDawg said:

One of the few spares we carry. It's a pita, to raise/lower the front jack manually. 

Of course, since we carry a spare, we've not had a failure since.

It's hard to have enough spares for everything and me too! I've bought many spares we've never used. Want to be prepared but dislike wasting money!

Two years ago, we were heading out in our Bigfoot Class-C on a 4-week trip to Page AZ (Glen Canyon), Mesa Verde NP CO up to Moab UT and the great NPs... We got to our first stop, a boondock nearby Sunset Crate NM. Stopped the truck to check the map and put the truck in park. When I was ready to continue, the truck would not come out of park. The P-R-N-D-L shifter would NOT move! What would you do?

I took a deep breath and several more and stopped to think, why would this occur? finally, I thought of the brake switch. The simple electric switch behind the brake pedal that stops you from changing the trans position without having your foot on the brake. I got on the floor of the truck with this simple tool, bypassed the switch and we were able to drive to our campsite. Went to Napa a couple days later and they had the switch for $22. ALWAYS have one on these in your toolbox!