WatsonWander
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- Aug 26, 2021
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I have a 1995 National Dolphin Class A that I bought to use as a full time over the road home. I got it in November, but wasn't able to make the move immediately due to that just being how it goes sometimes. Anyway, several weeks ago (sometime towards the end of January or the beginning of February) I tried starting it up to make sure it was still good, and it wasn't still good. Engine didn't even pretend to try to turn over. I assumed it was a dead battery and changed it the next day. Didn't make any difference, so I did some googling and got the suggestion that it was probably the starter solenoid. Changed the solenoid no problem, and still no joy. More googling pointed me towards the alternator as a probable cause, so that was the next change that yielded zero positive results. One of my coworkers thinks I might need to replace the starter as it might be an ignition problem, but the headlights also don't work, and that leads me to think it's an electrical issue. I've spoken to several people I know who are way more knowledgeable about mechanics that I am and one of them suggested that the distributor cap was a likely cause of my problems. Well, the distributor cap certainly was in need of changing, but there's still no change. The same person suggested that maybe there was a battery disconnect switch that had been tripped, but I can't find one other than the "salesman's switch" that's located just inside the front door. Does anyone here have any ideas? I have located a second solenoid in one of the outside storage bins as well as what looks like a solenoid with fuses in the same place. I've attached a pic of this in hopes that it will be helpful to anyone reading this.