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we were driving up 95 n of richmond when i was telling my wife how
enjoyable this m380 has been when i started to lose power, turbo
booster went to 0 and with foot to the floor with no power i was able
to get to the side of this 4 lane packed highway as the engine cut off
and had to steer with no assist barely out of harmes way. Initially the
engine would not start, but after a 30 min wait it did. i decide to
try driving along the side slowly, turbo was registering and everything
seemed fine all gauges normal,so out on 95 we went with no more problem.
during that 30 min i talked to my local rv guy who thought it was an
electrical problem, jessie at bb was going to look up some master prob
list, havn't heard back. any thoughts on what may have occured. i have
synthetic fluds in the tranny as well as the engine, and all guages
have stayed remakably normal.
jim

Sounds like a grounding problem. Check the grounds from the batteries
and engine to the frame. Make sure they're tight and free of corrosion.

Pete Masterson
'95 Blue Bird Wanderlodge WBDA 42
aeonix1@...
On the road at Lockhart Texas



On May 28, 2007, at 12:56 PM, brystal9 wrote:

> we were driving up 95 n of richmond when i was telling my wife how
> enjoyable this m380 has been when i started to lose power, turbo
> booster went to 0 and with foot to the floor with no power i was able
> to get to the side of this 4 lane packed highway as the engine cut off
> and had to steer with no assist barely out of harmes way. Initially
> the
> engine would not start, but after a 30 min wait it did. i decide to
> try driving along the side slowly, turbo was registering and
> everything
> seemed fine all gauges normal,so out on 95 we went with no more
> problem.
> during that 30 min i talked to my local rv guy who thought it was an
> electrical problem, jessie at bb was going to look up some master prob
> list, havn't heard back. any thoughts on what may have occured. i
> have
> synthetic fluds in the tranny as well as the engine, and all guages
> have stayed remakably normal.
> jim
>

I agree with Pete. Start with the grounds. You did not mention if you had any
warning lights. It may not hurt to run a check on the electronic controls
through the DDL just to see if anything is there.

Leroy Eckert
1990 WB-40"Smoke N Mirrors"
Niceville, FL
----- Original Message -----
From: Pete Masterson
To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, May 28, 2007 3:40 PM
Subject: Re: [WanderlodgeForum] m380 cummins


Sounds like a grounding problem. Check the grounds from the batteries
and engine to the frame. Make sure they're tight and free of corrosion.

Pete Masterson
'95 Blue Bird Wanderlodge WBDA 42
aeonix1@...
On the road at Lockhart Texas

On May 28, 2007, at 12:56 PM, brystal9 wrote:

> we were driving up 95 n of richmond when i was telling my wife how
> enjoyable this m380 has been when i started to lose power, turbo
> booster went to 0 and with foot to the floor with no power i was able
> to get to the side of this 4 lane packed highway as the engine cut off
> and had to steer with no assist barely out of harmes way. Initially
> the
> engine would not start, but after a 30 min wait it did. i decide to
> try driving along the side slowly, turbo was registering and
> everything
> seemed fine all gauges normal,so out on 95 we went with no more
> problem.
> during that 30 min i talked to my local rv guy who thought it was an
> electrical problem, jessie at bb was going to look up some master prob
> list, havn't heard back. any thoughts on what may have occured. i
> have
> synthetic fluds in the tranny as well as the engine, and all guages
> have stayed remakably normal.
> jim
>





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The computer will hold the answer. I have a N14 and a M11 In trucks
and they keep codes forever. $65.00 to have it read by a tech that
can evaluate the clues the codes reveal.
GregoryO'Connor
94ptRomolandCa


--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "brystal9" <bbtravel@...>
wrote:
>
> we were driving up 95 n of richmond when i was telling my wife how
> enjoyable this m380 has been when i started to lose power, turbo
> booster went to 0 and with foot to the floor with no power i was
able
> to get to the side of this 4 lane packed highway as the engine cut
off
> and had to steer with no assist barely out of harmes way. Initially
the
> engine would not start, but after a 30 min wait it did. i decide
to
> try driving along the side slowly, turbo was registering and
everything
> seemed fine all gauges normal,so out on 95 we went with no more
problem.
> during that 30 min i talked to my local rv guy who thought it was
an
> electrical problem, jessie at bb was going to look up some master
prob
> list, havn't heard back. any thoughts on what may have occured. i
have
> synthetic fluds in the tranny as well as the engine, and all guages
> have stayed remakably normal.
> jim
>