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Driver's Side Front Bay Door Won't Open

Howdy.

The driver's side front bay door won't open on my 1993 WLWB. It is the bay that has the generator cooling fan in it. By lying on the ground, I have removed all of the **** from that compartment that I could reach from it's floor opening. But I can't get around that cooling fan. Facing
the coach, I can see the rod moving when Liz pulls up on the outside latch but I can't see the rod on the far side of the door. So I don't know what it is doing. I am carefully removing the bolts on the very bottom of that entire compartment to ease the floor open a very small amount. Hopefully then I can see if that other rod is moving. Then maybe I can see if it is being stopped from moving by some obstruction on the floor of that compartment. Suggestions or ideas would be very welcome.

TIA,

Jack
Regards,
Jack and Liz Pearce
Fulltiming in a 1993 Wanderlodge WB40
D'Hanis, TX Winter
Buena Vista, CO Summer

Can you reach in from the generator side and stick your hand in with your digital camera and shoot some shots? I do that in tight places when I am remodeling to look for hidden wires.

Sounds like the rear (out of sight) lock is not disengaging or the body work is holding the door after it slide forward (maybethe collars with the set screws that set the fore and aft travel on the access door came loose and allowed it to move foreward or aft and bind with the sheet metal frame.)

From: txfulltimers
To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Fri, December 10, 2010 3:18:28 PM
Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] Driver's Side Front Bay Door Won't Open on 1993 Wanderlodge

Driver's Side Front Bay Door Won't Open

Howdy.
The driver's side front bay door won't open on my 1993 WLWB. It is the bay that has the generator cooling fan in it. By lying on the ground, I have removed all of the **** from that compartment that I could reach from it's floor opening. But I can't get around that cooling fan. Facing the coach, I can see the rod moving when Liz pulls up on the outside latch but I can't see the rod on the far side of the door. So I don't know what it is doing. I am carefully removing the bolts on the very bottom of that entire compartment to ease the floor open a very small amount. Hopefully then I can see if that other rod is moving. Then maybe I can see if it is being stopped from moving by some obstruction on the floor of that compartment. Suggestions or ideas would be very welcome.

TIA,
Jack
Regards,
Jack and Liz Pearce
Fulltiming in a 1993 Wanderlodge WB40
D'Hanis, TX
Winter
Buena Vista, CO Summer

--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, Robert Johannesen wrote:
>
> Can you reach in from the generator side and stick your hand in with your
> digital camera and shoot some shots?Ã I do that in tight places when I am
> remodeling to look for hidden wires.
> Sounds like the rear (out of sight) lock is not disengaging or the body work is
> holding the door after it slide forward (maybeÃthe collars with the set screws
> that set the fore and aft travel on the access door came loose and allowed it to
> move foreward or aft and bind with the sheet metal frame.)

Thanks for the suggestion. Took pictures and got some good idea of what was going on. I was able to move the rod on the left side of door over a little bit and that helped. I will get a bigger bolt to lower the compartment floor more so that I can take pictures of the right hand side of the door. Thanks again,
Jack

1993 WLWB
Dhanis, TX

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> From: txfulltimers jacklizpearce@...
> To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Fri, December 10, 2010 3:18:28 PM
> Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] Driver's Side Front Bay Door Won't Open on 1993
> Wanderlodge
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> Driver's Side Front Bay Door Won't Open
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> Howdy.
> The driver's side front bay door won't open on my 1993 WLWB. It is the bay that
> has the generator cooling fan in it. By lying on the ground, I have removed all
> of the **** from that compartment that I could reach from it's floor opening.
> But I can't get around that cooling fan. Facing the coach, I can see the rod
> moving when Liz pulls up on the outside latch but I can't see the rod on the far
> side of the door. So I don't know what it is doing. I am carefully removing the
> bolts on the very bottom of that entire compartment to ease the floor open a
> very small amount. Hopefully then I can see if that other rod is moving. Then
> maybe I can see if it is being stopped from moving by some obstruction on the
> floor of that compartment. Suggestions or ideas would be very welcome.
>
> TIA,
> Jack
> Regards,
> Jack and Liz Pearce
> Fulltiming in a 1993 Wanderlodge WB40
> D'Hanis, TXÃ Winter
> Buena Vista, COÃ Summer
>

Can you crawl through the bay from the starboard side? Or is it too full?

Wallace & Faye Craig

95 WLWB 42

Azle, Texas

From: txfulltimers
To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sat, December 11, 2010 12:04:09 PM
Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] Re: Driver's Side Front Bay Door Won't Open on 1993 Wanderlodge

--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, Robert Johannesen wrote:
>
> Can you reach in from the generator side and stick your hand in with your
> digital camera and shoot some shots?Ã I do that in tight places when I am
> remodeling to look for hidden wires.
> Sounds like the rear (out of sight) lock is not disengaging or the body work is
> holding the door after it slide forward (maybeÃthe collars with the set screws
> that set the fore and aft travel on the access door came loose and allowed it to
> move foreward or aft and bind with the sheet metal frame.)

Thanks for the suggestion. Took pictures and got some good idea of what was going on. I was able to move the rod on the left side of door over a little bit and that helped. I will get a bigger bolt to lower the compartment floor more so that I can take
pictures of the right hand side of the door. Thanks again,
Jack

1993 WLWB
Dhanis, TX

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>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: txfulltimers jacklizpearce@...
> To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Fri, December 10, 2010 3:18:28 PM
> Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] Driver's Side Front Bay Door Won't Open on 1993
> Wanderlodge
>
> Ã
> Driver's Side Front Bay Door Won't Open
> ________________________________
>
> Howdy.
> The driver's side front bay door won't open on my 1993 WLWB. It is the bay that
> has the generator cooling fan in it. By lying on the ground, I have removed all
> of the **** from that compartment that I could reach from it's floor opening.
> But I can't get around that cooling fan. Facing the coach, I can see the rod
> moving when Liz pulls up on
the outside latch but I can't see the rod on the far
> side of the door. So I don't know what it is doing. I am carefully removing the
> bolts on the very bottom of that entire compartment to ease the floor open a
> very small amount. Hopefully then I can see if that other rod is moving. Then
> maybe I can see if it is being stopped from moving by some obstruction on the
> floor of that compartment. Suggestions or ideas would be very welcome.
>
> TIA,
> Jack
> Regards,
> Jack and Liz Pearce
> Fulltiming in a 1993 Wanderlodge WB40
> D'Hanis, TXÃ Winter
> Buena Vista, COÃ Summer
>

--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, Wallace Craig wrote:
>
> Can you crawl through the bay from the starboard side? Or is it too full?
>
> Wallace & Faye Craig
> 95 WLWB 42
> Azle, Texas
>
>

No. The compartment involved is the one that contains the radiator and the cooling fan for the generator. It is NOT the pass-through bay. However, Jack is making progress in opening up the floor in order to see what is going on in there. Thanks for the reply.

Regards,
Jack and Liz Pearce
Fulltiming in a 1993 Wanderlodge WB40
D'Hanis, TX Winter
Buena Vista, CO Summer

>
>
> ________________________________
> From: txfulltimers jacklizpearce@...
> To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Sat, December 11, 2010 12:04:09 PM
> Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] Re: Driver's Side Front Bay Door Won't Open on 1993
> Wanderlodge
>
>
>
>
> --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, Robert Johannesen packratfxr@
> wrote:
> >
> > Can you reach in from the generator side and stick your hand in with your
> > digital camera and shoot some shots?Ã I do that in tight places when I am
> > remodeling to look for hidden wires.
> > Sounds like the rear (out of sight) lock is not disengaging or the body work is
> >
> > holding the door after it slide forward (maybeÃthe collars with the set screws
> >
> > that set the fore and aft travel on the access door came loose and allowed it
> >to
> >
> > move foreward or aft and bind with the sheet metal frame.)
>
>
> Thanks for the suggestion. Took pictures and got some good idea of what was
> going on. I was able to move the rod on the left side of door over a little bit
> and that helped. I will get a bigger bolt to lower the compartment floor more so
> that I can take pictures of the right hand side of the door. Thanks again,
> Jack
>
>
> 1993 WLWB
> Dhanis, TX
>
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ________________________________
> > From: txfulltimers jacklizpearce@
> > To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
> > Sent: Fri, December 10, 2010 3:18:28 PM
> > Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] Driver's Side Front Bay Door Won't Open on 1993
> > Wanderlodge
> >
> > Ã
> > Driver's Side Front Bay Door Won't Open
> > ________________________________
> >
> > Howdy.
> > The driver's side front bay door won't open on my 1993 WLWB. It is the bay that
> >
> > has the generator cooling fan in it. By lying on the ground, I have removed all
> >
> > of the **** from that compartment that I could reach from it's floor opening.
> > But I can't get around that cooling fan. Facing the coach, I can see the rod
> > moving when Liz pulls up on the outside latch but I can't see the rod on the
> >far
> >
> > side of the door. So I don't know what it is doing. I am carefully removing the
> >
> > bolts on the very bottom of that entire compartment to ease the floor open a
> > very small amount. Hopefully then I can see if that other rod is moving. Then
> > maybe I can see if it is being stopped from moving by some obstruction on the
> > floor of that compartment. Suggestions or ideas would be very welcome.
> >
> > TIA,
> > Jack
> > Regards,
> > Jack and Liz Pearce
> > Fulltiming in a 1993 Wanderlodge WB40
> > D'Hanis, TXÃ Winter
> > Buena Vista, COÃ Summer
> >
>