Or maybe you have a talented mother, sister, or daughter as I do! J J J My youngest daughter follows in my footsteps, (I broke my neck by falling from scaffolding while hanging joist hangers in our 4500 square foot barn we were building) and has been able to fix many things.
I have to pay for everything myself and I did not have any sort of settlement, so we use the shotgun approach sometimes as it is the only way I can get my van, my lifts or my wheelchair fixed. It usually works, and since we do not have a ton of options for repairs to most disability equipment, it is almost a necessity. And I will take a vodka tonic thank you very much. Have a great day everyone. Joan From: RONALD L PRACHT [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2014 9:30 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Fwd: Van The reason why people throw parts at any vehicle or use a "gamblers approach" is because each time you take it in to a mobility dealer you drive 100 miles, make 3 trips and spend a minimum of 1000.00 dollars. You can throw new batterys, half a dozen switches and put new motors in for the cost of one visit. Many times instead of a 1000.00 you can fix it for 15.00 and you gain the knowledge to fix it next time. Obviously if you don't have a brother, father son or nephew to help you look it over you are limited to what you can do. The first thing I do when I get a new to me used van is download the schematic diagram of the parts breakdown of the lift and any other info google has on my mobility equipment. Between looking at the diagram , getting on the lift and looking it over, get anothers opinion I can usually figure it out. Sometimes you cant figure it out and you take it in, but many things like the switches , door motors and adjustments aren't rocket scientist equations. some people don't have a settlement with unlimited funds and the van sits broke. Whether you are a quad or anyone do everything possible for yourself and you will expand your knowledge base. You don't have to be a victim to these monopolys and price gougers all the time. This is my opinion, but everybody has one. When all else fails crack a beer and sit in the shade awhile. Ron On Tuesday, July 15, 2014 5:50 AM, Larry Willis <[email protected]> wrote: Thanks Tom. You don't sound like a jerk at all:) It is 2003 rebuilt Vangater that I had installed in 2011. They shipped it down from store near you. It has worked great until now. It was serviced in 2012 and had a one year warranty, so I am out of luck on that end. I will make an appt with Superior as soon as I can. I need somebody to ride shotgun with me since Louisville is about 100 miles from here. Thanks for your input Tom. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Thomas E. Cusack <[email protected]> Date: Monday, July 14, 2014 Subject: Van To: Larry Willis <[email protected]> I hate to sound like a jerk but so what if it works great with no weight on it. There might be a valve in the pump that could be failing, get it checked out and get a positive use out of the equipment rather than a gamblers approach if it'll work or not. When did you last have it serviced? Did Superior give you any warranty on parts and labor? if so, for how long? We're mid summer right now-then the dreaded winter. Enjoy it while you can. Tom On Monday, July 14, 2014 8:17 PM, Larry Willis <[email protected]> wrote: Afterthought -- the lift seems to work fine with no weight on it. Sent from my iPad Begin forwarded message: From: RONALD L PRACHT <[email protected]> Date: July 14, 2014 at 9:16:19 AM EDT To: Larry Willis <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Fwd: Van Reply-To: RONALD L PRACHT <[email protected]> All three of my vans have had the door limit switch fail. On Monday, July 14, 2014 8:14 AM, Larry Willis <[email protected]> wrote: Thanks Ron. Excellent advice. I'll take a look at that switch. Makes perfect sense. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: RONALD L PRACHT <[email protected]> Date: Sunday, July 13, 2014 Subject: Van To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> hears what I think.....................when your doors open they hit a limit switch that tells the lift its ok to unfold and come down. I think that limit switch is going in and out(failing) basically confusing the lift into thinking the doors aren't in the open position. You need to find the limit switch that the door hits first. Then when using your remote to raise or lower the lift, use something to tap on the switch when it fails and see if you can make the lift work by tapping the switch. If it works when you tap it, then it needs to be bent out a little bit or adjusted with a screwdriver. The noise you are hearing is a relay clicking on and off inside the tower. If the lift works with the override the relay isn't the problem its more than likely the inexpensive limit switch Im talking about. Even if you take it to the shop the limit switch is less than fifty bucks and less than an hour to install. If you take it in make sure they replace the limit switch and not adjust it. This is a common part they have and you don't want it failing again anytime soon. On Sunday, July 13, 2014 3:23 PM, Larry Willis <[email protected]> wrote: I am having a pain in the anus problem with my lift. I have a 96 E150 with a Crow River lift. The lift is factory refurbished and only 2 years old (post refurb). Going up from the ground, it will stall 6 to 10 times. Then I hear a click like that of a circuit breaker. Going down it stalls at floor level. It will either work at first try or not at all. The over ride switch works well, but that means an extra person. Anyone have a guess what the problem might be? I hate the thoughts of an 85$ per hour trip to the shop! Larry
