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RE: Happijac issue
With the same issue, I picked up my HappiJac 4200 Motörhead from electric motor repair shop and for 150.00 problem solved all for 150.00! Now all the jacks are working!
The most amazing thing in this statement is that you were able to find an "electric motor repair shop" in this day and age!! Glad you were successful.. Thanks , the shop mainly rebuilds starters and alternators , and camper jacks.
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mattyj
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05/24/23 09:31pm |
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RE: Happijac issue
One of my three year old Happijac motors (old style) has died. Right now, replacements are not available. Here's what I got from Lippert this morning:
Good afternoon,
The motors will be available again at the end of June, the PN is 2022003046, and they are $220.95 each.
If you would like to order one, you can do that at any time via email or over the phone, but it will not ship until the end of June when these are back in stock.
To order via email, please reply with quantity, phone number, and a good shipping address. We will create the order and email you a secure link for payment.
Thank you,
Ashley W
Lippert Care Center Leveling/Slides Parts Agent
p: 432.LIPPERT | f: 574.534.7161
Lippert. With the same issue, I picked up my HappiJac 4200 Motörhead from electric motor repair shop and for 150.00 problem solved all for 150.00! Now all the jacks are working!
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mattyj
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05/20/23 08:03am |
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RE: Happijac issue
Since Happijac does not manufacture the 4200 model that I have , and the Motörhead replacement won’t be available til the end of June, I bought the Motörhead to an electric motor repair shop and hoping for the best !
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mattyj
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05/12/23 10:16am |
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RE: Just curious
I am careful about sanitizing my tank and even re-santize when the tank has not been in use for a month or so. I am also careful to only use potable water from reliable sources. Even though the water is potable, it may not be entirely palatable. I use a final Brita or other device for drinking water.
Personally I find it to be a real nuisance to carry bottled water when camping. Especially in Summer months, I am likely to go through a gallon of drinking water a day. That would really add up over a few weeks.
If you really think bottled water is somehow better, you might want to do some additional research. Typically the source of bottled water is municipal water that has perhaps been filtered. Then there is the issue of water in contact with plastic containers for weeks, months or even years. No thanks. Something to think about, all these posts are convincing me to just use the freshwater tank. Thanks
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mattyj
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04/12/23 10:13am |
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Just curious
I never drink the water from my fresh water tank even if I sanitized it with bleach , bottled water only . Anyone out there drink the water out of their fresh water tank??
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mattyj
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04/12/23 08:44am |
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RE: Happijac issue
Open the remote. There's a ribbon cable that connects the keypad to the circuit board. It's held to the circuit board with a zero insertion force tab. Remove the tab. Remove the ribbon. Clean the ribbon connections with a pencil eraser. Reassemble.
Mine has done this a couple times. Now works fine.. Thanks but I have determined it’s one of the jack motorheads is dead , and Happijac has discontinued making them until the end of June . I guess I’ll wait.
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mattyj
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04/09/23 03:12pm |
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RE: Happijac issue
1 Up and down refer to the camper direction. It's easy to get this confused, since the jacks extend downward to move the camper up.
2 If the jacks move opposite to what's described above, you have a polarity issue.
3 When all else fails, I find a power cycle reboot will cure things.. I tried all those things, nothing changed. Thank you for your response!
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mattyj
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03/29/23 06:12pm |
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RE: Happijac issue
I have all the wiring connected as per Happijac website
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mattyj
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03/28/23 07:22pm |
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RE: Happijac issue
What do you mean by the jacks behaved worse after you swapped the wires. Can you help someone like me visualize what is happening?
Originally as reported
All jacks work at once. That makes sense to me
The rear jacks work ok. Does that mean you can extend each rear jack individually or just extend them as a pair?
The Fronts
don't work. Yep easy to understand.
You then tried swapping the wires and said it got worse. Can you describe what happened? Did you suddenly have no jacks? Did all the jacks except one rear stop working? If so which jack? Did a front jack ever try to work? If so which jack? The All JACKS button Only the left rear goes opposite and Right rear goes opposite , the other jacks do not work at all. LEFT FRONT up button goes down and the left front down button nothing happens LEFT REAR down button goes up and the up button nothing moves RIGHT FRONT up and down buttons, nothing moves RIGHT REAR. up button does not work and down button goes up . I hope this isn’t too confusing.
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mattyj
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03/28/23 07:19pm |
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RE: Happijac issue
I had that problem and when looking at the controller :?board discovered that in the lower right hand corner, a wire lug had come loose from the board…I reinserted it and all was well…
3 tons I’ll go try that right now, thanks that wire lug was tight. No luck
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mattyj
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03/28/23 04:22pm |
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RE: Happijac issue
I had that problem and when looking at the controller board discovered that in the lower right hand corner, a wire lug had come loose from the board…I reinserted it and all was well…
3 tons I’ll go try that right now, thanks
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mattyj
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03/28/23 04:09pm |
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RE: Happijac issue
My camper came with two remotes. One wired and the other wireless. Is it possible you have a second remote? I only have one remote, I ordered one on eBay and the numbers in the photo in the ad matched my remote, but of course they sent the wrong one and now when I try to print the return label they sent me to return the wrong one I can’t get it to print ??????????
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mattyj
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03/24/23 11:06am |
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RE: Happijac issue
People are ignoring that ALL THE JACKS WILL WORK AT ONCE.
That means the jacks are getting power. That means the jacks are NOT stuck. That means the jacks are getting a signal. That means the lever on the side of the jacks are in the correct position.
The problem is either in the remote, or in the jack controller in the camper. The problem is electronic, and for most of us the only thing we can do is replace things until it starts working again.
It would be interesting if you could swap the wires from the front jacks to the rear jacks, and verify that the problem follows the wiring, not the jacks. I will go look to see if I can swap the wires from the front jacks to the rear jacks. I’m not sure if they will reach.
swap them at the control board. just plug the fronts into the bak sockets and the other way for the backs I swapped all the wires on the control board, and it made the jacks behave worse than before so I just put them back to the original position
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mattyj
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03/24/23 11:00am |
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RE: Happijac issue
People are ignoring that ALL THE JACKS WILL WORK AT ONCE.
That means the jacks are getting power. That means the jacks are NOT stuck. That means the jacks are getting a signal. That means the lever on the side of the jacks are in the correct position.
The problem is either in the remote, or in the jack controller in the camper. The problem is electronic, and for most of us the only thing we can do is replace things until it starts working again.
It would be interesting if you could swap the wires from the front jacks to the rear jacks, and verify that the problem follows the wiring, not the jacks. I will go look to see if I can swap the wires from the front jacks to the rear jacks. I’m not sure if they will reach.
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mattyj
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03/24/23 07:49am |
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RE: Happijac issue
Make sure the lever on side of the jack is in the UP position. Easy to overlook.
https://www.happijac.com/images/pdfs/10keywired.pdf yes, they are all in the up position do
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mattyj
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03/23/23 07:47pm |
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RE: Happijac issue
Have you tried changing the battery or moving closer to the fronts or sending unit? Have you tried manually cranking the fronts to make sure they aren't corroded?
Other than that, I had one Atwood remote die on me at about 1 year. The second one is still going strong 15 years later. You might have to buy a new remote.
Good luck. I manually cranked one of the Fronts,I will try the other and I have changed my position to be closer to the receiver, no difference, and I changed the batteries, still no good . Happijac gave me a price of $300 for a new remote. I found one on eBay for 100 but it said new/other, I didn’t like the fact that it said “other”but I bought it and i was sent the wrong remote, the model number was wrong . So when I get my refund I’m gonna try it again for the right one.
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mattyj
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03/23/23 06:03pm |
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Happijac issue
I’m trying to get the remote for these to work with the receiver , but No! I can get all the jacks work at once and the rear to work ok , but the fronts don’t work, I have tried connecting cable to the receiver from the remote, and to reprogram the remote, but they still don’t work, right. It’s also very difficult to find someone who will service these Jacks . Can anybody give me some help?? Thanks
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mattyj
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03/23/23 04:27pm |
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RE: Method HD wheels on beach
I have some Toyo Mt's 35 x 12.5 x 18's and are running the Method 305HD's and I have ran down to 30psi in the sand with my camper down in Baja. Didn't want to push it as it was kinda isolated.
Didn't "float" but they weren't a problem. Didn't get stuck or even close.
Got passed by an old station wagon with 10 kids in it on the beach.. That is great news! The method 305 HD’s are what I ordered! Thanks
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mattyj
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03/06/23 08:31pm |
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RE: Method HD wheels on beach
Not sure on exacts but the HD's with bead grip allows you to go lower and still carry 4500 lbs. I go down to 20psi on my stock rims on the front, will only go down to 22psi on the rears.
BTW, are you getting bigger tires, I am interested in putting bigger tires on my rig so the differential isn't smacking stuff in the sand and so I can float better.. No I’m keeping my 18” Nitto Grapplers and I been on beach before with stock rims and no problem
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mattyj
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03/06/23 03:02pm |
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Method HD wheels on beach
I just ordered 4 Method rims and I forgot to ask salesman if I could air down the tires to 20 lbs ( with tc on) to drive through the sand on the beach. Does anybody know if I can? Or will the tires be damaged? I have been doing it with stock rims for 15 years with no problem. Thanks.
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mattyj
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03/06/23 08:50am |
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