enblethen wrote:
This is a good generic repair manual
RV Repair
For the chassis you should be able to find a Chilton's manual that covers your F53
Your best for appliances and other devices is to down load manuals from Internet. Another good source and a member here is BryantRV.com
Most Chilton's manuals did not include a complete wiring diagram and the diagrams they did offer were not very detailed. Somewhere between 93-97 Chilton ceased printing and Haynes took over.
See
HERE for the complete article on Chilton..
From link above..
"In 1973, the company moved its operations out of the city of Philadelphia, 10 miles northwest to Radnor, Pennsylvania. It would call that location home for the next 20 years. Major changes occurred in 1996 when Chilton's parent company since 1979, ABC Publishing, was acquired by Disney.
To quickly reduce the debt from the purchase, Disney sold off many assets, Chilton included. But rather than go as a whole, the venerable publisher was broken up into pieces and scattered to the winds. Today Motor Age and Commercial Carrier Journal continue in print and digital, divorced from the parts of the company still using the old name. The repair manuals are owned by Cengage Learning and Haynes Publishing Group."When I bought my 97 truck, there was no Chiltons to be had, had to buy a Haynes instead.
Haynes is OK, perhaps a step better than Chilton at times but if you need a complete wiring diagram it is not included in Haynes and the best source will typically be the Ford Shop manuals that the dealer repair shops use. They are not cheap but they do offer complete diagrams and color codes..
Just be aware that with incomplete chassis used for Motor Homes, the wiring included from the factory may be bare bones and incomplete (just complete enough to start the engine and move the chassis) and the coach builder must complete everything else like dash, windows, wipers lighting, A/C, heat, fan.. In this case the best source would be the coach builder..
