newby help

[ardmore alpine]

bought our first trailer a new 2013 Alpine 3500RE and a Ram 2500HD Limited to pull it. Went to pull up camp this morning and the slideouts and landing gear would barely retract. Could some one tell me how to over ride the hydraulic system the Lippert you tube video is not my model. Mine has 4 valves and I don't see a place for a drill to open or close the slides. It is great to have such wonderful customer support closed when I needed them very limited hours of operation. Perhaps one of you can be of help thanks in advance Roger

[tileman]

Make sure your battery voltage is up where it should be. Check for loose connections.

[danimal]

Yep, tileman is correct. It's the battery or battery connections. Another thing to check on the battery is the water level. The deep cycle batteries in trailers are not sealed like car batteries.

[ardmore alpine]

All of the connections are tight now I think it may be a pump issue. Voltage is right at 13 volt Thanks Roger

[Ron]

If the weather was cold the fluid will be thicker therefore the slides and if you have the 6 point auto leveling, it will run slower when retracting or going out, when my fluid is cold it will trip out the circuit breaker at times, just my 2 cents worth...

[Cnc_hemi]

http://www.lci1.com/OwnersManuals/Le...eling%20II.pdf
Hope this helps.

[LZScout]

All above is correct but if the question you are really asking is how to make the system work without power, manual operation is necessary. You should have been given about a 10" flexible drill extension with a hex bit on the end. Use this and a battery operated drill to attach to the manual port on the end of your hydraulic pump motor. Spin in one direction, slides/level-up goes in/up, other direction they go out/down. The key is to isolate the parts so only the parts you want to move, do.

Both the slides and the level-up have separate manifolds that have isolation valves that can be opened/closed. The PDF manual above shows an example, it may or may not match what you have but should be similar.

Normally, all valves will be open. Shut the ones you don't want to move. I use a Ryobi drill that has an AC charger and also a DC charger. That way, I can recharge as necessary if I need to.

Hope this helps.


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