Landing Gear Will not raise

[W5WI]

Hello,

After pulling my 5'er from OK to MO I was setting up in a campground and discovered that I could not raise my camper but could lower it using the switch.

After a search on the internet and much head scratching I decided to turn the switch over and see what happened. Well now it raises and won't lower...

Score one for a bad switch!

My 5'er is a 2011 326MKS Cougar. Does anyone have a good part number for the switch? An internet search shows several sites with "switches" but are they all okay? Any thoughts or experience is appreciated.

dale

[dutchmensport]

No idea on the switch, but this last Summer I had a front landing jack gear get stripped (electric). Now that was fun! Anyway, at the campground, I was able to raise the camper (on one leg), get supports under the stripped jack frame side, and lower it somewhat level. I then (just got lucky I suppose) went to the closest RV dealership (Keystone products) and they had the entire jack. I was able to switch them out, re-homed the Lippert 6 point leveling system, and it's been working fine ever since.

My suggestion? Remove the switch, take it to your closest RV dealership that sells your brand and see if the parts department can match it. This saves a lot of time, guess work, and the possibility of buying one on-line that might end up not being the right one, and then you just lost your money and end up doing another trail and error attempt, spending even more.

Take some photos of the actual jacks, and the trailer with you, so they know exactly what you are dealing with.

[JRTJH]

Any "reversible switch with the correct amperage capacity" will work. The "trick" as far as I'm concerned, is finding one that fits the current hole and sort of matches the rest of the switches... That's the key, at least to me. The only way I know to "match up the switch to the others" is to take it to an RV parts store and look at what they have on the shelf. Most have 6 or 8 different style/colors in stock, so it's a matter of picking what you like.