Lippert Ground control pad failure

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While on a 1800 mile trip to Florida and back, on our 2nd stop we could not get off the truck as the hydraulic leveling stopped with the primary jack half way down. It was late and decided to stay on the truck overnight as we were perfectly level.
Thanks to BryanValRox, we were able to get off the truck manually using the primary jack valve and a drill motor on the hydraulic motor. Worked flawlessly. Contacted Lippert and they walked me through the troubleshooting on the phone and diagnosed a failed pad. Ordered one from Amazon, delivered to the RV park, replaced and back in business. The bad pad appeared to have corrosion on the electronic board(looked like water, etc. got up in the housing somehow.

Just a heads up if it happens to you. The hydraulic slides still worked so we knew it was not the pump.

 

[BryanValRox]

While on a 1800 mile trip to Florida and back, on our 2nd stop we could not get off the truck as the hydraulic leveling stopped with the primary jack half way down. It was late and decided to stay on the truck overnight as we were perfectly level.
Thanks to BryanValRox, we were able to get off the truck manually using the primary jack valve and a drill motor on the hydraulic motor. Worked flawlessly. Contacted Lippert and they walked me through the troubleshooting on the phone and diagnosed a failed pad. Ordered one from Amazon, delivered to the RV park, replaced and back in business. The bad pad appeared to have corrosion on the electronic board(looked like water, etc. got up in the housing somehow.

Just a heads up if it happens to you. The hydraulic slides still worked so we knew it was not the pump.

Bruce, I am here for you my friend!!😂
Glad it it all worked out and the trip was salvaged!
Hope you are enjoying what might be left of it at this point.
Thanks for sharing your findings on the controller, corrosion is certainly a problem.
Travel Safe!