Airstream 396 Automobile User Manual


 
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EXTERIOR
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ROOF, LADDER AND STORAGE
For traveling, the lower section of the ladder should be removed and stored in one of
your lower compartments.
To remove, pull out the cross pins in the lower sockets then pull the bottom of the
ladder out of the sockets. This will allow the top of the ladder to be unhooked freeing
it for storage.
CAUTION: ON non-SkyDeck units the roof storage is limited to 250 pounds
evenly distributed.
MAIN DOOR LOCK
LOCK ASSEMBLY,
MAIN DOOR
1. Outside housing
assembly
2. Inside plate
3. Striker bolt
4. Caged nut
5. Rotary latch
KEYLESS DOOR LOCK
Operation
The dead bolt portion of your motorhome may be controlled by radio signals produced
by the key fob shown below. One characteristic of this system is the one second delay
after a pad has been depressed.
NOTE: When you use the keypad to turn the patio lights ON you must also use the
keypad to turn them OFF. The same goes for the switch inside the door ... if you turn
the lights on with this switch, you must use the same switch to turn them off. You
cannot turn the lights on with the keypad and off with the switch.
There are four major components operating the door locks; control module/receiver,
dash switch, relay, and drive motors. The control module is mounted on the inside wall
just behind the main door. The relay operates in conjunction with the dash switch and
is located up under the left hand side of the dash. The drive motors, located at each
lock, are polarity sensitive. When testing you’ll find the wires at the drive motors will
switch from positive to negative and vice versus as the key fob or dash switch is being
operated. When using the dash switch the relay under the dash performs the polarity
switching functions and the control module/receiver serves the same function when
the key fob is used.