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Silver Streak Digest    Saturday, January 17 2004    Volume 01 : Number 041




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Re: [SilverStreak] Silver Streak
Re: [SilverStreak] Electronic Jack

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Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2004 20:06:53 -0800
From: "WILLIAM SCHMID" <5150-n-flipper@xxxxxxxxxx.com>
Subject: Re: [SilverStreak] Silver Streak

Travis,

I have been told the "rule of thumb" is 10% of trailer weight should be tongue
weight and trailer level front and rear to road way. I found with our 32' that
a weight distributing hitch and a friction type anti-sway device really helped
keep it in line on the road. I am not sure if these would be needed for your
19' though the anti-sway would probably be beneficial to any trailer.

Bill Schmid


  Hi Folks,
  I have all the paperwork done on my '68 19Ft. SS and am ready to start work
  on her. Upon a closer inspection of where the insignias were it appears
  that they were a metal plaques that were riveted to the shell. Actually it
  appears to be 2 plaques. One with the Silver Streak logo and a smaller oval
  shaped one below it. I think the oval one is where the model name was. I
  have seen some photos of a 1958 SS  19 footer with the logos intact and the
  model in '58 was "Jet". Can anyone tell me if all 19' SS's were Jets? Also
  I have some rust streaks from some of the brackets, tail lights, etc. What
  is the best way to get the rust streaks off of anodized aluminum without
  harming the anodized finish. I also have a window type air conditioner
  mounted in the rear. I am considering removing it and re-installing  a
  window there and putting a roof mount AC where the front vent/skylight is
  located. Would this be too much weight on the roof? One other thing and
  I'll quit typing and get to restoring, this SS has tandem axles under it.
  What is the proper tongue weight and height for stable towing? I have
  enjoyed everyone's comments and will try to find a place to post some
  photos of the project as it progresses.

  CUL

  Travis

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Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2004 20:29:00 -0800
From: "WILLIAM SCHMID" <5150-n-flipper@xxxxxxxxxx.com>
Subject: Re: [SilverStreak] Electronic Jack

Joan,

The first item to check would be power to the motor either with a test light
or a meter. Then check the ground return to the battery, preferably with a
meter set to the ohms setting at 1 ohm scale. There should be less than 10 ohm
resistance from the motor housing to the battery negative terminal.
Depending on the level of mechanical and electrical adeptness you or a friend
may have, the most likely cause of a D.C. motor to fail is from brushes
wearing out. These brushes are usually not too difficult to replace, finding a
replacement brush set may pose some problem. However, carbon brushes are soft
and easy to modify their size to fit. The brushes are located at on end of the
motor and spring loaded to push them against the commutator ring. This is how
the power from the battery gets to the windings of the motor to make it turn.
When the contact is broken due to the brushes wearing past their useable
length the power can no longer flow through the windings to create the
magnetism to turn the motor. Brushes are relatively cheap, usually $3-$4.
If you are not confident in performing these repairs look for a motor repair
shop in the yellow pages and ask about a repair. I'm sure it will beat the
cost of replacing the whole jack unit and you will still have that retro
jack!

Bill Scmid


  I've been reading all of the postings with fascination, but so far haven't
  had anything to contribute.... We have a 79 Supreme Rocket in pretty good
  condition. It needs some work - the electronic jack just died on us on our
  most recent camping expedition and we found out that we didn't have the
hand
  crank which caused minor panic until my hubby improvised with a wrench
  handle. We have all of the original paper work/ owners manual. We've had it
  for 5 years and only used it twice, but its so retro we love it!!  Seems
  like it has started to deteriorate a bit recently, but it probably is the
  result of non-use.

  Thanks to Jim for solving the mystery of why we have none of the gold tone
  on ours. It is nonexistent. I thought that it may have been built without.

  Does anyone have any hot tip replacing or repairing the electric jack?

  Thanks in advance!

  Joan

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