ok you know when you feel like a dumbass I found the breaker box but automatically assumed that was for shore power or battery well right in front under the sink is a switch between battery or converter and a switch for the water pump so I hooked up the shore power and lights came on but I checked the battery and I have one car battery and one deep cycle but the deep cycle is fried (pulled it out and wont hold a charge) but the good news is it runs, no leaks and I paid $1k for it lol now I just gotta figure out if my motor has power steering (dont think so b/c its hard to turn at slow speeds and can't find where to put fluid for it lol) and undoing what the previous owner did and linking wires unneeded wires (linked the deep cycle directly to alot of unneeded stuff like a amp that's not there lol) I'm learning day by day by carefully trying not to fry myself or blow myself up lol for the gas I haven't used it really b/c I think I need to open the tank up first and then start using the gas but so far all the lights work on shore power and I think the heater comes on when I hook up shore power b/c there's a sound coming from the passenger/rear area where the heater is at. but there's three questions: is there anyway to repair a black water tank b/c whenever I use water, it leaks out the back and with it being 81 parts are no where. any suggestions are helpful. When I look at the motor it has the old carburetor with round filter the question is the air coming in from the side is there suppose to be a filter where it comes in too? Has any1 installed solar yet on their roof and if so how did you bolt it to the roof i.e. is there studs running length wise to bolt them to? (I plan to be off grid completely and rv full time) thank you all for all the great comments, maybe someday I'll show someone the way so they don't get the shock treatment I did lol