[Shifter stuck in park]

This is about the 1990 Itasca I recently acquired, see post about scrapping out 90 Itasca. This unit sat for 16 years because the owner couldn't find someone to find and fix the problem and didn't what to pay to have it towed to a dealer, though one guy did come out and took the plastic off from around the steering column but obviously did know what he was looking for.

I did the same thing but found 2 systems that lock the shifter, the first one is actuated when the key is turned on the other by pressing on the brake pedal.

hope I can explain this well.

By removing the plastic trim from around the column, then removing a small section of the plastic heat duct the steering column can be lowered by removing 4 nuts, this will reveal the spring loaded cable coming from the brake pedal to the steering column. This is where the problem occurred, the steel pin at the end of the cable slightly rusted and would not release. See photos, I removed the cable, cleaned up the steel pin, using a Q-tip and brake cleaner cleaned out the little hole where the pin goes in, lubed the pin and reinstall. problem fixed, quite simple actually once you know what your looking for.  

This unit actually runs quite well after I gave it a tune up, still not sure what I'll do with it as I now own 3, 1990 warrior, 1985 Dolphin, 1990 Itasca. The owner did some damage thinking she could sell off parts, and the ceiling needs replaced due to water damage coming in around the roof a/c, nothing that cant be fixed with time and money.

Hope this helps anybody that finds them in the same situation.

[Scrapping out 1990 Itasca]

Sorry for not getting back sooner, things have been busy and took a couple trips in my 90 winnibago. Yep brought the 90 Itasca home not sure what I'll do with it. If anybody would like to make a reasonable offer it could be had. Runs great! Though it does need WORK, water damage plus the po did damage thinking she could sell off parts, had the fridge repaired in the beginning then thought she take it out and sell it, she got the door off but couldn't figure how to get the fridge out so she threw the door away.  The one part I could really have used.

Several years ago when I decided I wanted a Toyota I had a hard time finding one, now I see them all over the place for sell and have 3

Heres a pic of my back yard and the 90 Itasca, the tarped one is an 85 that's being turned into a toy hauler but that's for another post.

I'll post info and pics concerning the shifter problem under another heading just in case someone else runs into this so they wont let it sit for 16 years as was this one

[Scrapping out 1990 Itasca]

Not really sure, just know I cant keep it around for very long. After I get it home I give you all my full story, some of you will laugh and some will say WT@&*#

[Scrapping out 1990 Itasca]

Well I decided to look into this further, Linda you were right, there are actually 2 locking pins, one electric and one mechanical , after removing all the plastic under the column I found the electrical one thought I had it but no, so digging further found the cable with what looked like a push button that would release when the brake pedal was pushed, after unbolting and dropping the steering column found the other end going to the shifter column, wrenched it loose and pulled it out, the pin was really seized up. removed the cable; shifter problem solved!   Didn't think to take pictures, after I get it home I'll see what I can do about that in case somebody else has the issue.

I did finally get it to start but it wont run, fuel looks and smells like turpentine, I think the hardest part in the whole process was breaking loose the fuel lines from the filter. 

Feel sad for the lady po, she had big dreams for her retirement, only put 300 miles on it just getting thing fixed, free head gasket plus $500 in other gaskets, $200 for sealing tape(wow), had refrig. repaired, plus other things until the shifter problem, nobody could figure it out, so it just sat and started to rot away, until I came along.

She has the Onan generator, a rv dealer told her it was worth about $3000 is this right?

 

[Scrapping out 1990 Itasca]

I have access to a 1990 Winnebago Itasca, here's what I know about it, has been sitting for about 6 years or so, the shifter is stuck in park, the steering column was taken apart to find a way to unlock it to no avail so it was put back together. It has water damage, front ,back and around ac. generator gone, refrigerator has no door, toilet taken out, hasn't been started in a long time, 76,000+ miles. my thoughts are it has no value except rims and rear end. my question is do I walk away from it or bring it home strip it down and try to sell wheels and rear end, just not sure if its worth my time. Anybody have any thoughts on this?