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GEric

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    1991 Winnebago Warrior
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    Toledo, Ohio

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    I'm student, a traveler and an observer of life

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  1. This sounds all to interesting. I added a couple of Coast Guard surplus solar panels to my '90 Warrior a couple of years ago. I was never quite sure that they was working until this summer in Newfoundland. A couple of cool nights in the deep woods (running the furnace, and not in the full sun) left me with a drained house battery. I did some investigating and discovered that I was getting no charge off the engine. I assumed the isolator failed. When I got back into the sunshine for a day the battery recovered and the crisis had passed. The isolator had worked fine before the solar panels. And, I have no idea when it failed. It could have been years ago, or the day before in noticed the problem. Is it possible that solar charge caused the failure? I intended to replace the isolator in the off season, but now I'm wondering if something else is going on. Any thoughts?
  2. Jeff, I am inspired!! New strips will be my next project. In the past I have tried many products and elbow grease to remove old weathered strips on my '90 Winnie. Nothing seems to work. Did you consider laying on the new strips over the old ones. My faded strips are stuck TIGHT. I'm considering it. Thanks for sharing the sources for the materials.
  3. Thanks Corbin. What a great idea to put it in reach of the bed. I'm not sure how much wire it would take, Darrel, but I bet the wire run will actually be shorter. I'll keep you posted.
  4. The furnace thermostat in my '90 Warrior is mounted on the panel which is part of the refrigerator vent. When the frig is running it generates enough heat to warm the thermostat enough so that the furnace does not kick in. I first thought the thermostat had failed and replaced it. I noticed that when the new one was just hanging by the wires it worked fine. When I mounted it back on the wall it didn't. Has anyone else had this problem? Am I missing something? I'm considering putting a block of foam insulation between the thermostat and the wall. Anyone have an other thoughts? Thanks
  5. What ever you do be very CAREFUL not to damage the fitting. I have a '90 Warrior that developed leaks at the top seal around the plunger. After removing the fitting I discovered the problem. The O ring seals just gave up after 25 years. I was never able to find replace O rings of the right size. Winnebago was no help. I am in the midst of making new drain valves from CVC pipe. It looks sort of Rube Goldberg, but seems to be working. I now have two old Warrior fittings if anyone would like to have them. The two under the sofa are a little easier to get to but haven't failed yet. Something to look forward to.....
  6. Thank you for your posting. You are inspiring me get rid of the carpet in my '90 Warrior. I've figured out what to do around stair well, but I'm still unsure what to do at the front where the carpet laps over into the cab area. Can you describe how you made this transition? Also, I'm looking for advice from another Warrior owner. I pulled off the TV antenna and laid down a new rubber roof. That fixed ALMOST all of my water problems. I still have a very small amount of leakage in right corner of the cab-over bunk. It shows up in at the overlap in the interior panel just under the edge of the mattress. I've caulked all the edge seams. Caulked around the window, even sealed up the marker lights, but I still get a wet spot. Any ideas?
  7. I had a similar roof problem on my 91 Warrior, only not nearly so severe. I didn't have an AC to dispose of, but I did have a TV antenna (that I also will never use). The interior damage was limited to delamination of the roofing panels extending from the antenna opening. For now I am leaving this. A few ripples don't look that bad. After removing the antenna I covered the hole on the roof with a 12x18 inch piece of sheet metal. I bedded it in with butyl rubber tape and attached it with a dozen sheet metal screws. While I was up there I bedded down two 6 lengths of aluminum channel to use for solar panel mounts. I wasn't sure how to attach them to the roof. I ended up through bolting with brass toilet bowl hardware. (The toggles that would go into the floor flange when installing a toilet are the right color and unobtrusive in the ceiling). I finished off by recoating the roof with EPDM Liquid Roof. First a two part epoxy primer is put down. This was followed a day later with a two part rubber coating. It took a couple of days to cure. I finished off my roof project by adding two 45 watt Coast Guard surplus solar panels. I mounted the solar panels rigidly. I'll give up some efficiencies, in order to not have to mess with repositioning them. The leads from the solar panels go down the fridge vent (No more holes in the roof!).
  8. I am concerned about how to monitor tire pressure, especially on the inside duals on my '91 Warrior. It's almost impossible to thump the tires with a hammer when fueling up. On a recent cross country trip I managed to pick up a nail in an outside tire. I was suprised not to 'feel' it in the steering. I found it at a gas stop. I had a older Dolphin previously. When it had a low tire you knew it right off, not so in the Warrior. Does anyone have a experience with tire pressure montoring systems, pressure equalizers, or even the little colored button valve caps?
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