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    1991 Winnebago Warrior
    6-cyl, automatic
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    Loveland, CO

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  1. Well, that answers my question. I don't have a ladder and was thinking of adding one. Now I'll use a stepladder and pray I never need to get up their while traveling!
  2. I have an original Norcold 875EG2 refrigerator in my Winnie Warrior and it's missing the elusive control mode knob. I called Norcold and they aren't making any parts at all for this unit. I then drove to Denver over the weekend to the state's only RV salvage yard hoping to find one. Unfortunately I don't know what it looks like and none of the parts are marked/cataloged. So, I'm wondering if anyone with a knob on one of these units would be willing to take a picture and post it. That way I can start emailing the photo around the country hoping to find one! As always, many thanks. I have a feeling I'll be hanging around here for a very long time. CR
  3. OK, I have what I think is a dumb question. I bought my 1991 Warrior from a local dealer and they did the winterization. I picked it up yesterday and the tech who did the walk through told me to leave the plug out of the water heater because.... it's good for air to circulate. I've not seen anything anywhere that claims your water heater needs to be aired out and it seems to me it would be a very nice winter home for a family of mice. Is there anyone who thinks this is a good idea? CR
  4. If I understand right, the catalytic heaters are radiant so they don't "blow" out hot air but instead heat up everything around it. So the more "soft" surfaces you have to radiate back the heat, the better. I was thinking carpeting would probably hold and radiate that heat better than vinyl. But I don't know for sure. I think 2 dogs is probably 1 too many for me, but they do make good little furnaces! CR
  5. Wow, thanks for all the info, John. Since you have the Wave 3 do you find that it provides enough heat? I guess I was reading reviews on amazon and many of the people with smallish MHs (under 23 feet) thought the 3 didn't provide enough warmth and moved up to the 6. I have the Winnie Warrior which has a relatively open floor plan. Rear bath, stove, sink and jack knife sofa/bed on one side and an L-shaped seating area and refrig on the other side. I'm also seriously thinking about pulling up the old carpeting and laying down lino because we have a dog and that would make it easier to clean. It might also not hold the heat the way carpet does. I was looking at the propane lines today and didn't see an easy access for adding a quick disconnect. I'll check your link and see where you added yours. CR
  6. I'm not sure if I have this question in the right forum, but I want to add an Olympian Wave catalytic heater to my 1990 Winnie Warrior. For those who already have them is a 3 large enough or do I need a 6? We live in Colorado so I'm looking for something that will handle more than a dip into the 50s at night. I'm also wondering if anyone knows where I can buy an installation kit for it. I've seen others recommend purchasing such a kit but haven't been able to find one online. One more question: has anyone done away with their factory installed propane furnace in favor of using just one or two of these catalytic heaters? CR
  7. As far as I can tell it's working OK but I was thinking ahead and wondering how I would get to it. Good to know it's not as much of a pain as I thought it might be. Thanks for the info.
  8. On Wednesday I pick up my (new to me) 1990 Winnie Warrior. While finalizing the deal yesterday I discovered the water pump is in a virtually inaccessible location. This particular Warrior has a jack knife sofa/bed and the water pump is behind the sofa. When you lift up the seat you can't see it because the fresh water tank is in the way. The only way to get to it is to flatten out the sofa and then you have about 6" or so to work. Only enough room for one arm and you'd be working blind because you can't see anything. Does anyone know if this was the original set up? I can't believe Winnebago expected you to completely dismantle the sofa but it looks like that is what it might take.
  9. Looks like I'm buying a 90/91 Winnie Warrior and the spare is mounted on the front. what's the downside to this arrangement?!
  10. Well, I'm in the market and live just up the road from Longmont! Think I'll check it out. Any wise words for a potential new owner?!
  11. I contacted the owner today and was told it belonged to her mother who wanted a larger RV. The tires were purchased over the summer but she doesn't know if the rear axle is full floating. And Karin's right, there really aren't many of them available in Colorado and the good ones sell like hotcakes! Because it's been for sale for awhile I'm thinking it needs a fair amount of work. I have some pictures of the interior (couldn't figure out how to upload them since they are on my hard drive) but if anyone's interested I can email them to you. Or if someone explains how to upload them I can do that, too! The interior shots are rough looking -- the overhead sleeping area appears to be sagging and the seller said it needs a new water pump and had both pets and smokers using it.
  12. I'm looking, too and am finding the same problem! We drove nearly 600 miles over the weekend to look at one and knew within 2 minutes that it hadn't been maintained. The oil was last changed in 2009 and both the inside and outside were filthy. This was a 1988/89 Toyota Winnebago with dry rotted tires made in Slovakia. There was duct tape everywhere, most of the access panels couldn't be opened, etc. yet the owner wanted me to believe this was a sweet deal at $5K with 83,000 miles on it. It would have required a frightening drive home through the high country of Colorado, so the decision was easy. Which leads me to wonder -- how much time does it take to keep one of these in relatively fair/clean shape? I mean if you can't be bothered to do a bit of cleaning when you are trying to sell, I'm beginning to think I'll be spending every spare minute as a slave to something I can use only a few weeks each year until I retire in 6 years. Please tell me I'm wrong!
  13. I'm finding more people don't respond to email/phone calls than do! I wonder what the percentage is of scams to actual rigs for sale? One last question -- how do you go about deciding a fair price since I see them all over the place? And didn't I read that it's best if all 6 tires are from the same manufacturer? Are there some of the mid 80 rigs with 6 lug axles on both front and rear? If not I'm assuming this means the spare is for the front only, right?
  14. This a great idea! I can spot some of the scammers because they are either too vague or I'll see multiple postings around the country. But I didn't pick up the one in Phoenix I linked to as a scam. I knew the size was wrong but I thought the seller was likely a weekend warrior who just didn't have all his numbers right. Do others feel this was a scammer? I'm beginning to think there are more scammers than actual sellers out there!
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