smitty2
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Good info - thank you.
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We own a 2008 RWT, Duramax Diesel, Alison transmission on the west coast. I been looking for this type of forum and looking forward on the discussing items and how they were repaired or head up. All these type of topics and more I have ran into. The best upgrades I did was install two six volt batteries, with a solar panel mounted on top, works great for charging and dry camping. Also had a weak floor and had to remove existing flooring and install bracing and installed laminate. Which is nice for quick sweeping to the central vacuum (dust pan). Has any one replaced the wall paper and if so what type of repairs or replacement. I like the replacement of the couch and dining u shape couch. Its hard to get comfortable with the existing.
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I finally replaced the 2 6 volt coach batteries with new ones. The Old ones were still were ok, but with winter camping and needing reliable heat, felt it was time to renew.
During replacement found the fiberglass battery box was cracked along inner edge, and batt hold downs were corroded. I did a repair job on battery box and hold down posts bolts.
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kmiller wrote:We own a 2008 RWT, Duramax Diesel, Alison transmission on the west coast. I been looking for this type of forum and looking forward on the discussing items and how they were repaired or head up. All these type of topics and more I have ran into. The best upgrades I did was install two six volt batteries, with a solar panel mounted on top, works great for charging and dry camping. Also had a weak floor and had to remove existing flooring and install bracing and installed laminate. Which is nice for quick sweeping to the central vacuum (dust pan). Has any one replaced the wall paper and if so what type of repairs or replacement. I like the replacement of the couch and dining u shape couch. Its hard to get comfortable with the existing.
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Lou R
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Welcome kmiller, I live in the Poway area. I replaced the small sofa on the right side with two swivel chairs from Living Spaces. The black matched great.
I took the carpet out and put dark grey flooring down. The only problem I had was the wall behind the sofa was very rough, it took a lot of sanding and filling to smooth out. I then painted the area a dark grey. My wife and I like this much better for watching T.V.
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Thanks Lou, we live in Fallbrook. The seating arrangement sounds exactly what I want to accomplish, any problems while removing the couch to be aware of. I'm curious do you have the automatic awning and would you know the type Model, I'm assuming that the same model of the awning was installed on all the road warriors, I unable to find the owners manual on the awning and not sure on the specific type. Have you ever attempted the adjustment? We are planning a trip to Oregon and we like to have the awning up and have it adjusted to have the water run off. I tried to push in on the pin and move the arm down while on the ladder, with no success seems to be a hard to move. Appreciate everyone's help.
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TheoWarrior
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Lou R wrote:Welcome kmiller, I live in the Poway area. I replaced the small sofa on the right side with two swivel chairs from Living Spaces. The black matched great.
I took the carpet out and put dark grey flooring down. The only problem I had was the wall behind the sofa was very rough, it took a lot of sanding and filling to smooth out. I then painted the area a dark grey. My wife and I like this much better for watching T.V.
Lou, when you replaced the carpet with flooring, how did you deal with the carpet that extends under the slideout?
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kmiller wrote:Thanks Lou, we live in Fallbrook. The seating sounds exactly what I want to do, any problems to be aware of. I'm curious do you have the automatic awning and would you know the type Model, I'm assuming what was installed would be same on all the road warriors, I unable to find the owners manual on the awning and not sure on the specific type. Have you ever attempted the adjustment? We are planning a trip to Oregon and we like to have the awning up and have it adjusted to have the water run off. I tried to push in on the pin and move the arm down while on the ladder, with no success. Appreciate everyone's help.
I think the awning is a carefree of colorado awning, travelr model attached is the link to owners manual.
http://www.carefreeofcolorado.com/docs/tech/052540-231%20Adjustable%20Travel'R%20with%20DR,%20Owners%20Manual.pdf
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url=http://www.carefreeofcolorado.com/&rct=j&frm=1&q=&esrc=s&sa=U&ei=rhpuVJm-OI72yQSqmoIw&ved=0CDUQFjAB&sig2=hIxYZnBjYgIxZFb37DWhUw&usg=AFQjCNGNykqucRYaRiR31jM8XXeA3kY1sQ
They do adjust very easily by pulling pins and sliding the scissor arms
The other awnings over the slidouts are by the same company. and you can see those documents on the website under "support"
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smitty2
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Hi Kevin - the awnings are made by Carefree of Colorado. The exact model and serial
Nber can be found on the forward arm of the awning. If you open the awning up you'll find a white tag stuck on the underside of the front arm. I can make a copy of my manual and email it if you'd like. For the time being though, you're on the right track with the adjustment. You need to push both pins in at the same time, they are a bugger and I would suggest using two Phillips screwdrivers to push with before your fingers take a nasty pinch, and slide the arm to adjust it. Word of caution on the motorized head on that arm. Be sure all screws are tight! Mine loosened up and caused the gearing to go bad. Components are not available! Head assembly only - for over $300! A little maintenance on that each year (pull apart, lube, tighten up) will go a long way.
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Thanks you guys, I was only pushing in on the one pin, not both at the same time, it helps to read up,thanks for the maintenance tip, when I get a chance I will research for the manual. I appreciate the help this forum is great! by the way I took my rig in yesterday. Because the vacuum was working but not the dust pan option stopped working and of course they found the electric wire was loose. Know that you mention about the loose screws, most items that I have taking the coach in for have been wires loose. On another matter the repair tech told me that he replaced the motorized head on another warrior and they will replace the head free from Colorado, but not labor a good thing to know.
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