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Old 10-24-2013, 05:35 PM   #701
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today went to slide in the king bed slide and got a odd noise. while taking in about halfway sounded like a piece of wood hitting another around the foot area. raised the bed all looked OK, slid it out and brought it back in and it did it again. anyone experience this noise.
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Old 10-24-2013, 09:42 PM   #702
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today went to slide in the king bed slide and got a odd noise. while taking in about halfway sounded like a piece of wood hitting another around the foot area. raised the bed all looked OK, slid it out and brought it back in and it did it again. anyone experience this noise.
No, I have not heard that. My bed has been a pain. Both limit switches broke so I by passed them and wired the wires together. Another switch wire was routed above the track and got pinched and bed was stuck and the fuse kept blowing.. I had to crawl under bed, cut wires, reroute and wire back together. Bed module replaced twice. I am beginning to NOT like Lippert. Customer service also sucks.
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Old 10-25-2013, 07:20 AM   #703
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Congats on the new Tour Glenda. The 42QD is a great unit and fantastic floor plan. Many happy miles...
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Old 10-25-2013, 07:33 AM   #704
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But, I do like my Ellipse 42QD
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Old 10-25-2013, 09:59 AM   #705
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But, I do like my Ellipse 42QD
We Love our 2013 Tour QD, as well. We just wish the exterior had been done professionally, rather than by CDI, IMO. The Lippert jacks popping all the time is like being parked on a bowl of Rice Crispies
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We Love our 2013 Tour QD, as well. We just wish the exterior had been done professionally, rather than by CDI, IMO. The Lippert jacks popping all the time is like being parked on a bowl of Rice Crispies
Our jacks have never popped. Our paint job is fine. Our 2013 42GD's BIGGEST problem is our always over GAWR front axle. That is potentially life threatening to us or others. Foolishly Winnebago placed the gas tank AND the fresh water tank are placed immediately behind the IFS axles. The driver, co-pilot and residential refrigerator are ALSO immediately atop/behind the front axle ergo virtually 100% of their weight is born by that axle. I mentioned this to FREIGHTLINERand they rightfully said - we aren't responsible for the manufacturer's choices about floorplan layout, tank location or weight distribution. They DO place the gas tank on the chassis however.
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Our jacks have never popped. Our paint job is fine. Our 2013 42GD's BIGGEST problem is our always over GAWR front axle. That is potentially life threatening to us or others. Foolishly Winnebago placed the gas tank AND the fresh water tank are placed immediately behind the IFS axles. The driver, co-pilot and residential refrigerator are ALSO immediately atop/behind the front axle ergo virtually 100% of their weight is born by that axle. I mentioned this to FREIGHTLINERand they rightfully said - we aren't responsible for the manufacturer's choices about floorplan layout, tank location or weight distribution. They DO place the gas tank on the chassis however.
That's a good point. How many of you have done 4 corner weighing's of your Tour? How about sharing some numbers.. Or maybe that should be another thread.
We have 4 corner weighed our Tiffin twice in the last 2 years but once since we went fulltime and changed out batteries and added solar. No need to share numbers because it's a Tiffin. But we have a deposit on a Tour and would be interested in the numbers.
Are the tanks placed in different spots on the QD compared to the GD? I realize the refer is in a different spot.
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I always read that he Itasca and the Winnebago are sisters and they have the same floor plans so I have one, well a couple questions.
What are the main differences between the two other than name? Are they painted by the same people? Do they use the same slide rails and jacks?
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aqua hot problems

1st trip to Dollywood with our 2013 Ellipse and being from South Florida we never checked the heat. 29 degrees today and only aqua hot in the bed room nothing in the living area. Only pump 2 will work. We have the leveling jack problem which LaMesa said they fixed.. can't get anyone on the week-end!
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I am the new owner of a 2013 tour, I am confused about the heat any information any your could share would be helpful. When am pluged up to my house service and cut the aqua heat on to electric, what source do I put the thermostat on? Last night, I put the source on gas, and the burner in the off position. I got warm air coming out but when I went out this morning it was running but down in the 40 and the thermostat was set to 62. Any ideas would help
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I am the new owner of a 2013 tour, I am confused about the heat any information any your could share would be helpful. When am pluged up to my house service and cut the aqua heat on to electric, what source do I put the thermostat on? Last night, I put the source on gas, and the burner in the off position. I got warm air coming out but when I went out this morning it was running but down in the 40 and the thermostat was set to 62. Any ideas would help
Assuming you have an all-electric coach. If you have it on GAS yoU ARE USING THE AQUA HOT. The aqua hot GAS. Burner should be on. The ELECTRIC burner isn't efficient enough to keep up with temps below 60 degrees say.
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I was told on the current 2014 being built they changed the location of the water tanks, that might help with the front weight problem. I have not seen one to confirm it yet.
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I always read that he Itasca and the Winnebago are sisters and they have the same floor plans so I have one, well a couple questions. What are the main differences between the two other than name? Are they painted by the same people? Do they use the same slide rails and jacks?
They are sisters and from an exec at WB I was told that the name was changed due to franchise area protections. Regrettably, CDI (paint peel, debris under paint and orange peel) paints both and Lippert (snap, crackle and pop) does the jacks and the Swintek slide mechanisms.
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Assuming you have an all-electric coach. If you have it on GAS yoU ARE USING THE AQUA HOT. The aqua hot GAS. Burner should be on. The ELECTRIC burner isn't efficient enough to keep up with temps below 60 degrees say.
You nailed it
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