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01-03-2016, 07:59 PM
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Senior Member
Winnebago Owners Club
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: West Virginia
Posts: 126
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04 Winnebago Sightseer 30B
Just purchased a nice motor home 17,000 mi in great shape need tires and check belts and hoses.
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01-03-2016, 11:12 PM
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Location: Cheatham Co. TN
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Looking good. Congrats.!
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01-04-2016, 12:00 AM
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Monaco Owners Club Workhorse Chassis Owner
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Location: Clovis, CA, USA
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Nice coach! What engine?
And where are you headed on your first trip?
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01-04-2016, 06:59 AM
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Senior Member
Winnebago Owners Club
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Location: West Virginia
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Arch Hoagland
Nice coach! What engine?
And where are you headed on your first trip?
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It is a V10 first trip is April to Huntington beach state park SC. But first warm day will camp local. Have a State park 40 mi away open all year.
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01-04-2016, 07:02 AM
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Nor'easters Club Fleetwood Owners Club Workhorse Chassis Owner
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Location: NH
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Nice coach. Enjoy your travels.
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FMCA F280542
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US Navy Vet.
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01-04-2016, 08:12 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: FL
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Nice. We had an 05.
See if your engine batteries get charged when plugged in or on generator. If not, add a simple Trik-l-Start device so they keep up. You can find run down engine batteries in a week or less if not charged or disconnected.
Also check your engine hood for hinge mounts. Many have needed to be re-glued. A very simple procedure.
Adding a decent size solar panel will keep your batteries happy.
We loved our Sightseer and traded in in for our retirement RV. That V10 had lots of power. Don't be afraid to wind it up. A bit more insulation under the engine cowling will really quiet it down. I also added air bags to the rear.
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01-04-2016, 08:31 AM
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Congratulations! Let us know how your shakedown runs go. Looks like you have already got some great advice from others who have owned similar coaches.
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01-04-2016, 08:48 AM
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Senior Member
Winnebago Owners Club
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Location: Seeing the USA
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We have been very happy with our 2003. You may want to look thru the Owners Forum for Winnebago's, very informative. I see you also use a exercise stepper for a third step. Congratulations!
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2003 Winnebago Sightseer 30B
May the roads rise up to meet you, May the winds be always at your back...
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01-04-2016, 08:59 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Pepper2
We have been very happy with our 2003. You may want to look thru the Owners Forum for Winnebago's, very informative. I see you also use a exercise stepper for a third step. Congratulations!
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Only use the exerciser stepper ever got.
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01-04-2016, 11:12 AM
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Location: Fulltime/ SE Minnesota
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Congrats folks, we owned a 2005 and it was a great coach. Enjoy
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01-04-2016, 05:04 PM
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Monaco Owners Club Holiday Rambler Owners Club
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Nice rig!
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Reagan and Duke (our 70 lb. lap dogs)
2012 HR Vacationer 36SBT
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01-04-2016, 07:26 PM
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Forest River Owners Club Ford Super Duty Owner
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: S florida now Cocoa
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Quote:
Originally Posted by YC1
Nice. We had an 05.
See if your engine batteries get charged when plugged in or on generator. If not, add a simple Trik-l-Start device so they keep up. You can find run down engine batteries in a week or less if not charged or disconnected.
Also check your engine hood for hinge mounts. Many have needed to be re-glued. A very simple procedure.
Adding a decent size solar panel will keep your batteries happy.
We loved our Sightseer and traded in in for our retirement RV. That V10 had lots of power. Don't be afraid to wind it up. A bit more insulation under the engine cowling will really quiet it down. I also added air bags to the rear.
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how do u kill eng battery in a week most it would do is radio, all else should be on house
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"98" 30 'Coachmen C Santara FL (front lounge) V 10
TST tpms, ScanGauge 2 cats Tyler,Lucy
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01-04-2016, 07:46 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2015
Location: Harpers Ferry, WV
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Looks like a nice low mileage rig. If the tranny, differential and cooling system have original fluids..I'd probably change them soon, just due to age.
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01-04-2016, 07:56 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: FL
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Santara
how do u kill eng battery in a week most it would do is radio, all else should be on house
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Steps, engine and transmission computers. There are always niggling things that will find a weak battery, especially when the weather turns cold.
Run a lead acid battery down several times and you will cripple it. In freezing weather it can be destroyed.
Having a dead engine battery is a common complaint and there are many rv's that have built in systems. The Sightseer did not in those years.
Just a 1/2 amp draw an hour over a week is a lot on a small battery.
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