Bill N
Well-known member
Warm weather finally allowed us to get the new-to-us Winnebago Adventurer out of storage for it's first thorough going over. Lots of fun going through it and finding it was not as 'clean' as the sellers said it was (our eyes were glazed over I guess). Found things like very high tire pressures (120 psi), gas struts that won't hold up the bay doors, cruddy hand shower parts and some other minor things but two things worry me. The first is that the wall mounted lights over the bed do not work and I took one off and checked to find there is no power coming in. All of the 12 volt CBs appear to be reset. Not sure of my next move but the previous original owner says they quit on him years ago and he never checked further. Next is the one I really need help/advice on. The slides all worked perfectly the first few times but last night when retracting the bedroom slide, nothing happened when hitting the switch. Hit it both ways and after several attempts it finally worked fine and retracted. Of course then a neighbor came over and we had to give the tour which meant run out the slides. Worked fine but when trying to retract - nothing happened. Even tried Extend a couple of times - nothing. About a dozen tries later - it worked and my blood pressure returned to normal. Seems like I have a defective slide switch but if anybody else has had this problem and knows of a solution, please let me know. I hope Lichtsinn has these switches because I cannot find them on my parts list. Several of the bay door gas struts are very weak too but I am sure this is common after 12 years and think I may be able to find replacements either locally or on Amazon. Rotten weather moving back in - will this winter ever end?