I have a hot water pipe that is leaking behind the rear furnace in my
83FC35SB. I need to remove the furnace that is under the bed to get
to the leaking pipe. Any ideas on how to remove this furnace? I can
only find a couple of screws on the hot air side that connect to ducts
and a vent under the bed. After removing those it still does not
budge. There must be something else I am missing. Any suggestions?
Thanks.
Phil Olson
Appleton, Wi
83FC35SB
Hello Phil,
Assuming your coach is configured like mine, with two separate bunks, the water
tank,
water heater and furnace all under the driver side bunk, I can offer the
following
suggestions on furnace removal.
First shut off LPG supply valves at the LPG tank and at the access door on the
outside of
the coach behind the Dometic refrigerator. Then shut off AC power to the coach.
1. Remove 4 screws on the chrome vent plate on the outside and extract the
inlet and
exhaust vent pipes.
2. Remove the 2 screws holding the register plaate to the side of the bunk and
remove
the register.
3. Remove the small screws that fasten the hot air duct to the furnace outlet.
This is a
tight fit on mine and it takes a little persuasion to get the air duct off the
furnace outlet.
4. Remove the furnace outlet from the furnace box by flipping the two latches
to the open
position.
5. Remove the screw that is located at the bottom of the furnace box that
secures the box
to the plywood floor below.
6. Disconnect the LPG line and electrical wires.
7. Remove the furnace.
Hope you find this helpful. It's as close as I can come from memory. Good luck
with your
leak. My leak turned out to be the water heater when I finally got to it.
Eric in San Antonio
84FC35SBWL2
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WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "olson_phil"
wrote:
>
> I have a hot water pipe that is leaking behind the rear furnace in my
> 83FC35SB. I need to remove the furnace that is under the bed to get
> to the leaking pipe. Any ideas on how to remove this furnace? I can
> only find a couple of screws on the hot air side that connect to ducts
> and a vent under the bed. After removing those it still does not
> budge. There must be something else I am missing. Any suggestions?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Phil Olson
> Appleton, Wi
> 83FC35SB
>
Thanks for your help, I was able to get it out. What a PITA. Now
lets see if I can get it all put back together again.
Phil Olson
Appleton, WI
83FC35SB
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WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Eric Johnson"
wrote:
>
> Hello Phil,
> Assuming your coach is configured like mine, with two separate
bunks, the water tank,
> water heater and furnace all under the driver side bunk, I can offer
the following
> suggestions on furnace removal.
>
> First shut off LPG supply valves at the LPG tank and at the access
door on the outside of
> the coach behind the Dometic refrigerator. Then shut off AC power
to the coach.
>
> 1. Remove 4 screws on the chrome vent plate on the outside and
extract the inlet and
> exhaust vent pipes.
>
> 2. Remove the 2 screws holding the register plaate to the side of
the bunk and remove
> the register.
>
> 3. Remove the small screws that fasten the hot air duct to the
furnace outlet. This is a
> tight fit on mine and it takes a little persuasion to get the air
duct off the furnace outlet.
>
> 4. Remove the furnace outlet from the furnace box by flipping the
two latches to the open
> position.
>
> 5. Remove the screw that is located at the bottom of the furnace
box that secures the box
> to the plywood floor below.
>
> 6. Disconnect the LPG line and electrical wires.
>
> 7. Remove the furnace.
>
> Hope you find this helpful. It's as close as I can come from
memory. Good luck with your
> leak. My leak turned out to be the water heater when I finally got
to it.
>
> Eric in San Antonio
> 84FC35SBWL2
>
>
> --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "olson_phil"
wrote:
> >
> > I have a hot water pipe that is leaking behind the rear furnace in my
> > 83FC35SB. I need to remove the furnace that is under the bed to get
> > to the leaking pipe. Any ideas on how to remove this furnace? I can
> > only find a couple of screws on the hot air side that connect to ducts
> > and a vent under the bed. After removing those it still does not
> > budge. There must be something else I am missing. Any suggestions?
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Phil Olson
> > Appleton, Wi
> > 83FC35SB
> >
>