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Last night I changed a bulb in the rear of my '95EVC. Fortunately it was a
bulb on the right side, and access was easy because the well behind/in
front of it has the auxiliary battery.

But as I contemplated a future need to change on on the left, I was stumped
on how to access the left rear bulbs. Has anyone figured out how to do
this? The booklet for the EV shows easy access, but the EVC has water
intake, and fuse panel blocking things. Any suggestions? Jim McCarthy
Jim McCarthy
ex '87 Westfalia
'95 EuroVanCamper
Somerville, MA, USA

hi Jim,
I did this last year and it took about 45 minutes and 2 beers to do it the
way I did. I removed a lot of winnebago plastic around the back and managed
to reach in behind the fuse panel to change the bulb, with only minor
scratches on my arm!

after buttoning it back up, 2 things were pointed out to me:
1) my wife thought I may as well have changed all the bulbs in that area
since it was such a pain to get to one (preventative maintenance)
2) my brother-in-law (who also owns an evc) thought removing the fuse panel
first would be a lot quicker.

next time, i'll buy all the bulbs, drink the beer, and beg my wife to remove
the fuse panel and change all the bulbs at once. ;-)

good luck
Bill Segesser
95evc
Woodinville WA

My imagination says that the plastic you removed started with was the
plastic beside the heater air vents, that open into the 'runway' in the
middle of the van. Yes?

Frankly, I like the idea of replacing all the bulbs as preventive medicine.
Beer or no beer, I think your wife is a wise woman.

I will, however, wait until such a move is necessary. Jim.

At 08:14 AM 5/25/2000 -0700, you wrote:

hi Jim,
I did this last year and it took about 45 minutes and 2 beers to do it the
way I did. I removed a lot of winnebago plastic around the back and managed
to reach in behind the fuse panel to change the bulb, with only minor
scratches on my arm!

Jim McCarthy
ex '87 Westfalia
'95 EuroVanCamper
Somerville, MA, USA

hi again,
as I recall, you have to remove the left rear wall "shell" that has the
pockets. I loosened the piece that covers the furnace intakes up to the
point where I could work my arm in underneath it.
I think trying through the fuse panel first is the way to go.
& yes, I believe my wife is a wise woman too.
8^)
Bill

Thanks. The "wall 'shell' that has the pockets" is an approach I had not
pictured. I shall probably try to fuse panel approach first. Jim.

At 11:04 AM 5/25/2000 -0700, you wrote:

hi again,
as I recall, you have to remove the left rear wall "shell" that has the
pockets. I loosened the piece that covers the furnace intakes up to the
point where I could work my arm in underneath it.
I think trying through the fuse panel first is the way to go.
& yes, I believe my wife is a wise woman too.
8^)
Bill
-----Original Message-----
From: James H. McCarthy [mailto:jimhmc@...]
Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2000 11:01 AM
To: ev_update@...
Subject: RE: [ev_update] Changing Bulbs


My imagination says that the plastic you removed started with was the
plastic beside the heater air vents, that open into the 'runway' in the
middle of the van. Yes?

Frankly, I like the idea of replacing all the bulbs as preventive medicine.
Beer or no beer, I think your wife is a wise woman.

I will, however, wait until such a move is necessary. Jim.


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Jim McCarthy
ex '87 Westfalia
'95 EuroVanCamper
Somerville, MA, USA

--- In ev_update@..., "James H. McCarthy" <jimhmc@M...> wrote:

Last night I changed a bulb in the rear of my '95EVC. Fortunately
it was a bulb on the right side, and access was easy because the
well behind/in front of it has the auxiliary battery.

But as I contemplated a future need to change on on the left, I was
stumped on how to access the left rear bulbs. Has anyone figured
out how to do this? The booklet for the EV shows easy access, but
the EVC has water intake, and fuse panel blocking things. Any
suggestions?

Others have posted their ways; here's one more. You can get to it
easily with a reasonable amount of arm room if you remove the furnace.
Leave the aft panel containing the fuse panel and pockets in place,
and instead remove the panel below the closet -- the one that has
vents in it, and supports the aft port portion of the lower bed. Then
pull out the furnace. This is fairly straightforward, though you have
to disconnect the furnace's propane line, and you need to check it for
leaks when reassembling.

I doubt that removing the furnace is an easier way to get at the
bulbs, though it's probably not too much harder. OTOH, if you ever
have the furnace out for maintenance anyway, it might be a good time
to take the opportunity and change all the bulbs back there.
Especially if you've already had a bulb burn out on the right side --
the left side may go at any time.

One more note: if you instead go behind the fuse panel, be sure and
disconnect the coach battery first. There are exposed wires back
there.

--Rich