Fleetwood 1980 Jamboree Rallye User manual

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Jamboree®
RALLYE
·1980

INTRODUCTION
Welcome to the recreational vehicle lifestyle and the grow-
ing family of motor home owners. We sincerely thank you
for choosing
our product.
Your motor home has been designed to provide you with
many years of carefree, pleasant traveling and vacationing.
This manual describes many features
of your motor home
and provides a guide
to operating procedures so that you can
obtain optimum performance from those features. Like
all
finely crafted equipment, your motor home will require care
and regular maintenance
in order to retain its maximum
performance characteristics. This manual. along with
the
information provided in your Owner's Information Kit outlines
the important areas of maintenance and provides a mainten-
ance schedule that you should follow to assure safe, trouble-free
service from
your motor home. Study these instructions care-
fully. A good working knowledge
of your motor home and
how
to care for it will help you enjoy many miles of
recreational pleasure.
Your motor home has been designed to conform with, or
exceed
the American National Standards Institute Al19.2,
ANSI/N FPA 501 C, Canadian CSA Standard Z- 240
{Canadian-built, or units built for Canada!. and/or applicable
motor home vehicle standards. These standards establish the
plumbing, heating, electrical, and other requirements for
quality and safety. Compliance with these standards
is
indicated by the seal attached just outside the entry door.
This seal
is the outward sign of internal quality.
The motor home has been thoroughly inspected before ship-
ment. It is the duty of your dealer to inspect the motor home
and to prepare it for you during the predelivery phase of the
sale. He will instruct you in its basic use; however, this should
be supplemented
by your reading all instructional material
furnished with
the motor home. If, after taking delivery of
your new motor home, you feel it requires additional
conditioning or adjustment, please return
it to your dealer
as soon as possible.
If you have any questions regarding operation, maintenance,
or service, please contact your dealer immediately so he can
assist you. Your dealer's service
or sales department will
promptly handle any normal problem which might occur.
Customer service
is of utmost importance to your dealer,
as well as to the manufacturer. If, for some reason, a
problem
is not handled to your satisfaction, we make the
following suggestions:
1. Discuss any warranty·related problems directly with
the General Manager or the Owner of
the dealership,
giving him an opportunity to help his service depart-
ment resolve the matter for you.
2. Should a problem arise
that cannot be resolved to
your satisfaction by your local dealer, contact the
factory service supervisor. The back page of this
manual has a factory listing. Please
contact the one
'1earest you.

IMPORTANT NOTICE
This instructional mar.ual is of general nature
only. Because of
the continuous program of
product improvement conducted by Fleet·
wood, it is possible that recent product
changes may not be included in this manual.
Specifications may change
without notice.
The instructions included
in this manual are
intended as a guide, and in no respect
extend
the responsibilities of Fleetwood Enterprises,
Inc., or its subsidiaries beyond the standard
written warranty as presented in this manual.
3.
If these efforts have not satisfactorily solved your
problem, please send a letter describing the
circumstances to: Fleetwood Enterprises, Inc.,
P.O. Box
7300, Riverside, California 92523.
Please include the brand name and serial number'
of your motor home,
4. If you wish
to call for assistance, please use these
toll free telephone numbers:
From California: (800)
4424804
From Outside California: (800) 8544755
Thank you for chOOSing our product. Your dealer and we,
the manufacturer, will continually strive to merit your
confidence,
In this manual, statements preceded by the
following words are of special significance:
"WARNING" means that there is the pos·
sibility of personal injury to
yourself and others.
"CAUTI ON" means that there is the pos-
sibility of damage to the
vehicle.
"NOTE" indicates points of particular
interest for more efficient
and convenient operation.
Please pay close attention to these statements
while you read this manual.
NOTICE
NOTE: Some equipment and features described or shown in
this manual may be optional at extra cost.
Your selling dealer
is responsible for performing a
complete predelivery inspection of
the chassis and all
motor home components as specified in the predelivery
checklists supplied by Fleetwood and
the chassis
manufacturer. You should receive a
copy of these
completed checklists from your dealer when your
motor home is delivered to you.
FRONT END ALIGNMENT
As a part of the predelivery inspection procedure, the
dealer is to road test the motor home, noting and
correcting any steering performance problems before
delivery
to the retail customer,
Therefore, Fleetwood and its subsidiaries will
not be
responsible for front end alignment
after this required
predelivery inspection
is made.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
PLANNING AND PREPARATION .................... 1
VEHICLE LOAD WEIGHING CAPACITY .............. 5
READY
TO LEAVE ............................... 6
Starting and Warmup ............................. 6
Safety Belts .................................... 6
ON THE ROAD .................................. 7
Driving and Parking
.............................. 7
Miscellaneous
Safety Tips ......................... 7
Overheating
.................................... 8
Windshield Defrost -
Comfort Control ............... 8
12-Volt Fuse Replacement
........................ 8
Changing a
Tire ................................. 8
Emergency
Start System (Optional) ................. 8
SERVICING .................................... 10
Motor Home Chassis Operator's Manual ............. 10
Battery Service ................................ 10
Generator Power Plant System Service .............. 10
Automotive Air Conditioner (Optional) ............. 10
INTERIOR AND FURNiSHINGS .................... 12
Swing-Down Dinette Table .. " ...... '" ....... , .. 11
Pedestal Dinette Tables .......................... 11
Pull-Out (Gaucho) Beds .......................... 11
Storage ...................................... 11
Condensation and Ventilation ..................... 12
PLUMBING ................................ " ... 13
Fresh Water .............................. " ... 13
External Water Supply .......................... 13
Filling Fresh Water Supply
....................... 13
Troubleshooting Water System ............... , . " .14
Sanitizing Water Tank. ; ...................... , .. 14
Waste-Water System ............................ 15
Waste-Water Draining ........................... 15
Do's and bon'ts -Waste Tanks ........ , ... , ....... 16
Winterizing the Water System ..................... 16
Winter Storage Checklist ................•........ 16
ELECTRICAL ................................... 18
115-Volt
System Power Cord ..................... 18
12-Volt System
........... " " ................. 18
115-Volt AC
to 12-Volt DC Converter .............. 18
Fuses
..................... , ................... 19
Auxiliary 12-Volt Battery
........................ 19
Auxiliary Generator Power Plant (Optional) .......... 19
LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS SYSTEM ... " ........ 21
Using Your LP Gas System at Low Temperatures ...... 21
Operation of LP Gas System ...................... 21
Filling the LP Gas Tanks ......................... 22
LP Gas System Leak .Checks ...................... 22
APPLIANCES ......................... , ......... 23
LP Gas Appliances .............................. 23
Roof Air Conditioner (Optional) .................. .24

MAINTENANCE ................................. 25
Interior Cleaning
............................... 25
Windows ..................................... 26
locksets and latches ........................... 26
Plumbing ..................................... 26
Exterior Care
.................................. 27
Fire Safety
................................... 28