Fleetwood Southwind 1982 User manual

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SDUTHWIND®
BY FlEI:TWCXJD
1982

INTRODUCTION
Welcome to the recreational vehicle lifestyle and the 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 travelling 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 Packet, outlines the
important areas of maintenance and provides a maintenance
sehedule 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 A119.2,
ANSI/NFPA 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.
Should
you have any questions regarding operation, main-
tenance, or service, please contact your dealer immediately
so he can be of assistance. 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 waranty-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
nearest you.

IMPORTANT NOTICE
This instructional manual 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
p~oblem, 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: [phone]
From Outside California: [phone]
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·
NOTE: Some equipment and features described
or shown in
this manual may be optional at extra cost.
sibility
of personal injury to
yourself and others.
"CAUTION" 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.
NOTE
This product is a recreational vehicle only. It
is not designed or intended to be used as
permanent housing.
NOTICE
Your selling dealer is responsible for performing a
complete predelivery inspection
of the chassi.s 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.
A
FEW WORDS ON ENERGY ........ .
To all of us who drive cars or trucks, or
~eat and cool homes and businesses, very
little needs to be said about energy.
Discussions
of the topic often lead to the
·question, "What can be done to save our
natural energy resources?" There is no
single simple answer.
To some, energy-
efficiency is a problem. Fleetwood thinks
of energy conservation as an opportunity
to research new ideas, while giving you the
best in recreational living. Space-age
technology has given
us lightweight, but
strong and attractive materials.
Sophisticated manufacturing techniques
offer
the best in time and energy
management
to bring you a
motor home that has saved energy even
before you drive it away. It's "energy-
efficient engineering."
But we want you to be involved, too.
And to help you, we've included energy-_
saving tips throughout this Owner's
Manual. Whenever you see this symbol
take a second to read the few words beside
it.
Try these and other ideas to save energy.
And
then put the. ideas to work. We're sure
you'll feel a lot
better about your next outing.
Fleetwood
is thinking about energy.
And we're helping.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
PLANNING AND PREPARATlON ...................... l
Vehicle Load Capacity Weighting .................... .4
READY TO LEAVE ................................. 5
Starting
and Warm·up .............................. 5
Safety Belts ...................................... 5
ON THE ROAD .................................... 6
Driving
and Parking ................................ 6
Miscellaneous Safety Tips ........................... 6
Overheating
...................................... 7
Windshield Defrost - Comfort Control ................. 7
12·Volt Fuse Replacement .......................... 7
Tire
........................................... 7
Emergency Start System (Optional)
................. : .7
SERVICING ....................................... 9
Motor Home Chassis Operator's Manual ................ 9
Engine Service
.................................... 9
Battery Service
................................... 9
Generator Power Plant System Service
................. 9
Automotive
Air Conditioner (Optional) ................ 9
INTERIOR AND FURNiSHINGS ..................... 10
Pull-out Lounge Beds ............................. 10
Spring-Balanced Bunk Beds ......................... 10
Pedestal Seats ......................... _ ......... 10
Swing-Down Dinette Table ......................... 10
Storage
........................................ 11
Condensation and Ventilation ....................... 1,1
LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS SYSTEM ............. : _13
Using LP Gas System At Low Temperatures ............ 13
/ Filling The Chassis-Mounted
LP Gas Tank .............. 13
LP Gas System Leak Checks ........................ 14
PLUMBING .................................. , .... 15
Fresh Water ............................ ; ...... " .. 15
External Water Supply ....................... : .... 15
Filling Fresh Water Supply ......................... 15
Troubleshooting Water System ...................... 16
Sanitizing Water Tank ............................. 16
Waste Water System .............................. 17
Waste Water Draining ............................. 17
Do's
and Don'ts - Waste Tanks ...................... 18
Winterizing the Water System ....................... 18
Winter Storage Checklist
........................... 19
ELECTRICAL ..................................... 21
115-Volt System ................................. 21
12-Volt System .................................. 21
115-Volt AC to 12-Volt DC Converter ................ 21
Fuses .......................................... 22
Auxiliary 12-Volt Battery or Batteries ................ 22
Auxiliary Generator Power Plant (Optional) ........ _ .. .22
APPLIANCES ..•................................. .24
LP Gas Appliances ................................ 24
Roof
Air Conditioners (Optional) .................... 25
ACCESSORIES .................................... 26
TV Anten na ................................... .26
AM/FM Stereo Radio/Tape Player ................... 26