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Battery access

I was reading the battery terminal posts and cannot even see my battery's.  how does one access the starting batteries without becoming a pretzel?  Thanks,  David
David & Lou Ann Bouchard
Summer: Mount Vernon, Ohio
Winter: RiverBend Motorcoach Resort  LaBelle, Florida
2003 U320 38' Build #6174 "Willie"
2013 Cadillac SRX Toad
MC #17151 FMCA #F431393

Re: Battery access

Reply #1 –
Chassis batteries are tough but our House batteries are dead center behind the AQ Hot and the Water Bay.  We had to get new batteries in August. I told the FOTservice guys, they need to go grab the engineer who designed this and make HIM change the batteries! 
Not easy to get to nor lift 160lb batteries into place! 
Tom & Bill

2013 Jeep Grand Cherokee

Re: Battery access

Reply #2 –
Quote from: Retired Navy Chief –
I was reading the battery terminal posts and cannot even see my battery's.  how does one access the starting batteries without becoming a pretzel?

If your '03 38 with tag is arranged like our '03 40 with tag

House batteries are behind the panel on the left (rearward) wall of the second storage bay on the passenger (curb) side.  Remove the panel to see the 3 8D batteries.

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Chassis batteries are behind the giant muffler when you open the driver (street) side rearmost vented panel. 

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 (Insert Dave M. resonator upgrade recommendation here ;D  - chassis battery access is vastly improved if you replace the giant muffler with a resonator like the Aero 5050XL or Magnaflow )

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-M
Learn every day, but especially from the experiences of others. It's cheaper!  - John C. Bogle

2000 U320 36' non-slide / WildEBeest Rescue
2003 U320
 

Re: Battery access

Reply #3 –
And you no longer cook your chassis batteries too.
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