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    Posted: 21 Jan 2016 at 5:15pm
That is the nice thing about the chairs, they are the same height as what I removed. So the two chairs
with the table make up the sleeping area. Smile
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 21 Jan 2016 at 10:37pm
Originally posted by funks

Stephen, you can see the box under the chair in the first photo. The box is 13" x 15" x 7" with a side extension. I cleaned up and secured some of the wires before covering. The cover is made to come off and the box is secured to the floor. I also put bead board on the wall under the bench to cover the wiring. If you notice I also changed the heater vent so it blows the heat out into the room. Good Luck and have fun with the camper Smile


Beautiful job. I prefer to retain the storage of the existing seats, but will do something about the cushions to firm them up so they aren't so soft.

Would you post some detail pictures of how you rerouted the heater vent? I would like to do that also.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 21 Jan 2016 at 11:24pm
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    If you go back to HEATER VENT Jun 1 2015 in the Podmods section I posted pictures of how I made the heater vent.  Good Luck 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 22 Jan 2016 at 9:24am
Originally posted by funks

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    If you go back to HEATER VENT Jun 1 2015 in the Podmods section I posted pictures of how I made the heater vent.  Good Luck 

I've been searching the forums and have not yet found your heater vent modification. I would appreciate a more specific reference or search term so that I can find it. I searched on furnace mod, heater vent, 179 furnace, and other variants, and came up with everything but your mod.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 22 Jan 2016 at 9:35am
Good Morning Stephen

Go to the Podmod and maintenance section and go to page 33.  Look for heater vent.  Smile Jun 1st 2015
Let me know what you think
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 22 Jan 2016 at 9:52am
Thanks funks. I'll ask a couple of questions there since it will be more appropriate.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 23 Jan 2016 at 4:35pm
I swapped my table out for a $30 folding one from office depot. Folds totally flat, 30" long, weighs almost nothing. Not really pretty, but you can move around it to get into the dinette..
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 26 Jul 2016 at 11:38am
My wife was thinking of that sort of a mod. but on second look I think they support the weight of the slide out when retracted I would definitely would contact forest river on that one to be sure. For now my table is in my basement and I found a real nice one on amazon that's slightly smaller and folds flat and I can use it out side. The factory table seats are in the way but they make good foot stools.lol
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 20 Aug 2016 at 3:47am
I find the concept of removing the end seat boxes interesting but what did you do with the battery? in our 179 the battery is in the box!! Confused
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 20 Aug 2016 at 7:43am
The battery in the seat box must be an Australian thing. In our 179, the battery is on the tongue. There is a picture of the two six-volt batteries I have on my 179 here.
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