ldanes
06-21-2005, 01:52 AM
If you are thinking of buying a Gulf Stream Endura you should look very carefully at the coach battery installation. It is extremely difficult to service the coach batteries, and Gulf Stream failed to provide maintenance free batteries.
There is no room to use a tester to check the specific gravity of each cell. You need a long handle mirror and flashlight to see into the cells.
When you service the inside battery you need to crawl under the truck, and wedge yourself up along side the frame to get to the inside battery?s top.
Yes I failed to look at this when I ordered the unit. It is my fault.
I am writing this to warn others, and maybe new customers can cause Gulf Stream engineers to fix the battery-servicing problem. When you look at the Gulf Stream Enduras think about changing out the batteries or how many hours of labor you are going you pay someone to do it for you.
With out proper battery maintenance you will be buying new batteries every year or paying someone to do the work for you plus the cost of new batteries.
If Gulf Stream cannot provide easy access to maintain the batteries Gulf Stream or the selling dealer should provide no maintenance, never need water batteries.
There is no room to use a tester to check the specific gravity of each cell. You need a long handle mirror and flashlight to see into the cells.
When you service the inside battery you need to crawl under the truck, and wedge yourself up along side the frame to get to the inside battery?s top.
Yes I failed to look at this when I ordered the unit. It is my fault.
I am writing this to warn others, and maybe new customers can cause Gulf Stream engineers to fix the battery-servicing problem. When you look at the Gulf Stream Enduras think about changing out the batteries or how many hours of labor you are going you pay someone to do it for you.
With out proper battery maintenance you will be buying new batteries every year or paying someone to do the work for you plus the cost of new batteries.
If Gulf Stream cannot provide easy access to maintain the batteries Gulf Stream or the selling dealer should provide no maintenance, never need water batteries.