Starcraft Starcraft 17:58-3 options & quirks. Post them here.

achjimmy

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We had the same trouble with the wall attachments so one of my early mods was to install a tri fold.
Love it, it ended up allowing me to add an extra power point underneath used to charge phones, pads.
See my mod thread to see how I went about it. The tri-fold was one from another Jayco model.
Another member made his own.

@Marv_mart love your table mod . Do you mind running a tape over the width some time? In the 17:58 I feel they have made the dinette a tad tight and as such the table could be a bit narrower
 

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@Marv_mart love your table mod . Do you mind running a tape over the width some time? In the 17:58 I feel they have made the dinette a tad tight and as such the table could be a bit narrower
Van currently in storage so not easy to get to at the moment.
I got my table from Jayco by finding a model in the local dealers yard with the tri table installed and one that had similar colored vinyl and noted the chassis and model number. Used that to order a tri-table as a flat pack through the dealer. Not cheap as I said before but well worth it IMHO. Use it folded most of the time except when eating a main meal.
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TT is slightly narrower than old flat table but that's what we wanted as it makes it easier to slide into the seats. Don't have a pic of us using it folded up but usually up for breakfast and when playing Scrabble or watching tv (actually didn't watch tv once during last 2 trips....)
 
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Has anyone had the bunks moved so top bunk is a little higher like the 17.56 expand as have noticed they are closer together
 

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Has anyone had the bunks moved so top bunk is a little higher like the 17.56 expand as have noticed they are closer together
I did look at that and could easily be achieved but my 10 yr old loves his bottom bunk as it is. You can only lift it a little as you are limited with the top bunk window height.
 
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seanparky

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Good to see they have added a curtain to end of top bunk, that wasn't on the demos we saw.

What's that in the corner next to the HWS? Is it the brake away controller? Wonder how easy it will to move it ?

Halbaster check all the cupboard latches, unzip all the roof skirt flaps ask and make sure everything is explained and that you get it. Jayco are very good at fixing things and addressing problems.
Makes me wonder who designs and do they actually start to listen to customers. With all the right angles etc with connection to water pump they could have utilised the space to the right of hot water system and put pump in there. The sink you would think they could move to the right by 40mm so you could have a full draw and not that silly little plastic one.
 

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I did look at that and could easily be achieved but my 10 yr old loves his bottom bunk as it is. You can only lift it a little as you are limited with the top bunk window height.

Yeah I keep thinking about making the top bunk fold back just haven't got around to it yet.
 
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Anybody had any trouble with the standard table? The screws that hold the bar to the wall keep coming out and I'm ready to throw it out the door!!! Really wish I had have got a tri fold table.
Brisbane Camperland fixed mine using wall anchors in the wall itself.so far it seems a lot more sturdier
 

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Brisbane Camperland fixed mine using wall anchors in the wall itself.so far it seems a lot more sturdier


Yep the wall anchor fix is the go. There's a thread on it here somewhere. You need the tool and the right size anchors. But given the table is where it is it's amazing Jayco don't block out behind it with wood like they do where the awning mounts?
 
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Yep the wall anchor fix is the go. There's a thread on it here somewhere. You need the tool and the right size anchors. But given the table is where it is it's amazing Jayco don't block out behind it with wood like they do where the awning mounts?
You do wonder what feed back they get from dealers as the fact it was happening since the 16.67 model before the 17.58. Ours was a May 2014 and it fell off on the way home from the dealers. So now in 2016 problem fixed um no.

Here is the thread with the fix
http://www.expandasdownunder.com/threads/jayco-wall-mount-table-fix.5811/
 
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