My van is a '96 190 Versatile, so it's a bit different. I believe that the main difference between the Versatile and the Popular is the sleeping direction. In the Versatile we sleep lengthwise (head on the passenger side, feet on the drivers side). In the popular it's head at the back, feet at the front. It's about 2" - 3" too short for me, so I have to sleep diagonally.
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Ok so I just bought this and have scoured the manuals and online and can’t find the answer.. 1) this RT has only one fresh water tank right..? And The fill is at the rear door pass side? I can’t find any other “orange plug” on this thing.
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Our van has a single water tank. I didn't know that they had 'indoor' water tanks available back in '96. Our water tank is under the passenger side at the front. You can find it by following the water drain line back to the tank. If you have an inside water tank I think you'll also have the larger 'outside' tank in a similar location. The inside tanks are meant for cold weather, so they're not as large as the underfloor tank that is down low to keep the centre of gravity low. Our water fill is in the passenger door footwell. There's a flap that pops up and the orange plug is behind that. I'm not sure if the 'two tank' vans have two fill locations or not.
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2) the bed in the back seems to be missing a board to complete the “king “ set up. I flip down the board (not sure what it called) but yet there’s a space (See pics). It’s as if a dinette table top would fit perfectly there but the only table mine has is the stowable one behind the drivers seat which won’t work. And I can’t figure out how to make the cushions fit to make the bed. On one of the pics, you’ll see a white, round thing that would seems to fit the dinette pole but I’m not sure. It‘ s actually the top of the storage box/bed. And sorry, I couldn’t get the pics to rotate and they’re taken from the top looking towards the floor.
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Some popular models have an option to set up the bed in a 'split' configuration. This puts a gap between the two sleepers and has an end table between. While this is less friendly, it makes it easier for both sleepers to get up to use the toilet in the middle of the night. Because we have a Versatile I have to climb over my wife each time I need to pee. If the bed was used in the 'split' configuration it may be missing the centre piece.
It sounds like your table (which fills in this section of the bed) is missing. It's pretty easy to make a replacement. Just measure and cut a pieced of plywood (or some pine if you want something a bit more finished). We had the opposite problem; our front table was missing so we built a new one. If you still want to use it as a table you'll need a leg (or two) and a socket. The socket is a standard RV part. We were able to find one in the parts bin of a local RV shop and they let us have it for a few bucks.
The cushions are another fun issue. In our van two of the backrest cushions fold open into two wedge shaped pieces and then fit back together to form one cushion the same thickness as the seat cushion. One of these pieces is missing (and Roadtrek can't supply new ones). We have enough cushions to cover the entire bed, but we have a low spot where we're supposed to stack the two backrests. We used to put the low spot at our feet, but recently we purchased a memory foam mattress and put it on top of the whole deal. We never used the back table anyway, so it's no big loss.
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You’ll also see where something used to be bolted to the side panel under the rear windows where the bed is.. there’s also the same thing about 2’ towards the back door. see pics).
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We have a board screwed across the back of the van that forms a lip on the edge of the bed. It keeps our bedding in place when we open the back door. It has a cutout of the door handle so that we can open the back door from inside. Perhaps something similar was removed from yours?
We also have a strange little compartment that holds a small pack of tissues built into the wall. It seems to have been installed at the factory.
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3) I need various parts.. interior round light cover over bed, awning parts, maybe the bed board.. but not sure where to find parts.
Thanks in advance!
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A lot of the parts are standard parts that you can pick up at any RV store. The RV industry moves slowly and there are still new trailers built with some of the same light fixtures, awnings, etc. Amazon has a lot of them, but if you find a local RV shop they may have a bunch of parts in a bin and be willing to sell them cheap. We rebuilt many parts of our van almost for free this way.
The custom stuff that Roadtrek made is very hard to find, and includes things like the cabinetry, cushions and water tanks. The water tanks are one of the biggest problems because they're all custom made. I epoxied one break in our grey tank, but we still have two leaks right now (one only leaks when the tank is full, and the other is just a drip).
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