07 Cabinets and Furniture
Cabinets
Your Wayfarer contains cabinetry installed throughout the entire motorhome from the driver's area through the kitchen/dining areas and back into the bedroom (Figure 58.1).
The cabinetry has been designed and built to provide ample storage space, to be easily accessible and to be conveniently located to support the areas of concern.
Construction of these cabinets incorporates various hardwoods, raised panels, cabinet doors and supports. Door pulls, handles and knobs are installed in a style complementing the particular decor of each Wayfarer (Figure 58.2). This provides an aesthetically pleasing look and feel as well as fully functional storage capacity.
With the many floor-plans available in the Wayfarer product line, cabinet design has been optimized to provide maximum for each floorplan available (Figure 58.3). Accordingly, the Wayfarer can readily accommodate the routine materials, supplies, and customer specific items desired for any travel requirement.
These cabinets are designed to contain stored supplies quite securely during travel to minimize or eliminate the possibility of shifting or spilling of cabinet contents during travel. When the motorhome is parked, all of the stored items are readily available in the cabinets and drawers for the convenience of the users.
Note - Prior to travel, make sure all cabinetry, drawers, appliance doors are secured and properly closed and/or latched (Figure 56.4). Also make sure any loose items have been removed from the counter top area to prevent these items from becoming projectiles when the motorhome is in motion.
As the storage requirements will vary somewhat from one floor-plan to another, general observations can be made about the Tiffin supplied cabinetry which may or may not be applicable for your specific Wayfarer configuration.
Cabinets are provided in the kitchen/dining area to accommodate the routine cooking utensils and groceries normally desired for travel. Storage space within these cabinets has been designed to accommodate the typical sizes and configurations of food supplies (e.g., cereal boxes, condiments, canned goods and bottled liquids) normally taken on trips.
Based on Tiffin Motorhomes' extensive experience with travel requirements of the seasoned motorhome user as well as Tiffin Motorhomes' own research and development in cabinet design, the cabinets offer the greatest storage capacity possible. In the bathroom and bedroom, additional cabinets are available for storage of sundries and toiletries specific to these areas (Figure 59.1and 59.2)
Counter-Top & Kitchen Cabinetry
In the kitchen, a color coordinated counter-top is provided on top of the floor mounted cabinets. The counter-top is made of solid surface. To maintain the appearance of the counter-top clean with a damp cloth.
If spotting occurs, clean the counter-top with a damp cloth moistened with a mild cleaner or mild liquid soap. Should some dried on residue still be present, wet a damp cloth moistened with liquid cleaner and let stand directly on the spot for 15-30 minutes. After which, loosen the residue and then clean the spot accordingly.
NOTE: Please note that strong chemicals, solvents and industrial cleaners (e.g., oven cleaner) may damage the counter-top surface. Do not use any products not specifically designed for counter-top cleaning.
The counter-top, (Figure 60.1) can be physically damaged as well if proper care is not taken. Do not cut anything (e.g., vegetables, fruits, etc.) directly on the counter-top. Rather use a cutting board or other similar kitchen accessory to provide necessary protection.
Excessive heat may also damage the counter-top, therefore any pots, pans or dinnerware taken directly from the cook top or convection microwave oven should not be placed directly on the counter-top. Rather, use trivets or some other form of fireproof heat insulators to hold very hot pots, pans or dishes over the counter-top.
All drawers are equipped with metal glides to provide additional load bearing strength for the drawers and to allow for effortless opening and closing of those drawers, even when fully loaded (Figure 61.1). These metal glides have a slight locking action when closed. To open the drawers, slightly pull on the drawer handle with an even amount of force.
To close the drawer, push the drawer closed until it the drawer glides start moving on their own (i.e., the locking action is completed).
As the kitchen cabinetry and other cabinetry throughout your Wayfarer motorhome is typically of furniture grade quality, any commercial furniture polish or cleaner can be used. Do not try to soak these wooden surfaces with any water or any other liquid. Be sure to wipe up spills or residues of any fluids that contact these surfaces to preclude any staining or discoloration of the cabinet surfaces.
Kitchen, Living & Dining Areas
SOFA BOOTH FLOOR-PLAN
On the Wayfarer floor plan, a built in dinette booth (Figure 7-3) or sofa are available. Both provide additional storage under the seat area, in addition to providing additional sleeping facilities.
Dinette Instructions
Dinette to sleeping configuration instructions:
• Remove seat back cushions.
• Slide seat bottoms back.
• Pull the lever underneath the table to release the table and push downward (Figure 61.3).
• Reinstall the seat back cushions to make up the mattress for the bed (Figure 62.1).
• Bed size when configured is 42.5"x68.5".
TRI-FOLD SOFA FLOOR-PLAN
If the bed room area contains a tri-fold sofa (Figure 62.3), this sofa converts into a bed. The sofa is coordinated with the decor of the motorhome. To convert the sofa into a bed follow these instructions:
• Remove the accent pillows (Figure 62.4).
• Push the release button on the outside of the rear most arm rest.
• Support legs are located in the tri-fold section, be sure to lower the legs and secure support (Figure 63.1).
• Lay down metal support extension (Figure 63.1).
• Unfold mattress to complete 69"x43" or 69"x63" size bed (Figure 63.2).
POWER TRI-FOLD SOFA FLOOR-PLAN
If your motorhome is equipped with a power tri-fold sofa, the steps used to setup the standard tri-fold sofa should still be followed.
Use the tri-fold sofa power button (Figure 63.3) to raise and lower the tri-fold sofa either fully down for sleeping or retracted where the sofa can be utilized.
NOTE: When using the power button to raise and lower the tri-fold sofa, do not continue to press on the button when the sofa has reached it's final resting position. Doing so will cause excessive wear on the sofa motor and could lead to failure.
If you hear a continual motor whining sound when bed platform fully down or up, you are holding the button too long and this can cause damage to the bedding system. P
When going to lower or raise the power trifold sofa platform and you find there is no power to the motor, the fuse that controls the system may have blown.
Open the breaker/fuse box directly across from the bed and check the fuse furthest to the right (Figure 64.1). Pull the fuse to see if it has blown and replace if necessary.
If fuse is not blown, contact an authorized service facility for repairs.
Chassis Driver & Passenger Seats
The drivers and passengers chassis seats are manually operated and have swivel features. When the motorhome is parked, the seats can be swiveled to face into the living room. To swivel the drivers seat:
• Extend the slide out room, Ignition On and Parking Brake Engaged (Figure 64.3 and 64.4)
• Release the steering wheel lock and push the steering wheel all the way in, re-ingage the steering wheel lock when completed
• Use the electric seat controllers on the drivers and passengers door to move the seats forward as to clear the doors and steering wheel area when rotating (Figure 65.1)
• Engage the the seat swivel knobs for each seat and push them outwards towards the doors to release the seats (Figure 65.2)
• Make sure that the chassis' parking brake is lowered prior to rotating the drivers seat
• Swivel the seats to face the living room area (Figure 65.3)
Overcabin Bunk Bed
Your Wayfarer motorhome comes standard with an over the cabin bunk bed. To complete the setup of the bunk bed, perform the following steps:
• If stored, remove the ladder from the bunk bed area (Figure 66.1)
• Grabbing the 2 metal handles, pull the bunk bed mattress and base towards the rear of the coach (Figure 66.2)
• Allow the base and mattress to fall into the designed area (Figure 66.3)
• Place the portable ladder with the top clips into the metal handles (Figure 66.4)
• The over cabin 58.5"x44.5" double bed are weight rated for 500 pounds
• When not in use, remove the portable ladder from the over cabin bunk bed and store either above towards the rear of the over cabin bunk bed or in the rear of the motorhome in the bedroom area
Bedroom Area
Treatment of the bedding areas with any of the stain resistant sprays (e.g., Scotch Guard) will also make the cushions more resistant to the possibilities of stains and fabric damage, thus providing many years of dependable service.
REAR TWIN BED SETUP
• The permanent rear twin bed setup contains 1 bottom and one side cushion (Figure 67.1).
• Remove the side cushions to allow for a permanent 76"x32" rear twin bed.
• Depending on model. storage and a hanging wardrobe will be located under the drivers side permanent rear twin bed setup, remove bottom cushion and lift up storage lid to access (Figure 67.2).
• Depending on model, extra table top and table legs may be stored under passenger side bed area bottom cushion, remove cushion to reveal storage area (Figure 64.4).
• Replace side cushions when rear bed is not in use.
REAR KING BED SETUP
• Depending on model, to convert the rear 76"x32" twin bed configuration to a 86"x76" king bed configuration pull the bed support between the two cushions from its stored position and pull towards the front of the motorhome (Figure 68.1 and 68.2).
• Bed support will run from rear of cushions all the way to the front of the cushions (Figure 68.3).
• Slide bottom cushions together and fill in the outside with the side cushions (Figure 68.4).
• Restore the bed to it's original position when traveling long distances, this will prevent damage to the center support.
