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Old 04-20-2017, 03:55 PM   #15
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add a residential fridge.

It's a good rebuild project, I had an a 2000, good coach
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add a residential fridge.

I'm going to make room for one as a potential future upgrade, but the NovaKool 9000 should last for many more years. It has no icemaker and runs on 12 volts.
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Old 05-03-2017, 02:52 PM   #17
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Progress has slowed significantly. I did a dumb thing and fell off of a stepladder, fracturing a bone in my left wrist. I can still do some work, but the splint on my left arm/wrist/hand is a major obstacle. Still, I’m not one to sit around and do nothing, so forward we go.

The cabinetry and flooring are now gone, and I am closing in on the walls and ceiling. Rodent damage is everywhere, and in some places I hadn’t anticipated. A few photos in the following posts may be interesting for fellow Monaco/Holiday Rambler owners.
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Old 05-03-2017, 02:56 PM   #18
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The curb-side overhead cabinet in the bedroom houses the AC breaker panel and a 12V fuse box. Poor design by the manufacturer left two large openings in the rear wall, allowing rodents to enter through the engine bay, climb any of the wires or conduits that run through the rear cap to the electrical boxes, and make their homes behind the electrical boxes. The entire cavity was filled with fiberglass insulation, acorn shells, and mouse droppings. When I removed the bottom of the cabinet, a ton of it, along with a chewed-through section of some wire, fell to the floor. Clearly, some electrical troubleshooting is in order.
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Old 05-03-2017, 03:06 PM   #19
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Road-side wall between the slide-outs. This area formerly had a corner vanity/sink on the left and a neo-angle shower on the right. The wall is seriously reinforced with rectangular tubing at the sides of the slides. Mice found their way to here and had quite a time burrowing tunnels through the insulation. Here again, there was a well-used nest full of acorn shells and mouse droppings at the base of the wall behind the shower. There are only two ways into this area, and it may very well be easier and less expensive to remove the outer wall to do it. I don't have an indoor parking space, and I need to repair the ceiling beams, so I'm doing it from the inside.

This area will have bunk beds for our daughters when it is finished, and will easily convert to a wardrobe/closet when they are grown and gone.
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Old 05-03-2017, 04:57 PM   #20
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Been there, done that.
Keep your chin up!
It will be nice when you are done.

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Old 05-04-2017, 05:02 AM   #21
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I am simply in awe of your abilities and perservarance in tackling a project of this magnitude. Way beyond me. Best of luck and continue to share your progress (sorry about the arm).
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Old 05-04-2017, 06:59 AM   #22
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I thought I was the only one crazy enough to tackle such a massive endeavor...cheers mate best of speeds be with I'm in the same race with my coach Click image for larger version

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Old 05-04-2017, 09:40 AM   #23
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You are definitely a machine, this is an awesome undertaking. You are going to end up with your perfect coach. Congratulations!
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Old 05-04-2017, 10:14 AM   #24
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Keep the postings coming! Awesome work you are doing.
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Wow, sure are going at this project full steam!

Thanks for all the great pictures and very sorry to hear about your injury. That does suck!!
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Closing in on complete destruction of the interior now. I have about eight feet of ceiling and one wall remaining in the bedroom. As you would expect, the rodent damage is worst in the bedroom, near the huge entry holes in the rear wall. I can't count the number of times that I've read about people hearing something in their coach ceiling and deploying mouse traps to catch the critters. I know now that the chewed-in-half wire is the communication wire for the two roof-mounted Dometic heat pumps. When I replaced the original heat pumps three years ago, we ran a new "phone" wire through the ducting from front to rear to bypass this hidden, severed wire.

The mouse damage is really a horror. I'll never look at a used RV the same way again. Even buying new, I would have a long list of specific questions about what construction methods are used to prevent this from happening. The owner of my local RV repair shop (B&B Auto/RV Repair, in Farmington, NH) says that my Endeavor was regarded as one of the better-built coaches in its time. The interior materials were of decent quality, and very solidly built, but the phrase "lipstick on a pig" applies. There was simply no attempt to seal the coach against intrusion by pests.
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Old 05-12-2017, 06:58 AM   #27
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Wow! I would think you are giving most that read this thread an education on coach construction. Thank you and keep digging.
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All of the wall and ceiling panels aft of the front seat are now removed. Today I (unsurprisingly) located living mice in the wall beneath the electrical service box. I grabbed a handful of insulation, and there were "pinkies" in it. A couple seconds later, and adult mouse came out of there like it was shot from a gun, and ran beneath the living room slide. No time to hunt for it today...

I also removed all of the AC ductwork. In today's photos, you can see that the holes in the ceiling beams go all the way through to the rear cap. This is a bit troubling, since I have driven the coach with the rear wall unsecured from the metal framing behind it, and the force of the wind in the engine bay is sufficient to blow the wall panel onto the bed. Any exhaust leak in the engine bay will be blown into the bedroom ceiling. It's not going to stay that way! The ladder is supporting the electrical boxes, for now.

As soon as I cut into the wall panels in the rear slide, I could smell the water damage. It's the typical Monaco poorly-designed lower slide corners, documented well by Chris Throgmartin on YouTube. Every time I look at the slides I just want to dispose of them and convert to a solid wall with no slides.

Next up is removal of the carpet on the engine "hump", followed by the front seats, the carpeting beneath them, and the finished walls to their sides. After that, I can call the dumpster company and have them remove their eyesore from my yard.
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