What did you do to your old RV today?

[Old Car Nut]

Originally Posted by falconbro

Wow, that sounds like an aggravation. I hate messing with exhaust manifolds. My right side (454) is ticking so I know I've got a manifold gasket going. You can't do that job without breaking studs. Any suggestions?

PB Blaster 1 hr before work begins. I have yet to find an exhaust bolt that can resist after that.

[IamJerryP]

Nice, wish i had found those.

Originally Posted by Motor7

I replaced all of mine with these...bright as heck:

10x Xenon White 1156 BA15S T10 Interior Dome Map Dome RV 60 SMD LED Light Panel | eBay

10 x White RV 1141 1156 BA15S T10 921 194 48SMD Panel Interior LED Lights US | eBay

These for the map lights:

10 x Wedge T10 20 SMD LED Light Bulbs W5W 2825 158 192 168 194 12V Xenon White | eBay

[Old Car Nut]

Those are cool.

[IamJerryP]

Originally Posted by Motor7

I replaced all of mine with these...bright as heck:

10x Xenon White 1156 BA15S T10 Interior Dome Map Dome RV 60 SMD LED Light Panel | eBay

10 x White RV 1141 1156 BA15S T10 921 194 48SMD Panel Interior LED Lights US | eBay

These for the map lights:

10 x Wedge T10 20 SMD LED Light Bulbs W5W 2825 158 192 168 194 12V Xenon White | eBay

Well I figure to hex with it, and bought a 10 pack, of the 60s
figured i I could use some of the others ones in the house, truck tail lights, or somewhere

[Halebopp]

Brushed some snow from the rv cover and thought, Yup! I gotta move out of New York.

[planojeeper]

I was able to get the propane back on line today . We have heat in mh now and the fridge works. I also put air in the airbags and they held all day. We took it to the scales on Saturday she weighs 15225. Now we just need to go transfer the title and get new tags and we are set. My next project is to get the sewer hoses waterhose and what ever else I need to take her on her first jeep / camping trip in march.

[wblynch]

Originally Posted by planojeeper

I was able to get the propane back on line today . We have heat in mh now and the fridge works...

hard work pays off

[TeamJesusSam]

• Checked date codes on the tires - Yikes! They're original ('89)!
• Finished tearing out interior wardrobes and overhead cabinets that we didn't want (some were a little water damaged, and some we removed so we could reconfigure the floor plan to suit our growing family).
• Found the Master Cylinder while attempting to figure out what's keeping my brakes from working properly.

For the rest of the week, until taxes come in:

• Finish taking up carpet all the way back to the back bedroom.
• Take out kitchen countertop (which is swelling from water damage), get ready to move sink so it's on back wall instead of angled toward the front of the coach.
• Clean up the trash wood (cabinets, etc) outside - take it all down to the burn pile.
• Start measuring for the bunks that are going where the bathroom sink, wardrobe, and fridge were.
• Figure out how to cap off the old bathroom sink drain and water supplies (shouldn't be too hard).
• Put boards up on the wall to hold up the bunks.
• Get ready to frame in the front face/support of the bunks.
• Frame in the new fridge shelf (going over the opposite wheel well between the shower and window, where the small wardrobe used to be).
• Frame in the base for the wood stove which will hopefully be in next week. We like what Chad Leadbetter did, and plan to make ours much like his as you can see here http://youtu.be/r_11vGn73a8?t=22m21s, including the wood stove by the door and the desk next to it - where the dinette used to be. The fridge will sit up against the desk.

Next week, after taxes come in:

• Fix the leaky roof.
• Change our two twins into a queen.
• Maybe replace the water heater with a tankless? The water heater was left full and unused as the camper sat for years and years... and now the water *stinks*. If we can find a good place for it, we can pick up a tankless at a reasonable rate (~$200).
• Fix the brakes.
• Replace springs on hydraulic levelers.
• Get it inspected, licensed, and insured as our full-time residence!
• Move back in!!!

[IamJerryP]

Originally Posted by TeamJesusSam

• Frame in the base for the wood stove which will hopefully be in next week. We like what Chad Leadbetter did, and plan to make ours much like his as you can see here http://youtu.be/r_11vGn73a8?t=22m21s, including the wood stove by the door and the desk next to it - where the dinette used to be.

I was thinking about a small wood or coal burning stove. Something easy to remove in the summer.
Interested in how the wood stove works out.

[planojeeper]

Originally Posted by wblynch

hard work pays off

Yes Sir it sure does. If I had more time I would get more done. The kids want to go help next time. I have a list of easy things they can do to help.

[Dogpatch]

Resisted it on eBay.

[fldime]

Started rubber roof replacement, whats a better wood replacement tor the luna wood under the new rubber. 1993 HR Navigator

[ga traveler]

Originally Posted by fldime

Started rubber roof replacement, whats a better wood replacement tor the luna wood under the new rubber. 1993 HR Navigator

A lot of people give luan a bad time for being cheap, however remember you are using a lot of wood. They use luan because it is light. If you go to something like plywood, you will increase the weight of the roof. You usually spend very little time on the roof, Why reduce carrying capacity and make it more top heavy?

[kb2crk]

New water pump, pulled the alternator, dropped the radiator of at a shop for repair, and hunting down a few other parts.