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RE: New to me Lance Legend 945
Spent all of yesterday peeling off the old kaulking off the roof, and laid down a new fresh layer. Good to go for the next 8ish years. Today I'll be making sure all the window seams are sealed nice and good, and then go investigate why the toilet water supply was disconnected.
after that, I just need to replace the truck connector and she's ready to go!
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Nero C-Bass
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10/29/23 10:04am |
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RE: New to me Lance Legend 945
That's what I like about the closets in the Lance, they were lined with Fir. Always smells good to open them.
Today I pulled out the old water heater, replaced it with an upgraded Suburban unit that is same for same, except it has an optional 110v heater. I'll wire that in later.
Replaced the leaky kitchen faucet. Like a dummy I installed the hot and cold lines on backwards. I'll fix that later.
Tested the on board atwood forced air heater. Holy cow that thing gets toasty fast! Having all the ducting throuought the camper helps I'm sure.
I also found the toilet water supply was disconnected and capped off for some reason... Project for another day.
All access doors to the bed of the truck need the gasket replaced. Can definitely feel a draft.
Radio didn't work. Turns out fuse behind it was bad. Replaced it, tuner is dead. Had a cassette in it still. Good ol' Johnny Cash. Played that while sorting out the water heater.
Forecast shows warm and sunny this upcoming weekend. Hoping to finish re-kaulking everything then. Knock on wood, hoping to take 'er out camping for one last hoorah trip to the beach before the season is over.
Overall, it's been a productive past few days. Vacation time is up, back to work tomorrow, but I'll be puttering around at it throuought the week after work.
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Nero C-Bass
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10/25/23 10:34pm |
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RE: New to me Lance Legend 945
Well, now that the side is repaired, I've been testing the other systems. Inverter is working, fan in it is a little loud, sounds like a playing card in a bycicle spoke.
Also found that the water heater is bad. It is a suburban unit, went to pull the anode plug and it snapped off. Drilled it out, ran a flush wand through it, and it kicked out a bunch of porcelain material, along with a lot of white crud, probably calcification from never being flushed out.
Lucky enough, camper was built with a water heater bypass, so turned all the valves, and put a few gallons in the fresh tank and ran the pump. Found the kitchen sink cold water fitting is cracked, and the faucet leaks at the knob.
Joy of restoring a 20+ year old unit. Gotta love it.
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Nero C-Bass
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10/24/23 08:21pm |
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RE: New to me Lance Legend 945
@Grit dog, that entire post was sattire. I'm hauling this bad boy with my 1990 F350 crew cab. Ignore the fender decals, I was lazy when I built the truck.
Anyhow,got the side all buttoned up, caulked, and puttied back up. All four jacks back on and nice and stable again.
overall I think I got about 40 hours and about $900 in materials.
Now to just finish re-kaulking the roof, moving my ac over from my old camper, and a few odds and ends then she's ready to camp another day.
https://i.imgur.com/Pdw0GtV.jpg height=500
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Nero C-Bass
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10/23/23 04:32pm |
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RE: New to me Lance Legend 945
Making some progress. Got one jack back on so it'll be more stable. Still need to seam seal the edges.
https://i.imgur.com/2hdMUie.jpg height=500
https://i.imgur.com/s0T5mWk.jpg height=500
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Nero C-Bass
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10/22/23 04:34pm |
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RE: New to me Lance Legend 945
All rotted wood out, repair wood all mocked up. Going to liquid nail, screw together, and reseal this morning. Took a few days off work to get it all dialed in.
https://i.imgur.com/Cz4RQnF.jpg height=500
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Nero C-Bass
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10/21/23 09:00am |
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RE: New to me Lance Legend 945
Alright everyone.
So I was browsing Craigslist last night, and I found a 2002 tundra with a 4 cylinder in it, already has a flat bed on it.
will it hold this camper? I think it'll do fine if I air the tires up just a little more...
OK where is everyone now? Haha
I am a master diesel mechanic, so I already have most major tools, and a screw gun has definitely been a game changer taking this apart. What's been a challenge is getting all the staples out without damaging the good wood and aluminum. A few have pulled through, but I believe I can reuse all the sheets. Patience is key there.
I'll mention it to my old man, he's the one helping me rebuild it. Back in the 70's he helped me grandfather build their house and garage from the ground up, plus he completely built his RV from scratch using the shell of a 2000 E450 mini bus, so his carpentry skills definitely eclipse mine.
I'll be uploading photos as I go, so far this has been a fun project.
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Nero C-Bass
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10/19/23 06:18am |
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RE: New to me Lance Legend 945
@notsobigjoe, the two jacks on the left side are still installed, plus I have 6 stabilizers with 2x6's running the full length side to side. It's remarkably stable, but I'm still busting butt to get it done as fast as I can.
Spent an hour at Home Depot trying to devise what I need to fix er up. Only thing I could not find was 3/4 crown 1/2 staples like what it's originally put together with.
I take that back, ULINE sells them, but I can't justify an almost $500 tool for one project.
I did see here
https://www.rv.net/forum/index.cfm/fuseaction/thread/tid/27553842/print/true.cfm
Where someone was doing a very similar repair as to what I'm doing, minus the staples it looks well reinforced. So I am going to do something similar but utilize stamped braces and plenty of liquid nail.
Unless someone has a suggestion on where to get the proper joint staples :)
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Nero C-Bass
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10/18/23 10:11pm |
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RE: New to me Lance Legend 945
Oh yeah. She's rough around this edge. I took all the siding and doors off.
https://i.imgur.com/ZkkiqU8.jpg height=500
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Nero C-Bass
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10/18/23 03:41pm |
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RE: New to me Lance Legend 945
Spent the evening after work tearing the aluminum siding off on the right side. Area under fridge is only rotted out about 3 inches in, but sadly, runs from the jack all the way down just past the propane storage, so about 4ft. Going to end up replacing the whole beam going down the side.
It's all good. Turns out the siding was cake to pull, and it's fun so far.
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Nero C-Bass
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10/17/23 09:54pm |
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RE: New to me Lance Legend 945
Thank you. I've been an avid camper all my life, back when my grandparents owned the squire we used it a lot for summer boat trips and winter snowmobiling trips. When they decided it was time to move to a Monaco, I just had to buy it up, and I've had it for about 8 years. Definitely been a solid little thing.
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Nero C-Bass
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10/17/23 04:21pm |
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RE: New to me Lance Legend 945
Hmmm... Looks like photos work a little different here than other forums, I'll try fixing it in a little bit.
Edit, got the photos up.
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Nero C-Bass
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10/17/23 06:50am |
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New to me Lance Legend 945
Good morning, I'm new here and wanted to share my new to me camper and talk about it a little. I am upgrading from my '94 Lance Squire 8000 to a' 96 Lance Legend 945. Old camper worked well, has been in the family since brand new, but with my family getting a little bigger, needed the extra space.
https://i.imgur.com/7uGmNbX.jpg height=500
It needs a little love. Both skirts down at the rear where the waste dump and generator door have a little dry rot, then there's a little blow the fridge on the exterior where the front right tie down is. Last night, I pulled the fridge and was welcome with this mess.
https://i.imgur.com/JIEHCMI.jpg height=500
I'll be pulling apart the right area near the fridge and rebuilding it. Rot doesn't look that bad. Then there's just miscellaneous things that need addressed, like screen door mesh replaced, stove knob, little bits here and there, but overall she's in great shape.
I've been searching online for the past few days, and that's how I found this forum. I see lots of people say, I should probably have a dually for hauling this big bird about, but I see many photos of these campers sitting on trucks similar to mine, with just single rear wheel. When I bought it, I bought it about 100 miles from home. I already have dual sway bars and air bags, the entire drive home it rode just like I had my Squire on board. I do need to run it by the scale, but I'm thinking I just need to get a slightly higher weight rated tire and I'll be good.
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Nero C-Bass
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10/17/23 06:45am |
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