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Posted By: Avion C-11 on 11/08/11 04:48pm

Hi all. I just finished reading the whole thread. This seems to be the best place for me to be right now being that we're all working on the same stuff. The other forum is kind of dead.

Seems we have some former military guys here. I am former air force and my dad, who is working on this with me, is retired Army.

Would you all like me to post all my restoration pics to date?

Garry, the hole you describe above the breaker box in mine has an outlet in it. That is where I had my AC plugged in. I may go back later and use the wires I found in the ceiling that are supposed to go to the AC.

You can kind of see it in the pic attached. [image]

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Posted By: Avion C-11 on 11/08/11 06:28pm

Here's a better pic from before I started the resto. [image]

* This post was edited 11/08/11 06:40pm by Avion C-11 *

Posted By: ticki2 on 11/08/11 07:13pm

My C-11 also has an outlet above the breaker box in the closet . The refrigerator plugs into it . Strange place for it .

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Posted By: garryk6 on 11/10/11 12:32am

Well as promised, I finally have some more pics...

Here are my LED tail and clearance lights
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Here is the new Charger/Converter
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Here is the new water fill
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Here is more of the new Reflectix insulation inside the kitchen cabinets
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Here is the kitchen sink drain piping arrangement.
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ANd here is the new Toilet all mounted and ready for use.
Unfortunately the new shower pan has yet to be built,
so that will have to be for another day...
Besides still need a hot water heater for a shower ;-)
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More to follow...

But that is all I took last night...

Garry

* This post was edited 11/10/11 02:05pm by garryk6 *

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Posted By: Mello Mike on 11/10/11 06:39am

Looking good, Garry. It's looking like a TC again. Love the reflective insulation. Lots of Airstream restorers are using that stuff too.

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Posted By: JoeChiOhki on 11/10/11 10:37am

Wow, I'd never thought to use a slip flipping to connect the fresh water tank to a fill point.... I just ended up using a combination of PVC and Poly pipe to route mine the last time I had to rebuild it.

Have you given it the hose test yet to see if a low amount of pressure will cause it to leak around that fitting?

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Posted By: garryk6 on 11/10/11 02:04pm

Hey Joe,
No test yet... We will be jugging the water for this trip due to the cold weather, and I don't want anything freezing. Additionally, I haven't drilled the hole for the little white plastic drain valve to be able to drain the tank... But it is a tight fit to both the fill connection and the tank, so I can remove it an work on it, as I also put a rubber connector half-way so the fill pipe can be removed in two pieces, and allows for some slight missalignment. I still need to pressure test my new custom made gray water tank that the HS kids and my son welded up... But thats for another day!
Garry

Posted By: Avion C-11 on 11/11/11 02:34pm

Got some more work done at the rear of the camper. Pulled out the inner walls to continue with the floor repair. Have one dent to fix as well as making sure all the structure and lighting is good.

I found that the only thing holding in the coping channel that screws the floor in was foam. I will rivet and cement that all back together when I get there.

The wood structure for the door and the door hold were particle board that were disintegrating.

Doug out some foam so that I could screw the new floor in. Originally it was only stapled in and there were 3 locations with steel brackets and screws.

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Posted By: 67avion on 11/11/11 03:40pm

mello mike wrote:

Looking good, Garry. It's looking like a TC again. Love the reflective insulation. Lots of Airstream restorers are using that stuff too.

Guys, could you update me on the Reflectix? We use it in insulating houses - roofs, etc - what is the advantage in the Avion and Airstream? Are you all putting it just behind cabinets and other enclosed spaces?

Posted By: Avion C-11 on 11/11/11 05:14pm

The other guys who are at the rebuild stage might have some different info but in my camper when I was tearing it apart POs had put in that Reflectix stuff in the walls on the left side after they had done a jack and bunk repair. In that application it held a lot of water and became a mold problem.

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