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Posted By: jimh406 on 05/10/16 09:20am

Three in a row.

1. Painted the trim for my entry window. First, let me say to those who suggest this is a good idea. I hate you. [emoticon]

If you are thinking about this as a project, I have to strongly recommend against it!

My trim was old enough that the seal was barely there and very brittle, so I had to remove it to have a base for caulking. New trim rings come with seals which would have been a lot easier and less time consuming. But, I couldn't just leave the hole in the door, so I painted and then used caulking for sealant. Maybe it actually worked, and I'll see after the caulking dries.

2. Adjusted the air bag pressure. I'm going up a tiny bit and adding slightly more (5 lbs) in the driver side which seems to be a tiny bit lower.

3. Bought yellow reflective tape for front carrier. It previously had red which doesn't seem to be a good idea. I'm thinking yellow will work for front or rear. At least, cars have yellow in front and rear.

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Posted By: JoeChiOhki on 05/10/16 12:51pm

Started tearing out the wing on the passenger side, finally found a rot area. Fortunately, it's a fairly easy fix.

Pictures will be coming.

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Posted By: MORSNOW on 05/10/16 08:19pm

1. Replaced my furnace thermostat with a Honeywell TH1100DV1000 Pro-Digital 2-Wire Heat Only thermostat. Super easy 5 minute project to finally get a thermostat that I can set to a known temperature.

2. Flushed my water system repeatedly after letting it soak with bleach for a few days.

3. A good exterior washing is in the plan for later this week. Where do all those bugs come from???

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Posted By: Downwindtracker2 on 05/10/16 09:24pm

After fixing the wing rot, I replaced the sealant on the trim. Today I put the vinyl screw covers in.

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Posted By: jimh406 on 05/10/16 11:02pm

Attempted to add a step for my single step, but I didn't like how it was turning out. So, that attempt was abandoned. Probably the last attempt.

Built a platform for my hitch mount bike rack and rebuilt the bike rack to tighten it up. I'll probably take a few pictures of the platform after I finish the paint. It's going to be used to haul a few pieces of firewood, so I don't have to put it in the truck or camper. I made it of thick flat plate aluminum.

Touched up the trim ring that I previously painted. Just a couple of spots we knocked off during the install.

Replaced red reflective tape with yellow on the bike rack and hitch carrier. That took a bit of time to take the old off, but nothing that a heat gun and cleanup with alcohol would do.

Posted By: Buzzcut1 on 05/11/16 08:51pm

I had the Florescent fixture above the dinette fail so I ordered a Thin-lite dist- led412P LED fixture from Amazon. the install took about 10 minutes it has three setting off low and high. the light is great. and it can handle voltages from 8-30V dc

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Posted By: jimh406 on 05/12/16 12:05am

The new light fixture looks like a good choice considering you don't have conventional bulbs.

Posted By: jimh406 on 05/12/16 01:13pm

Here's a photo of my bike rack with platform. You can see the wood on it held down by motorcycle webbing going both directions. Not a lot of wood but enough for a small fire.

The aluminum platform is about 3/16 thick is 12 x 18 with two 2 1/2 x 3/8 bolts holding it on. I painted it black and put edging on it. I drilled 4 x 1/2 inch holes 3/4 in in at the corners.

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Posted By: JoeChiOhki on 05/13/16 01:22am

Finished getting the 2x6s in in the corners where the new jack mounts are going on the Amerigo. About ready to seal the passenger side wall back up before the rains come this weekend. [emoticon]

Posted By: noteven on 05/13/16 04:47am

Like your rig JoeChiOhki - keep the updates coming

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