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Posted By: philclouse on 05/26/16 06:19pm

JoeChiOhki wrote:

Got about 2/3s of the way through building the new bed frame for the cabover.

pictures?

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Posted By: Buzzcut1 on 05/26/16 09:48pm

My single LED fixtures arrived and were installed this afternoon. I think it took me 15 minutes to do both now that I know what I'm doing. I'm happy enough with the lights that I will get a few more and lose the halogen lamps over the pillows.

under the pantry/kids bunk over the dinette
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over the cabover bed
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Full dinette area with all LEDs
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Posted By: JoeChiOhki on 05/27/16 09:50am

philclouse wrote:

JoeChiOhki wrote:

Got about 2/3s of the way through building the new bed frame for the cabover.

pictures?

Will have a post with them here in the next day or so, wanted to put it all together in one entry [emoticon]

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Posted By: dmaxpuller on 05/27/16 01:35pm

Got it ready for the summer. All waxed up. 303 on everything that needed it. Truck is all ready. Put some beer in the frig just to make sure it still worked! And am sticking to that story.

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Posted By: portscanner on 05/29/16 12:14pm

Fixed the tv antenna/cable wiring. Looks like they used the cheapest wire and the cheapest ends possible. They had no idea how to properly terminate the ends. Looks like they pushed the ends AT the wire, wrapped tape around it, called it finished.

I replaced several spans of wire with the "good stuff" and properly terminated then ends.

(Working in the CATV business ensured I had the proper tools and supplies)

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Posted By: joe123 on 05/29/16 05:26pm

Replaced all the compartment locks the old ones were getting sticky or more likely worn out from 15 years of use. new ones work great.

Posted By: mkasner on 05/29/16 08:17pm

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Posted By: JoeChiOhki on 05/30/16 02:03am

Tore out the rear corner near the door on the Amerigo and replaced a couple pieces of wood and in the process helped remove some of the butt sag [emoticon]

Posted By: Grit dog on 05/30/16 04:08am

Even AF turns out some shoddy cr@p I guess. Pulled the front cap window today to try to fix the de lamination from a leak around the window from back when the camper was almost new (according to the PO), that had been fixed for over 10 years by copious goobers of clear silicone, lol. Some people shouldn't be allowed to use a caulking gun!
Weatherstripping must have been installed originally by a preschooler.
Couldn't fix the de lam, but no rot, so that was good.
Cleaned up the previous messes and used some good butyl rubber weatherstripping and a small bead of Sika flex across the top for good measure.

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Posted By: DWeikert on 05/30/16 11:52am

Reinstalled the rear HJ motors that came back from being rebuilt after motor seizures. I don't remember if it was there when they went out but these came back with a stiff rubber o-ring where the motor slides over the jack leg.

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I'm guessing HJ did this to address their water intrusion problem, though the problem is water getting into the jack motor, not the jack leg. The top of the jack fits into a recess in the motor head but this o-ring completely fills that recess and even with my 6'2" 250lbs bearing down on the motor, I could not compress the o-ring enough for the screw holes to align. The hole on the rear was even worse.

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Without the o-ring everything aligned as expected.

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So, no o-rings. I may be wrong but the overlap without the o-ring seems like it would do a better job of stopping water intrusion than an o-ring that spaces the motor housing off the jack tube such that there is a gap instead of an overlap, that's assuming I could get the screws started...

I also noticed with the motor engaged I was able to turn the hand crank and manually turn the motor. It's easier if the jack is off the ground slightly so you're not trying to lift the camper and turn the motor. Next time I have a motor seize I'll see if I can unseize it that way.

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