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Posted By: Dcoleram on 08/05/12 11:58am

jimh425 wrote:

No pics but I should have taken them.

I painted the lower wing area black. I don't backup very much in the dark, but I'm sure it will help compared to the old white. My wife did most of the work and I sprayed after she taped it off.

DW also did painting of her own. She painted the letters on the front where the decal used to be. I think it looks good.

A couple of days ago, we replaced the truck batteries. They were do at 6 years.

We also detailed the camper doors, camper, and truck. Kind of strange day to do it since we were having a heat wave.

I'm probably going to break down and add the duh system tomorrow before I reload the camper. We'll see.

What's the duh system?

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Posted By: jimh406 on 08/05/12 12:08pm

Dcoleram wrote:

What's the duh system?

The original thread is here.

http://www.rv.net/forum/index.cfm/fuseac........d/tid/19757007/srt/pa/pging/1/page/1.cfm

BTW, you can look up most of the better ideas at this link for Truck Camper University in the Forum stickies.

http://www.rv.net/forum/index.cfm/fuseaction/thread/tid/15942004.cfm

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Posted By: mountainkowboy on 08/05/12 04:24pm

DW is making step pillows out of the two piece mattress that was for the flip-down bunk. She will make pillows for the dogs from the unused portions. I had to change the harmonic balancer on Red, along with new belts, in preperation for our trip in 5 days.

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Posted By: hikerdmb on 08/05/12 07:55pm

Cleaned it inside and out after a 2 week trip around the west.
Here is a pic from our high spot of the trip.
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And one from near the end.
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Trip report coming soon.

2004 Dodge Ram 1500 Quad Cab 4X4 with Hemi
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Posted By: JoeChiOhki on 08/06/12 12:04pm

Ordered the Tru-Cool Max LPD4739 4739 40,000 GVW Low........nsmission Oil Cooler with Thermal Bypass to replace the stock transmission cooler.

Tried not to pass out when I got a quote for $525 for a new exhaust system for the truck.

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Posted By: hunterj on 08/06/12 08:23pm

Replaced three bearings in slide out track system and clean and greased the rest. Wasn't too bad of a job with the right tools.

04 Dodge 3500 DRW 4x4
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Posted By: Mello Mike on 08/22/12 08:36pm

Gave it a good bath and got up on the roof to clean the solar panels.

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Posted By: noxinnhoj on 08/22/12 11:11pm

not today,but loaded it on to our dually for the first time on saturday with just the dw.pried off a 3/4 inch piece of plywood the previous owner had siliconed to the drivers side camper box,that gave us a bit of room,success,no problem,but when i looked at the welds on my dually brackets today,mmmm,maybe not so good....

1995 silverado dually,2005 lance 915 lite

Posted By: Buzzcut1 on 08/22/12 11:21pm

cleaned it up, started to stock up for one of my last horse shows of the season. Its going to be fun to come home to a new house on Sunday night complete with a concrete pad just for the truck and TC.

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Posted By: JoeChiOhki on 08/23/12 11:07am

Oh, let's see where to begin.... [emoticon]

Pulled the propane tanks and the sheet metal propane compartment, discovered why the box had pulled away from the wall on the top (Floor and become separated from the wall).

Cleaned the propane compartment box, replaced the factory original rubber hose going from the regulator to the connection in the box.

Modified the compartment's locking tabs so that they'd fit the water rear foot print of the newer tanks.

Took both propane bottles in and had the valves replaced, according to the service center they're taking 4.5 gallons of propane now (they were purged and test filled before getting the stamp of approval from the shop, total cost for two new valves installed plus the purge and the bottles filled, $69), so I finally have useful 20lb horizontals again.

Using a stack of old 2x6s and a couple lengths of 2x4, used the camper's own weight to push the drooping and loose over hang floor back up into position, laid a bead of 3M 5200 between the wall and the floor and then anchored it into place with 3" screws.

I now have a little line of screw holes in my siding that are filled, and will be looking for a little roll of pin striping tape to put on to hide them.

Soaked the floor and the walls around where the compartment was with Minwax Wood hardener, and once it was dry, reinstalled the propane compartment enclosure, laying a bead of sealant around the perimeter to seal it to the outside like it should have been, driving in screws along the perimeter of the box to secure it into place at the opening to keep the seal.

Reinstalled the propane tanks and the retaining tabs and front anchors so that they were properly secured to the floor again.

Retired the last of the POL connectors on the regulator for a new ACME nut, I can now remove both propane connections to the onboard bottles without the need of a wrench [emoticon]

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Reinstalled the door on the propane compartment.

Pulled out a temporary bracing fix for the sag from under the shower pan and then repeated the floor jacking up process on the driver's side so that the floor is anchored securely again, filled more screw holes in.

Replaced some more of the grey polybutlyene cold water pipe that was installed by a previous owner (original cold water line was galvanized steel and copper) and replaced it with brass sharkbites and pex pipe, including the feed coming from the water pump to improve cycling behavior.

Adjusted the water pump's pressure switch a bit so that the flow control will work all the way down to slow trickle on the faucet without causing the pump to pulse.

Today the camper will likely get a bath so I can finish doing the seam reseal, and so I can pull my furnace's outer vent and install the steel reinforcement plate and new ear for the driver's side rear tie down.

Up still to do, touch up the paint where it's been damaged, finish the replacement of the cold water line, touch up the paint on the tub of the camper again and fix the rear tail light wiring on the passenger side once and for all.

Then, it's on to the truck (this weekend) to replace the damaged air bag, get the exhaust replaced, install the new radiator, transmission cooler, transmission pan, do the oil, top up the fluids and give it all a bath so it's ready to mate with the camper.

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