All the “base” furniture was repainted, inside and out. Primer (S/W Extreme Bond Latex) and two coats SW Pro latex). Seems like it took forever, due to waiting for paint to dry. Base cabinetry reinstalled Feb 7. Purchase of a Harbor Freight pop rivet gun made things SO much easier and quicker. Anyone doing an … Continue reading Painting Base Cabinets/“furniture” (Feb 3-7)

Just odds and ends: Reinstalled the threshold at the doorway. SS screws used and RTV under it, sealing the inside edge to the vinyl. repainted the furnace outer grill, this time NOT using primer but just spraying with hi-temp silver paint. removed 2 sides of the aluminum road cover “band” to examine the gasket/seal. Gonna … Continue reading Niggly little items (Feb 1-2)

This was surprisingly easy, due mostly to the fact that the floor plan for the Ramada is broken into 3 sections that are exactly 6 feet wide (camper side to side) and 4 feet long front to back. But, due to the pattern running lengthwise front to back, a 12’ long piece of sheet goods … Continue reading Putting down a new vinyl floor (Jan 29-31)

Jan 21-23 2019 The decision was a reached, through some arm twisting, to remove the old vinyl and replace it with new as it were factory new. That is, to not overlay the old with new, but rather install the new as it was originally done in ‘75. This method avoids possible issues with the … Continue reading Removal of the old vinyl floor

This started out innocently enough. I wanted to remove the front panel in order to make installing the new battery cables, which would go through the outer ABS panel and the aluminum inner panel, easier. Removing the panels was just a matter of removing a bunch of screws and drilling out a few 3/16" rivets.  … Continue reading Removal of the Interior Bed End panels (Jan 2-6 2019)

The sliding windows have always been hard to open and close. Pretty quickly I could see that the aluminum end pieces on each "Plexiglas) window sash were rubbing on the tracks that the windows slide in. Removal of both end pieces allows easy removal of the actual window pane, by warping it slightly to get … Continue reading Windows (Jan 5-6 2019)

The running (side marker) lights, stop and tail lights were "functional", but were missing some lenses and tended toward intermittent. Since the camper came with a set of new marker lights (not yet installed), it was decided (by me) to replace all the bulbs with LEDs at the same time the new marker lights were … Continue reading Dec. 19 – Exterior Lighting

The propane fed heater "furnace" is a Hydroflame HF-12 that is good for about 10k BTU. This one was suspect however, due to several visual cues: The pilot gas tube was loose and crimped, The thermocouple was also loose. The actual combustion chamber, which is supposed to be sealed, had been torn open. Apparently one … Continue reading The “Furnace”

... Such as it is, as of Dec. 14, 2018. Since the camper has been gutted, what electrical (lights, fan, furnace blower) wiring was damaged, missing or suspect, I decided that it was all to be replaced. That included: replacing the power converter (shore power to 12VDC) with an upgraded, higher amperage unit. Replacing all … Continue reading The Electrical Plan

We decided early on to gut the camper to "bare bones", since the cabnetry was to be repainted anyway, and it had to be out in order to clean the camper and get to the flooring. Removal of all the sheet metal cabinets and seating bases was a half day, basically requiring: removal of all … Continue reading Nov 28-30(?) Furniture Removal