Shocking

Today I changed the 12v panel system to an updated one that has blade type fuses. The old one had the glass fuses and the terminals were rusty. I replaced one part of the system with a standard 12v fuse block that I bought at an auto store. This one controls the lights, brakes, and reverse lights. The other panel controls the current from the 12v converter, the 12v battery and the charge line from the truck. Right now I just hooked up the standard wiring. I need to run (3) new 12v lines. My newer refrigerator needs to have 12v to run the circuit board. I also need to have a 12v line run to my new water heater. The old water heater needed to be lit by hand, the new one has electronic ignition and all I have to do is flip a switch. The 3rd new 12v line will run the the electro-hydraulic pump. This is the pump that operates the hydraulic disc brakes.

Clean up and rivet

Tonight after work I finished attaching the interior walls to the C-channel. When this was done, I started to clean out the interior. I took everything I could out of the camper, so I could get ready to clean all the wall and do some painting. I even took out the old fridge. It was only attached to the camper with 6 small screws. Getting it out by myself was a challenge. I moved it to the door and got my floor jack to help me lower it to the ground. After it was out, I swept up and took my leaf blower and blew all the dust out the rear access compartment. That is why the first picture is so cloudy. When the dust settled, I took apart the cabinet work under the front window, so I would have easier access to the12v compartment. I purchased a 12v fuse block and a 12v panel. The fuse block is just for the the connection of truck to the Airstream. It controls the trailer lights and turn signals. The old one was rusty and I had trouble getting the brake lights to work because of the bad connections. Once again I ran out of time and will finish the 12v panel the next time I get to work on this money pit. As you can see from the pictures, I am almost to the point where I thought I would have been about 6 months ago ... ready to install the interior.

Finish the Floor

Today I finished the floor. The rear floor had been installed but needed to be bolted down. I ran out of the closet bolts that I bought, so I found some different ones that I had at my plant. They are black and have an allen key, but were similar in size. The Airsteam bolts were self tapping and my new bolts were not, so I had to drill the floor and then tap each hole before with a 1/4-20 tap, so I could secure the bolts to the floor. It did not take as much time as I expected. I also added some thread lock to the bolts before I screwed them down. I had a small section of floor in the front of the trailer (24"x 35"), that still needed to be filled. I was able to do this in a short amount of time. It was cut to size and bolted to the new frame members and to the C-channel in the wall. It is nice to be able to walk in the trailer and not fall through to the ground. With all of the floor in, I was able to start to re-attach the interior walls. I had a purchased a hydraulic rivet gun from Harbor Freight. The dam thing will do a bout 100 rivets and then I need to re-fill it with more hydraulic fluid. Needless to say, every time I pull the trigger it sprays a nice mist of fluid all over the place. I have taken the dam thing apart, but can not figure out what seal is bad. I'm close to being done, so I may just deal with it. I had to finish the day a little early because I had to get to a Xavier basketball game.