Everything above this header and to the rear of the roof rib in the far left of the pic eventually gets cut of for a new fiberglass cap. I just gotta get mother nature to cooperate a little more.
Wednesday, March 7, 2007
Slideout framing done
The darker metal in the photo is all new steel. Its comes from the mill with this black finish an it that helps keep it from rusting. It must be wash down with lacqure be for priming.
Rear slideout jamb
This jamb is to support the rear of the slideout. It goes from the header allway down to the bottom of the bumper. Yes, it did take 3 hours to cut out the old 1 1/2 by 1 1/2 tube from this area.
Framing for 2nd of 4 slideouts
The rest of the sill has been finished on the passenger side. The framing for the rear passenger side slideout is started. The two old window frames remain and have to come out and a new header is to replace them. The weight of the motor is giving me fits back here as its main support is rotted out also.
The rust is getting turned into dust!!!
Back passenger side corner. Date stamp wrong on pic. Notice my big daddy griding wheel. Gatta hang on to this one.
Monday, February 26, 2007
Sunday, February 25, 2007
motor
Can anyone tell me if this is an 8v71 with any certainty? Untill I removed the floor I had never even see one. I sure in the months to come Ill see more and more of it. But for now Im just curious, what is it, Its got a blower on the intake and no turbo on the exhaust. So its what???? Ill be educating my self in the near future on these heavy duty engines, as all my mechanicing has been done on gas powered units.
More used parts for the taking.
Ill set em at the end of the driveway on sunday night. Any body that wants em can have em......Free.....really.....lol...
My first cut
I was terrified that I was going to cut through the only member that was holding the whole bus up.
Yes it is straight as an arrow.
Im holding a tolerance of +- 1/16 of an inch, hope its close enough. Looked like the factory was holding a 1/4 inch tolerance so im thinking ill be ok here.
slideout hole
This slideout will house a vented propane fireplace in the middle and his and hers computer centers, one each side.
1st of 4 slideouts
Main framing for slideout (passenger side front) all primered metal is brand new with arasol sprayed primer as temporary rust protection until rust bullet goes on. This primmer will come back off right before the bullet is sprayed.
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