[87MH]

Well, I advanced the finish date by getting the indicator switch from Colaw's, but I took two steps backward due to installing a non-functional switch. Mumbled a loud "Crap" and fell back to plan "B", installed a combo switch/receptical unit - will add an "Indicator Light" (will probably use an attractive nite-light) at a later date. The good news is that the front end is now REALLY ready to button up - everything tested.

Also made some progress (and regress) in the rear demolition.

Dropped about half of the rear belly pan - no surprises (nor rodent carcasses), but still a nasty job. All of the rear lower interior panels are removed, and also all but two of the rear hold down bolts. Had pretty good luck by grinding off the heads of the bolts from the underside - most of the middle section of the bolts exhibited major corrosion. The rear of the wood floor is in pretty good shape, just about a foot on the drivers side and about half of that on the curb side is all that appears to require replacement. All of the bad wood is right up against the "C" channel.

I did, however, discover a potentially dangerous situation. Two of the three conductor lines inside the shore power line were worn through to the copper wire, exposing the white "neutral" and the green "ground" wires to a possible short to the trailer - made even more dangerous by a previous "repair" where the neutral and hot leads were switched at the plug - I am sure that this "wire wear" complicated my initial trouble shooting when installing the Univolt Switch. The wire was worn in the areal under the floor, but before exiting to the "storage trunk" in the rear, so it was not easily seen - this might be a good thing to check during a pre-purchase inspection (or any time during an update).

First pic is the shore line plug, with the white and black leads reversed from their proper position.
Second pic is the worn (exposed) shore power line - the white conductor was actually "hot" due to the leads being reversed in the power plug.
Third pic is the (original) cable entrance - this was the worst area of floor rot in the rear area.
Fourth is a corroded (mainframe 3/8" "C") floor bolt from the underside.
Last is one of the 1/4" "U channel" floor bolts after grinding off the head from the underside.