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Spare tire carrier MOD

Posted 09-13-2018 at 08:44 PM by GMFL

Ok so there’s this guy on the forum “rclay416”, who had a terrible thing happen with a blown tire.
Long story short, he had a blow out and had a roadside tire service come out and change his tire for him. Once done the roadside tire service guy placed his blown tire back in the spare tire carrier..... Bad idea..... the blown tire and rim fell through the carrier while traveling down the road and caused MAJOR DAMAGE to his unit. In the fine print of the Airstream owners manual it states...

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2014 23D International Fresh Water Tank Replacement

Posted 09-18-2018 at 08:37 AM by GMFL
Updated 09-18-2018 at 09:07 AM by GMFL

A while back our 23D Airstream developed a leak in its Freshwater tank. I decided to tackle this job of swapping the tank out myself. This is not a job for the faint of heart and was one of the harder repairs I’ve done to our Airstream. Took 2 days due to painting tank pan.
Started out by contacting my local Airstream dealer and ordering a new freshwater tank. Cost was $115.99 plus freight. I knew I did not want to drop the old water tank in hopes it could be repaired without having a new...

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Airstream Pole Barn

Posted 10-22-2018 at 06:22 PM by GMFL

Here’s a look at what I did the help protect our Airstream from the element and allows us to store our trailer under a roof at home with 30/50 amp service.
I designed our pole barn with 14’ ceiling height, 30’ long and 16’ wide.
I also spaced the poles so that I would be able to open the awnings while the trailer was under the roof. This would allow me to open everything up to dry without having to move the trailer if we happened to come home wet.
I stained the wooden structure...

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Remounting 23D medicine cabinet to prevent falling

Posted 11-30-2018 at 04:54 PM by GMFL
Updated 11-30-2018 at 07:12 PM by GMFL

A common problem either the medicine cabinets in Airstream trailers is they are mounted to the aluminum wall with small #8 screws. The vibration and bouncing of the trailer as it travels down the road can cause over time these screws to strip out or pull through the wall or backing. If the medicine cabinet falls off the wall while traveling it can cause damage to the flooring, counter top, lower cabinet, and mirror. A solution to this potentially catastrophic problem is to “harden up the way the...

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15K AC upgrade and proper AC drip cup install done

Posted 11-30-2018 at 06:04 PM by GMFL
Updated 11-30-2018 at 06:15 PM by GMFL

That past summer we had enough! Our factory 13.5K AC was just not up to the task of keeping our 23D cool in the hot Florida beach summers. We like to go to the beach at least 4 weeks in the summer and if we happened to get a site at our favorite beach park (Camp Gulf DESTIN) that was not shaded we were T-O-A-S-T.
Our 13.5K unit would keep the inside of our unit nice in. The morning and at night, but mid day it would struggle to keep the inside temp in the 80s.
Soooooooo we upgraded...

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