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Bulletproof your modern inside door handle

Posted 08-07-2019 at 08:13 PM by GMFL
Updated 08-28-2019 at 09:02 PM by GMFL

This has been done before, but I thought I would document the process for reference sake.
We have all heard the horror stories of the inside door handle breaking off in ones hand helplessly locking the person inside their trailer.
Some of us have done the door pick MOD involving strategical drilling a hole in the door frame and screen door that allows you to “pick” the latching lever allowing you to exit the trailer in the event the door handle does break off in your hand. Here’s...

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GMFL

Overkill Specialist

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Sylvia is home... the work continues

Posted 04-18-2011 at 04:45 PM by idmtman

Tags repair

Picked up the AS from the dealer last week and first thing I noticed a little moisture in the rear compartment. It was definitely less than before so I dried it out (again!) and started checking all the other jooints in the area. I noticed the right tailight had some missing caulk on the side which is very close to where the leak is. I repaired the tailight caulk and we had two days of continuous rain and all is dry. I'm not ready to say it is fixed just yet, but so far so good.

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idmtman

3 Rivet Member

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The 1979 31' Airstream Sovereign International Adventure begins

Posted 07-05-2009 at 03:42 PM by Dakota's Mom

Tags repair, restoration, sovereign

Well, we made it back to Kentucky with the "new" Airstream - new to us! To our knowledge, this trailer went from Texas to Arkansas, to Kansas, to Kentucky in the most recent years.

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