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01-31-2011, 01:13 PM
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1974 31' Sovereign
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OK, so do I understand that you put in a different (not original) fresh water tank? Nice! I see the fill nipple on the port on the side wall, but where will it connect? Near that shiny piece of aluminum?
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01-31-2011, 02:23 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Aage
OK, so do I understand that you put in a different (not original) fresh water tank? Nice! I see the fill nipple on the port on the side wall, but where will it connect? Near that shiny piece of aluminum?
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aage no it`s a factory original tank. You can`t see the connection point on the tank in this pic. It is at the curbside of the tank and the rear corner but it is hidden under the floor edge.
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01-31-2011, 05:36 PM
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Rivet Master
1974 31' Excella 500
Charleston
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Know what this is?
Anybody have any idea what this is?
It might not be for my trailer. It came with a pile of stuff along with my gutted trailer.
I have two of them.
They seem to fit almost perfectly on the outside around the wheel wells, but aren't weathered at all.. like they are an interior piece..
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01-31-2011, 07:18 PM
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Daniel that's exactly what they are is wheel well trim. My 73 is different though. Either 74 or 75 airstream changed to that style.
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02-01-2011, 03:09 PM
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Rivet Master
1974 31' Excella 500
Charleston
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must
Musta been 75. mine are like yours, I believe..
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02-01-2011, 03:11 PM
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1974 31' Excella 500
Charleston
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axles
Out with the old, and in with the new..
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02-01-2011, 04:18 PM
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Musta been 75. mine are like yours, I believe..
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Hi Daniel my wheel well trim is different than the ones shown in that picture. The change must have been 74 and maybe changed again in 75.
Chris.
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02-01-2011, 04:59 PM
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Rivet Master
1974 31' Excella 500
Charleston
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Oh, Dexter did weld the shock plates on for me. No extra cost. Thank you, Don. You're the man!
The axles weren't so heavy as to be unmanageable for me.
The axles weren't too much work to get fitted either.
I already had the old ones off so that made working with it more fun.
Was able to kinda-sorta bolt the new brackets in where the old axles attached. The Dexter axles were something over an inch wider than the existing hole-place that the other axles fit up into.
Marked the new width on the axle plate with a speed square and with a skil saw with the metal cutting blade made short work of that.
Also the bolt holes are spaced a little wider and are bigger (15/16) than the ones that I got back from the frame builder so I need to widen them out.
Awesome.
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02-05-2011, 03:24 PM
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1974 31' Excella 500
Charleston
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It has been raining here while I had two jobs to do. Get new axles mounted on the chassis and get the chassis back under the shell.
In the meantime the plywood floor is semi screwed on and covered with a leaky tarp.
Luckily I was able to get the axles on the past couple of nights after I got home from work. This weekend was to be the weekend when the shell goes back on.
Once I started I decided that I had to take pictures of this, because 1) It is a once in a lifetime type thing, 2) It will be funny later, and 3) The Yankees on the forum will love this...
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02-05-2011, 03:26 PM
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1974 31' Excella 500
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It actually worked out ok, except I turned a little too sharp and it cost me a tail lens..
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02-05-2011, 03:29 PM
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1974 31' Excella 500
Charleston
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This is my now empty shop.
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02-05-2011, 03:31 PM
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1974 31' Excella 500
Charleston
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She/He is ready to become one again.
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02-05-2011, 04:33 PM
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Looking good Daniel. That sure is an interesting TV setup. Does that qualify as a weight distributing hitch or maybe a hidden hitch brand.
hey what's the piece of plywood in front of the front hold down plate and behind the propane tank rack for?
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02-05-2011, 04:43 PM
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Rivet Master
1974 31' Excella 500
Charleston
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Thanks, buddy. It sure feels good to have this thing back under the shell.
Yeah, that is my TV. I don't have a proper hitch yet. Gotta get one.
The plywood in the front is a quickie thing I put there to hold up the front of the spare tire carrier. I kinda like it there. That seems like a really convenient location to release the spare. Thinking of making something permanent there maybe. That seems like a good place to put a couple of batteries too. I don't know if there is enough room for all of that though.
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02-05-2011, 04:57 PM
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O.K. I understand now. So you have the original spare tire carrier that mounts the spare under the belly between the A frame. Did you place a sheet of aluminium on the bottom side of the floor in that area before the floor went on. It is open to the elements and not closed in like the rest of the belly. I'll add some pics of the area I made for the same carrier. The mothership puts a shhet of aluminium on the bottom of the floor and just leaves the sides open along the inside edge of the A frame. I boxed mine right in with aluminium pieces bent in a Z pattern. They have a lower edge under the edge of the belly pan, a vertical side over the inner edge of the A frame and another edge under the shhet on the bottom of the floor. Then every edge was sealed with vulkem. It looks really clean and will keep the roadspray and little critters out of the belly.
I think you might have to beef up the suspension to tow a 31 with that TV.
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02-05-2011, 05:14 PM
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1974 31' Excella 500
Charleston
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Thanks. Yes mine fits in the same area. Thanks for the pics and the heads-up.
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02-06-2011, 08:04 AM
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1974 31' Excella 500
Charleston
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I didn't trust that I could get the C channel on the floor measured and cut correctly before getting the trailer back under the shell so doing that now.
First I fashioned a poor-man's plumb bob.
Then set the C channel in place and used the string to mark where to cut,
then cut them with a hack saw.
The curbside took more cuts because of all of the junk on that side.
Now I have to go figure out how to get the wheel wells back on
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02-06-2011, 10:52 AM
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Great idea Daniel. Wouldn't it work for the wheel well location as well.
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02-06-2011, 01:25 PM
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Rivet Master
1974 31' Excella 500
Charleston
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Hey Chris. Yes, I did that on all of the C channels all the way around. Once I got the floor tagged on I did the measurements then fit all of the C channel pieces a little too long, then measured and cut them all once the shell was overhead.
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02-06-2011, 01:37 PM
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Rivet Master
1974 31' Excella 500
Charleston
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For the wheel wells, because they stick up so much higher than the rest of the chassis, there were two choices.
1) Put the wheel wells on the floor, then jack the shell up more so that they would fit when rolling the chassis back up under, or
2) Leave the wheel wells off, then put them on once the chassis was back under the shell.
I chose option 2, cause I hate, hate jacking up the shell.
Once the chassis was back under, the options to get the wheel wells back on were
1) Remove a sheet or two of the floor, or
2) Remove the wheels
I chose option 2 again.
And now... drum roll, please.....
BAM!
The shell is back home!
I am so excited, relieved, and excited...
All that is left to do today is fit the last piece of floor, I left that loose because I wasn't sure of the measurement, clean up the big mess in the yard and put some duct tape around the bottom edge of the shell to ward off water..
In the picture of the rear, that is with the shell resting entirely on the chassis. The rear sag is just a tad over 3/4".
Awesomeness..
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