I have to agree about the satisfaction of seeing results from your work. I just got back from a lunch run to Fastenal to pick up the elevator bolts/nyloc nuts/washers. I went ahead an ordered 150 witch should take care of the floor. It should also give me some extra to add more piece of mind to bolting down the c-channel. I also picked up a roll of putty tape that I will sandwich between the fenders and the frame before bolting it all together. Fun times...
Ok, I have made a choice on an alteration to the project. Most likely the first of many.
First off, I would like to give many thanks to 87MH (Dennis) for the generosity and friendship that he has show to a newcomer to the AS life... thanks in addition for some well placed guidance.
With that I have decided to add a gray water tank to my system and I would prefer to set it up like this
which I believe is from a '78 Excella. I need information on the two tanks. I hope that they were supplied by INCA, as it seems that most of their tanks are available. I hope that someone has the numbers on the tanks...then I can fit the same configuration in my unit before I button up the belly... Any info is greatly appreciated...
I picked up the plywood on Friday during a long lunch (and boy was it long. but that's another thread all together). Made the trip out to the shop and decided to coat the bottom sides of all the decking with water sealer for a little extra protection.
Saturday morning we started by cutting the 1/2" filler strips that reinforce the seams of the plywood and screwed them to the cross supports. After I dry fitted the sheets. I also picked up a sheet of 1/4" to scribe templates from the shell. that took longer than I was hoping, but I wanted them to be correct. for the most part got about half of the new sub-floor bolted down by 5:00 pm. Today I finished up the floor and cut a few hole for plumbing...
well, the dog looks as if he/she has worked hard! you certainly have had experience doing resto. Your work and progress speed is really great. Keep us posted. it's a beaut so far!
ol' bill the newbie-with his eye on a 74 for a rebuild....
I am working on a plan adding the dual tank setup under the rear floor. I would guess that as long as I dont do a lot of driving with full tanks, that the additional weight is not going to make a great deal of difference. I am in the process of doing measured drawings in order to get some quotes on making a custom setup. I will post up what I come up with so that I can get some feedback before I make the leap.
I do have a question. Can I flush the gray water tank through the black water tank to purge instead of just wasting that water?
I do have a question. Can I flush the gray water tank through the black water tank to purge instead of just wasting that water?
First off, congrats. I will be following your thread very closely, as I just brought home a '70 Overlander yesterday. What you have done already is beyond impressive.
Do you plan on boondocking at all? The only reason that I, as a totally green AS'er chose to try and answer your question is the current lack of a grey water tank in mine is going to hit home right away, and hard. We boondock almost exclusively. We also go through lots and lots of grey water. Having the seperate tank made it possible for me to empty the gray tank using a bucket. But now having them combined in one tank, I will have no choice but to do the nasty.
So if you only plan on camping with full hookups, your plan to use the grey to help flush the black is excellent. But if you ever plan on boondocking, having seperate valves on each tank is in my opinion, the only way to go.
Best of luck on your project. Although it appears luck has nothing to do with it.
I appreciate all the supportive comments... I did some thinking on my tank setup today.
this is what I came up with:
a two tank setup that allows for gray water to be directly purged through the rear gate, or to be purged through the black water tank to assist in cleaning that out. it would also give me some backup tank if I need to hold more gray water before dumping. from my calculations, the gray would be roughly 34 gal. and the black about 22 gal. for a combined of roughly 56 gal.
Just one suggestion - while you are plumbing on the curb side, add a 1" inlet with a valve on the curb side of both the black and the gray tanks.
A direct connection to a hose on the "back" side of the tanks would be the most efficient "power wash" I could think of. The pressurized fresh water would wash straight across the entire length of the tanks to the drain outlets. Maybe put a "quick connect" on the hose fittings?
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no pictures, sorry. Got the fresh water tank installed and the black/gray water frame modifications done. I believe that it will work out nicely. I will shoot some pics next time I go out.
I am going to pick up some 2" foam insulation panels this next week so that I can get closer to putting the belly pan back on...
I will put this in the classifieds as well, but if any of you have upgraded to a fantastic and still have the aluminum vent cover lying around, I would be interested in seeing if I might acquire it...
taking this weekend off from working on the AS proper, but we are still trying to move forward. Going tomorrow to look at a 31' Sovereign for parts... I think it will supply all the windows that we need as well as many other parts. Possibly it may be able to help some other AS with donor parts... We shall see...
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