Argosy 20' MH restoration

[Lychgate]

Nice looking rig. Welcome to the forum, [emoji106]

[Magnet18]

Welcome to the forum, your Argosy looks great!
Looking forward to more pictures of what you're doing to it!

[GREEN ARGOSY]

Hi everyone, Thank you for the message!
My Argosy being repaired slowly...


I removed a water tanks cover last weekend.



There was lots of souvenirs in there. (leaves, nuts and nest?)


I'm surprised that I discovered Snap-On tool from the gift box!


I'm going to paint the cover and frame someday.

[chevy2man]

That's always a positive when you find Snap-On tools left on your motorhome. LOL.

[GREEN ARGOSY]

Originally Posted by chevy2man

That's always a positive when you find Snap-On tools left on your motorhome. LOL.

I should look for all of the place. LoL

[chevy2man]

Originally Posted by GREEN ARGOSY

I should look for all of the place. LoL

Haha! Yes, that would be nice to find more Snap-On tools. Do they even sell Snap-On tools in Japan?

[GREEN ARGOSY]

Originally Posted by chevy2man

Haha! Yes, that would be nice to find more Snap-On tools. Do they even sell Snap-On tools in Japan?

Yeah, they sell it over here. But it's expensive so I have just few ones.

[GREEN ARGOSY]

Some parts has arrived.
Mirrors, marker lights, tail light lenses and more.
Anyway, those aren't necessary immediately.

The first thing I have to do, repair the radiator.


It's leaking...


Yeah I know that I need to dismantle lots of parts when I remove the radiator.
(Maintenance hatch, grille, fluid cooler, A/C condenser etc... It's annoying )




Rubber bushes are dead...


The radiator was removed. It has a lot of stains on the backside.
It needs to repair (re-core), I'm going to ask a radiator shop soon.


And the A/C compressor needs repair too. I found the oil stain at above it.


To be continued

[Magnet18]

Nice work, you're making it look easy!

[bibbs]

I love The Argosy line of airstreams. I have owned 2 Argosy motor homes. And a trailer. I can probably help. Good luck on ya

[GREEN ARGOSY]

Originally Posted by Magnet18

Nice work, you're making it look easy!

Thanks! Disassembly would be easy but assembly is maybe not easily

[GREEN ARGOSY]

Originally Posted by bibbs

I love The Argosy line of airstreams. I have owned 2 Argosy motor homes. And a trailer. I can probably help. Good luck on ya

Hi bibbs,
Thank you for the message.
That's nice! I love Argosy too. keep an eye on my restoration work
Thank you.
Yuki

[bkahler]

Yuki,

I searched and couldn't find replacement rubber isolators for the radiator so I ended up cobbling some together. You can see what I did in post #92 of my thread.

Brad

[GREEN ARGOSY]

Originally Posted by bkahler

Yuki,

I searched and couldn't find replacement rubber isolators for the radiator so I ended up cobbling some together. You can see what I did in post #92 of my thread.

Brad

Hi Brad,
Thank you for the information.

I saw your thread, your fabrication is awesome!
That gave me ideas how to make it.
But I don't have a lathe...

I'll try to make similar ones without a lathe. I'm looking for some washers, spacers and piece of rubber over here now.

I follow steadily what you done

[jamimes]

Originally Posted by GREEN ARGOSY

Hi Brad,
Thank you for the information.

I saw your thread, your fabrication is awesome!

I follow steadily what you done

Yaki!! its RivetenRosie aka Jami ! I have a thread on here, but it needs updating!

Is your Argosy really Green?? Does it have a name yet? Where did you find it?
I've been looking for 3 years for a 20' !

YES, Brad knows EVERYTHING about our MH's!
I met him on my way home to Boston from picking Rosie up in Louisiana- basically risking our lives we got lost in the rain-had 1 wiper, dim headlights, and no heat.. but i was determined to meet the master, his unnamed 74 and peanut- He's a great guy too, he kept me sane during that sleepless road trip.. thank g*d..

[GREEN ARGOSY]

Originally Posted by jamimes

Yaki!! its RivetenRosie aka Jami ! I have a thread on here, but it needs updating!

Is your Argosy really Green?? Does it have a name yet? Where did you find it?
I've been looking for 3 years for a 20' !

YES, Brad knows EVERYTHING about our MH's!
I met him on my way home to Boston from picking Rosie up in Louisiana- basically risking our lives we got lost in the rain-had 1 wiper, dim headlights, and no heat.. but i was determined to meet the master, his unnamed 74 and peanut- He's a great guy too, he kept me sane during that sleepless road trip.. thank g*d..

Hi jamimes,
Thanks for the message to here and IG.
I've seen your thread already.

Yeah, my Argosy is green, but it has been fading their color day by day. Unfortunately it doesn't have a name yet.

I found the Argosy in Japan.
I think it's very rare over here. Of course other motorhomes are rare too. I've seen another 20' just once before.

Wow! Did you meet him? I'm jealous of you!
YES, he knows all of things what we need.
I'm being helped by him every time.

[Rollinstone]

We will be in Tokyo next March 2019. Are you close to Tokyo? It would be fun to visit!

[GREEN ARGOSY]

Originally Posted by Rollinstone

We will be in Tokyo next March 2019. Are you close to Tokyo? It would be fun to visit!

Hi Rollinstone,
Thank you for the message.
That's nice. Are you coming to Japan for sightseeing?
I'm living not too far from Tokyo, but not close.
Probably my Argosy wouldn't be complete by next March...

[GREEN ARGOSY]

Today, I went to pick up new cool stuffs at Narita airport cargo terminal.
It came from Summit Racing. I usually use door-to-door delivery that include import duty when I bought parts from oversea.
But this time freights are big so I decided to use air cargo, because it could reduce the freight cost.
But it needs to do customs procedures myself... I've never done it before.
I seem to be an importer!


I bought exhaust parts this time. (headers, mufflers, cats and clamps)

I talk about headers, we call it "Tako-ashi" in Japan.
"tako" meant an octopus, "ashi" is legs.
Because it looks like octopus' legs.


Definitely, my headers are "Tako-ashi" because it has eight of legs!!

[bkahler]

Nice looking octopus.....!