1991 Classic 350 LE

[wxbuoy]

Well We started on the bathroom this week-end. tried to gut allot of it. Left the toilet in place (1 rusted bolt ) and the vanity. Removed the light box and mirror above the window and the box that used to hide the back of the TV in the bedroom. The box stuck into the bathroom a good 6 inches. Same with the lighting above the sink. Made it feel really cramped. Opened it up a lot.

Here is what if looked like before.


Here is with everything removed from the walls.


Finished stripping all the wallpaper. Don't know if we will put new up wall paper, paint it or get some veneer to put on the fore and aft walls. We will put a plywood patch over the hole left by the old tv box and put a mirror there.

[streamquest]

How about mirroring that entire wall with a sheet of light weight plastic reflective material. That would really open it up, and give you a mirror image of the adjacent outside wall and window. Just a thought?

[wxbuoy]

Originally Posted by streamquest

How about mirroring that entire wall with a sheet of light weight plastic reflective material. That would really open it up, and give you a mirror image of the adjacent outside wall and window. Just a thought?

That is a possibility. However, the view wouldn't be to good when doing your business.

[wxbuoy]

I didn't get a lot done but accomplished a lot. I was finally able to take off the one remaining rusted bolt that was holding the toilet in place after a week of spraying it with break-free. Now I can re-pipe everything with PEX and put new floor under the toilet. Carpet in a bathroom is ridiculous!

Used stripper on the walls to remove the contact cement they used to put the wall covering on. The “ceiling” wall paper is somehow attached to a metal baker that is riveted on top of the aluminum… Decided to paint with Gliddon gripper primer and will follow with a few coats of white.

Was planning on keeping the vanity top but DW decided she didn't like it.. So out it came. Kinda sad about that since the cultured marble is translucent so I was planning on putting some color changing LEDs below there to have a giant night light! She said it would have been tacky, yeah and your point is…….

[streamquest]

Originally Posted by wxbuoy

That is a possibility. However, the view wouldn't be to good when doing your business.

Dave,

I'd tell you to just close your eyes, but that would obviously lead to another problem.

[wxbuoy]

Have done allot on the Rv with nothing (well. almost nothing) to show for it!


So with the DW's change orders in the bathroom the work in there has halted..... awaiting a new vanity top and color scheme.

Have the flooring to put down when I get a chance. Ordered recliners vice putting the gaucho back in. After being on order for 2 weeks, received a call to find out the color we finally decided on is no longer carried... Really? It was actually one of their better sellers. Oh well, Picked another color and they are back in production again. Hoping to get them before next rally at the end of the month.

I moved to work on the kitchen sink. Got what I thought was a good faucet at Lowe's. Got home and found out it hd a really weird base with twice the circumference of the original hole.... Took it back rather then re-drilling top.

Got the new one installed and hooked up. Just need to get two blanks to cover the 2 extra holes in the counter.

Re-installed the sink and held in place with clamps while the silicone dried and I was able to tighten the mounting brackets. Took my time and taped off the rim of the counter and the stainless steel sink so I could easily remove any excess silicone. worked like a champ. Will try and get a completed photo when I have time this week-end.





Also ordered a new water heater. I removed the engine auxiliary heating lines a while ago and it needed to be replaced anyway. They no longer sell the dual propane/electric with out the engine aux heating system. Spoke to tech rep and he said to just leave the aux heating pipes (for radiator coolant) unattached and everything will work as advertised. It still gives you the option to re-connect the system at a later time.

[bkahler]

Dave,

Since you bought a generic house faucet instead of an RV specific faucet be sure to check and see if it has a center outlet that is used for a sprayer. If it does have the center tap, whether you use it or not you will need to make some sort of arrangement to drain the water out of it in the winter. If you don't it will eventually freeze and split. DAMHIKT

Brad

[wxbuoy]

Originally Posted by bkahler

Dave,

Since you bought a generic house faucet instead of an RV specific faucet be sure to check and see if it has a center outlet that is used for a sprayer. If it does have the center tap, whether you use it or not you will need to make some sort of arrangement to drain the water out of it in the winter. If you don't it will eventually freeze and split. DAMHIKT

Brad

Thanks Brad! it does not have a sprayer per se. The novel actually detaches as the sprayer. Plan to run rv antifreeze through it and the compressed air to be sure. Made sure plumbing was accessible, drainable and able to be isolated from rest of Moho.

[wxbuoy]

Showed some progress this week-end.

Took her out on the highway to stretch her legs. Ran like a champ!

I ran the piping to the bathroom and capped it off. Once the new sink and faucet are in will hook everything up. Fished PEX to toilet..... Not an easy job with the numerous turns you cant see. We now have PEX through out the coach. Last thing to do on the plumbing side will be the new water heater install next month.

Toilet is is ceramic and has been scrubbed top to bottom with bleach and ready for re-installation. Will hook up the water and install a new gasket and the toilet next weekend. I felt like a real Mississippian today with the toilet sitting out in the front yard drying from the scrub down and me using power tools!

Made all the final connections to the kitchen sink and pressure tested it. Kitchen is done and usable. Will continue to look for blanks to put over the 2 extra holes in the sink were the old hot water demand tap and sprayer were.

Here's a pic showing/proving we now have a working kitchen!! We are excited and it only took a little over 2 years! Celebrated with a cocktail; makers mark whiskey sour with some lychee nuts/juice.



Here's what it looked like before:

[cwf]

You should be able to get a fair sized gumbo pot on the stove now!!!

[Vycan]

So happy for you! The sink looks great, as does your new stove area setup. I see you stripped the wall paper. How do you like the 'clean' aluminum look?

[wxbuoy]

Originally Posted by cwf

You should be able to get a fair sized gumbo pot on the stove now!!!

Yes indeed!

[wxbuoy]

Originally Posted by Vycan

So happy for you! The sink looks great, as does your new stove area setup. I see you stripped the wall paper. How do you like the 'clean' aluminum look?

We really like the new look and feel to the kitchen. That darned big microwave is not in the way if we use the stove. There is a lot more usable room. WE can keep the cutting board on the burners for a extra large prep area when we grill outside.

The wall paper wasn't stripped. The aluminum sheets were put over it and slipped up under the cabinets and just below the counter tops. Then rivets put in to keep it all in place and add a look of authenticity.

[wxbuoy]

Working on my punch list to get it campable by Wednesday. We will spend a long week-end in the aluminum tent in Pensacola, Fl at the Navy base.... No shower, but we have a usable kitchen and now a toilet!

Put the day night blind up above the sink. Ordered it from Blinds chalet. Aluminum night and white day. We really like the look in the aluminum kitchen. Picture doesn't do it justice.





Ran new lines up to the bathroom vanity and capped them off until I get the vanity top and sink installed. They are at a weird angle since I left the bottom long to cut later. Bottom of the T will run forward to the hot water heater. The cut off valve you see is for the toilet. Was able to take a piece of PEX right off the coil and fish it back through and out the bottom of the base for the toilet. Put a 90 on it and a 4" peice of pex and worked it back under and up through the wood. Now there is only one hidden connecting (the 90 unde the toilet base). I hated all the hidden joints in the old set up. There was a joint behind the vanity, a "T" for the run to the toilet and 2 (90's that you couldn't see with out ripping it all out. Now there is only on and the shut off is under the sink. I will put the base collar and foot pedal back on after I get the pedestal flooring done. Pressure tested all the connections and they tested sat. The only issue was some idiot forgot to put the sprayer nozzle on before turning the water on to the toilet. I can attest to the fact that the sprayer gets adequate pressure.





Speaking of hidden joints (no not that kind you folks in Colorado!) I took the floor out of the closet forward of the bathroom to make replacing the pipes to the water heater easier and look what I found. Another joint that looks like it has been leaking. The water heater is totally disconnected and after the install everything in the MoHo will be pex.... Much better!



Oh had a slight leak under the kitchen sink from the the valve connected to a 1/2" threaded pipe. Just cut it at the pex and put on a 1/2" to 3/8' shark bite sink shut off valve. No issues. Brass pex fittings are great but any pipe thread transitions should be avoided since the seem to be the week link. So get your fittings with the shark bite attachment instead of putting a threaded connection on!

[wxbuoy]

Had a great drive to Pensacola, florida for a long weekend in aluminum tent.... Well upgraded tent with working kitchen and toilet.

Easy 183 miles. Thing handled like a dream with the new front end and new fuel filters

Stopped on the way at upholstery shop to have them do Passengers side seat to match drivers and book a time to have them do the degraded console covering.

Ran the A/C for about an hour and it started to rain inside. Opened it up and it looks like the shop that installed it buggered Up the drain line connection. Will fix tomorrow. Cool for next two days with light breeze so we don't need it.

Sitting outside listening to the Rat Pack having a glass of port. Life is good!


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[streamquest]

If the drain hose checks out, look for a crack in the plastic tray that sits between the roof and the AC unit itself. Even when it was new, that tray could never have been described as "robust".

[wxbuoy]

Thanks! Will

So took apart the inside of the A/C cowling. The hose was pushed on about 60%of the way and had a hose clamp and tempro on it. HOWEVER, the nipple fitting it was attached too was 3/4 of a turn loose and my guess is that is where the water was coming from. The tray had no cracks that I could see. Tightened the nipple, put hose all the way on. Wrapped it with some emergency tape and put hose clamp on . Didn't have any tempro or silicone. A/C has been going all afternoon with the water coming out the hose on the bottom of the rig. I will keep my fingers crossed that that was all there was too it.

[wxbuoy]

My previous post should have read "Thanks! Well here is what I found..."

So here are a few pics of the leak and the temporary (could be permanent) fix,

Looking in through the filter cover at the drain line connection. You can see a few drops of water.... This was after the other cup of water drained on me.



After the A/C shroud removal



After the sikaflex removed showing the base of the nipple.



And with the job completed

[wxbuoy]

Well replaced the water heater this week-end. It is an easy process if you take your time. The new Atwoods gas/electric models only come with the auxiliary engine heat ex-changer. We will not be hooking this up since it is just a lot of extra hose for there to be leaks in.

You can see it had signs of leaks on the cardboard covering.


There must have been a slow drip leak that destroyed the top half of the particle board in one spot and softened it where the wood brace for it was.


I also found a bunch of these.... It looks factory original since a repair would have replaced the whole run in order to get back there with out taking out the water heater to use a crimp on. So from the bathroom sink to the water heater their were 3 places where they put connections instead of using a longer piece of pipe.


Since it wasn't full thickness and a small area I used West system penetrating epoxy to strengthen everything and their filler to level the low areas.


The water heater was a 1/4" to big to fit through the opening as packaged.... so I cut the plastic band holding the 2 piece styrofoam insulation on it and it went in easily.


Here it is all wired and piped in. I red-necked the electric temporarily. I put a small piece of extension cord on it and wired it in to the water heater power supply. This way I could plug it into the outlet right above it to test operation over the electric heating element. I will run a dedicated 110v line to it when I have the chance. I may even put it on an A/B switch for the 20 amp additional plug to run the second A/C when at a campground.


I put the controls in the bathroom. I had to run an extra wire for the electric control since it was just wired for gas originally.



I also went to O'riely auto parts and got replacement rocker switches for the ones that came with it. The replacements have leds that illuminate when they are turned on!

[wxbuoy]

The chairs arrived Friday from Lambright. They are the Lazy relaxer swivel wallhugger style. Laxy Relaxer Swivel Wallhugger Recliner, lambright rv Recliner, RV Furniture, Motorhome furniture, bus furniture, flexsteel rv furniture, lambright comfort chairs, rv seating

We got them from Josh at Coach Supply Direct. Not as good a price as I would have liked, but heard great things about him from others. Since we got two he did take a few$$ off. They were originally supposed to be delivered by 25 April.But with all things RV we always double the expected delivery/completion date. And people laughed when I said the RV would take 5 years to redo! Josh was extremely prompt in returning calls and updating me on status of production.

Back to the price.....Let me clearly state that although I paid more then I would have liked, I am extremely pleased with them quality and comfort wise! The ultra leather "feels like butter". The construction is top notch. It is all tubular steel construction with nylon strapping. Not the typical particle board and cheep wire mess. They are truly a high end recliner designed for an RV. Again I could have gotten cheaper chairs, but would have had buyers remorse ordering them online and seeing what I got.

These will replace the barrel chairs and we will leave the small night stand that was between them out since these came with the laptop drop tables.