Dad's Toy

[bkahler]

Originally Posted by Smartstream

Come on Brad, you love it and you know it.

Well..........maybe........

[PeterH-350LE]

Originally Posted by dadstoy

There are about five AS trailers in the storage lot where I park my tool truck. This new one showed up a while back. It's beautiful looking. I see it every day and every day I'm jealous because I wish the exterior of my MH looked like this!

You are only jealous because this trailer has twin beds in the rear

[Isuzusweet]

Is it just me, or does anyone else find it a bit spooky that Peter knows the bed layout of an Airstream trailer, just by looking at the exterior?[emoji53]
Cheers
Sidekick Tony

[PeterH-350LE]

Originally Posted by Isuzusweet

Is it just me, or does anyone else find it a bit spooky that Peter knows the bed layout of an Airstream trailer, just by looking at the exterior?[emoji53]
Cheers
Sidekick Tony

Alright, I hear you and take the challenge: 25 Olympic rivets, that trailer has rear twins

[bobmiller1]

Rear exterior storage....definitely twins, Regards, Bob

[Smartstream]

You guys are getting scary now.

[dadstoy]

Well it never seems to end. It’s a new world we live in today! 19,000 lightening strikes in the north state last week and a fire heading toward the ranch. Ranch was evacuated on Thursday afternoon. Fire burned 6500 acres in one afternoon. Winds have calmed down and rate of fire spread is now minimal. Ranch property is probably ok at this point. Bummer is that I don’t have comp insurance on the MH since the coverage would only be about a few thousand. Not worth the expensive premiums. Fires have been at a minimum so far this year but we are now headed into the “real” fire season. May the non-believers soon wake the hell up!

[dadstoy]

An appropriate image for the times we live in...

[martin300662]

Originally Posted by dadstoy

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An appropriate image for the times we live in...

Unfortunately it isn't a novel situation Dean.

Reminds me of the collapse of the Roman Empire 2000 years ago.

[Isuzusweet]

Glad to see California is doing its bit for global warming; almost no fires in the west has meant a cooler than expected fall, with a dire winter polar vortex forecast. Bring on global warming, cause it's going to get chilly here soon.[emoji8]
Cheers
Sidekick Tony

[dadstoy]

I'm heading to the ranch sometime next week to 1). clean the ash out of the motor home and 2). to address the roof rain water leak.


It was Sheperd57 that clued me into where the leak was coming from and I'm 100% sure this is it. My A/C cover is sitting inside the A/C drain pan. How silly of me!


My question is should I keep or remove the drain pan? Can it even be removed? Sometimes the A/C condensation drains out the tube from the pan and most of the time it just runs down the side of the MH.

[dadstoy]

Can anyone point me to some pics of installing roof AC, pics of roof without AC installed yet, pics of drain pan without AC installed yet, etc. Thanks!

[mayco]

Hey Dean, a small but helpful tip on getting the one piece ac shroud over the edges of the drain pan...first of all it's a pain in the rear. The edges of the drain pan tend to flair out over time which makes it really hard to wrestle the shroud over them. I ended up using some short (maybe 3/4") self tapping screws through the edges into the metal lip on the bottom of the ac. All the way around the pan. That draws the upright edges in close enough to get the shroud over the pan....it's still a pain but doable. You really can't see what's going on if you're up on the roof trying to work the shroud down over the pan so it helps if you have someone on a ladder to help direct you up top. I think I ended up using a radiator hose pick to help pull the sides of the shroud out and over the pan.

[dadstoy]

Thanks Mike. I really appreciate the tips. My time to work on this will be short. Wednesday, the temp will be 99. By Saturday, it will be 72 and raining.

[bobmiller1]

Dean, if you’re in a rush and want to do the job right you might want to use this........Regards, Bob

[bkahler]

Originally Posted by dadstoy

I'm heading to the ranch sometime next week to 1). clean the ash out of the motor home and 2). to address the roof rain water leak.


It was Sheperd57 that clued me into where the leak was coming from and I'm 100% sure this is it. My A/C cover is sitting inside the A/C drain pan. How silly of me!


My question is should I keep or remove the drain pan? Can it even be removed? Sometimes the A/C condensation drains out the tube from the pan and most of the time it just runs down the side of the MH.

Dean,

Mike has some good tips for keeping the original drain pan in place. However the drain pan can be removed if you choose too do so. On my old 310 I eliminated the drain pans because they were cracked badly from age. With the pan removed obviously the AC will drain down the sides. However depending on the brand of AC unit you can sometimes buy a kit that will allow you to connect to the original drain line. I've purchased just such a kit for my new AC although I have yet to install it.

Do you have a new gasket for the AC unit? If you going to be lifting & moving the AC unit then I would strongly suggest taking a new gasket kit with you.

As with all other repairs on these rigs be prepared to use a few choice words to ease the process along

Brad

[dadstoy]

Thanks Brad. I do have a new gasket. I do want to pull up the AC to see the condition of the pan.

[dadstoy]

Pulled the MH next to my cargo trailer and used it as a platform to cross over to the MH. I pulled the AC off and replaced the gasket. Reinstalled the cover “over” the edges of the drain pan this time! If that doesn’t solve the rain water leak then I give up!

[bkahler]

Originally Posted by dadstoy

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.... If that doesn’t solve the rain water leak then I give up!

Yeah right, ain't no way you'd give up on finding a leak

[mayco]

Good work