Dad's Folly

[cesalie2]

Thanks to 92landyacht's posting on removing and resealing the coach windows, have purchased some butyl tape.





DW has agreed to help me remove and reseal the windows over the next two weekends. Gotta love my farm girl!

[92landyacht]

One tool you may want to consider buying, if you don't already have one, is a VERY long philips head screw driver. I found that the screws at the top of thw windows near the cabinets are very hard to get to otherwise. The one I bought is about 20" long and I purchased it at the Home Depot.
It's not very expensive but makes the job a lot easier.

Here's a link to it:

20" Philips screwdriver

[cesalie2]

92landyacht,

Thank you, for the loooooooong screwdriver tip

I think I have an old one from the 70's buried in the bottom of my tool bin!

[cesalie2]

Spent Saturday and Sunday morning pulling small carpet remnants lodged under the walls.

[cesalie2]

Took the grandchildren to church and mom to the international market for some oriental goodies...

Couldn't wait to get home to continue working on a myriad of projects:

Rough fitted the Ultra Guard:




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Sealed the front cap with Geocel 2300:




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Cleaned the gutters of leaves, acorns and small branches.

Inspected the roof and applied Dicor Lap Sealant as needed:

[cesalie2]

What cleaner do you use to remove the dark patches on the roof?


Looks pretty bad and was hoping you found the remedy...

[BarnacleBill]

After a summer as a camp host, parked under the trees in a State Park I used "Barkeeper's Friend Powder Cleanser" with a 3M green scrubby and a stiff scrub brush. Rinse well to keep streaks off the side of the coach and if you have bony knees like me, get some knee pads.

[hissilver]

Great Project work....impressive

[wvabeer]

It looks like your working hard on that beast, it shows.

[cesalie2]

Originally Posted by BarnacleBill

After a summer as a camp host, parked under the trees in a State Park I used "Barkeeper's Friend Powder Cleanser" with a 3M green scrubby and a stiff scrub brush. Rinse well to keep streaks off the side of the coach and if you have bony knees like me, get some knee pads.

BarnacleBill,

Thank you, for the Barkeeper's Friend" tip. Asked the DW and she some under the sink. It will be a good project in the next 3-4 weekends.

[cesalie2]

His silver, WVABeer;


Thank you, gentlemen!

WVAbeer, am following your thread as well.

[cesalie2]

It rained in Memphis today.
Rushed home to inspect the interior for water leaks...and the verdict is...(drum roll)
All Dry, yippee!
Will check again in the morning.

[cesalie2]

When I purchased Katy she had a banged-up rear wheel simulator:





Didn't want to purchase a set of matching wheel simulators ($$$$), so I impatiently searched online for the last 10 months...
Finally found a single wheel cover online! Waited anxiously until it arrived Friday.

Installed today, the included kit was fairly simple...

Remove two fake lug nuts
Remove wheel cover
Use 1 1/16 socket to remove old lug extenders
Use Allen wrench from installation kit to screw on the new lug extenders
Install wheel cover
Tighten fake lug nuts with jncluded wrench

Carefully remove the old Airstream Emblem from the old wheel cover
Glue the removed emblem to the new wheel cover:






"Now isn't that Special!" (Saturday Night Live - the Church Lady)

[wvabeer]

OOOOOOO!! looks dandy

[cesalie2]

Finally remembered to upload a photo of the recently installed shelf extension:

[cesalie2]

Way to go McGyver!

Shower overhead exhaust fan meshed plastic disintegrated over last 18 years.

Had a piece of window screen leftover from another project, a little Gorilla Glue and a little time...






And we have liftoff!

[cesalie2]

Wife finally decided on the fabric for the sofa, barrel chair and several of the accent pieces...


Sofa:





Barrel Chair:





1/2 wall at coach entrance:







She volunteered to drop the sofa and material at the upholstery shop (90 miles away), boy do I Love that gal!

[wvabeer]

Originally Posted by cesalie2

Way to go McGyver!

Shower overhead exhaust fan meshed plastic disintegrated over last 18 years.

Had a piece of window screen leftover from another project, a little Gorilla Glue and a little time...



Attachment 179922


And we have liftoff!



Attachment 179923

My handle is broken where do you get those?

[92landyacht]

Is it possible to save the current fabric from the barrel chair? I sure could use it to repair my captains chair. A closeup PIC of the of the original material would let me know if it would work.

[cesalie2]

Originally Posted by wvabeer

My handle is broken where do you get those?

WVABeer,

I am not sure who would be selling the handle.

Perhaps contact Andy at Inland...