Ambassador Redux

[pbearsailor]

Looking really good, Ambie. High quality work.

I'm doing a similar Prodex install on the inside right now with the same foam and same PL300 adhesive. Pretty sure one roll of Prodex is enough and I think I bought enough of the foam for the strips, but my guesstimate has really missed it on the PL300. Mine is around halfway done inside the shell now and I've used 7 tubes of that stuff. Does seem to do the job well and the cost isn't bad, but I definitely need to buy quite a few more tubes of it.

Keep up the good work.

cheers,
steve

[Ambie '64]

Thanks to all who are giving me the moral support required to do this!

The Prodex has been installed. We used rolls of aluminum tape to seal all the edges and between the sheets of insulation. Kris used her gift wrapping ability to cover the grey water tank with the automotive insulation that we used on the black tank pan. At the holes through the floor for LP, I added blocks of Styrofoam and attached the insulation to them and drilled through the whole thing again. This will allow for a solid channel to bring the piping through.

We are now ready for the belly pan re-attachment. In the removal, I had to cut the thing in two to get it past the axles. A new piece of aluminum will need to be formed for the grey tank and the rear part of the belly pan will need to be cut to accommodate the length of the splice/patch. The remaining rivets needed will arrive today. I bought the closed end rivets for the perimeter and the big honking head rivets for under the pan. Ideally, it would have been nice to install a new pan, but the old one is still in good shape.

Update: I am not a metalworker! Spent 5 hours just trying to fit a quarter of the pan. Clecos work great if the holes line up… I’m trying not to add more holes to the curved c-channel pieces (looks like Swiss cheese already). After 3 days, half the pan is on. Brad (flyfshr) came over to inspect the work. He noticed a small problem that I’d run insulation over the vent in the floor for the fridge. Trooper that he is, he fixed it. We discussed the next part of the belly pan fabrication around the new grey tank and I’m off to pick up the sheet material.