Thanks everyone for the support and kind words. Yesterday we dived head first into the airstream... Went fairly well. I had originally planned on just working on some appliances after getting the reefer going with electric the other day and wanted to start troubleshooting the gas portion. However the side tracks began. Lol. We took off the side marker lights and the scare light? trying to plug some of the possible leaks. My dad had some white puttiy caulking he used to use working on school buses. It worked really nice and I still haven't figured out exactly what it is. He said they called it Monkey #$% and it used to be a 3M product.
I plugged in the shore power and checked the electrical. Everything seems to be working very well. The original univolt system is in place and very quiet. All the outlets are good and the lights that are still there work. We have one original fan that is still working noisy, because the housing is a little loose but still turns on and runs strong. The funny thing is that fan vent cover is after market white plastic and broken. The rear fan has been removed but looks like it has the original cover. There are few lights missing but should be a good reason to upgrade to some LEDs.
After that, I made the noobie mistake of just hooking up the water instead of testing with air. What a mess. There are quite a few leaks, which is disappointing but very fixable. Just going to need more time and money spent there!!! I pulled the hot water heater so I could starting working on it also.
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Originally Posted by Tom Nugler
You said the dinnette is missing. I assume you mean the fold out table and couch (sometimes refered to as the Gaucho). I don't think they came with a true dinnette except possibly as an option.
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Tom, you're right the guacho is missing. I don't know how funcional that will be for our family. So i think we'll make a dinnette that will fold into a double/queen bed. I'm still checking out different designs but have asked my brother to help. He is a much better carpenter than I.
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Originally Posted by TouringDan
You can see the improvements I have made if you look at the Tradewind section 1960-69 and go down about 6 threads or so (Dan's 66 Tradewind Improvements). Good luck and holler if you need help or want to bounce anything off me (434-401-4060).
Dan
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Dan, I've read your thread a few times now trying to soak up everything. I like a lot of the mods you've done. I will more than likely break down and call you one of these days. I know you replaced all of your copper with Pex and after checking the plumbing yesterday, I think we're leaning towards just replacing it all so we can camp with out worrying about water leaks in the middle of the night... Do you remember how long it took you to do this and how much $$ it cost?
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Originally Posted by louaxtjr
The AirForums community has been exceedingly friendly and helpful as we have attempted to put our trailer back together again. Please do not hesitate to post any questions you may have. Also, make use of the search feature, as many of the questions I had were addressed in prior discussions.
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Louaxtjr, I'm very excited about getting involved in the community. Before I decide to get involved in a project or buy a car I always like to check and see how vibrant and organized the online community is. It makes the experience of ownership much more enjoyable. I love the search feature on these forums and my all time favorite is just to sort each forum by views and see which posts are the most popular. There are always many nuggets to be found in the those threads. lol
Well update again after our finding today. I know will have more questions. I will try and post some pictures too. There is a strange plug on the console that have not seen before. Take care and thanks
Miles
Hopefully life will unhappen in the near future and we can start plugging away on it...
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