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Forum: Repairing/Replacing Floor &/or Frame 07-19-2016, 07:52 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 3,347
Posted By splyb
Thanks. I wondered if anyone noticed. ...

Thanks. I wondered if anyone noticed.

There's no evidence of anything having been mounted on the back, so I just can't say. I've yet to remove the floor on the other side, so I don't know about...
Forum: Repairing/Replacing Floor &/or Frame 07-18-2016, 07:19 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 3,347
Posted By splyb
Me too but. of course, it has to be repaired one...

Me too but. of course, it has to be repaired one way or the other. If it is a cut, it's amazing that the frame hasn't failed in all these years, i.e. the back right end virtually falling off at...
Forum: Repairing/Replacing Floor &/or Frame 07-17-2016, 09:21 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 3,347
Posted By splyb
Great comments

Thanks for the comments and encouragement. May I CAN fix it by myself. Reminds me of the time a friend called and asked me to play in a charity golf tournament. My game was a bit off at the time so,...
Forum: Repairing/Replacing Floor &/or Frame 07-16-2016, 04:15 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 3,347
Posted By splyb
Yeah, I bought a 120V AC welder a couple years...

Yeah, I bought a 120V AC welder a couple years ago at HF, but I'm assuming it won't have enough oomph for a job like this. The doubler plate(s) is/are a good idea. Can I get one that will mimic the...
Forum: Repairing/Replacing Floor &/or Frame 07-16-2016, 03:03 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 3,347
Posted By splyb
Well, THIS can't be good...

Actively removing the subfloor on our 68 Safari Land Yacht. Started inside the door and worked backwards, taking out the first three perimeter feet or so, taking stock of rust, rot, etc. , especially...
Forum: Repairing/Replacing Floor &/or Frame 07-09-2016, 11:21 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 2,301
Posted By splyb
What's an X-member?

What's an X-member?
Forum: General Repair Forum 07-05-2016, 01:27 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 3,400
Posted By splyb
Following this thread will be fun. And helpful,...

Following this thread will be fun. And helpful, as our 68 Safari is just a bit behind yours. Except we haven't got the new floor in yet. Or the old rotten one out, yet. Or any electrical, or waste or...
Forum: Repairing/Replacing Floor &/or Frame 07-03-2016, 05:25 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 10,710
Posted By splyb
Thanks

Thanks. Why didn't I think of that?

What role does the template play? Why not just use the hole saw to cut around the bolt? Am I missing something?

Also, I can't do this with the perimeter...
Forum: Repairing/Replacing Floor &/or Frame 07-03-2016, 02:43 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 10,710
Posted By splyb
Best method to remove elevator bolts

Lisa and I removed our first section of subfloor yesterday (68 Safari Land Yacht). It looks pretty much as expected - surface rusted frame, lots o' icky stuff on the belly pan, etc. We are now going...
Forum: Airstream Lifestyle 07-02-2016, 12:53 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 1,890
Posted By splyb
Without considering the new bred of discount...

Without considering the new bred of discount insurers (Geico, Progressive, etc.), my general rule is to steer clear of insurers whose name contains either "state" or "farm".
Forum: Electrical - Systems, Generators, Batteries & Solar 06-23-2016, 11:29 AM
Replies: 89
Views: 7,852
Posted By splyb
Terminology

BTW, jerry-rigging is an approach. Jury-rigging is a crime.

I'm just saying'...

Jay and Lisa
Forum: Electrical - Systems, Generators, Batteries & Solar 06-14-2016, 07:46 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 3,890
Posted By splyb
Recommended Multimeter

I've never used a multi-meter before. I've found that the best way to determine both presence and strength of current is to just grab a wire near an audiometer and measure how loud I yell "YOUCH".
...
Forum: Electrical - Systems, Generators, Batteries & Solar 05-28-2016, 08:36 AM
Replies: 61
Views: 7,463
Posted By splyb
Trailer amperage?

What does that mean? I thought if you installed a 30 amp converter you had, by definition, a "30-amp trailer". If you installed a 40 amp converter, you had, by definition, a "40-amp trailer" and so...
Forum: Furnaces, Heaters, Fireplaces & Air Conditioning 05-21-2016, 04:39 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 755
Posted By splyb
Portable 120 AC

Has anyone ever tried to use a portable 120V AC unit? DeLonghi came out w/ a new one a little while back and it seems to be getting rave reviews from landlubbers - Amazon has trouble keeping it in...
Forum: Windows & Screens 05-21-2016, 03:21 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 1,371
Posted By splyb
May I steal this thread?

Gael, it seems you've self-discovered your answer. Mind if I hijack this thread?

We're in the process of refurbishing the windows on our 1968 Safari. The spousal unit seems to have a grip on the...
Forum: Insurance & Claims 05-21-2016, 01:25 PM
Replies: 29
Views: 11,306
Posted By splyb
Bobalue! I smell a lawsuit. While I suspect you...

Bobalue!
I smell a lawsuit. While I suspect you didn't, it would be sweet to record that call, 'cause I guarantee you, if you filed a class action for age discrimination - if they're doping it to...
Forum: Electrical - Systems, Generators, Batteries & Solar 05-17-2016, 10:23 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 2,290
Posted By splyb
Thread Drift Alert

Let's take this one step further.
If I have a 50 amp trailer, would I use a 30 amp converter plugged into a 20 amp converter to run off standard household outlets (20 amp)?
Jay & Lisa
Forum: General Appliance Topics 05-01-2016, 08:44 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 3,005
Posted By splyb
Hmmmm. I think their estimate as to the number of...

Hmmmm. I think their estimate as to the number of square feet this will cool is optimistic. Shading every number toward the high side, using this calculator...
Forum: General Appliance Topics 04-29-2016, 10:15 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 3,005
Posted By splyb
Compact A/C Unit

SECOND ATTEMPT

Does anyone know anything about this crowd-funded A/C unit?

https://technabob.com/blog/2016/04/25/noria-compact-window-air-conditioner/

My sources say if it gets the funding -...
Forum: Furnaces, Heaters, Fireplaces & Air Conditioning 04-26-2016, 06:37 AM
Replies: 0
Views: 866
Posted By splyb
New AC

I don't suppose anyone on the board has early adopter experience with a Noria AC unit:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/kurt/noria-cool-redefined?ref=project_link

Jay & Lisa
Forum: Leaks - Weatherstrips, Gaskets, Caulks & Sealants 04-18-2016, 12:38 PM
Replies: 32
Views: 8,977
Posted By splyb
Finding/Fixing Leaks with the skin on?

How do you do that with the interior skins on? Or is that just when you remove them and, if that's the case, how often do you do that?

Which begs a question: Has anyone ever devised a way to...
Forum: Electrical - Systems, Generators, Batteries & Solar 04-17-2016, 10:24 AM
Replies: 61
Views: 7,463
Posted By splyb
Where is this device integrated into the system?...

Where is this device integrated into the system? Or is it just a plug-in apparatus?
Forum: Leaks - Weatherstrips, Gaskets, Caulks & Sealants 04-13-2016, 06:44 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 1,564
Posted By splyb
Got it. Thanks. We'll give it a go and let you...

Got it. Thanks. We'll give it a go and let you know.

Jay & Lisa
Forum: Leaks - Weatherstrips, Gaskets, Caulks & Sealants 04-12-2016, 06:51 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 1,564
Posted By splyb
So when measuring the new glass, it should not be...

So when measuring the new glass, it should not be so wide/tall as to reach into the metal slots that form the frame, but just to the rim of the slots? Because the glass is held in place by the...
Forum: Batteries, Univolts, Converters & Inverters 04-12-2016, 06:46 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 1,438
Posted By splyb
"A weighing of the individual wheel weights"?...

"A weighing of the individual wheel weights"? What's that?
Forum: Leaks - Weatherstrips, Gaskets, Caulks & Sealants 04-10-2016, 08:18 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 1,564
Posted By splyb
Here are a couple pics. In the first, you can see...

Here are a couple pics. In the first, you can see the grey rubber seal in place. In the other (a different window) you can see the "groove" that it fits into and then the glass into that. I've taken...
Forum: Batteries, Univolts, Converters & Inverters 04-10-2016, 08:00 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 1,438
Posted By splyb
Thanks for those comments. I've no plans for an...

Thanks for those comments. I've no plans for an inverter (yet). I might try to put some of this stuff under the curbside gaucho which would let me get it over the axle - more or less. On the opposite...
Forum: Batteries, Univolts, Converters & Inverters 04-10-2016, 09:29 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 1,438
Posted By splyb
A basic 12V question - where should I put it?

We're replacing everything. Everything. In pondering the electrical system, some basic questions occur to me.

1) I've read that the batteries and converter should be as close to each other as...
Forum: Leaks - Weatherstrips, Gaskets, Caulks & Sealants 04-09-2016, 05:23 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 1,564
Posted By splyb
Gaskets for fixed panes on late 60s models

In gutting, our 68 Safari, I’m looking closely at the windows. Sooner or later, we’ll be reconditioning them. As I’m sure everyone knows, the upper (curved) panes crank outward and, for those, we...
Forum: Lights - Interior & Exterior 03-28-2016, 07:44 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 4,319
Posted By splyb
Yes. Most of the products I looked at came with...

Yes. Most of the products I looked at came with two or more light fixtures and a small converter (the packaging refers to it as a "transformer").My ideas was to simply end-run the converter. Such...
Forum: Lights - Interior & Exterior 03-23-2016, 10:17 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 4,319
Posted By splyb
Lighting Circuits - and 12V circuits in general

The spousal unit and I spent WAY too much time at IKEA this past weekend. I, in particular, loitered in lighting much of the day - though I think a lot of their stuff can be adapted to a trailer, and...
Forum: Insurance & Claims 03-02-2016, 11:20 PM
Replies: 47
Views: 9,133
Posted By splyb
For what its worth, here's an interesting site: ...

For what its worth, here's an interesting site:

https://www.badfaithinsurance.org/indexdetaillist.html

As an ERISA attorney, I deal regularly with many of the companies identified on that site....
Forum: Insurance & Claims 03-01-2016, 08:50 PM
Replies: 47
Views: 9,133
Posted By splyb
USAA went straight to hell in a hand basket when...

USAA went straight to hell in a hand basket when they contracted with UNUM, the baddest of the insurance bad boys.

Jay and Lisa
Forum: Insurance & Claims 03-01-2016, 10:51 AM
Replies: 47
Views: 9,133
Posted By splyb
Progressive and Geico are third tier insurers. It...

Progressive and Geico are third tier insurers. It is common for their initially-low premiums to skyrocket in later years.

Each of you should write a letter of complaint to your state insurance...
Forum: Lights - Interior & Exterior 02-29-2016, 08:18 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 1,267
Posted By splyb
Thanks so much. Each of those responses are...

Thanks so much. Each of those responses are helpful. Please keep 'em coming.

If I replace my Univolt with a PD 9245C 45 Amp RV Converter/Charger, how should I best divide the circuits? The current...
Forum: Lights - Interior & Exterior 02-28-2016, 12:57 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 1,267
Posted By splyb
Very basic electrical...

Newbie. About to lift shell, install subfloor, rewire, re-plumb, etc.

In contemplating electrical, I've come to realize I have little idea what I'm doing in some areas I thought I had a handle on....
Forum: Sprinter and B-van Forum 02-26-2016, 09:15 AM
Replies: 49
Views: 9,396
Posted By splyb
Setting aside thread-drift, Coder is seeing the...

Setting aside thread-drift, Coder is seeing the very tip of a much larger iceberg. He says:
"It's a long, slow, unpleasant process." Well, that's putting it mildly... and politely.

Lemon laws...
Forum: Towing, Tow Vehicles & Hitches 02-24-2016, 05:56 AM
Replies: 31
Views: 6,156
Posted By splyb
Referring to post 23. Watched any lawyer ads on...

Referring to post 23. Watched any lawyer ads on tv in fl lately?

Well, not in Florida, but many, many other places. Yes, many of them are objectionable in the extreme, but that is because - I...
Forum: Towing, Tow Vehicles & Hitches 02-22-2016, 11:11 PM
Replies: 31
Views: 6,156
Posted By splyb
So I guess you don't have to be respnsible for...

So I guess you don't have to be respnsible for yourself, you can get a lawyer for that.

Well, lawyers are responsible....

Right?

Jay and Lisa

Right?
Forum: Towing, Tow Vehicles & Hitches 02-22-2016, 11:54 AM
Replies: 31
Views: 6,156
Posted By splyb
The trial judge also invoked what he accepted as...

The trial judge also invoked what he accepted as an applicable metaphoric analogy, "that one can buy a 'pig in a poke'," and if you do and "you don't look in the bag, you get the pig that is there...
Forum: Repairing/Replacing Floor &/or Frame 02-21-2016, 04:20 PM
Replies: 32
Views: 10,800
Posted By splyb
I was glad to see this post/thread, because it...

I was glad to see this post/thread, because it raises an issue that has left me greatly confused and which I will soon have to address.

I'm mostly gutted and am just taking off the interior...
Forum: General Repair Forum 02-15-2016, 09:06 PM
Replies: 32
Views: 3,548
Posted By splyb
"Fixing rear separation is not hard once all of...

"Fixing rear separation is not hard once all of the interior and fixtures are removed."

Bless you, my son. Truly. Now, tell me:

What exactly is "rear end separation"? Whatever your response,...
Forum: Tow Vehicles 02-15-2016, 08:20 AM
Replies: 64
Views: 14,297
Posted By splyb
For what it's worth: ...

For what it's worth:

https://tinyurl.com/gucyr3s
Forum: Electrical - Systems, Generators, Batteries & Solar 02-12-2016, 09:00 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 1,149
Posted By splyb
Done. (If the Lewster recommends it, I buy it.)

Done. (If the Lewster recommends it, I buy it.)
Forum: WBCCI Forum 02-11-2016, 12:20 PM
Replies: 68
Views: 10,989
Posted By splyb
I'm such a newbie, I don't even know what WBCCI...

I'm such a newbie, I don't even know what WBCCI is. Nor, for the moment, do I care.

I would be interested in a poll of AirForum participants: "Do you own a motorcycle? If so, is it a Harley?" I'm...
Forum: On The Road... 02-09-2016, 08:37 PM
Replies: 3,842
Views: 370,453
Posted By splyb
Tulsa: Regular --- $1.28 Mid Grade - $1.42 ...

Tulsa:
Regular --- $1.28
Mid Grade - $1.42
Premium -- $1.58
And half my family, even those only remotely connected to the petroleum industry, have been laid off. :unhappy:
Forum: Lights - Interior & Exterior 02-06-2016, 11:07 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 1,102
Posted By splyb
Thanks for those responses. Very helpful. ...

Thanks for those responses. Very helpful.

When I start looking online, I see that there are all different types of tone generator/ receiver combinations. They appear to be specific to 12V, 120V or...
Forum: Lights - Interior & Exterior 02-06-2016, 08:38 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 1,102
Posted By splyb
Electrical Circuit Tracer?

Fully gutted. Time to identify and trace wiring, plumbing and propane systems.

A few months ago, someone described a tool with which one could trace wiring. If I understood correctly, it had two...
Forum: Electrical - Systems, Generators, Batteries & Solar 02-04-2016, 10:20 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 1,149
Posted By splyb
Circuit identifier/tester

A few months back, someone posted a reference to a tool that he/she considered a "must have". I can't find it for the life of me.

The tool in question, as I understand it, was a circuit...
Forum: 1966 - 1968 Safari 02-01-2016, 08:24 AM
Replies: 36
Views: 5,249
Posted By splyb
Fun? More or less, but it's not weird enough for...

Fun? More or less, but it's not weird enough for me yet. No doubt that will change.

That's what I thought: the subfloor is connected to the shell all around, including (presumably) across the...
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