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replacing all the old rope lights with new ones. We are also
consolidating some of the 12 volt and 110 volt lights so that there
are not so many switches to turn on and off |
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Al though I have shown this picture before I
want to show what the rope light looked like without the channel,
with just the hangers and how the rope drooped between the hangers.
So if you look carefully you can see that in
this picture.
Picture to the bottom left shows the
channels before they are installed and the picture to the bottom
shows what the lights look like with the channel installed. Well
worth the effort. |
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For lack of a better word I called this
design on the front hood a bow tie. I hated it from the first time I
saw it. It is now gone, the hood and the lower valance (spoiler
which was full of stone chips) have been repainted.
They were removed from the bus. We missed on the alignment of the strip but is is still better
than the "bow tie".
The white spot in the "center" of the hood
is the reflection of the widow in the garage door. That door is only
three feet in front of the bus so I cannot get a straight on shot,
but will do so later.
The white line now just goes straight
across |
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Are my eyes fooling me? I think we are closing in on the end of this
marathon. The old carpet is coming out.
Don't worry there are still a number of
projects that still need to be completed |
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the side walls has been removes and the carpet in the main louge
area has been pulled up. |
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ceder closet has been pulled up as well as in the bedroom |
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shortage of staples, many , many , many staples were scraped up. |
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This is the area in front of the passenger
seat, sure wish this was removable, I may have to work on that this
summer |
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We keep finding the original owners wiring
attempts. It is a wonder this coach never burned down. Do yourself a
favor, if you do not know how to wire safely don't do it. |
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One couch, one table, one driver's seat,
one passenger seat. An interesting discovery was made. I believe
that this coach had two different floor plans, one with two opposing
couches as we currently have and one with one couch on the driver's
side and a work desk on the passenger side. It appears this couch
originally had a desk on the passenger side as there are holes in
the wall to hold the desk up and a power outlet, and phone outlet on
that side. I actually like that floor plan better, and may look for
the desk and chair that was originally in that position.
I will also call Fleetwood and see what the
original floor plan was for this coauch |
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| The new carpet pad
is now going down |
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Now we get to see if the color choice was correct. I think we went a
little to conservative on the pile. We got a high grade commercial
carpet so that it would resist stains well and wear well, and it
would have been nicer to get a more lush pile. Time will tell if we
made the right decision. |
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| The lights are
coming along, not done yet but getting closer. Here is the rope
light in the bedroom. There are two shots, one with a flash and one
without. The actual effect is somewhere between the two shots. There
will be a piece of molding pit up in front of the rope light that
goes across the top of the bed so the effect of the light is visable
but the actual lights will not be seen. |
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bathroom, again several shots with and without the flash and from
two directions. There is one rope light up under the cabinet and
another along the lip of the counter |
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of flash and non flash pictures and from different directions of the
kitchen and lounge area, looking forward from the bathroom to the
drivers area |
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Note the accent lights in the window shade
valances |
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and now from the edge of the counter with no
flash with no flash |
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Looking back from the driver's area with the
flash |
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more to install, my awning has a small florescent light in the grove
of the awning. Power comes from a jack in the porch light on the
side of the coach. It is next to useless at night and I have seen
people put LED lights down the side of the coach under the awning. I
find the light very bright to look at and it does not seem to
illuminate the area. My idea is to remove the florescent light
and replace it with a rope light inside the same grove. This is what
it looks like now |
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getting additional florescent lights and filling the grove the fulll
length of the awning, but found that that would not work as they
would draw to much current. |
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So this is the grove and it runs the full
length of the awning |
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It turned out that the grove was to large to
hold the light in place, there were rubber stoppers to hold the
florescent light from sliding down the track and they worked
great for holding the rope light in the tube |
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We came up with a better idea of using clear
tubing to slide the rope light through and then slid the tube into
the grove. We just have to find the right clear tube. We will use
the original cord to connect the rope light to the porch light for
power. |
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This is what it looks like with lights on in
the shop I think it will work out nice at night |
I got out to the
shop today and the MH should be completed tomorrow.
I did not get a chance to call anyone, but did find the data plate.
It is directly under a line for the A/C compressor and has to be
read upside down.
I took some shots with a camera and they came out better than I
thought. They were upside down but I rotated them with picture
editing.
The plate says it is a 6CTA, Ref # 53-34874-004 engine # 45358278,
model C8.3-325, read that as 325 HP.
Looks like I have more engine then I thought! I thought it was a 300
HP. It seems this engine was used in marine applications and fire
trucks
I googled the engine and it comes up with many references to Marine
Diesel References, any ideas??????
http://www.sbmar.com/cummins-6cta-tech-info.php |
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