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Interior Pirelli seal replacement was next: With fewer linear feet of seal within easy reach to replace, it went pretty quickly. I couldn’t replace the portion of seal behind the closet, though; it’s impossible to get to: Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Plumbing time. The gas line almost plumbed itself: there was a union in the copper line to the range about 18” to the front, so I just replaced that with a tee and ran soft copper from it to the bulkhead fitting: The water line was more demanding: it had to run all the way to the front of...

Time to relocate the gas line from side-entry: to the back. The water filler was in the wrong spot, too: Here was pretty much the best location for both, but the more I looked at it, the more I saw that needed changing first. All that gnarly sealant had to go, along with the cracked...

Fast forward to Memorial Day weekend, and I decided it was time to go retrieve the camper from my buddy’s driveway. My GF and I went & got it in what turned into a pouring rain: Between the load-out and the drive home: I haven’t been so thoroughly soaked that I can remember. Now I have a...

I then took the furnace out to clean & inspect it after downloading an instruction manual from PDX RV. I had to remove the plywood toilet platform, and there it was, one of the most important features of this camper: Some screws up front, and in the vent fitting, crack the gas line, and it...

A few weeks later, I changed out the old, rotten Pirelli seals on the camper. They seal the top half to the lower. Got my tools and the new seal material together: And got to it, first removing the myriad little screws securing a steel strip over the actual seal: I then removed the...

I have the same one, but it doesn't like high altitudes much.

After posting that, I wished— yet again— that we would have painted that under hood area. IIRC, exasperation with the two-month hunt for a compatible throwout bearing led to stabbing that engine as quick as we could after the right bearing was found. Oh well— it’s a work in progress, I figure...

Happy holidays one & all, may the season find everyone well and content! During the course of this project, I formed a relationship with a woman who loves the outdoors and the whole concept of this camper. She also is at a particular stage in life where her “thermal window of contentment”...

You & me both, buddy, you & me both... It's been 2 1/2 years. Thank you for the compliment! "Attention to detail"...are you sure you replied to the right thread? Seriously, thank you very much. Be sure & post up a thread on your project-- that's how I learn how to do this stuff. Oh, and...

Thank you, belatedly. It was a one-owner, garage-kept.

IH D-Series trucks have a tendency to rust through around the windshield. Harry fixed the spot at lower driver side while I was gone: The spots on the upper corners required staging, however, so that project was all mine: I made a pattern for cutting both the parent metal and the patch...

Sorry, got distracted by, well, 2020... Next time in WY, we lined the gas tanks, which required a cleaner as a first step. Drying them required a little ingenuity: What could possibly go wrong? Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Time to set the camper frame. First, rigging to find the balance point: This took a few attempts. We finally got it good enough, so...go time: Mounted & bolted up: We had to mock up the box fit for S&G’s: Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Next, it was time to mount the frame on the truck. First, finish the paint. Then, after being shocked at the price some new oak would cost, I rehabbed the old bed spacers: And finally some paint on the truck frame & cab while the access was still good: Sent from my iPad using...

At this point, we had to get the frame off the old flatbed/work table, get it turned right-side-up, and finish painting. We were NOT looking forward to this, because it required using Satan’s minion itself, Harry’s old Vermeer. Two old men did the rigging: And over it went, in a...

Then the real fun began: building the camper frame: We got really lucky in that the metal we had would accommodate our camper-with-side-boxes plan almost like it was made for it. Just needed to do a lot of cutting: And quite a bit of sanding because that metal had sat outside for some...

Jeez, I’ve completely neglected this thread— guess I should get back to it. I think we were in late summer of ‘19... Got some bodywork done: Refinished my A/C dash panel I got from Coonrod’s on the way back from Breckenridge: Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

July ‘19: headed for Wheatland with my new seat, A/C system, and other goodies- Went & got some steel from a buddy for building the bed/subframe to support the camper: And went to the fairgrounds to watch the fireworks: Also got some work done on the new gas-fill fender: I had pretty...

He's a good guy, and willing to provide: I got the gas tank, DS tank strap mounts, and a washer reservoir from him, and I'm probably not finished yet.