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Project Blogs / Re: Mike's 1973 D22 Complete t...

Last post by RockwoodMike - December 17, 2024, 08:12 PM

Holy Cow 

I wish I had built this thing long ago, in spite of this grill..

Heating elements and door sealing rope on order..The controllers are here..In essence the oven will be 2 ovens..with a removable wall in the center..if one side is all that is needed, just use the 1 controller..If you want the whole oven, remove the center wall and turn on both controllers..

Each side will have 2 burners..

Pics show the assemble of the walls and finally the top..Excess insulation laid on top..But I will need some of that for the doors..still needing to be built..

Last picture shows how to make spacers for the grid pieces..Copper tubing cut to length..

This is to fix the 1 grill hat I tore apart..The other grills will be left as they are..

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Project Blogs / Re: Mike's 1973 D22 Complete t...

Last post by LJ-TJ - December 17, 2024, 12:52 PM

  Holy Cow 

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Project Blogs / Re: Mike's 1973 D22 Complete t...

Last post by RockwoodMike - December 16, 2024, 08:18 PM

Finished all the walls-floor-ceiling..start up on the assemble..

Propped the back wall and secured it to the floor..flipped it around..

Installed the right wall..ran out of daylight..more tomorrow..

I think I over built this..Just a tad..Maybe..

But we are going to have that shiny grill come hell or high water!!

There is a lot more on this motorhome that will benefit from this oven..It would have been nice to have it during the time I was Powder coating the rims..

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Project Blogs / Re: 1995 Brave Facebook find

Last post by Toadady - December 16, 2024, 09:08 AM

Those are some old solar panels!  Really hate it when POs hack wiring.
You got a lot accomplished in a short time!

wasn't the PO's, it was rats,

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Project Blogs / Re: 1995 Brave Facebook find

Last post by Toadady - December 16, 2024, 09:07 AM

What is the story with the ceiling?? Seems every Winne needs help with that

seems the same people who put in gm headliners also did winnie ones,

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Project Blogs / Re: 1995 Brave Facebook find

Last post by Oz - December 16, 2024, 05:01 AM

Those are some old solar panels!  Really hate it when POs hack wiring.
You got a lot accomplished in a short time!

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Project Blogs / Re: 1995 Brave Facebook find

Last post by RockwoodMike - December 16, 2024, 01:54 AM

What is the story with the ceiling?? Seems every Winne needs help with that

#8

Project Blogs / Re: Mike's 1973 D22 Complete t...

Last post by RockwoodMike - December 16, 2024, 01:52 AM

Have you considered this?
Counting Cars: Ryan's Chrome Sprayer | History https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZdb54xPLBQ

How does that system work?? I really don't have anything that needs chrome..Paint or powder coat or buffing pretty much covers it

#9

Project Blogs / Re: 1995 Brave Facebook find

Last post by Toadady - December 15, 2024, 11:48 PM

After getting it home and making it run, I had lucked out because it had a full tank of cherry flavored diesel fuel, and a full tank of propane,

I changed the exhaust manifold gaskets right off the bat, because i was right there and what better time.



didn't get any picts, but it got belt, tensioner, waterpump, ac belt, ac tensioner, all the trans cooler lines, that were rubber hyd hoses, heater hoses front and back.


then on to packing the wheel bearings, new brake pads, all the calipers and hoses, and one rotor, then the starter quit, only it didn't want to come off, so it got the air hammer treatment .







makes getting to the bolts much simpler,

at one time it even had solar on it,





they are still making voltage, but i dunno if they are putting out any amps, I really don't need them, but i'm not taking them off,

ancient controller



i replaced it with at Jungle store controller, It shows voltage, but i'm not hooking it up to the batteries.


Took the upholstery home to remove it from the cushions and boards, threw it in washing machine and they came out great



next was the wiring



Yes folks that's the 110 side going to the ac units,

this plug had about 8 wires and one side was chewed flush,



lucky i had that wiring book, and time to highlite the ones we couldn't find the code on, some were chewed off with only 2" from the roof,



some wires were missing a foot or so of wires, but we would find them later on somewhere else in the coach, plus several screwdrivers under the bathroom floor,

that's it for tonight, next we'll tackle the drooping ceiling.....

#10

Project Blogs / Re: 1995 Brave Facebook find

Last post by Oz - December 15, 2024, 01:59 PM

What a find! Great story.