I'd suggest replacing all the old water connections, including the water connection for the hose on the driver side. There have been problems with
cracking with the OEM part and since you have it all apart, its the best time to replace/eliminate. Consider that new plastic hose that is resistant
to freeze damage.
Tripple check your electrical connections. The PO that redid the interior of my coach only finger tightened the DC power to the coach. I had
intermittant light outages until I found that bugger behind the kitch cabinets.
If you will be installing SOLAR panels/power anytime in the future, try to run the cables now. For Battery think BIG cable size and from the roof you
should be a good size as well. Many sites out there to help with cable sizing.
Also, if you are thinking solar, replace your lighting with LED models. I recently installed COB LED lighting units and I cannot believe how much
light these units put out and how LITTLE POWER they use. This makes the old incandescant and fluoresent lamps out dated. And you can install dimmers
on those Cob Led lamps.
There is a vid on YOUTUB about an experiment with insulation. Gentleman has a metal stepvan, a real hot box.
In his installation, his wall is 4" thick. Consisting of the outside skin, 1" foam, 2" air space and 1" foam. That airspace goes all the way up to
the ceiling and is vented through the roof with a fantastic vent. There are vents at strategic locations at the bottom of the walls to allow the
outside air to flow up and exhaust the heated air.
Watch the entire vid, the insullation part is touched on in the beginning and towards the end of the vid.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJT3cajBE6U&t=2s
In the case of the GMC as space is so limited, may be able to cut down to Skin, 1"Air, 1"foam........ Watch the vid.
TV and Computer cables pre run would be a great idea.
I probably would not put the motor heated water heater back in, there are better choices but I might be inclined to install a rear hot water heat
unit, like what cars use in the rear of the GMC, install valves at the engine to shut it down when needed.
Some have put insulation in the floor, including over the motor. THE PO did this to my coach and though it may deaden engine sound, the additional
floor thickness has caused a problem. The main floor was also insulated but in winter is very cold anyway.
I don't like carpet for flooring. It is tough to keep clean and expensive and a job to replace. Install a nice tile, ceramic or vinyl, both look nice
but ceramic gets heavy, or laminated flooring and use throw rugs for carpet to keep feet warm on cool mornings. Throw rugs are easy to throw outside
and clean when they get dirty. If you cannot clean them, go to walmart and get a new one, quick and easy.
When you get there, put some kind of latch system on your drawers and doors for traveling. It is so disheartening to hear everything spill out of
those cabinets when you make a turn.
If you will be boon docking, a propane stove and a propane heater is a good idea. A propane furnace with a BATTERY DRAINING fan, can drain your
battery overnight. Solar to at least help replenish some power to the battery would be a good idea.
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