Rick,
There's no sign in your photo that your coach ever had framing for the rear
utility door. It would have extended from the top of the beltline
longitudinal extrusion up into the window opening. Perhaps it was unique to
the Transmodes.
I don't have any pictures of the door frame but IIRC it's just aluminum
channel welded into a rectangle, open side to the outside, as around the
window openings. Half of one flange is glued to the skin and the other half
forms the door stop against which the door seats. The foam seal I found
beneath the aluminum was very thin; I've replaced it with a bulb seal. But
even with the old seal I never had any leakage. The compartment I built
there is sealed with fiberglass with a bottom which slopes 2"-3" down to the
inside: it would have standing water in it if it ever leaked; I've never
found a drop in it. I was concerned that the piano hinge across the top
would leak, but it doesn't.
Any newbie should be aware: Neither Rick's nor my 23' bears much similarity
to any others; they've both undergone total interior rebuilds with no
preconceptions as to what the design "should" be.
Ken Henderson
Americus, GA
76 X-Birchaven
76 X-Palm Beach
www.gmcwipersetc.com
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rick Denney [mailto:rick]
> > I've never seen another 23' with that door; I've often wondered
> > whether they all have the rubber and striker lurking back there.
>
> Not mine. My electrical service door is above the rear wheel
> well, four or five feet forward of the generator compartment.
> There was no door frame or bits for the door over the
> generator compartment on mine. There was only the bottom edge
> of the window frame.
>
> http://www.gmcmhphotos.com/photos/showphoto.php?photo=8919
>
> http://www.gmcmhphotos.com/photos/showphoto.php?photo=8926
>
> Do you have pictures of the working parts of that door frame?
> I am concerned that mine is still leaking.
>
> Looking at a photo of your coach again, I'm reminded that
> your refer vent door is just forward of the electrical
> service door (as you now have it). That's true of mine also,
> but both are amidships instead of in the stern. I suspect
> that's a rear-bath vs. side-bath thing.
>
> Rick "thinking that the later rear-bath Birchaven plan wasn't
> in GM's mind in '73" Denney
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There's no sign in your photo that your coach ever had framing for the rear
utility door. It would have extended from the top of the beltline
longitudinal extrusion up into the window opening. Perhaps it was unique to
the Transmodes.
I don't have any pictures of the door frame but IIRC it's just aluminum
channel welded into a rectangle, open side to the outside, as around the
window openings. Half of one flange is glued to the skin and the other half
forms the door stop against which the door seats. The foam seal I found
beneath the aluminum was very thin; I've replaced it with a bulb seal. But
even with the old seal I never had any leakage. The compartment I built
there is sealed with fiberglass with a bottom which slopes 2"-3" down to the
inside: it would have standing water in it if it ever leaked; I've never
found a drop in it. I was concerned that the piano hinge across the top
would leak, but it doesn't.
Any newbie should be aware: Neither Rick's nor my 23' bears much similarity
to any others; they've both undergone total interior rebuilds with no
preconceptions as to what the design "should" be.
Ken Henderson
Americus, GA
76 X-Birchaven
76 X-Palm Beach
www.gmcwipersetc.com
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rick Denney [mailto:rick]
> > I've never seen another 23' with that door; I've often wondered
> > whether they all have the rubber and striker lurking back there.
>
> Not mine. My electrical service door is above the rear wheel
> well, four or five feet forward of the generator compartment.
> There was no door frame or bits for the door over the
> generator compartment on mine. There was only the bottom edge
> of the window frame.
>
> http://www.gmcmhphotos.com/photos/showphoto.php?photo=8919
>
> http://www.gmcmhphotos.com/photos/showphoto.php?photo=8926
>
> Do you have pictures of the working parts of that door frame?
> I am concerned that mine is still leaking.
>
> Looking at a photo of your coach again, I'm reminded that
> your refer vent door is just forward of the electrical
> service door (as you now have it). That's true of mine also,
> but both are amidships instead of in the stern. I suspect
> that's a rear-bath vs. side-bath thing.
>
> Rick "thinking that the later rear-bath Birchaven plan wasn't
> in GM's mind in '73" Denney
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