My long suffering wife harasses me about taking on too much. It's now 19 days until we need to be ready to go and the interior is out of the coach.
No pressure though honey. :lol:
In order to put in the new rear windows, the interior plastic end cap has to come off in order to get to the screws to remove the old window and put
in the new ones.
So while I'm waiting on the upholstery shop to do the headliner panels (Tuesday hopefully), I pulled everything out of the rear bedroom. The plastic
panels were nice and yellowed. A bit of new plastic rattle cans did the trick and now they are a nice white and should match the white headliner
nicely.
Getting the back piece out and back in is a challenge but if you turn it upside down, and put one end in the corner by the ladder, the other end WILL
go into the hall with a bit of effort.
http://www.gmcmhphotos.com/photos/new-cabinets-interior-mods/p55759-interior-mods-00003.html
http://www.gmcmhphotos.com/photos/new-cabinets-interior-mods/p55763-interior-mods-00005.html
Really pleased with how it came out and looks. I insulated behind everything while I was at it including the ceiling.
As far as other mods, I was going to have to do something about the drivers side wooden thing under the window. It is particle board and turning to
sawdust. As I looked at it, it became apparent to me that the only reason it existed was to provide clearance for the water tank filler. As smart as
the GMC guys were, the location of the water fill and the placement of the fill hose is about a dumb a thing as I could think of. For those with
transmodes, the fill hose is above the generator and the hose goes down below the 'hallway' at the very back of the coach, and back up to the tank.
Obviously it holds water and it makes you put in a bunch of pink stuff before ANY gets into the water tank.
So killing two birds with one mod, I moved the water fill over to beside the ladder.
http://www.gmcmhphotos.com/photos/new-cabinets-interior-mods/p55765-interior-mods-00006.html
On the inside, the water line is nice and flat and I ran the vent line back to it's place in the new filler assembly. It has a built in screen to
keep critters out. The old vent line was a piece of hose pipe that went 'somewhere' up under the bath module.
http://www.gmcmhphotos.com/photos/new-cabinets-interior-mods/p55767-interior-mods-00007.html
I removed the old hose fitting from the original filler assembly and it's now flush with the line of the interior wall. A piece of aluminum was
siliconed to cover the hole and it should be nice and water tight.
This morning about 3:30 I woke up with an epiphany. In our vast experience with our GMC and camping in general, we've always run the TV cable from
the power post where they hookup is normally located all the way to the drivers slide cockpit window and into the coach. It occurred to me that this
is the perfect time to solve that problem so this morning before Church, I was at Lowes and picked up a TV cable splitter and some cable. The
splitter is going to be mounted in the old filler box and two lines will be run. One up front and one in the rear 'bedroom'. Once that is done, I'll
just unlock the door and screw in the coax to the splitter.
Btw, I got to try out the contact cement that Jim Bounds suggested ( DAP WeldWood Landau Roof and Trim). I got a gallon from the folks doing my
headliner. I did all the side panels above the beltline with it. Used an old spray gun and it really works nice and REALLY sticks. Tomorrow I have
to do the cable thing, make the new wall above the generator, and I'll be ready for the new headliner. I've got lots of other things to do so there
is no rest for the weary.
--
Kerry Pinkerton
North Alabama, near Huntsville,
77 Eleganza II, "The Lady", 403CI, Manny Brakes, 1 ton, tranny also a 76 Eleganza to be re-bodied as an Art Deco car hauler
No pressure though honey. :lol:
In order to put in the new rear windows, the interior plastic end cap has to come off in order to get to the screws to remove the old window and put
in the new ones.
So while I'm waiting on the upholstery shop to do the headliner panels (Tuesday hopefully), I pulled everything out of the rear bedroom. The plastic
panels were nice and yellowed. A bit of new plastic rattle cans did the trick and now they are a nice white and should match the white headliner
nicely.
Getting the back piece out and back in is a challenge but if you turn it upside down, and put one end in the corner by the ladder, the other end WILL
go into the hall with a bit of effort.
http://www.gmcmhphotos.com/photos/new-cabinets-interior-mods/p55759-interior-mods-00003.html
http://www.gmcmhphotos.com/photos/new-cabinets-interior-mods/p55763-interior-mods-00005.html
Really pleased with how it came out and looks. I insulated behind everything while I was at it including the ceiling.
As far as other mods, I was going to have to do something about the drivers side wooden thing under the window. It is particle board and turning to
sawdust. As I looked at it, it became apparent to me that the only reason it existed was to provide clearance for the water tank filler. As smart as
the GMC guys were, the location of the water fill and the placement of the fill hose is about a dumb a thing as I could think of. For those with
transmodes, the fill hose is above the generator and the hose goes down below the 'hallway' at the very back of the coach, and back up to the tank.
Obviously it holds water and it makes you put in a bunch of pink stuff before ANY gets into the water tank.
So killing two birds with one mod, I moved the water fill over to beside the ladder.
http://www.gmcmhphotos.com/photos/new-cabinets-interior-mods/p55765-interior-mods-00006.html
On the inside, the water line is nice and flat and I ran the vent line back to it's place in the new filler assembly. It has a built in screen to
keep critters out. The old vent line was a piece of hose pipe that went 'somewhere' up under the bath module.
http://www.gmcmhphotos.com/photos/new-cabinets-interior-mods/p55767-interior-mods-00007.html
I removed the old hose fitting from the original filler assembly and it's now flush with the line of the interior wall. A piece of aluminum was
siliconed to cover the hole and it should be nice and water tight.
This morning about 3:30 I woke up with an epiphany. In our vast experience with our GMC and camping in general, we've always run the TV cable from
the power post where they hookup is normally located all the way to the drivers slide cockpit window and into the coach. It occurred to me that this
is the perfect time to solve that problem so this morning before Church, I was at Lowes and picked up a TV cable splitter and some cable. The
splitter is going to be mounted in the old filler box and two lines will be run. One up front and one in the rear 'bedroom'. Once that is done, I'll
just unlock the door and screw in the coax to the splitter.
Btw, I got to try out the contact cement that Jim Bounds suggested ( DAP WeldWood Landau Roof and Trim). I got a gallon from the folks doing my
headliner. I did all the side panels above the beltline with it. Used an old spray gun and it really works nice and REALLY sticks. Tomorrow I have
to do the cable thing, make the new wall above the generator, and I'll be ready for the new headliner. I've got lots of other things to do so there
is no rest for the weary.
--
Kerry Pinkerton
North Alabama, near Huntsville,
77 Eleganza II, "The Lady", 403CI, Manny Brakes, 1 ton, tranny also a 76 Eleganza to be re-bodied as an Art Deco car hauler
