WTF it looks like they just cut a hole in that plastic then glued in a 1.5" adapter? How was it attached to the tank? Was that round piece a knockout on the tank in case of a larger pipe and it finally broke out? You can easily make something up with a larger plate and put silicone or Butyl on it and screw it to the tank, if it's accessible.
My 1978 GMC motorhome
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Do what you can to convince her cause this is
I think if I adjust the blue a bit, shes good with the overall scheme. Or, I might just surprise her with it. She doesn't have "vision" anyway!
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Pretty much...I gotta get the tank down and take a look at its overall condition. Its ABS, so welding a new fitting to it won't be terrible, if the rest of the tank is in good shape.
Mike, this might be the coolest thread I've seen here on WTJF.
I've long wanted a 'retro' RV to cruise around the country in
(and the wife wants to do some travelling health-care)
I've got a softspot for the resto-mod classic RV's.
Super sick.
I've long wanted a 'retro' RV to cruise around the country in
(and the wife wants to do some travelling health-care)
I've got a softspot for the resto-mod classic RV's.
Super sick.
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What are you planning with the wheels? Are they alloy or covers? If they are covers, painted wheels (white? black?) with chrome center caps might be cool.
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I have alcoa forged aluminum wheels already. Those aren't changing.
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Got my gray water tank down last night. Surprised it didn’t fall down on its own…held in with four 1/4” self tapping screws…Yeah, a 19 gallon, plastic, water tank held by four self tapping screws through a plastic flange.
It’s terribly broken. The top is cracked, there is a big crack down the side, and the outlet had a repair done before we bought it. It’s going in the garbage.
While I was under, I looked at the condition of the black tank. It’s also not very good, so I will be to replace both of them. Not what I wanted to do, but now is the time, since I have zero amounts of plumbing installed and the opportunity to move things around if needed.
Heading to Elkhart, In tomorrow to pick up some new power adjustable mirrors, so I’ll look for tanks while I’m there too.
It’s terribly broken. The top is cracked, there is a big crack down the side, and the outlet had a repair done before we bought it. It’s going in the garbage.
While I was under, I looked at the condition of the black tank. It’s also not very good, so I will be to replace both of them. Not what I wanted to do, but now is the time, since I have zero amounts of plumbing installed and the opportunity to move things around if needed.
Heading to Elkhart, In tomorrow to pick up some new power adjustable mirrors, so I’ll look for tanks while I’m there too.
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To another trip to the Elkhart,In area yesterday to spend some more money on this ol girl. I ordered some new Ramco Engineering outside rearviews that are power adjust. Someone has already installed Ramcos on my coach, but they were manual. The windows are so small that trying to adjust them was a gigantic pain in the ass, almost requiring you to get out of the coach, adjust the mirror, and get back in. Trying to do a driver change while on the road just didn’t work, since I’m 6’2” and my wife is about 5’1”.
https://www.ramco-eng.com/general/hvnftzbb142/1350-Series
Looked for a couple replacement holding tanks while we were down there, but struck out.
However, after using some subliminal and not so subliminal reminders to my wife that we are getting to a point that we’re need to figure out what we’re doing in our “living room” she came up with a great idea. We have a little table to use while driving that goes between the seats. The supporting post is a marine style 3” tube, which is removable. There is a post base that acts at a receiver on booth the floor and the table. She came up with the idea to use that area as our dining area, and build a bigger table to fit there. Since our captains chairs swivel, that will work out very well, and makes use of an area that we don’t typically use while camping.
With a dining area set, we were free to create a lounge area with an actual couch. So, we picked up a new, theater style loveseat. Thomas Payne, recliner, in some sort of faux leather. It’s really comfy and addresses in of my HUGE concerns that I’ve had about this project the whole time (namely, where do I sit my lazy ass down to relax).
This is the model we bought, but just to show how inbred the RV industry is, our is not this brand, nor is it any of these colors…
https://www.recpro.com/recpro-charles-67-double-rv-wall-hugger-recliner-sofa-w-console/
It actually looks like this
And you can’t buy it direct from Thomas Payne. It’s weird…
While wandering around, we picked up a bonus item, and found some self adhesive back splash “tile” that my wife really likes. So that came home with us too.
Next step is to call ardemco and order some tanks…shipping is going to be outrageous but I don’t have much of a choice. They make the exact tanks I need so, I’ll pay to ship them from Cali.
https://www.ramco-eng.com/general/hvnftzbb142/1350-Series
Looked for a couple replacement holding tanks while we were down there, but struck out.
However, after using some subliminal and not so subliminal reminders to my wife that we are getting to a point that we’re need to figure out what we’re doing in our “living room” she came up with a great idea. We have a little table to use while driving that goes between the seats. The supporting post is a marine style 3” tube, which is removable. There is a post base that acts at a receiver on booth the floor and the table. She came up with the idea to use that area as our dining area, and build a bigger table to fit there. Since our captains chairs swivel, that will work out very well, and makes use of an area that we don’t typically use while camping.
With a dining area set, we were free to create a lounge area with an actual couch. So, we picked up a new, theater style loveseat. Thomas Payne, recliner, in some sort of faux leather. It’s really comfy and addresses in of my HUGE concerns that I’ve had about this project the whole time (namely, where do I sit my lazy ass down to relax).
This is the model we bought, but just to show how inbred the RV industry is, our is not this brand, nor is it any of these colors…
https://www.recpro.com/recpro-charles-67-double-rv-wall-hugger-recliner-sofa-w-console/
It actually looks like this
And you can’t buy it direct from Thomas Payne. It’s weird…
While wandering around, we picked up a bonus item, and found some self adhesive back splash “tile” that my wife really likes. So that came home with us too.
Next step is to call ardemco and order some tanks…shipping is going to be outrageous but I don’t have much of a choice. They make the exact tanks I need so, I’ll pay to ship them from Cali.
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After going back and forth with a couple vendors, I've ordered my tanks from a place called Ronco in California. Two to three week leadtime. Going to have to figure out how to do some interior work while not having the plumbing installed.
I also need to figure out how to mount the dang things to the coach more securely. The way they were mounted before is no good. Even if I fab up some aluminum strips to sandwich the plastic with before driving screws, I'd feel better about it. Gotta do some research here and see what others have done. Ideally, I'd like to use straps to hole them up, but I need to figure out how to not have them "rub" through the plastic.
I also need to figure out how to mount the dang things to the coach more securely. The way they were mounted before is no good. Even if I fab up some aluminum strips to sandwich the plastic with before driving screws, I'd feel better about it. Gotta do some research here and see what others have done. Ideally, I'd like to use straps to hole them up, but I need to figure out how to not have them "rub" through the plastic.
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Possibly. The tanks are less than 7" deep, so I would actually just try an use bolts. It might require some additional frame crossmembers, but that is the leading idea in my mind as well. I'm concerned about rubbing through the plastic with that idea as well...