Another weekend is upon us and we were able to get a good start on things Friday night. As soon as both of us got off work we headed down to the county office and obtained our tags and what not. Quick and painles just the way I like it. Well not completely painless because we still had to pay for the tags but close enough. Then we headed over to Young's Trailer to see what he had in fenders. Pat suggested these so we took his professional opinion and took them. Not a bad deal either $30.00 for the pair. They are raw steel and need to be worked but they are in good condition so it shouldn't be too tough.
I was taking Noel though the steps for painting raw steel and she wiped out the prep work in no time. I told her she needed to come to the shop and do this for me. She kinda giggled and then gave me a "eh right"hahaha. Here's the fenders after the primer.
We spent the rest of the evening deciding on our plan of attack on the galley hatch.
Saturday morning, after a couple cups of joe We dug right in. We trimmed out the galley walls right off the bat. Next was to hit all the wiring in the door and set the latches up where they need to be.
Well I screwed the pooch on this one and was in no mood to change or fix it. I measured twice but still managed to flip the latch when I drilled the holes. We had already cut the lock bars and would have to order new ones to change it. So what all this means is our handle will be 2 inches to the left. aggghhh Noel kept joking all day. "qouting That 70's Show" "We moved every thing 2 inches to the left" " It's art man" :)
Here we set the door back in. You can see the wiring for the lights and speakers.
The first piece of aluminum is kinda on. Just checking and double checking. It's warming up and is quite humid so we are moving a bit slower now.
The lights and the plate holder are installed. I double checked all wiring before getting to this point but for good measure I checked again. Yup they all work. Let's hope it stays that way.
It's getting late Saturday night. Storms are moving in. It's kool to watch them build right over head. Lot's of lightning and thunder. Just kinda a slow even roar over head. It's still hot though. working on getting that second piece of aluminum installed before we call it a day.
It's Sunday morning. Thinks look a bit better this morning. We finished the trim, hinge and got the t-handle installed. The door still doesn't fit quite like I want but after some tweaking this morning it does fit, close and open a lot better. Still need to install the seals but will wait on those until we get some of the finishing details done. This was the only pic we got on Sunday. Wished I would have gotten more. We also trimmed out the doors on the cabin side. The battery, switch and charger are installed.(and work!). We ran all the wire from the galley hatch inside. We also finished priming the underside of the fenders and put on a couple coats of automotive undercoating. They are ready for paint now. We will take care of that this week some time. We are up to 21 tours of our TD so far. It's amazing it's never been any farther than our drive way. Can't wait till it hits the road.
See ya next time!
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