Bigray was right! new lid over electric converter box &

[Rodney]

I decided to fix the converter while at the repiars.
I have part coming for the repair of the SCR and I am putting in a new charging card to.
will need 2 more sheets of that oak veneer. I am also going to build the lid so I can open from the inside for access to the top of the generator.
use piano hinge some good seals for the the lid and some good latches to fasten it shut.
this shouldn't be to bad a project can't stop now :lol:

[bigray]

Fellas,

Rodney is ready for the 12 step program.

Hi, My name is Rodney and I'm Clipper addict!
:lol:

Great Pictures! Let us know how that conversion goes.

[Andy Illes]

Geeze Rodney.... didn't anybody ever warn ya about OD'ing on all those little red pills?!?!?!?  Looks GREAT buddy!  

I haven't been posting much about it, but I've been messing with Fred a little here and there too, and BigRay - the rotten, grinning bugger having having instigated it all - is now bugging me for pics he'll post for me.... we'll have a "build-off", huh?

I think it's so cool that there are so many little things we can do to our Clips that make such a huge difference in appearance, utility, etc.   And I think it's even cooler to have guys like you posting about it...  

Onna these days, I've just GOTTA meet Ray.... just so I can kick him inna butt for all this.  Unless, of course, he's got the brews and cigars    

[Rodney]

I don't have any of the little red pills? maybe I need some!!
I should be able to make some good progress this weekend on the home, I have 3 - 4 x  8 sheets of oak veneer on the way and hope to have the parts to fix the converter. hinge the lid to have access to the generator and power supply.
posting pictures is so easy with www.photobucket.com if you can take digital pictures you can post them to the message board. after you have them down loaded to photobucket  {pb} just copy the correct code for message boards from PB and paste to the message area of your post. that's it.
its really easy to do and 25 mg free space on pb.com what a great deal.
got to get back to work
bfnR

[handyman]

When you start that tweelve point system take old Ray with ya he needs the delux package I'm only sereious Ray youv spent more time under your clip than in it

[bigray]

And some of what I do is not even necessary. I guess I have to much time on my hands!

[handyman]

It's all worth it your a lucky man my friend

[Rodney]

got the hinge and some wood work done on the sides I glued a 1x2 on the hinge side fof the frame for some extra strength. lots of glue and screws.

[Rodney]

I'm back after a few days of work on the home.
You want the good or the BAD news first? Bad it is!! I recieved the parts for the converter on Friday the new charging card and SCR which fits in the lower heat sink had to drill the rivets and knock out the old SCR, snip the wires and solder the new one and was sure to use a heat sink as to not damage the thing. the new SCR is threaded so just screw it in to the heat sink with a nut that is supplied. I got that all done and ran the test with the resistor as described in the  trouble shooting guide. Still NO charge from the unit. so no need to install the new charging card yet, I will be calling Pregressive monday for some more help...I hope!!



Now for the GOOD. I got the 3 4 x 8 sheets of the oak veneer which looked like more that I could use, but I could use a couple more sheets to finish the bathroom and closet doors and wall.





I need to keep going around the window since there is some water damage between the windows, but this was a good place to stop for now. I would proabably like to remove the window frame to put the paneling behind the frame, that will come later.


I used glue only to stick the panel to the fridge and clamped it in place for a day. I hope the edges stay down? if not I will have to use some short screws of maybe pop rivits to hold them down.





I like how the lid and bench came out and covered the little table and drawers with some of the left over vereer. I am going to leave the table loose so I can move it for access to the generator.
I am overlaying the paneling and using an air staple gun I got from harbor Freight. Using lots of contsruction adhesive paying close attention to the edges and pleanty in the center I am only stapling the edges and relying on the glue to take care of the rest. the trim is also stapled and with one of those putty sticks to fill the staple holes. I had to adjust the air down as the gun was smashing the staples right through the 1/8 in paneling. the other tools I am using, besides the basic hand tools a cheep table saw, chop saw and skill saw. I would reccomend this retro for anyone with aging paneling, it isn't that hard of a project if a person has any wood working skills it will pay off. I glued some contact paper on a few panels and with in a few weeks it is already coming loose, not such a good fix and the time I had invested in doing that I could have covered with the oak and really been done with it!!
I guess I have 200.$ in the materials for this project & sure changed the interior of the coach. The carpet is getting closer to next but I noticed the fresh water pump is leaking from a seal on the end so better take care of that next. hope I can repair it and not replace the thing.
Thanks for all the encoragement on this project. Now what NEXT???

bfnR

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Thanks for all the encoragement on this project. Now what NEXT???

bfnR

GO CAMPING!!!!



Looking great Rodney! I may end up replacing my paneling as well. But, I keep taking the Clipper out on little adventures. Went to San Juan Bautista this past weekend. While I was there I added a piano hinge to one of my dining benches. Works great for a little more storage.

Get her out to enjoy her!! You will find lots more things to do


--dig

[Rodney]

Yes that 's in the near future Dig!! Getting away from home for some well desirved R & R.
I got the conveter charging the battery yesterday!!! YEAA that was someting I was not going to give up on. After another call to progressive dynamics we came to the conclusion that everything in the box was working ok so I retraced all of the wires that went to the battery and found a ground wire which went from the battery thru the floor to the frame rail of the chassis back thru the floor and to the conveter. I rerouted the wire and made all of the grounds go to one common big electric split wire nut. after doing these few things we had juice going to the battery.    After intsalling the new charging card the little red light is glowing away and the battery is up to 13.77 volts after several hours.
I replaced the fresh water pump after finding it leaking. got the miss out of the engine-- swaped out the carb with another Holley 780 now she runs smooth at all rpms. After I finish the paneling job and carpet I am done for a while and am going to go enjoy :wink: .
bfnR

[Andy Illes]

It's looking great Rodney..... congrats!!!  

Got a question for ya.  We're sortta on parallel paths here, I'm about done building a custom (oak) kitchen for a friend up here and have tons of oak left over, so I made new drawer fronts and have "rails and stiles" cut out of the same 1/4" oak it looks like you're using, and had pretty much decided to stick oak on the rest of the thing.  You're so right, it looks amazing compared to the dark vinyl stuff Perch's guys used.  So I'm curious what you're doing for the edges/joints that have that plastic channel on 'em?  Looks like you've tacked some oak over the dinette joint and in those corners.  On the rest, are you just butting the paneling to that plastic... or did you find a replacement?  I've been thinking to just cut some solid oak mouldings to replace it all, but that's a pain, so I'm wondering how it'd look with the paneling just butted up to save time.  Waddaya think?

[Rodney]

It's looking great Rodney..... congrats!!!  

Got a question for ya.  We're sortta on parallel paths here, I'm about done building a custom (oak) kitchen for a friend up here and have tons of oak left over, so I made new drawer fronts and have "rails and stiles" cut out of the same 1/4" oak it looks like you're using, and had pretty much decided to stick oak on the rest of the thing.  You're so right, it looks amazing compared to the dark vinyl stuff Perch's guys used.  So I'm curious what you're doing for the edges/joints that have that plastic channel on 'em?  Looks like you've tacked some oak over the dinette joint and in those corners.  On the rest, are you just butting the paneling to that plastic... or did you find a replacement?  I've been thinking to just cut some solid oak mouldings to replace it all, but that's a pain, so I'm wondering how it'd look with the paneling just butted up to save time.  Waddaya think?

For the plastic to the celing I am razoring it out and tacking up some 1/4 X 3/4beveled trim and in most of the lower places like around the bench I used some counter edge which is 1/4 by 1 1/4 and since for the most part overlaying the rest of the paneling I am covering up as much of the aluminum trim as I can and just making as nice an streight cut as possible with my table saw. then using a long sanding block or my orbital sander just rounding the edge a bit to take off the rough spots. I am not going in to a huge amount of detail on the edges just doing a quicky. I am using Valspar golden oak stain and being sure to cover the cut edges well before placing them. it has been a great project.  I think butting them up in places and not doing trim is looking fine for me. when I do the front of the dining seats I will take some extra care to fit as best as I can. I may try and remove the aluminum trim and remove the old panel?? that may be a good Idea as then I will have an exact pattern to cut the new.
:idea:
Lets see your progress!!

[Andy Illes]

GEEZE that was a quck reply... running your puter off the table saw?!?!?

I just went out to stick a few more drawers in and scoped that edging thing out a little more while I was at it.  Btw, I used 3/4" oak ply with Roman ogee routed edges for the fronts and don't like 'em.... I'll redo with solid.

I back-mitered a scrap of 1/4" to see how that'd fit up to those plastic mouldings, but it's too much of a gap on the thin ones, even with a bead of color-matched caulk in it.  So know what?  I think I'm gonna wait with large panels that have outside corners (bath door, larger walls, dinette sides, etc) 'till I get back home, and then get some 1/16" oak veneer ( about 2x the $$ as 1/4" ply, but oh well) for those and just live with the plastic edging, at least for a while.  I know I won't like it after the oak's on and will wind up making solid oak moulding eventually.

I found my camera but not Camedia software.  My friend's puter has it on but I don't know if her version will work with my camera yet... but hang tight, pics are on the way.  I'm not a puter nut so I'll send 'em to Ray and he offered to post em.  

[Rodney]

ya! and I need to blow the saw dust of the lap top

I am paying 13.99 a sheet for the 4 x 8 sheets and worth every penny once it is up and stained. but the solid boards are Ouch!!! kind of spendy. just got my lumber bill an trim only is 45 $ so far sure looks good tho>
if you are running XP and your camera is usb or serial as far as I know
you really don't need any soft ware the OS should recognize another device then just go to my computer and copy the files {pictures} to a folder on your desk top and there you go don't make the pictures to large as that can be a pain and photo bucket doesn't like to large anyway.