New potty

We thought we would be able to re-install the old toilet.  It looked to be in great shape.

But, we wisely decided to put water pressure on the toilet before we re-installed it.

And sure enough, it had a bad leak - probably had water left over that had frozen over the years.  It was a better deal to buy a new toilet than to buy the repair parts.

And here it is!

A little painting

I love all the little compartments in the trailer!

This is the storage area at the rear of the trailer for you to stash the power cable and (I suppose) the water hose.   It was in need of a good cleaning - the box itself is made out of galvanized sheet metal (unlike almost everything else on the exterior of trailer, which is aluminum).  So, it had some surface corrosion.

Nothing the old standby - Rust-Oleum primer can't handle!

And after that dried - a good coating of silver Rust-Oleum for good measure!

The potty ventilation

So, the potty needs ventilation, right??

One of the problems from the long term storage of the camper was that the overhead fan had leaked onto the bathroom floor....

I couldn't find an original photo, but here are the remains of the overhead bathroom fan....the very rusty motor was tossed into the garbage at some point.

We bought a new replacement fan - after much thought and more than  a day of alteration , the fan is finally wired up and installed!  I know it's not all that exciting, but each item seems to require much "hands on" involvement....nothing seems to be easy!

So now  we should have a breeze flowing thru the shower area while we are taking a bath!

(This photo is the ceiling over the shower).

Wow!! Back to work on the Avion!!

The weather has kept us housebound.....so we decided to work a little on the Avion!

The work for the foreseeable future is not terribly interesting.....lots of re-assembly of "systems".

For example....this is the "blackwater" tank.....ummmm.....the poop tank.  It was removed long ago when we needed to treat all the underlying framework rust issues.  Now it's time to re-install.

This is the interior shot in the bathroom  - new hole in the new flooring...

And here's the underside.... the tank is up above this - nicely supported and insulated.

I know....not real interesting... eventually, there will be a new sheet of aluminum riveted in place to protect this from the elements.  That's it for now!

Rock Guard Decal and Re-installation

Finally gotten off my lazy butt and did a little work on the Avion today.

Since I've been away from the blog so long, I thought I'd remind you where we started with the faded/cracked rock guard....

Note the very faint faded "Avion" decal in the middle of the rock guard.

But now it's all  repaired and ready to be reinstalled.

I thought for sure I had already blogged about this, but I couldn't find it on the blog - so if this is a repeat, forgive me.

Before all the fiberglass repair, sanding and painting,  I made a tracing of the "Avion" emblem because I knew it would be sanded away.

Just taped plastic wrap tightly and traced with a Sharpie.

Then I taped it to a white posterboard.  This was for Robert to use as a background - he took a photo of this and transformed into a "vector drawing" on the computer.  This was for the local sign shop to use to make me a new decal.  Aren't the kiddo's clever these days??

And a couple of days later, the sign shop had made me a new decal!

Simple process to stick it on the newly repaired rock guard!

I had measured and recorded the exact position earlier, so I just taped it lightly in place using those dimensions so it would be exactly like it was originally.

Half of the decal  in place.

All of the decal in place with backing material to be peeled.

Carefully peeling the backing away, making sure there are no air bubbles.

All done - I'm very pleased with the results!

And now we have a re-installed, re-enforced, pretty rock guard!