I recently bought a Harbor Freight flux wire welder. Here I am fixing the snowblower:
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I recently bought a Harbor Freight flux wire welder. Here I am fixing the snowblower:
(Insert maniacal laugh here) I made some modifications in anticipation of our upcoming trip. I modified the plumbing, replacing the water tank low point drain with a fixture that allows a garden-type hose to be attached. This allows the RV to be filled through the bottom, eliminating the need to open the RV so that the fill hole can [...] Since our Odyssey is no more, I had to make modifications to our newly-purchaed 2007 Kia Sorento to get it ready for towing. I installed the same transmission cooler I had installed in the van. I hung it off the horn’s mount points:
This picture was taken standing on the driver’s side. The two [...]
We have an integrated laundry drawer in the bathroom:
Unfortunately, after Mechel left the bathroom and closed the bathroom door, the drawer slid open, which blocked the bathroom door. We couldn’t get in to the bathroom! Thankfully, there’s a coat closet that shares a wall with the bathroom wall:
We received about 12” of snow on Wednesday. Thursday morning, I ran the snowblower in a spiral around our rear parking area, with the discharge chute facing the center of the circle. By the time I got to the middle, I had quite a pile:
I showed the pile to Trish, and she [...] I installed a catalytic heater in the RV this weekend:
It’s an Olympian Wave 6. The advantage of a catalytic heater is that it requires no electricity, so it’s perfect for boondocking. Also, it creates Carbon Dioxide as a bi-product, not Carbon Monoxide, so it’s safe to have it in an enclosed space. The [...] Before our Asseteague Island trip, I installed a solar system on the RV. I used a Sun-130 panel when they were $1.98/watt. The panel is bolted to aluminum L-channel, which is attached to the roof using double-sided sticky tape. Yes, that’s right, tape. It’s 3M 4950 VHB tape. It’s $50 a roll. See what it can [...] This is the third year we’ve had our pool, and it has been really great, but it’s always been a bit chilly. Last year, we bought solar sun rings, which helped a lot, but the water was still too cool. Poking around, I found a solution from Gull Industries that used flat coils of black tubing:
To ease entry into the pool, I added a bit on to one of the landings:
Just like that! In early March, we did some additional refit work on the van for towing. First, we added a transmission cooler popular with off-road enthusiasts. The ones that drive Hummer H2s. This cooler is rated for a gross vehicle weight of 14,500 pounds, so we have quite a bit of overkill for the van and RV:
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