Anyone interested in 83 Pace Arrow Tear down and Rebuild?

I went to my steel supplier, to pick up some Aluminum angle. I bought a pair of 24' long pieces, 1.5" by 3/16" thick.

I actually had to break out my trailer to haul that, as I was not interested in trying to secure that to the roof of the Pt Cruiser. I know, call me a wuss.. Lol.

Anyhow, I wanted some aluminum, as at some point I will be adding lower sides to the motor home. This will be below the flooring, and I will attach the angle to the bottom of the floor/wall framing, and also attach the siding to the angle. They will be removable, if necessary, but I need to cover up those big holes for inspection.

I also am adding a piece of aluminum angle at the front corner of each of the counter tops. They are currently being held there by a piece of wood that is 1-1/2" square.

Should have that pic tomorrow.

STBRetired wrote:
So what are you going to do about the entry of the gas line? Your countertop blocks about 1/2 of the hole the manufacturer created to route in the gas line. Going to enlarge the hole? Remove some of the plywood below the walnut? Punch a new hole in a different place? In any case, make sure the gas line cannot rub on any metal edges. Especially if you use rubber (neoprene?) instead of copper line.

Chuckling here. I wondered if anyone would catch that. Congratulations. You're the winner. Lol.

I am going to remove some of the plywood there, and if I like the looks of it, then I'll use it. If not, I'll punch another hole/ or enlarge the one that is there.

I plan on using copper tubing, as that is what was used originally, and that held up well.

So what are you going to do about the entry of the gas line? Your countertop blocks about 1/2 of the hole the manufacturer created to route in the gas line. Going to enlarge the hole? Remove some of the plywood below the walnut? Punch a new hole in a different place? In any case, make sure the gas line cannot rub on any metal edges. Especially if you use rubber (neoprene?) instead of copper line.

Almost forgot to mention this. Here you can see the pair of air spaces along the bottom of the stove cover to allow for air movement.

Both ends of the stove have these.

I almost made my 42" of counter space between the stove and the end of the counter. I guess I can't complain too much about losing less that an inch of space.

While I was at it, I took the block I cut out, and laid it on top of the stove top. I will need to add a little edging around this, and then, we can have a nice, worktop/cutting board for a touch of extra counter space.

I then needed to test fit the bottom half, which fit very nicely. Almost fit like a glove, except this has a touch more space than a glove.







I then added the top just to make sure things were looking as they should, and they do. Wahoo!

I then proceeded to mark out the area that needed to be cut, so the bottom part of the stove top would fit correctly.

After cutting the hole, (it's a beautiful sight), I removed the left over block.

Got my broken speed square out today. I set it up to make sure I would have a little black walnut left over on the counter, after the stove is installed, so I would know where to cut the hole for the stove top.

Wanderlost wrote:
Reading this thread reminded me that there are two kinds of recreational boaters: sailors and powerboats. We sailors are about the journey. Powerboaters are about the destination.

Fulltimin is a sailor...

I have found, generally, in life, if I am on a destination run, getting there as fast as I can, I miss a lot of things along the way.

If it's a competition, such as a race, that's a different issue.

As one person put it ... All things in moderation, except, acceleration! Lol. However, I am not in a drag race with this project.

Hopefully, once finished, it will fit our needs nearly exactly. Then again, we could end up changing some things after using it for a while.

At least I'll know where everything is.....

Or, I can come back and look at this thread. Lol...