Fun / Projects / with my 1997 America Dream
Borrowed a trailer and getting ready for some fun in the sun (it's cold here now 30's again tonight) I went and bought a 8 inch drop hitch, the 6 inch had the deck at too much of an angle, and ...
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I have fallen behind here so time to update.
It appears that the 1997 American Dream 39 AF had three different seating options.
Two opposing couches which is what mine has (although this diagram indicates one with two seats and both of mine have three)
One with one couch and on the other side two swivel chairs with a small table between them.
And finally one couch and on the other side a desk with a swivel chair. I believe at one time that was the setup in this couch because we found under the second couch a power outlet and a cable for a phone jack.
Does anyone one have pictures of this option? I will call Fleetwood and see if they know what configuration this couch originally had.
I think I like the desk setup and may call salvage yards to see if I can find it.
It has been found that this doodad on top of the engine was disconnected.
I suspect that when my meniscus ConWay was working on the engine it was disconnected / stepped on, while the work was being done on the exhaust manifold.
It looks to be a pressure sensor more than a shut of solenoid but could be either.
There was one wire laying there broken so a new end was put on it and connected to the doohickey.
It could be grounded through the unit but the second terminal certainly looks as if it had been protected from the elements making me believe that there was another wire connected to this gizmo.
Does anyone know what this is, what wires would be connected to it (pictures would be outstanding).
The lights are coming along, not done yet but getting closer. Here is the rope light in the bedroom. There are two shots, one with a flash and one without. The actual effect is somewhere between the two shots. There will be a piece of molding pit up in front of the rope light that goes across the top of the bed so the effect of the light is visible but the actual lights will not be seen.
First with out a flash
and now with
Next is the bathroom, again several shots with and without the flash and from two directions. There is one rope light up under the cabinet and another along the lip of the counter
With a flash
?
Now with out
and now from the doorway between the bathroom and the kitchen
And now a couple of flash and non flash pictures and from different directions of the kitchen and lounge area, looking forward from the bathroom to the drivers area
.
Note the accent lights in the window shade valances
and now from the edge of the counter with no flash with no flash
There is still more to install, my awning has a small florescent light in the grove of the awning. Power comes from a jack in the porch light on the side of the coach. It is next to useless at night and I have seen people put LED lights down the side of the coach under the awning. I find the light very bright to look at and it does not seem to illuminate the area. My idea is to remove the florescent light and replace it with a rope light inside the same grove. This is what it looks like now
I thought about getting additional florescent lights and filling the grove the full length of the awning, but found that that would not work as they would draw to much current.
It turned out that the grove was to large to hold the light in place, there were rubber stoppers to hold the florescent light from sliding down the track and they worked great for holding the rope light in the tube
We came up with a better idea of using clear tubing to slide the rope light through and then slid the tube into the grove. We just have to find the right clear tube. We will use the original cord to connect the rope light to the porch light for power.
It appears that the 1997 American Dream 39 AF had three different seating options.
Two opposing couches which is what mine has (although this diagram indicates one with two seats and both of mine have three)
One with one couch and on the other side two swivel chairs with a small table between them.
And finally one couch and on the other side a desk with a swivel chair. I believe at one time that was the setup in this couch because we found under the second couch a power outlet and a cable for a phone jack.
Does anyone one have pictures of this option? I will call Fleetwood and see if they know what configuration this couch originally had.
I think I like the desk setup and may call salvage yards to see if I can find it.
It has been found that this doodad on top of the engine was disconnected.
I suspect that when my meniscus ConWay was working on the engine it was disconnected / stepped on, while the work was being done on the exhaust manifold.
It looks to be a pressure sensor more than a shut of solenoid but could be either.
There was one wire laying there broken so a new end was put on it and connected to the doohickey.
It could be grounded through the unit but the second terminal certainly looks as if it had been protected from the elements making me believe that there was another wire connected to this gizmo.
Does anyone know what this is, what wires would be connected to it (pictures would be outstanding).
The lights are coming along, not done yet but getting closer. Here is the rope light in the bedroom. There are two shots, one with a flash and one without. The actual effect is somewhere between the two shots. There will be a piece of molding pit up in front of the rope light that goes across the top of the bed so the effect of the light is visible but the actual lights will not be seen.
First with out a flash
and now with
Next is the bathroom, again several shots with and without the flash and from two directions. There is one rope light up under the cabinet and another along the lip of the counter
With a flash
?Now with out
and now from the doorway between the bathroom and the kitchen
And now a couple of flash and non flash pictures and from different directions of the kitchen and lounge area, looking forward from the bathroom to the drivers area
.
Note the accent lights in the window shade valances
and now from the edge of the counter with no flash with no flash
There is still more to install, my awning has a small florescent light in the grove of the awning. Power comes from a jack in the porch light on the side of the coach. It is next to useless at night and I have seen people put LED lights down the side of the coach under the awning. I find the light very bright to look at and it does not seem to illuminate the area. My idea is to remove the florescent light and replace it with a rope light inside the same grove. This is what it looks like now
I thought about getting additional florescent lights and filling the grove the full length of the awning, but found that that would not work as they would draw to much current.
It turned out that the grove was to large to hold the light in place, there were rubber stoppers to hold the florescent light from sliding down the track and they worked great for holding the rope light in the tube
We came up with a better idea of using clear tubing to slide the rope light through and then slid the tube into the grove. We just have to find the right clear tube. We will use the original cord to connect the rope light to the porch light for power.
