Well, what a productive and sad day. With the help of my son, I got the LoadFlite 727 up and on its mount, supported by jack stands for now. Then I installed the driveshafts. Everything went together smoothly, with no hiccups whatsoever. For the first time in two years, the Monaco is parked with no chocks needed to keep it in place. I also installed all of the new foam, neoprene and EPDM rubber needed to refurbish my heater box. Again, everything went smoothly, with no issues, other than initially putting the pink foam in incorrectly, but I was able to pull it off and install it correctly, so the brown stuff you see on the foam is Indian Head Gasket sealer. Even the fresh air door was easy to do. I drilled out the 5/32" rivets, separated the two halves, cut the new EPDM rubber and re-riveted the door together.
The sad part came, when my daughter came to tell me that she had found blood in the cat litter box. I've had my cat, Max, since he was a year old. I got him in 2001. When my late wife was going through chemotherapy, he would curl up on the sofa with her, as she slept. When we lived in Texas, he got ear mites, and the infection never quite healed. My wife and I took him to the vet and put him down. I don't cry very often, but having to let go of Max today was one of the hardest things I've ever had to do, and I bawled. We buried him next to my wife's dog and planted a tree. The house is too quiet now, without his meow.
Anyway, here are the pics of today's progress.
