I want to rehabilitate my old Dodge Class C

DaHose wrote:
Here is my cabover rebuild thread. I am not quite done with the cosmetics inside, but we can use it and it's sealed tight.

http://forums.goodsamclub.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/thread/tid/27231261.cfm

I have a bunch of threads detailing the ongoing "rejuvenation" of good old Mabel. Some work just takes tools, time and know-how. Other work takes grunt and teamwork. The main thing is really understanding each issue, taking a methodical approach and having the time to do the work.

Jose

Wow that brought back memories of remodeling my cab over. My water damage was not nearly extensive as yours but I still had to removed all the filon off the passengers side and remove its aluminum nose cone and windows. There were a lot of things I wish I could revisit in hindsight as well but over all I was seriously impressed with my work, especially in the interior which came out brand new. My labor time was about 24 hours, that's pulling two 12 hour days over a weekend. Since then, four years ago; I've replaced my roof, 1 and 1/2 times actually because I seriously f***ed up around the AC unit and neglected to realize the old roof had some sagging and thus she releaked the first trip out after the initial rebuild. My fix was fairly easy, only took a day. But I had to cut out a 10 foot section of my new EPDM liner then I simply graded the roof with three sheets of plywood and some ripped 2x4's using a 1" sheet of water resistant OSB under the AC unit then graded each side with a half sheet of 1/2 ply and spay foam contoured under neath it. Re cemented the EPDM with contact cement and about 35 feet of eternabond tape. She hasn't leaked in the three years since it was done but redoing the inside was a bit of a challenge until I came up with a wonderful fix for the three small spongy areas of luan. Rather than gut the entire interior roof like I did for the cab over, I removed the bad luan then used nylon spackle tape which I pressed into a 1/4" spread of fine acrylic grout. The stuff spread perfectly flat with my 10" blade inside the gap and the nylon tape bonded to the good luan with no cracking at all since it was completed three years ago. The ceiling was then topped off with contoured white ceiling paper. The roof top and bottom is strong as it ever was even stronger. Fortunately I had no water damage above or inside the cabinetry walls or refrigerator. Since then, I've repaired all of the exterior delam, (with the exception of a small area on passengers side cab over that I need to revisit). Since then I've replaced the hot water heater, the Genny's fuel pump (what a rip off, $240.00 for OEM Cummings pump). I upgraded hot water heater from a six gal to a ten gal; replaced the power steering pump and both front brake caliper pins and upgraded 50% of lights to LED's Otherwise she's like new minus the fading original exterior decals and pin stripes which I'm considering removing and making her naked.