1972 Amerigo Camper Rebuild

Oh, the toilet supply line you see, I'm thinking of putting some type of sprayer nozzle on it and using it as a foot rinse off attachment lol little more convenient than messing with the shower wand. Hey it's already there and has a valve, why not use it right? Lol

Wayne, it is galvanized, and you have a good point, but we won't be drinking from the tank... Bottled water is cheap, convenient, consistent in taste and quality, and fits in fridge/cooler a whole lot better lol

For those who aren't familiar with the expansion tank mod, this not only gives 2 gallons extra water capacity but it prevents pump from "bumping" or running at short bursts when faucet open partway. It also allows you to run faucet for a moment before pump kicks on so if you just need a rinse, the pump doesn't need to cycle. Great mod and easy to do, coupled with soft pump lines these two will dramatically improve the performance and your level of satisfaction with the water system.
I should do a write up on the mod to break it down. I think everyone who uses their pump should do it! Lol

Bigblue12v wrote:

That "T" looks like a steel "T". If it is, you may consider changing it, it can make the water taste bad.

Wayne

Those look great! We are going to gatlinburg an Chattanooga. How far from you is that?

I got work done today! Took water heater out and found rotted wood under it and where tie down anchor is. Knocked it all out, evicted the ants, and replaced the wood. New tie down eye bolt, reseal water heater and reinstalled. Got furnace mounted, just needs gas line plumbed and outside vent attached. And got toilet removed too. I'm a bit behind on taking pics but here's some more...

The folding sides are in great shape, theres one small crack on the inside of one but does not go all the way through and looks like it would be easy to repair.




Small crack at finger tip



What part of Tn are you coming to? I live on the Ms Tn Al line, Only catch, you have to remove them :)

Sweet tater that'd be awesome! How bout front window while you're at it? Lol
I got most of the plumbing wrapped up. Swapped tank from donor TC, plumbed pump with soft lines and installed 2 gallon expansion tank (that and soft pump lines my favorite two water mods in a camper!) and got a waste dump valve installed so gray can backup into black tank. New kitchen faucet installed since other one leaked. I need to get more pics. Electrical is all done. Furnace is next to install and gotta pull water heater to redo the tie down anchor there. Then to go over gas system and check it out. Then more cleaning and re-sealing on outside. I moved it from side yard to carport. It's a heavy SOB! Looks monstrous even on my big dodge dually!

BigBlue, my snap n nap is beyong repair and will not be used in my restore. btw guys mine is on hold again. if the side panels are any good Ill gets pics and maybe you can use them.

Got some work done! Got all the wiring sorted out (wasn't that butchered after all but I didn't like how it was). Factory everything 12V runs off of a single 14 gauge power wire. Seriously?! That seems a bit scary. I pulled the 12V wires back to the drawer area below the 120 breaker box, removed the drawers, drawer sliders, and breaker box. I then lengthened the 120 wires, split all of the 12V circuits apart so no one circuit draws much power and none are "under-wired". I ran new wires for the furnace and new 10 gauge wires to the refrigerator cabinet. Added a new 30 amp power cable through the new hatch. Added a new hatch on bottom side of wing for the 12V vehicle harness and installed harness. Added a battery isolator and wiring for a house battery which will go behind the bed access hatch behind driver side fender. Battery will either go in the truck bed or I will make a battery cabinet/box to stay mounted to camper.
I then wired everything to a converter/breaker panel I removed from my parts camper. Made a wooden panel to hold the converter and mounted it all. Sounds a lot quicker and easier than it was LOL nothing too hard just time consuming. I figured out which wires were for what on the outside lights and some of them work. I'm sure the rest are bulbs or grounds or corrosion.
Then I moved on to the refrigerator with my power outlets and 12V interior stuff now functioning safely. I removed the old one, cleaned up some crud in the cabinet, trimmed out the opening an extra inch taller and installed the Dometic RM2401 3-way unit from my parts donor. This one not only works but also adds 12V function.
Next is to install the furnace from the donor camper and go over the gas system, then swap out the freshwater holding tank (this one has some bad threads in supply bung), install water pump and re-wire it, and start testing the plumbing of both water and gas and test the water heater. Then I will remove the toilet and cap the hole.

Here's mine after getting most of the trash out... I did away with the household breaker box and am installing a converter panel box from the donor camper..












You can see the right side of fridge cabinet has water damage


And it spread to the dinette here....

1971amerigo wrote:
Now that i have rembered how to use photobucket,here are the pics of the inside of my 71 amerigo.

Bob, could you please get some closer/more detailed pictures of the new FRP cladding you installed on the S&N side panels? Hard for me to see/understand how you did the corner trim work on panels. Take your time, it'll probably be a while before I get around to that part.
Big thanks! And that rig sure is pretty to look at! Gives me ideas and inspiration! I need to get pics of mine before I get any further so there are before pics :)