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Anyone interested in 83 Pace Arrow Tear down and Rebuild?

fulltimin
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Started to look into some water damage in the kitchen of our 83 Pace Arrow. The more I looked, the more I found. I have some pics of the damage so far. Anyone interested in following a rebuild thread?
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fulltimin
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Finally! Managed to get out there this evening - albeit a little late.

Also got half the yard mowed today. Yippee. Lol.

I added some extra fiberglass on both sides tonight. I am finally getting this flattened out fairly well.

That means I will be able to finally glue the Tpo down for good shortly.

First pic is of the drivers side. Oh, and yes, I now know my camera lens was a little dirty. Duh on me.







The passenger side also.



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If you don't, you will find an excuse.

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A lot of experience, comes from bad judgement.

fulltimin
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Sorry folks, but it has been one **** of a week!

One of my business computer customers banking account was compromised.

As such, I haven't had time to even mow my own grass. Not my favorite sport anyway, but, it needs to be done.

Anywho... I found some other stuff of his online, that needed attention, so I've been spending my time on trying to get all his accounts secured, so this doesn't happen again.

I hope to get back out there within a day or two and get more work done.

I just needed to prioritize.

Thanks for hanging in there. I look forward to getting more done to this puppy.
If you want to do something, you will find a way.
If you don't, you will find an excuse.

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A lot of experience, comes from bad judgement.

LouLawrence
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Yes, refreshing isn't it! You don't have to check in if there are no New Post indicator.

ro_sie
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I dont know why I check in here everyday. Sometimes two times in one day.
ro_sie
Art ( my roomie)
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fulltimin
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Nomad
I did, however, manage to get a number of fiberglass layers put into place to try and get things a bit more level before gluing the rubber into place.











Hopefully, one more day of adding glass and resin, and I'll be ready to glue the Tpo in place and be done with this area.

We'll see, as they are calling for rain this week.
If you want to do something, you will find a way.
If you don't, you will find an excuse.

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A lot of experience, comes from bad judgement.

fulltimin
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Here's how you know you screwed up and didn't wait long enough for the fiberglass resin to dry, before trying to sand it. Oops...



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If you don't, you will find an excuse.

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A lot of experience, comes from bad judgement.

fulltimin
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I also added a few layers of fiberglass on both sides of the coach above the front seating area.

Adding several more layers, will allow me to build this up and level it out, so it, hopefully, looks like a reasonably nice contour when the Tpo is pulled front and glued down.

I do intend to cover most of this area with the Tpo, as it reduces heat transfer by a very large amount.



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If you don't, you will find an excuse.

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fulltimin
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I cut off the excess of the screws on the inside on both sides above the pilot and co-pilot's seats. That will allow insulation to be installed there.

The front cap above the seating area had virtually no insulation from the factory, and as such, transmitted a lot of heat into this area.



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If you don't, you will find an excuse.

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A lot of experience, comes from bad judgement.

fulltimin
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I finally got all the old gunk off of there, and gave things just a very quick light sanding with 36 grit to remove the final remnants of what is probably, nearly 40 year old, hard as a rock, Dicor.

Even the other side is finally cleaned and lightly sanded. Next I can add some fiberglass near the sides to close up the areas that I had to cut to make the old fiberglass bend and fit the way it needed to.



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If you don't, you will find an excuse.

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fulltimin
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If you're still not happy with the stability of your ladder, a little extra bracing could be in order......

Yeah, it doesn't move...






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fulltimin
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Bruce Brown wrote:
Seeing as they'll be under the roof material you could just put a strip of gorilla tape over them.

When I did the roof on my TT rebuild I used gorilla tape in the sheeting seams and edges, based on a recommendation from the local RV guys. Worked well.




Thanks.
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If you don't, you will find an excuse.

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A lot of experience, comes from bad judgement.

Bruce_Brown
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Seeing as they'll be under the roof material you could just put a strip of gorilla tape over them.

When I did the roof on my TT rebuild I used gorilla tape in the sheeting seams and edges, based on a recommendation from the local RV guys. Worked well.
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Bruce & Jill Brown
2008 Kountry Star Pusher 3910

fulltimin
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dodge guy wrote:
Are you going to put something over the screws as protection even thought they are countersunk?




Yes. I needed to get this area level, (countersunk screws), so I could cover it. With the hex heads sticking up, that would be a problem trying to put something there.
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Bruce_Brown
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LouLawrence wrote:
Most likely POR 15.

:B :B :B
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Bruce & Jill Brown
2008 Kountry Star Pusher 3910

LouLawrence
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Most likely POR 15.