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On Friday we stayed up until 2am recovering the folding couch in vinyl. Carmen had been working hard on sewing it up and our hog rings had come in. I didnt get it 100% straight and I think in the next year or so I will pull it out and redo the foam. On Saturday we hauled the couch and the GMC dinette out to my mom and dads to begin mounting them in Polly. We had to do a lot of trips to the hardware store and the dump so we lost a good portion of Saturday to the windshield. The GMC couch is a horrid orange and Carmen just couldnt stand it. So one of our trips was to Target for 2 shower curtains to use as covers. Carmen cut them up, pulled them over and hog ringd them on to the frame.Today we cut some thick angle iron and started mounting the seats. We tried to run a piece of angle iron between two of the grade 8 bolts whenever possible. I burned up 4 drill bits drilling the metal but I got the couch, the dinette and 2 of the 7 seat belts mounted. The last time I drove the old girl the turn signals stopped working. I figured it was a blown fuse and I was right. Easy fix right....NOPE! Every time I turned on the right turn signal the fuse would blow. It wouldnt blow on the left signal, flashers, brakes or taillights. I did some investigating and determined the issue was in the signal switch. So off came the steering wheel (I love rent-a-tool programs) and sure enough there was a bare wire on top. I think all of my climbing under the dash last week fixing the dash lights and pulling on the steering wheel ended that little wire. Luckily there was no damage, so I taped it up and put it back together. Yay turn signals! I went to run the engine to turn on the dome lights (no house battery yet and it was dark) and they wouldnt turn on. They had worked Saturday, but not today. The dome fuse was good, but there was 0 power making to the secondary fuse panel.This panel is fed off of a small inverter that is powered by the alternator and/or the house battery. I checked the output of the alternator at the big connection and 0VDC. I guess with all of the shorts on the turn signal it took the alternator out. Joy! At least it happened now instead of in the middle of the up coming road trip. Sorry, no pictures this time.
Posted on: Mon, 10 Nov 2014 00:44:58 +0000

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