I added an additional aluminium support beam to get the back shape right and for better mount point for the rear lights.
The lower wood beam is not mounted yet, it will be slightly higher than it is currently.
Outside I will install aluminium plates where the rear lights will be mounted.
I started to build the support structures:
To be continued tomorrow…
Since people were complaining about too high first step I decided to do something about it:
I continued tearing the rear wall to pieces:
And front wall panel has been attached. Now waiting glue to dry to be able to continue with the front wall.
Inside:
Removed piece:
So yammy and crispy:
Luckily the front wall starts to be ready:
Today I applied some clear coat to new front panel I created yesterday. Hopefully tomorrow I’ m able to mount it in its place.
I got heating radiators installed and removed the heater burner at the front of the trailer. I will be considering what to do to that burner but at least the radiators are already in place.
Tomorrow I need to purchase some materials for the rear wall + one piece to the front wall.
Some progress slowly, but surely:
Hopefully I’m able to install the heaters still today and maybe some other parts as well. Tomorrow I would like to tear the rear wall to pieces. 🙂
This is the current state of my camping trailer project:
Tomorrow the front wall should be ready and I can start working at the rear wall. There is a similar job waiting to be done.
Today I got a SMS message from my dad where he said that the driver’s window is not willing to go back up… So I needed to open the door panel at the evening and remove the lifting mechanism. And here is the problem:
It turns out that the rubber gear inside the motor’s bevel gear had broken off from it’s vulcanization.
After a some thinking and test cutting I decided that this can be fixed by welding some metal if I’m lucky enough:
That cut you see at the picture was totally unnecessary and I’m not recommending that you do such thing. It was a test which did not worked out. Luckily the welding held and after cutting the excess piece out:
I also decided to put a piece of that rubber gear back and added some grease:
Then I put the motor back together and amazingly enough it worked. I also assembled the window lift mechanism and put it back inside the door and still it worked. 😀
Let’s see how long this works but at least it is now working… Downwards the window goes like earlier, but upwards it is a bit slower. Later I will add some silicone grease to window seal to see does it help.
New lift mechanism would have cost 140€ from Motonet and the delivery time would have been long since they did not had it at stock. If this brokes down yet again then I need to order a new lift mechanism but so far so good. If I need to do this to the other door most probably the end result will be even better (or so I hope).