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| | | Re: The ultimate custom camper. | Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 5,265 pooh-bah | pooh-bah Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 5,265 | lookin real goo | | | Re: The ultimate custom camper. | Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 4,463 Likes: 12 pooh-bah | pooh-bah Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 4,463 Likes: 12 | That's some graphic carnage! I'm sure glad you caught that before it got even worse. How much metal do you think needs to be replaced under all that? Is the wheel arch OK? I'd think you'd have been able to smell a musty smell with that going on in there; bet you'll breathe easier now!
I had a leak at my rear cargo doors that caused similar damage to the original wood floor, but fortunately I caught it in time; the paint and metal was still OK. There was actually some kind of white fungus growing in the rotted wood! -Yuck!!
Are you going to splice in some new flooring to cover that area or do you think you'll replace all of it at once? I replaced all of mine at once to be sure I didn't have any fungus spores left over. With the corrugations in the floor, they could get around pretty easily. Even up towards the front I could smell some musty smell on the underside of the wood.
I coated all of the replacement wood with Thompson's Water Seal, which is used to preserve exterior wood decks. I figure it might make the flooring a bit less tasty to any future invaders...
-It's been such a LONG TIME... BlueShift>> 1981 Dodge Ram B250 Custom Sportsman Maxi Van It's what you learn after you know it all, that counts... Are you living to work, or working to live? Learning from my own mistakes is good, learning from yours would be much better! | | | Re: The ultimate custom camper. | Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 2,027 Likes: 51 veteran | OP veteran Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 2,027 Likes: 51 | It's being cut out and replaced with new metal. I'll replace the wood floor section myself with some birch ply (it was osb board). Scary thing is the Propane cylinder for the cooker sits in that cupboard.It's one of the big ones too that are usually used for a houshold cooker, so if that had fallen through the rotten floor after hitting a bump I may well have had the first Chevy to dock with the MIR space station!!!! KABOOOOOOOMMMMMM!!!!
79 chevy G30 cobra camper conversion. | | | Re: The ultimate custom camper. | Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 4,463 Likes: 12 pooh-bah | pooh-bah Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 4,463 Likes: 12 | Woo-hoo - vans in space!!
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Speaker grade Birch is what I used too - it's great stuff!
-It's been such a LONG TIME... BlueShift>> 1981 Dodge Ram B250 Custom Sportsman Maxi Van It's what you learn after you know it all, that counts... Are you living to work, or working to live? Learning from my own mistakes is good, learning from yours would be much better! | | | Re: The ultimate custom camper. | Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 28,125 Madman! | Madman! Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 28,125 | The new hoses look sweet! The floor, um, not so much. Glad you caught it before the tank went through. | | | Re: The ultimate custom camper. | Joined: Aug 2011 Posts: 467 addict | addict Joined: Aug 2011 Posts: 467 | That's some graphic carnage! I'm sure glad you caught that before it got even worse. How much metal do you think needs to be replaced under all that? Is the wheel arch OK? I'd think you'd have been able to smell a musty smell with that going on in there; bet you'll breathe easier now!
I had a leak at my rear cargo doors that caused similar damage to the original wood floor, but fortunately I caught it in time; the paint and metal was still OK. There was actually some kind of white fungus growing in the rotted wood! -Yuck!!
Are you going to splice in some new flooring to cover that area or do you think you'll replace all of it at once? I replaced all of mine at once to be sure I didn't have any fungus spores left over. With the corrugations in the floor, they could get around pretty easily. Even up towards the front I could smell some musty smell on the underside of the wood.
I coated all of the replacement wood with Thompson's Water Seal, which is used to preserve exterior wood decks. I figure it might make the flooring a bit less tasty to any future invaders... some of that "outside deck sealer" can be toxic, Its outside for a reason
Ethan Its a VAN not a CAR 1995 Chevy 30 6.5 diesel wo/windows | | | Re: The ultimate custom camper. | Joined: Nov 2011 Posts: 3,811 pooh-bah | pooh-bah Joined: Nov 2011 Posts: 3,811 | Just finished reading all the posts,all the work you've done makes that Chevy look some sharp! | | | Re: The ultimate custom camper. | Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 2,027 Likes: 51 veteran | OP veteran Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 2,027 Likes: 51 |
79 chevy G30 cobra camper conversion. | | | Re: The ultimate custom camper. | Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 28,125 Madman! | Madman! Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 28,125 | Wow, that's a lot of work going on there. Looks good so far! | | |
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