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I like it a lot. Say are those holes in the cab wall of the camper right near the cabover section? Or am I just seeing things?
 
LNielson said:
Really cool project you got going on there.
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Thank you.

ZooMad75 said:
I like it a lot. Say are those holes in the cab wall of the camper right near the cabover section? Or am I just seeing things?
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What you are seeing are the heads of carriage bolts. My aluminum angle was configured different then yours in that it attached to the bottom of the overhead with screws and then the cab wall butted up to it. there is a total of 9 carriage head bolts that go thru the cab wall into the aluminum angle.
 
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Capt Ron said:
What you are seeing are the heads of carriage bolts. My aluminum angle was configured different then yours in that it attached to the bottom of the overhead with screws and then the cab wall butted up to it. there is a total of 6 carriage head bolts that go thru the cab wall into the aluminum angle.
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Well not surprised to see the differences. I think if we found enough of them there would be good evidence that the construction varied year to year.
 
I put a 1.50" DOM tube tie rod and it just barely hits the cover just before full passenger lock. Without a gasket...

I'm gonna take the flap disc and cut a little valley for the tie rod into the cover.

Stock tie rod would clear easily...
 
Justin V said:
I put a 1.50" DOM tube tie rod and it just barely hits the cover just before full passenger lock. Without a gasket...

I'm gonna take the flap disc and cut a little valley for the tie rod into the cover.

Stock tie rod would clear easily...
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Good to know, Thanks for the heads up! It is helpful tips like this that make CK5 great. It might be overkill for this rig but I already have a hi-steer cross over setup for my 60 I was thinking about using.
 
We had some crappy weather this weekend so not a lot got done. I did get the holes drilled in the front cab wall. I then installed six studs in the cab, lowered the camper some and then rolled down {my driveway is sloped} and back while reaching behind me from the drivers seat aligning the camper into the studs. Easy peasy and all by myself. The camper is all bolted down. Total bolt count... sixteen 5/16 bolts and four 1/4 -20s on the back door panel.





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I like it. So you put studs in the cab and then added nuts once the camper was in place? I can see how that would help getting it lined up for sure.

Good work.
 
Yep, Lock washers and nuts. I plan on routering a board that will cover all of the hardware.
Tonight I built a new base for the couch. I stayed close to the stock size {1" higher and 2" longer"} so I can still sit there with the top down. These get scuffed up from shoes / boots so I was not worried about the grain matching as it will get painted or covered.

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Yep, Lock washers and nuts. I plan on routering a board that will cover all of the hardware.
Tonight I built a new base for the couch. I stayed close to the stock size {1" higher and 2" longer"} so I still can sit there with the top down. These get scuffed up from shoes / boots so I was not worried about the grain matching as it will get painted or covered.

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Looks good. Getting close. You'll be camping out of it in no time.
 
Looks great. You planning on building a slide for your refrigerator? It will pain to access there if you don't. I originally planned on putting one in the same spot but I got worried about the weight sitting up there. Plus everything else is on that side including me so the thought was it might start leaning. Starting to load out now and is leaning a little and the fridge isn't in yet. Something to think about,
 
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Looks great. You planning on building a slide for your refrigerator? It will pain to access there if you don't. I originally planned on putting one in the same spot but I got worried about the weight sitting up there. Plus everything else is on that side including me so the thought was it might start leaning. Starting to load out now and is leaning a little and the fridge isn't in yet. Something to think about,
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Yep, refer will be on a slide. Weight wise I plan on balancing the weight by the large storage on the pass side { my couch base is all one big compartment so I will be storing a toolbox, sunshade, first aid kit etc...} I have always been under the impression the majority of the weight is supposed to be on the drivers side. That is why all modern RV's have the galley on that side. In theory it compensates for the crown of the road. While off road it will be a roll of the dice. I have access to a four scale system at work and it will be loaded as close to equal as possible.
 
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Yep, refer will be on a slide. Weight wise I plan on balancing the weight by the large storage on the pass side { my couch base is all one big compartment so I will be storing a toolbox, sunshade, first aid kit etc... I have always been under the impression the majority of the weight is supposed to be on the drivers side. That is why all modern RV's have the galley on that side. In theory it compensates for the crown of the road. While off road it will be a roll of the dice. I have access to a four scale system at work and it will be loaded as close to equal as possible.
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Sounds good. Plus if you go a little smaller on the fridge from what Ian did the amount shouldn't be too far off what the 3 Way units they used as on option on these.

I'm curious to know how bloated mine is getting. Larry was right, the camper isn't too heavy it's all the crap you can throw inside that packs the pounds on.
 
I need one of these campers soooo bad. Project is looking good!
 
Desert_K5 said:
I need one of these campers soooo bad. Project is looking good!
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Thanks. If you like building things and learning how to do things like I do it is time well spent. Now that I am on the tail end of the camper project I can say if you can find one already restored buy it! I have spent a lot of time on this that could have been spent working on the 4x4 updates. The people at Home Depot and Lowe's see me a lot.
 
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