61st month (July 2009)
This month Peter continued on the rear wheels, arch, and levelling jacks.
The rear axel painted.
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Another view
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Here is the rear jack (passenger side) |
The rear wheels masked |
And painted white
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The air bag guards with new flaps |
The passenger rear wheels
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The outside is almost done
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Now to start on the driver side
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Before starting...
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A bit of work to do |
And from the other direction |
The air bag removed to clean the air bag suspension |
The rear jack plate welded on - test fit |
Cold gal applied |
And the rear arch painted. Includes under-body deadener |
All done. ...After |
Time to mark-off around the engine bay
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And paint it
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Driver side rear complete
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All rear air bags replaced with new ones
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New air bag and air brake cylinder fitted
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62nd month (August 2009)
This month Peter finished the rear suspension and the levelling system.
The front air bags area cleaned and painted |
This is the air bag bell - also painted
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Air bag fitted on the bell ready to go back on the front
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Back on and air bag is pressurised |
Done - ready to fit the levelling pump
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The rear completed with signs |
Fitted the levelling system pump
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The box on the ceiling allows the two batteries to be split. The pump need 12v, but the motorhome is 24v. The pump is connected to one battery, and this box keeps it equally charged with the other battery. |
The front lifted-up
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The front jack extended |
63rd month (September 2009)
This month Peter took the Mammoth motorhome home...
Added front blinds
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The inside needs a clean-up |
Ready for our first short trip
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Going for a ~250 km trip
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This is Summerset dam (lake) |
On the way back a tyre blew. So now it has two new tyres for the front.
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The inside clean - looking towards the front
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and towards the rear. Plenty of space. |
The Mammoth motorhome parked at home. |
And then we ran out of money... To be continued...
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