ZMotorsports Shop Projects 2.0

[zmotorsports]

Next task on the list for the day was to get my buddy’s Polaris Ultra up and running. I’m told it was sitting for a few years so naturally the carbs were the first place to start.

After verifying that it had a good strong spark, the air box and carbs removed for cleaning.


Carbs disassembled and ready to go into the carb cleaner. That nasty gummed up carb smell is something you never forget. Now the shop smells like that as well.


Carbs cleaned, reassembled and ready to be reinstalled on the sled.


Carbs and lower air box installed.


Here are a few of the tools I’ve been using over the several decades of wrenching on sleds, motorcycles, ATV’s and OPE (Outdoor Power Equipment).

This is a Walbro tool kit that I purchased back in the late 80’s after I went through and got certified on Briggs & Stratton as well as Tecumseh small engines. I’ve found I used the gauge on pretty much all of the small engines whether powersports or OPE engines.




These are my airflow meters that I’ve used for synchronizing carburetors on everything from multi-cylinder snowmobiles to VW powered sand rails.


Lastly this is a hand made screwdriver for adjusting the air screws for idle mixture. It is merely a piece of 1/8” TIG welding rod with a loop for a handle and the end flattened out and ground into a flat blade screwdriver. This works well because it is slim enough to reach down in between fuel and vent hoses and can be flexed just enough when needed to be able to get onto the screws easily.


I cleaned and checked the gaps on the spark plugs, set the idle speed and mixture as well as synch’d all three carbs at idle and just on tip in. I also threw the timing light on it to confirm timing and checked clutch alignment.

Called my buddy and he is going to come and get it in the morning.

And wouldn’t you know it, it snowed again this afternoon and I need to shovel all of my concrete, again.

 

[Wanna Ride]

As always... impressed.

I haven't been on here in a while, so I had a few pages to catch up. I started reading somewhere a few pages back, when you mentioned that you don't have a sheet metal brake, that kinda surprised me since your shop is so well equipped. Several years ago, I bought one of those cheapie ones from Harbor Freight, just for small brackets and the sort. But I'm always keeping my eyes peeled for a decent used one, no luck so far. Ironically, I think it's one of those things that I "want", than actually have a real need for. It's pretty rare that I actually need more of a brake than I already have.

Never realized you also had a youtube channel. Great. Now I'll be up for a while checking out your vids. But if they're anything like your posts here, they'll be more than worthwhile. It amazes me how you find time to do everything you do, plus the forum, AND the videos. The only way that's possible, is adhering to a strict regimen of organization and focus. You also mentioned earlier that not many want to actually pay for the proper approach of maintaining their vehicles or machinery, but rather to be bargain-focused. Drives me nuts sometimes, but I refuse to compromise and have accepted that if they don't want to pay for it, then they certainly won't appreciate it anyways. Life's too short to deal with those types of customers, because you're likely never going to make them happy.

Keep up the good work, everything looks awesome, as always!

EDIT - forgot to mention... I too am a fanatic about machines be well-taken care of. I realized that as I sat on the garage floor a few weeks ago, after I just did an annual service on my small, emergency generator. It's only for keeping the house furnace online, in the event of a winter power-outage. Fortunately we haven't really needed it for several years. But anyways, when I got done servicing it, I just couldn't roll it back to it's resting place as is. I had to wipe it all down, and make sure there was no dust/dirt/grime on it anywhere. Including the frame, under the motor mounts and every place possible. Looks like new again. OK, maybe the Simple Green and a coat of wax on the frame, wasn't REALLY necessary. That was about the time a buddy showed up. He asked me what I was doing, and just rolled his eyes after I explained. It's a lot less likely to accumulate dust now.

 

[johnyg]

Wanna Ride....add some rubber dressing and a cover and were even. i try not to tell others about this kind of stuff, i guess they think i should be riding the couch watching tv like they do. but this year with the storm one of them came by and told them this was not a new gen and havent touched it in 6 years. half a pull and fired right up, no draining old gas,fixing gas leaks or rebuilding carb.....the look was priceless.i pay enough for this stuff i might as well take care of it so it works when i need it or else its just taking up space.

 

[WhiffySpark]

https://www.jmenterprises.com They have nice snow shovels. Northern sells a man plow haven’t tried those.

 

[zmotorsports]

As always... impressed.

I haven't been on here in a while, so I had a few pages to catch up. I started reading somewhere a few pages back, when you mentioned that you don't have a sheet metal brake, that kinda surprised me since your shop is so well equipped. Several years ago, I bought one of those cheapie ones from Harbor Freight, just for small brackets and the sort. But I'm always keeping my eyes peeled for a decent used one, no luck so far. Ironically, I think it's one of those things that I "want", than actually have a real need for. It's pretty rare that I actually need more of a brake than I already have.

Never realized you also had a youtube channel. Great. Now I'll be up for a while checking out your vids. But if they're anything like your posts here, they'll be more than worthwhile. It amazes me how you find time to do everything you do, plus the forum, AND the videos. The only way that's possible, is adhering to a strict regimen of organization and focus. You also mentioned earlier that not many want to actually pay for the proper approach of maintaining their vehicles or machinery, but rather to be bargain-focused. Drives me nuts sometimes, but I refuse to compromise and have accepted that if they don't want to pay for it, then they certainly won't appreciate it anyways. Life's too short to deal with those types of customers, because you're likely never going to make them happy.

Keep up the good work, everything looks awesome, as always!

EDIT - forgot to mention... I too am a fanatic about machines be well-taken care of. I realized that as I sat on the garage floor a few weeks ago, after I just did an annual service on my small, emergency generator. It's only for keeping the house furnace online, in the event of a winter power-outage. Fortunately we haven't really needed it for several years. But anyways, when I got done servicing it, I just couldn't roll it back to it's resting place as is. I had to wipe it all down, and make sure there was no dust/dirt/grime on it anywhere. Including the frame, under the motor mounts and every place possible. Looks like new again. OK, maybe the Simple Green and a coat of wax on the frame, wasn't REALLY necessary. That was about the time a buddy showed up. He asked me what I was doing, and just rolled his eyes after I explained. It's a lot less likely to accumulate dust now.

Thank you very much for the comments and for following along. Great job taking care of your generator, it sure is the exception rather than the norm these days.

One of these days I will have me a larger brake but I don't really have the need at this time as I don't do as much actual sheetmetal work as I used to. More machining and fabricating of thicker materials of the past several years than sheetmetal. Also I'm a little nervous to give up the floor space required for a larger pan brake.

 

[zmotorsports]

https://www.jmenterprises.com They have nice snow shovels. Northern sells a man plow haven’t tried those.

Funny you should mention those. I bought their 48" and 36" versions about a month or so ago and have used them twice so far and that was just yesterday. That is two more times than I have wanted to use them.

They really are a well made shovel and although a bit pricey I think the quality is worth it.

 

[Wanna Ride]

One of these days I will have me a larger brake but I don't really have the need at this time as I don't do as much actual sheetmetal work as I used to.

Same here. I surely wouldn't use it a lot, but I have an affliction of acquiring anything I may need, even if it's not very often. For example; I don't have to work on my Harley very often, but when I do, I don't want to lay or sit on the floor to do it. So about seven years ago, I had some cash stashed, and went ahead and bought a decent one. Not a Handy (not an HF either), but still one that was more than adequate. since then, I've found other uses for it too. Probably didn't really justify the cost, but now I have it.

 

[zmotorsports]

Same here. I surely wouldn't use it a lot, but I have an affliction of acquiring anything I may need, even if it's not very often. For example; I don't have to work on my Harley very often, but when I do, I don't want to lay or sit on the floor to do it. So about seven years ago, I had some cash stashed, and went ahead and bought a decent one. Not a Handy (not an HF either), but still one that was more than adequate. since then, I've found other uses for it too. Probably didn't really justify the cost, but now I have it.

I'm the same way. There are tools that I don't use very often but I have them so when I do need it I want to walk right to it in my own shop. I've been drooling over a 48" pan brake for a while but just can't seem to pull the trigger. At least not for a while until I can recover from the expenses already spent on the shop this year.

 

[yaidunno]

Ahh the ole Fuji triples. Those are always fun to get running spot on. Carbs cleaned up nicely. Looks like his clutch sheaves picked up some corrosion from sitting as well.

 

[zmotorsports]

Ahh the ole Fuji triples. Those are always fun to get running spot on. Carbs cleaned up nicely. Looks like his clutch sheaves picked up some corrosion from sitting as well.

Yeah, the sled was clean for the year but NOT what I would call pristine. The pipe had been welded several times where they seem to crack and the bolt on the torque rod was loose. I had to quit looking because I kept finding things that needed attention, but he mainly just wanted it running.

When I would get a sled like this back in the day, it would come completely apart and blueprinted upon reassembly. It was amazing how different two identical sleds would run on the mountain with nothing more than just fine tuning one to spec.

Thanks for stopping by my projects thread.

 

[zmotorsports]

Last night I finally got my Reznor UDAP 150 running correctly. Seems as though the contractor didn't complete the installation properly by setting the gas pressure to the correct setting. They just stabbed it in the corner, hooked up the flue, connected the T-stat and plugged it in evidently.

I was on the phone with Reznor Friday afternoon and then again yesterday morning so ran home and adjusted the pressure to what they suggested and it doesn't even sound the same and doesn't trip the high limit switch.

Woo Hoo, I have RELIABLE heat now in my shop.

 

[fnieto]

Sounds cozy Mike. I used a Modine in my old shop. It would get me sweating in no time.

Nice work on the sled.

 

[zmotorsports]

Sounds cozy Mike. I used a Modine in my old shop. It would get me sweating in no time.

Nice work on the sled.

Thanks Paco.

The Reznor is what I requested and it has been working keeping me warm but trips the limit switch on long pulls from 50 (where I keep it at night) up to around 62 degrees where I set it when working. I didn't notice any issues until last week when the outside temps really dropped like a rock and the shop was getting all the way down to that 50-degree mark over night. It will maintain that 50-degrees no problem and once it got up to the 62-ish degrees it would maintain no problem, it was that long pull from 50 to 62 that it would trip out at around 17-18 plus minute run (around 58 degrees). Until I could get it figured out I would bump the temp from 50 to about 56 and let it satisfy the T-stat and shut down for about 10-minutes then bump it up from 56 to 62 and it would maintain that the rest of the day without any issues, but I knew it wasn't right and it was bugging the hell out of me, to the point I haven't been able to sleep until it was corrected.

I finally heard back from Reznor yesterday afternoon so when I arrived home I made the final checks and adjusted the gas pressure down to where Reznor suggested. After the adjustment I ran it from 48 degrees all the way up to 70 degrees which took 34 minutes and it never missed a beat.

I love how quiet my Reznor is as well. When I built my first shop in the early 90's I obtained a used Reznor 75k btu heater from a friend who was remodeling a grocery store. It was about 8 or so years old when I acquired it and it worked fantastic for nearly 20 years that I had it but the combustion chamber started coming apart and in 2014 we had a new HVAC system put in the house and I worked a great deal on a new heater for the shop. The company sold Modine so they installed a 75k btu Hot Dawg in my last shop. It worked great but sounded like a jet taking off as it was louder than hell. I saw one of these newer Reznor UDAP heaters in action last year at a friends shop and that is what I told my contractor I wanted in my new shop. It is so much more quiet than my previous Hot Dawg and now it is reliable heat.

Chock up another reason to do **** yourself and not rely on others for. They installed my heater while I was gone picking up our coach from paint and I just "assumed" it was installed correctly. I guess I ask for too much.

Thanks for stopping by Paco. Thanks for posting up your projects as well. I love seeing pictures of your shop and how well equipped it is.

 

[fnieto]

Thanks Paco.

The Reznor is what I requested and it has been working keeping me warm but trips the limit switch on long pulls from 50 (where I keep it at night) up to around 62 degrees where I set it when working. I didn't notice any issues until last week when the outside temps really dropped like a rock and the shop was getting all the way down to that 50-degree mark over night. It will maintain that 50-degrees no problem and once it got up to the 62-ish degrees it would maintain no problem, it was that long pull from 50 to 62 that it would trip out at around 17-18 plus minute run (around 58 degrees). Until I could get it figured out I would bump the temp from 50 to about 56 and let it satisfy the T-stat and shut down for about 10-minutes then bump it up from 56 to 62 and it would maintain that the rest of the day without any issues, but I knew it wasn't right and it was bugging the hell out of me, to the point I haven't been able to sleep until it was corrected.



I finally heard back from Reznor yesterday afternoon so when I arrived home I made the final checks and adjusted the gas pressure down to where Reznor suggested. After the adjustment I ran it from 48 degrees all the way up to 70 degrees which took 34 minutes and it never missed a beat.

I love how quiet my Reznor is as well. When I built my first shop in the early 90's I obtained a used Reznor 75k btu heater from a friend who was remodeling a grocery store. It was about 8 or so years old when I acquired it and it worked fantastic for nearly 20 years that I had it but the combustion chamber started coming apart and in 2014 we had a new HVAC system put in the house and I worked a great deal on a new heater for the shop. The company sold Modine so they installed a 75k btu Hot Dawg in my last shop. It worked great but sounded like a jet taking off as it was louder than hell. I saw one of these newer Reznor UDAP heaters in action last year at a friends shop and that is what I told my contractor I wanted in my new shop. It is so much more quiet than my previous Hot Dawg and now it is reliable heat.

Chock up another reason to do **** yourself and not rely on others for. They installed my heater while I was gone picking up our coach from paint and I just "assumed" it was installed correctly. I guess I ask for too much.

Thanks for stopping by Paco. Thanks for posting up your projects as well. I love seeing pictures of your shop and how well equipped it is.

Thanks Mike, I don't visit this site as much these days, but do enjoy it when I stop in. I do EVERYTHING my self from circuit boards, to axel work. Been burned too may times in the past. I don't even buy extended warrantees on large ticket items as this required someone else working on my stuff. I'm sure I'll struggle with this as I get older unable to do things, but for now Its all me.

The unit I have is a PDP 150, I scored it from a demolition company that was remodeling one of our firehouse apparatus bays. Ironically, that bay had been upgraded two years prior to the remodel (wasteful city). The Modine only had two winters on it and still had protective wrap on the housing. For $200 I got the pipe hangers, duct work and thermostat they even offered the gas supply line which I declined. To be honest, I only used it a hand full of times since 1999 due to mild winters, but its a quiet unit considering it has a CFM of 2180 and throws air 55'. I'm glad you got you unit dialed in.
The new shop has R30 insulation all around and I have a 85K BTU propane salamander style heater that is loud, but in three seasons I've only used it three times (same season) for twenty minutes then shut it off. The shop stays warm after that so long as I don't open a bay door and by 10 am it nice outside. Utah is cold by comparison to southern AZ but what a view you have my friend

 

[zmotorsports]

Thanks Mike, I don't visit this site as much these days, but do enjoy it when I stop in. I do EVERYTHING my self from circuit boards, to axel work. Been burned too may times in the past. I don't even buy extended warrantees on large ticket items as this required someone else working on my stuff. I'm sure I'll struggle with this as I get older unable to do things, but for now Its all me.

The unit I have is a PDP 150, I scored it from a demolition company that was remodeling one of our firehouse apparatus bays. Ironically, that bay had been upgraded two years prior to the remodel (wasteful city). The Modine only had two winters on it and still had protective wrap on the housing. For $200 I got the pipe hangers, duct work and thermostat they even offered the gas supply line which I declined. To be honest, I only used it a hand full of times since 1999 due to mild winters, but its a quiet unit considering it has a CFM of 2180 and throws air 55'. I'm glad you got you unit dialed in.
The new shop has R30 insulation all around and I have a 85K BTU propane salamander style heater that is loud, but in three seasons I've only used it three times (same season) for twenty minutes then shut it off. The shop stays warm after that so long as I don't open a bay door and by 10 am it nice outside. Utah is cold by comparison to southern AZ but what a view you have my friend

Thanks Paco. I completely agree about doing everything yourself. I too worry about being able to keep up as I age. That is the one reason I didn't want so much property when the wife and I were looking at new homes last year. She kept trying to get me to look at 2+ acre lots and I would not have it. I told her I didn't want anything more than 3/4 of an acre because that is the minimum size lot we needed to build a 3k square foot accessory building, nothing more. I'm glad I stuck to my guns because even with just 3/4 of an acre and all this concrete the yard is still more than double what I had to keep up and I'm sure that will get harder and harder as I get older. For now it is enjoyable to mow and trim the lawn though.

The reason I got Reznor involved in my heater was first because I had exhausted my knowledge on HVAC system and second because I wanted it on record with my serial # just in the event that I would need to file a warranty claim down the road. I was on target on the gas pressure but didn't realize that it needed to be quite that low for this altitude.

Thanks again for stopping by. You need to hang out over here a bit more my friend, pretty active forum.

 

[zmotorsports]

Received a call from my upholsterer today informing me that the pilot and co-pilot seats were completed so I ran and picked them up.

They turned out freaking amazing.


He informed me that these were hands down the most complicated and intricately assembled captains chairs he has ever done in his several decades of doing upholstery. I kind of gathered that by the replacement cost when I was waffling between recovering or replacing. [emoji15]

I doubt he’ll have the two couches done before the weekend but he said he would try.

Next I tackled the lighting. I am tired of fighting with these damn fluorescent Thin Lites and their intermittent issue and just decided to convert them to LED and be done with it.

Foot candle reading before removal.


Old fixture removed from the coach and ready to remove the guts of fluorescent fixture.


LED strips cut and wires soldered onto the one end of each strip. Hint...don’t bother purchasing the POS connectors that snap on the copper pads after cutting the strip LED’s. They were so temperamental they didn’t even make it into the fixture before they were flickering and blinking from poor connectivity. I ended up soldering the wires on so I wouldn’t have to deal with intermittent issues after bouncing down the road.


I wiped the inside of the fixture down with some acetone and then applied a small bead of 3M weatherstrip adhesive to the backside of each strip and glued them in place.


Bench testing.


Installed back in the coach.


Switched on.


With cover installed. Looks factory.


Nearly 3x the light output. Don’t mind the mess, once I get the remaining four lights retro-fitted I will give everything a good detailing.


Thanks for looking.

 

[zmotorsports]

Arrived home from work this evening and had to shovel a skiff of snow.

I then commenced cutting and soldering multiple strips of LED’s so I can finish up the last few lights in our coach.


While I was soldering strips of LED’s the wife called and informed me she thought her car struggled a bit to start upon leaving work. I told her to pull it around into the shop when she got home and I would check it out.

Sure enough the battery is getting a bit weak. Figured I better change it as the temperatures dropped pretty substantial two weeks ago are supposed to drop even more in the next couple of days and I don’t want her stranded.

After picking up the new battery I detailed the box while everything was apart.




Battery at rest voltage.


Charging sufficiently.


Minimum voltage reading upon cranking/starting.


Finished buttoning things up.


Engine cover reinstalled and wiped down.


Also gave it a quick once over adding washer fluid, checked tire pressures, checked coolant and power steering fluids before pulling it out of the shop and parking it in the garage so it’s ready for her to go in the morning.

Providing we don’t get any more snow tomorrow I hope to be able to install the two light fixtures I retro’d tonight into the coach and maybe do two more.

 

[macgyver]

Mike, did you just go right from the on off switch to the leds? I need to do the two fixtures I have in my Sig.

 

[Bob Heine]

Mike, thank you for sharing your projects. They are both enlightening and entertaining and I look forward to reading many more. Wishing you and yours a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

 

[zmotorsports]

Mike, did you just go right from the on off switch to the leds? I need to do the two fixtures I have in my Sig.

That is correct Quinn. The LED's are operated directly off of the 12VDC power being supplied to the original light fixture.

I've read conflicting reports however, as some people on the RV forums are reporting LED failures due to the higher voltage when charging (14VDC) and having to install step down modules to keep the voltage right at 12VDC, but then others are reporting no issues whatsoever after 2 plus years of living in theirs full-time without running anything additional.

I think I will just keep an eye on them and see what happens as no sense in adding more cost and connections if not necessary. Could be different quality of LED's as well.

Just FYI Quinn, here is a link to the LED's that I used.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/12V-5M-505...e=STRK:MEBIDX:IT&_trksid=p2060353.m2749.l2649

I know of two others personally running these strip LED's who are not running step down modules with no issues.

Thanks for stopping by Quinn.

 

[zmotorsports]

Mike, thank you for sharing your projects. They are both enlightening and entertaining and I look forward to reading many more. Wishing you and yours a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Thanks for the comments Bob. Glad to see my posts are worth reading and enjoyable.

I wish you and your family a very Merry Christmas and a Safe and Happy New Year as well.

Thank you.

 

[MP&C]

Mike, what is the quantity in a skiff of snow?

 

[zmotorsports]

Mike, what is the quantity in a skiff of snow?

Well Robert, it goes like this. What is only a 1/2" (or slightly less) of actual depth, it is the square footage of all of that concrete that adds up to the piles of snow around the yard.

It took me about an hour and a half to push off that ~1/2" of snow using my 48" wide snow shovel. And here's a fun fact, that 1.5 hour also equated to just over 3500 steps according to my step counter.

When I came in the house to grab a drink after pushing the snow but before working on the wife's car, she asked if I still liked all of my concrete. At that particular moment I don't think I could honestly answer her.

Thanks for inquiring Robert and thanks for checking in on my project thread.

 

[Duker]

Mike, I hope you and your family have a great Christmas and a fantastic New Year! Can’t wait to see what projects cut of the shop in 2018!


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[zmotorsports]

Mike, I hope you and your family have a great Christmas and a fantastic New Year! Can’t wait to see what projects cut of the shop in 2018!


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Thanks Duke.

I wish you and your family a very Merry Christmas as well.

 

[WhiffySpark]

Well Robert, it goes like this. What is only a 1/2" (or slightly less) of actual depth, it is the square footage of all of that concrete that adds up to the piles of snow around the yard.

It took me about an hour and a half to push off that ~1/2" of snow using my 48" wide snow shovel. And here's a fun fact, that 1.5 hour also equated to just over 3500 steps according to my step counter.

When I came in the house to grab a drink after pushing the snow but before working on the wife's car, she asked if I still liked all of my concrete. At that particular moment I don't think I could honestly answer her.

Thanks for inquiring Robert and thanks for checking in on my project thread.

Back pack blower?

 

[zmotorsports]

I want to wish all of my fellow garagejournal friends and their families a very Merry Christmas.

Thank you all for following along on my shop build and projects this year.


We awoke to a white Christmas this year as we had about 5” of snow fall overnight.

 

[LXCam]

Merry Christmas Mike and family. I hope you have time to enjoy your new ice skating rink

Lol, have a good one!

 

[shortykorte]

Merry Christmas! My gift to you is all the Florida snow.

 

[zmotorsports]

Merry Christmas Mike and family. I hope you have time to enjoy your new ice skating rink

Lol, have a good one!

Thanks Cam, and a very Merry Christmas to you my friend.

 

[zmotorsports]

Merry Christmas! My gift to you is all the Florida snow.

Thanks Shorty. Merry Christmas. How about some of that Florida sunshine? I could go golf or a little of that right about now. [emoji41]

 

[oldmxracer]

Mike, I just have to ask, where did You put that 5" of snow ? In the pictures it just seems to disappear !

 

[zmotorsports]

Mike, I just have to ask, where did You put that 5" of snow ? In the pictures it just seems to disappear !

Everything behind the gates went to the back lawn. I had to throw the back yard three times to get it all the way to the lawn and spread it out enough so it wasn’t one large pile. I also tried to place it where it would be exposed to the most sun throughout the day.

Luckily the front yard I am able to split it down the middle and throw half to the front lawn and the other half to the side front lawn.

Took me about two hours to blow the snow off the front driveway, the 335’ of sidewalk and the back yard.

 

[Bigblue&Goldie]

Dude, even your snow removal has ridiculous attention to detail! Merry Christmas!

 

[zmotorsports]

Dude, even your snow removal has ridiculous attention to detail! Merry Christmas!

Thanks. I hope you had a Merry Christmas as well. Although I don't know what you mean about detailing my snow removal, I was just trying to get it off the concrete and onto the lawn.

The wife did follow along behind me with my 48" Snowplow shovel and clean up the straggling lines. By the time we arrived home yesterday afternoon from visiting the in-laws the last little bit had melted off and the concrete was completely dry. Looked pretty good and especially for being a north facing house/shop.

Thanks for following along on my thread. I appreciate you taking the time.

 

[Djui5]

Cool thread! Thanks for sharing with us

 

[gsingh]

Just finished reading the entire thread. Thank for sharing all that work with us.

 

[zmotorsports]

Cool thread! Thanks for sharing with us

Just finished reading the entire thread. Thank for sharing all that work with us.

Thank you. I appreciate you taking the time to read through it and hope you follow along.

 

[zmotorsports]

I haven't had any shop time this entire week due to work being so crazy busy.

I actually took New Year's Day off because the wife has the day off and I wanted to be able to spend some time hanging out with her. I get a three day weekend this weekend and my son started on his Jeep WJ this week as he had the week off from work. I hope to be able to help him and spend some time hanging out in the shop with him tonight and tomorrow.

I also received a call from my upholstery guy a few minutes ago and he was able to get one of the couches done for the coach so I am going to run and grab it after work and maybe get at least one couch installed tomorrow.

 

[zmotorsports]

Picked up one of the two jackknife couches today. This one resides on the curbside of the coach.

Turned out pretty nice.


I asked my upholstery guy to leave the armrests off each end in the hope it will be a little less cumbersome getting through the doorway. Once inside I will install the armrests before placing it in position and lastly to reinstall the drawer.

Thanks for looking.