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Monday, June 8, 2009

We are mobile!

Well, it was another very productive weekend. The front is completely done. It's a bit hard to see from the pictures because the mats are black, but hopefully I get better pictures out in the daylight soon.
The side cabinets are complete and installed.
They look really great with the LED lights....awesome mood lighting :)
We also installed the table and curtains..so now it looks less like a cube van and more like a little house...aw.
In the past few days, we noticed the auxiliary battery would drain rather quickly. 15 minutes or so of playing music (the amp is plugged into the secondary battery) and it would die on us. After testing dozens of possible location for shorts, looking for bad fuses or solenoid, we discovered that it was the ground that was the problem. After securing it to a new ground we did some tests and everything was fine. Phew. The objective for this week is to finish installing the sink cabinet and seat belts so we can drive her around town. We have a wedding to go to Saturday and it will be her first time out in public so we have to make sure she is nice and shiny!

1 comment:

Sarah Houlihan said...

Hi!
I feel like we've discovered kindred spirits - we're in Ottawa and recently bought a 1985 Vanagon GL Westfalia. :-) We lovingly call it the Houlivan.
Good luck on your trip - I've done the Ottawa - Tofino cross country trip (Summer 2003, 92 Nissan Stanza) and it was fantastic. Brandon MB has some amazing softserve and the best pirogies in Canada are in Winnipeg.
Look forward to reading more updates.
Cheers
Sarah