Sunday, April 29, 2012

Parts Camper

I found a 70's truck camper, severely rotted and water damaged, with clean appliances and hydraulic camper jacks for $100... can't go wrong, right?  Again... seller seemed like a good honest man.

In the process of evaluating those appliances, I learned how to work the ovens and furnace pilots... so now I had extra stuff!  Maybe there will be other useful parts from the truck camper, but I should be able to recover my expenses by selling the appliances I don't need, right?


The four-burner stove / oven, which has a matching fume hood...



The old Hydro Flame furnace, which looks virtually identical to my original, but a little newer... I've since learned that this model of furnace was popular because of the exterior fresh air and exhaust venting, as well as the lack of a blower fan... quieter. 





I left these installed in my camper so I could readily demonstrate they were working.  When I sell them, I'll just swap in my originals.  Good idea, right?





Then there is the 3-way Dometic refridgerator... I plugged it in at my buddy's shop, and it works great!

So if I sell all these things, it should pay for both campers and some renos!

2 comments:

  1. What is the medal rod hanging out of the heater? I have a 73 lastrada pull camper and mine broke off but have no idea what it's for or what it's called

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    1. That's the temperature sensing bulb. It's what tells the thermostat to cycle on and off.

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