All is safely stashed away.

Quite a successful day, I have now managed to remove all of the rubbish from the floor of janis and we took it and all the rest of the detritus to the recycling centre this afternoon. I have also swept the floor and removed almost all of my tools in readiness for our trip to Cannons Forge next week when we get our three seater R&R bed fitted. Whilst driving around, it was good to be able to hear each other talking, the sound proofing is working well.

Spreading the load.

I have begun to watch other blogs this week. I am not the only person building a motor home from scratch and it's good to see how others tackle the problems involved. Currently, I am watching two VW T4 builders who both started at much the same time as I did. It was interesting to note that they are, pretty much, at the same point in their respective builds as I am. We are all doing the work in different ways due to the vehicle and the state of what was already in place, but it's quite surprising just how closely we are tracking each other with work achieved.

If you want to take a look at these two blogs, just go to my complete profile (bottom right) and check out the two links.

Let there be light...

...and an extractor fan.

My new slo blow fuses arrived yesterday and, lo and behold, they made it all work again. They also seem to be stable so I suspect my point is proven, the original fuses just couldn't take the surge. I still intend installing the new fuse box, however, as I want more control of the lighting than I have at present.

Final extractions.

Well, the double seat is now out of janis and I have even managed to remove one of the four remaining bolts. It's not easy because of age and the solidity of the original build but, none the less, it is beginning to work for me. I have already got through two of the five plasma cutting discs I bought on Saturday but, as I am cutting through welds and not just metal, I'm not so surprised. Number two will be a problem again but three and four should be easier as they aren't welded. Once they are removed, I no longer have a need to keep her outside the house and I will be able to drive her again so that's something to look forward to. In addition, within the next three weeks, I hope to be driving up to Cannons Forge to have the R&R bed fitted.

Mission Statement 2

I have just re read the first few posts on this blog and, believe it or not, I haven't achieved any of the goals set out there as yet. What I have done, of course, is to do the jobs that needed to be done and made janis much more usable than when I bought her. So here is the new and revised mission statement.

1) Finish the removal of the old passenger seating and clean up the floor.

2) fill the various holes in the interior with various suitable substances.

3) Fit a completely new auxiliary fuse box and wire into the switches on the new switch panel and get the lights and extractor fan all working properly.

4) Take a couple of days off and drive up to have the new R&R bed fitted.

These are all in the pipeline and will happen within the next few weeks, at that point, I will set out Mission Statement 3 and we shall proceed onwards.