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Wothahellizat 2: Construction Diaries

This is the story of the building of our second motorhome, Wothahellizat 2.

This diary will take over from the GRAYnomad Chronicles for the duration of the Wothahellizat 2 project.

Because I will not have much time to work on the computer, the format will be a little different from the chronicles, for example there will be no large versions of the photos as these require much work integrating them into the photography and database side of this site.

I will also try to update on a regular basis, we'll see how it works out.

Latest Entry
  • Entries will appear here first, then get moved to the bottom of the most recent diary.

Diary #19
  • We start the cladding.
Diary #18
  • Wood storage. Heater installation. Aerials. Adding two more batteries.
Diary #17
  • Painting the roof. Mounting the solar panels. Ladder storage. Tool rack.
Diary #16
  • Working on the electricals. Rainwater collection.
Diary #15
  • Kitchen storage, erecting an awning over the shed's wash bay, cab/body access door, beer storage, air conditioner ducting.
Diary #14
  • Modifying the Trace inverter. Shunts. Temporary wiring. Generator catches on fire.
Diary #13
  • Bedroom roof hatch, motorbike storage.
Diary #12
  • Spray painting the cab. I start on the utilities area. More work on the shutters.
Diary #11
  • We have a front door. The body comes off for the last time.
Diary #10
  • Fixing bent frame, shutter drains, bedroom floor, we can the poptop, hanging some of the shutters.
Diary #09
  • Generator handle, bin latches and locking mechanism, sheeting the floor, installing the toilet, shower base.
Diary #08
  • Toolboxes, compressor storage, workbench, oxy/acetylene storage
Diary #07
  • More body bracing, the floor goes down, bin door latches, weighing the truck.
Diary #06
  • The body and shockie mounts.
Diary #05
  • I return to working on the truck side of things, starting with the spare wheel lifter.
Diary #04
  • The shutter design, bedroom construction, the old body gets a new home. Building the poptop .
Diary #03
  • Building the spare wheel carrier. Fitting the winch sheave block. Legs to lift the body on/off the chassis.
Diary #02
  • Building the frame, the chassis gets shortened, moving the brake boosters, putting the fuel tanks back on.
Diary #01 
  • The project begins, we start demolishing Wothahellizat.

 

Index

Aerials

Air Conditioning

Air lines

  • Consolidating T and L fittings with a block (Diary #08)

Batteries

Bearings, using for runners

Bedroom

Bins

Body, old one

Body, new one

Body, framework

Bolts

Brakes

Cab

Chassis

Compressor

Corrosion

Cladding

Deck

Electrical

Electrolysis

Fans

Floor

Fire extinguishers

Fuel

Gas

Generator

Gluing

Gussets

Heater

Handles

Hatch

Hinges

Insulation

  • Adding to wall panels before gluing (Diary #19)

Kitchen

Latches

Laundry

Legs

  • For lifting the body onto the chassis (Diary #03)

Lounge room

Motorbike

Mounts

Painting

Plumbing

Poptop

Pressurising

Recovery points/gear

Roof

Scout vehicle

  • Gavin & Tracy's Mini Moke in the back of their bus (Diary #13)
  • Hoist for lifting motorbike (Diary #13)

Shock absorbers

Shower

Shutters

Solar power

Spare wheel

Steps

Storage

Tanks

Toilet

Toolboxes

TV

Utilities area

Washing

Weight

Wheelbase

Winch

Windscreen

Workbench

  • Storage compartment door as bench (Diary #08)

 

 

 





 


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