A couple of times the battery’s gone flat. It’s easy to leave a light on accidentally, or the brake pedal slightly depressed, &c. Finally wouldn’t charge, replaced it.
This weekend installed a master cutoff switch, so I can leave it disconnected while parked, removing all risk of drain.
Also replaced some rivets at the bottom of the cabin door, which eliminated one of the many many sources of noise… more to come.
In addition to an art project, also working on our new Burning Man Vehicle. Acquired in September for ~$8000, a 1994 used Fedex truck. Chevy P30, V8 engine, got about 9 miles to the gallon driving home from Sacramento.
It’s legal to drive with a regular license, since it has the usual 2 axles, and fewer than, um, 10 passengers? either of which requires a special license. And regular brakes. And stuff. Pretty similar to u-haul you could rent.
Built-in delivery shelves, soon to be removed. Fortunately, I found a parking spot for $60/month a short bike ride from home. Some interesting characters there, like James with his fire truck.
2013-01-04: Removed the shelves! Great bother, with a combination of drilling, angle-grinder cutting disk, hammering, shouting, &c. And careful rigging so as each of the four massive aluminum shelves came loose, it couldn’t fall far.
2013-03-03: Tucked R-13 insulation into the frame and covered the easy parts with plywood. 3/8″ sheathing-grade. Also, these marvelous self-drilling screws. A 1/8″ hole, followed by driving these in, works great. Rather tedious swapping the 1/8 drill bit for the 5/16″ hex driver bit (with magnetic holder), but once the rhythm was got…
R13 batting is too thick!
But worked fine by gently tearing off a layer, and using it half thickness. Hot melt glue was used to tack it in place until plywood applied.
A good day’s work.
