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Missy Dash & Panel Cleanup Results

I first mentioned working on Missy’s dash panels and wiring here. That work is now complete. From a functional perspective, it was a major success. From an appearance perspective, it was a failure. The right side switch panel is much better with the replacement panel and headlight switch. The left hand console/panel still looks terrible. … [Read More]

RV Holding Tanks vs Composting Toilet

The motorhome/RV “sewage” topic – particularly composting toilets vs holding tanks – seems to garner a lot of interest. It has been beaten to death and it is one of those topics that elicits a lot of passionate opinions. It is almost dangerous to respond to the topic on an Internet forum. I figured I’d… [Read More]

Invisible Air Tanks

Tiny thing, I know… but I had to report it. Missy uses air for a lot of things – suspension, brakes, opening/closing doors, etc… To keep a supply of compressed air available, she has an air tank in each of her wheel wells. They are not supposed to be invisible but neither are they supposed… [Read More]

Solar to Power the Water Heater?

I am preparing to enter ‘old age’ a little later this year and, while cold showers are wonderfully beneficial – I wrote about them here, the last few have convinced me that I ought to think about a heater to warm up the water. I think I may be on the edge of heart attack… [Read More]

Touchy Feely Nonsense

One of my sister’s has been demanding a touchy-feely post – so blame her for this…. What is going on… I’ve spent this winter around Truth or Consequences (T or C), NM. Not because T or C is the warmest place I could find or because there is a huge population of beautiful, wealthy, single… [Read More]

Working on Missy’s Dash and Wiring

This past weekend I decided it was time to do some work on Missy’s dash and wiring. She originally had an audio/visual system that included numerous video screens for the passengers to view movies and such. A great deal of wiring was routed thru the J-box and dash to a control head mounted where my… [Read More]

Dimmable Ceiling LED Light Panels

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAD!!! No… I’m not installing ceiling lights in Missy yet… 🙁 Fear not though… I have been making out just fine with some temporary LED light strips. However; I am getting close!  I still need to decide on ceiling panels and get them installed. That thinking forced me to think about the lights… [Read More]

Excess Hair!

Hair!!  Hair has been a serious problem for the last few months. It is EVERYWHERE!! I am pretty sure it is not mine. It seems to be coming from the two hairballs that run around here. I decided some changes were in order so I purchased two things. Yes, this is my retail therapy at… [Read More]

Improving on Mixture Control

I’ve been dealing with a very poor mixture control cable in the RV-4. A bowden cable is the type of cable used on the throttle of a lawn mower. It makes for a very poor aircraft throttle or mixture control cable. There is just too much wiggle in them – no matter how good the… [Read More]