on a GM floor plan coach, there is a 2 gauge wire that connects the rear battery to the left side of the boost solenoid. Not the red wire prominent in the pic above. Look below the red wire to the 2 Ga. Original wire clamped to the Crossmember…..if one of those steel clamps wears thru the weathered wire insulation there will be a direct short to your living area battery! Take the wire out of the cable clamps, slit a 3/4″ heater hose wrapping the original wire in the hose. Then tie wrap the wire hose sleeved to the original cable clamps…….. 45 years has made this mod important.
We’re working with a coach now that the owner did his best with local talent to restore their coach. The outcome was acceptable but when it came to the GMC specific issues they brought the coach in to us from Texas to sort it out. The tip above is needed in this coach
And while we’re on this coach, let me show you a few other issues:
They had found one of the Honda EV-6010 generators 
that we still covet and install but it was mounted on a steel plate
spounds pretty secure but the cut out steel nameplate becomes a heat sink holding muffler exhaust radiated heat which heats up the generator. The nameplate should be wood….a good heat insulator and vibration damping the water cooled Honda generator is much happier mounted this way. The 3/4″ plywood base will be rubberized undercoated for protection with the generator mounted with ALL 6 SCREWS, not 4 in the corners like some do. This allows the generator to rattle in the middle….hey, it’s a small thing but………
The had installed our “frameless” window set AMD our new “toll booth” front sliders but none of the frames were sealed to the body
A’ll of these things and more make the difference in a prepared vintage RV for the road. With the owner understanding that sorting out this restoration attempt is the right thing and I’m happy to make this project all it can be.
FOllie this project, picture your coach getting the treatment we add and I feel your coach can be more reliable. So go out and insulate that big, nasty 2 Ga. wire and get safe at least there!
and keep going……
El is staking out our gate watching for that little supper dog in the next building…..what a life just like Don Quixote… protecting us all from imaginative foes………very courageous!
And the beat goes on around here. Its going to be a sunny hot day in Florida. The fans are on for the guys but it will turn out a seatfest anyway……..hey, u deal with it! See ya tomorrow and really, thanks for your support…………
