Just purchased a 2004 Haulmark on 97 Freightliner Chassis. Bought it for 48k. This thread will be used for my restore project. It parallels my thread here: 04 Haulmark Restore Project - Page 2 - HDT - Escapees Discussion Forum
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Day 0: Analysis
Center of floor has a soft spot. Its not near the edges so I suspect a leak wasn't cleaned up in time and rotted subfloor. Checked under frame and no rust means its an easy fix. Floor has marks from the side. Broken slide rollers means it needs to be removed to have those replaced. Some outlets and the fridge don't work. No sink or stove. Sink has drains but no hot/cold water lines. Luckily the hot water heater is right there. Clearly previous owner started a quick flip they couldn't finish. Lets get to work |
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WELCOME to the site.
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Kitchen
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Week 1: Pulling vinyl flooring
Found the water damage! Plenty to go around! Luckily for me its only one panel of subfloor. Easy fix. The aluminum frame underneath is fine, so a new sheet of plywood and we're good as new! The A/C Unit above the water damage was the likely culprit here, so that warrants a follow up. Dinette set had to be removed, needed access to all of subfloor. Plus it was tacky. |
Interesting and it looks like a good project. I saw the post about the stacker, any idea if it was or is for sale? We're looking for one.
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Yes its available, contact Mike Brotherton
Elite Motorsports, LLC. | Semi Transporters, Stacker Trailers, Toters, RVs | NHRA Drag Racing |
Egon
Post some of your work pictures as you go thru all this, We are full of advise and I for one like to see what's under the flooring, and like your AC where is the leak and why did it start? Helps us on the forum look out for our problems. What are you going to put back for Dinette? Sam |
Trying to figure out how to post pics on this site, meanwhile I've bee posting here:
04 Haulmark Restore Project - HDT - Escapees Discussion Forum |
Looks like a fun project! Keep us posted on progress.
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man I HATE the crappy wallpaper job....htey couldn't even butt the seams together, where they ran out they just put a strip over it to fill the gap!
Seeing this makes me wonder if I even want to bother pulling ours off. |
I can't get images to show on this board, they just appear as icons. The build is also logged here
04 Haulmark Restore Project - Page 2 - HDT - Escapees Discussion Forum |
You should be able to attach images to every post. Just click 'go advanced' at the bottom of the reply editor and follow the prompts manage attachments.
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Figured it out, reposting:
Week 1: Pulling vinyl flooring Found the water damage! Plenty to go around! Luckily for me its only one panel of subfloor. Easy fix. The aluminum frame underneath is fine, so a new sheet of plywood and we're good as new! The A/C Unit above the water damage was the likely culprit here, so that warrants a follow up. Dinette set had to be removed, needed access to all of subfloor. Plus it was tacky. Here's the floor rot https://imgur.com/oYbEucb.jpg A/C https://imgur.com/AOWSIbz.jpg Dinette https://imgur.com/ryT4Yk5.jpg |
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Update 1
Frame supports confirmed good, bad subfloor panel removed. No mold/rot underneath https://imgur.com/T1Ks8Qe.jpg https://imgur.com/hWapWvm.jpg https://imgur.com/5m0Byom.jpg |
Update 2: End of week 1
Spent the rest of the week trying to scrape up all the old adhesive from the subfloor. WHAT A PAIN! Its taken about 20 hours to remove about 90%. Scraping gets most of it but some needs to be dissolved with adhesive remover, which takes much longer. https://imgur.com/gOn9mfK.jpg |
Replaced the subfloor panel with 5/8'' plywood, but its too thin. I know 3/4'' plywood will be too thick so I'll have to figure out a way to raise it. Need the floor to be perfect prior to installing vinyl over top.
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End of Week 2 Update:
Removed a lot of wallpaper, very difficult because its heat bonded, but in my opinion its an essential step of a good restore job. Simply painting over the wallpaper can be a waste of time because it will eventually curl up, and removing all the wallpaper allows me to see any hidden water damage. Wallpaper usually won't peel up until the plywood underneath is rotted, and then its too late and the plywood underneath needs to be removed. To remove heat bonded wallpaper, simply get a razor blade and make long cuts floor to ceiling. This will divide it into 8 inch wide vertical strips. Then peel at a corder until the top half is loose. Pull the strip down in one piece slowly. Some say heat guns help but I've had limited success. Thanks to removing the wallpaper, more small sections of water damaged plywood were discovered and will be removed/repaired prior to painting |
Need to remove the cabinets to get the wallpaper behind it. You can see water damage in the top left from the slide out. Slide out is getting removed to replace broken rollers. When that is removed I'll work on the drywall behind it. Removed a lot of trim too. Need to start labeling it. Will paint and re-apply
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This was a very lightly damaged area. Water stains under window, no mold/rot/soft spots - Not sure if I should cut out the panel, sand it, spray with mold killer or just paint over it. Let me know what y'all think
https://imgur.com/hIleQI6.jpg |
Worst damage so far came from an exterior outlet. Bottom picture shows a complete lack of caulking around it.
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Pulled the wallpaper and rotted plywood. Will patch after all the damage in the RV has been found. May need to widen the cut to reach the aluminum frame. The frame will allow the patch to be securely anchored to the wall
https://imgur.com/QQkvgKs.jpg https://imgur.com/ik6k8yA.jpg https://imgur.com/30w48b8.jpg |
Plywood is delaminating below the kitchen window, but its only the top layer. I plan on placing tile over it, so I think I can scrape off the top layer of delaminated plywood and spackle over it.
https://imgur.com/HJ7QP45.jpg https://imgur.com/cgGHBlO.jpg |
End of Week 3: Engine Work
Got a CHK ENG light on my way home, and I bought the truck with two other known failures (WHEEL SPIN and TRACTOR ABS FAIL) that needed to be remedied. Also felt low on power. First shop (RV place) ran codes for 2 failed injectors and said they couldn't work on a 55 series. Pushed me over to Stewart Stevenson in ABQ. They gave me no estimate for labor and handed me a $6600 writeup for parts (6 new injectors, new pump...) I considered an engine swap to a reliable 60 series. I then went to another shop (2nd to none service) out of town to get a second look. In that 45 minute drive the injectors must have become unclogged, because they re-ran codes and found only that I was getting my CHK ENG light for a missing Jake brake, which the current engine doesn't have. The original owners apparently swapped the 55 with another 55 somewhere along the way. Low power was fixed with a new clamp to patch an air leak. Good as new for $200. Better than the 10k I thought it would be. Rest of errors listed above fixed for 1K total. Never been happier to spend a grand |
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Looks really nice what size is it
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I havent forgotten about y'all. Heres some far less detailed updates
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We gutted it and replaced subfloor
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Stainless Steel kitchen. Framed in hardwood and sheathed in stainless. Butcher block countertops, dishwasher, full size stove
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Damn, nice!
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Wow, that's a lot of work you have done. Thanks for sharing the pics.
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