Rolling again

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Rolling again

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After a summer that should have been full of progress but wasn't :bang: I am finally getting some RV work done. I'm not complaining a week at Oshkosh and two weeks in Germany (Octoberfest :beer:) and France was nice but it's time to git er done. After my fuel line fiasco I finally got to pound some rivets today. Here are a couple pictures of what I got done.

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Now, THIS... I wanna see more pics of!

Did ya have a nice time at Octoberfest, DRUNKO!?!

I have always wanted to do that.

Looks GREAT, Jim! Keep us posted!

:) CJ
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Nice work Jim!! Octoberfest would be a BLAST!!!! I did drink some SA Octoberfest this weekend! :drink: :drink: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
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Good going Jim. Octoberfest can be kinda fun, I live in the town that hosts the largest Octoberfest outside of Germany. Most people book hotel rooms at least a year in advance because by end of this years fest, all the local rooms for next year are already booked. We get entries in the parade from all over Canada and the US as well as a few from Europe. The regional transit system offers free rides to help keep the roads a bit safer. Twenty five years ago there were lots of drunks on the road every night, this last ten years has been a lot better, more people just having fun. Anyway, glad to see some more pics Jim.
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cjensen wrote:Nice work Jim!! Octoberfest would be a BLAST!!!! I did drink some SA Octoberfest this weekend! :drink: :drink: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Does that count?
Chad, SAM ADAMS!!! Way to GO!!! A nice Boston Brew!!!

<sniff> Makes me proud!

:mrgreen:

It IS a GREAT BREW! Too bad it is unavailable during the rest of the year.

I suppose that is a good thing. It gives me WICKED GAS!!!

Undercover farts are NASTY!

:cry: CJ
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:lmao: :lmao: :lmao: :lmao: :rofl: :rofl: Dude, I am seriously just about falling out of my chair!! Octoberfest is probably my top pick brew. I really miss it the rest of the year. :cry:

Ok, back to Jim's pedals... :oops:
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Soooo, I see you get them too!

:wtf:

Poor Brit...

:notcool: CJ

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I got a little particular about the alignment of the brake pedals and came up with this very simple way to hold them all relative to each other. Slightly obvious but I haven't seen this done anywhere else. It's handy for for helping to locate the bolt holes when the connection of the master cylinders to the brake pedals are made.

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VERY NICE, Jim!

That is a cool trick which I will need to remember!

:) CJ
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