The_D
passenger awd
That was a joke, however what MB model u are referring just out of curiosity
What did you do NOT to your Sprinter today?
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Green Maned Lion
Der Unverbesserliche.
Its a long list, but you could start with Rudolf, which is sitting right on the curb in front of my house, and has no cupholders. I LOVE that car. Owned it over 20 years already.
Green-Schlomo
OY VEY
Generator box is complete and the generator is securely locked away inside. Mounted the propane tanks and they are securely locked in place with the regulator. Iomorrow i will climb on the roof and install the air conditioner and vent fan. After that it time to start wiring the 110 volt AC
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Green Maned Lion
Der Unverbesserliche.
The Grand was showing “The General” (1926 starring Buster Keaton), which I had seen before but with a different live organist, so we went out to East Greenville to see it. The previous organist was an older man, but this one, whose name is Ian Fraser, is considerably younger than me, is a prodigy at the complexity of playing a more than 100 year old entirely air powered theatre organ (AFAIK the largest one in service in the entire country!). It was a wonderful performance.
We went antiquing before, which was a wrenching experience, but my wife’s ever enlarging vintage toaster collection also grew:
We had planned to have dinner at my wifes favourite, a sushi restaurant called Shogun, but were devastated to find out it had been replaced by a loud, pricier, hipster sushi place. I dunno how good it was, but would be shocked if it wasnt horrible. Couldn’t put up with the Weeaboo Anime decor and obnoxiously frenetic and loud music anyway.
We went antiquing before, which was a wrenching experience, but my wife’s ever enlarging vintage toaster collection also grew:
We had planned to have dinner at my wifes favourite, a sushi restaurant called Shogun, but were devastated to find out it had been replaced by a loud, pricier, hipster sushi place. I dunno how good it was, but would be shocked if it wasnt horrible. Couldn’t put up with the Weeaboo Anime decor and obnoxiously frenetic and loud music anyway.
AK_Sprinter
Well-known member
Looks like you and your wench also got a left handed monkey wrench? 😀
Green Maned Lion
Der Unverbesserliche.
Well, its set up for the left handed person who put it there, anyway. Yeah. I wish they made tools as well as this thing. I know all wrenches end up being the nearest available hammer at some point in their life, but this one...
I was really impressed with how the thing was put together. You didn't think I'd let my wife buy a toaster without me buying something to, did you?
vreihen
🇺🇸 2014 NCV3 170" cargo with OM651
Green-Schlomo
OY VEY
Im working on getting the AC wiring finished up and then i will start on the 12 volt wiring. All of the AC wiring is contained within 1" and 3/4" conduit so that the mice dont have direct easy access to it. Everything is being installed for quick easy access in case any issues arise in the future, i dont want to be yanking wall panels off etc... There are 3 110 volt outlets on each wall and two on the forward walls. Each outlet has its own dedicated circuit with the exception of the two in the very back which are powered by load lines from the outlet directly forward of them. AIr Conditioner and brushless vent fan have been installed. I already wired up the Air Conditioner so i could test it out. Its a Coleman Mach 8 low profile 15,000 BTU.
Once i get all the outlets installed so the wires arent hanging from the walls with exposed wire ends, i will reinstall the inverter box, fire the generator up again and see if i can get this thing anywhere near meatlocker temps inside. I used R10 rated foam board insulation in the walls and ceiling (it was the highest rated i could find), still have to pack the crevice between the roof line and the top of the walls with some wool style insulation once all the wiring is finished and sealed up. Next will be the plumbing for the sink, shower, and water fill access and venting.
There will be no black tank because im sick and tired of dealing with foul smells and constant black tank maintenance. My past experience is that when youre traveling on the road you usually end up having to dump the black tank at the most inconvenient time possible which means you usually end up having to dump at a truck stop and pay to dump your fecal matter, or spend that same amount of money in fuel to track down a place where you can dump for free.
Once the shower and sink are installed i will layout the cooking area where the dogs meals will be prepared for a week in advance. I just prefer to cook a weeks worth of food for them versus scrambling around every day trying to make them something to eat.
The right side of the forward wall will be the electrical cabinet where the breaker box/fuse box, inverter, solar controller, and battery containment compartment will reside as well as various switches and system monitors.. Right now my plan is to have 3 or 4 group 31 agm batteries to power the 12 volt LED lighting and a dedicated inverter to power a medium size refridgerator which will have to run 24 hours a day obviously. Down the road once the trailer is done i may look into upgrading the fridge to a 12 volt marine style unit if i can locate one thats large enough to meet my needs.
All of my outlets are 20 amp GFCI and all of the breakers are 20 amp with the exception of the main breaker which is of course 30 amps.
All of the lighting will be 12 volt, the vent fan is 12 volt, the fridge will run on 12 volt, furnace 12 volt and propane, water heater propane and 110 AC, stove propane, everything else will run on 110 AC power from the cummins generator or shore power. That includes crock pot to cook dog food, microwave to warm a quick meal, coffee pot. Obviously there will be 400 to 600 watts of solar on the roof rack on top of the trailer before im finished.
Obviously theres a limit to how much stuff you can run at one time on a 30 amp system but i have been doing it for 10 years in my Chinook so im used to it.
Its 16 feet long so im hoping it all fits if i utilize all the space wisely.
Once i get all the outlets installed so the wires arent hanging from the walls with exposed wire ends, i will reinstall the inverter box, fire the generator up again and see if i can get this thing anywhere near meatlocker temps inside. I used R10 rated foam board insulation in the walls and ceiling (it was the highest rated i could find), still have to pack the crevice between the roof line and the top of the walls with some wool style insulation once all the wiring is finished and sealed up. Next will be the plumbing for the sink, shower, and water fill access and venting.
There will be no black tank because im sick and tired of dealing with foul smells and constant black tank maintenance. My past experience is that when youre traveling on the road you usually end up having to dump the black tank at the most inconvenient time possible which means you usually end up having to dump at a truck stop and pay to dump your fecal matter, or spend that same amount of money in fuel to track down a place where you can dump for free.
Once the shower and sink are installed i will layout the cooking area where the dogs meals will be prepared for a week in advance. I just prefer to cook a weeks worth of food for them versus scrambling around every day trying to make them something to eat.
The right side of the forward wall will be the electrical cabinet where the breaker box/fuse box, inverter, solar controller, and battery containment compartment will reside as well as various switches and system monitors.. Right now my plan is to have 3 or 4 group 31 agm batteries to power the 12 volt LED lighting and a dedicated inverter to power a medium size refridgerator which will have to run 24 hours a day obviously. Down the road once the trailer is done i may look into upgrading the fridge to a 12 volt marine style unit if i can locate one thats large enough to meet my needs.
All of my outlets are 20 amp GFCI and all of the breakers are 20 amp with the exception of the main breaker which is of course 30 amps.
All of the lighting will be 12 volt, the vent fan is 12 volt, the fridge will run on 12 volt, furnace 12 volt and propane, water heater propane and 110 AC, stove propane, everything else will run on 110 AC power from the cummins generator or shore power. That includes crock pot to cook dog food, microwave to warm a quick meal, coffee pot. Obviously there will be 400 to 600 watts of solar on the roof rack on top of the trailer before im finished.
Obviously theres a limit to how much stuff you can run at one time on a 30 amp system but i have been doing it for 10 years in my Chinook so im used to it.
Its 16 feet long so im hoping it all fits if i utilize all the space wisely.
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Green Maned Lion
Der Unverbesserliche.
For years, we debated getting stair treads for the first to second floor. Quieter, better traction, prettier. But we wanted it appropriate to the house. And we both hate poly. And we both hate spending money. Also, when we bought the house 13 years ago, we were broke. Because almost all money was in the business, like always.
The “it needs to be wool” we agreed to for years. The “I dun wanna spend $1500 on a modern one!” We also agreed on.
So finally, this debate between high standards and being cheap finally got settled. Yeah, 100% wool.
The “it needs to be wool” we agreed to for years. The “I dun wanna spend $1500 on a modern one!” We also agreed on.
So finally, this debate between high standards and being cheap finally got settled. Yeah, 100% wool.
Green Maned Lion
Der Unverbesserliche.
I was going to work on Große Grün yesterday, but the weather was that kind of threatening to rain in the morning that makes flea market vendors have conniptions about whether to go to work and get stuff soaked, or stay home and watch it mostly be a beautiful sunny day (because either will inevitably happen depending on what choice you make).
My initial project was... well actually, let me start by showing you the result:
That might not seem like an all day project, unless you realise that IBM never sold 100% Model Ms with more than 102 keys, let alone a Mac version. At which point, I will tell you that his particular keyboard is (mostly) a 1988ish 1391401, which is the NA English ANSI Model M that shipped with the PS/2. Yes, the ANSI one. No, that's not an ANSI layout; it is indeed, ISO.
If you know a lot about this stuff, this is not what it might first appear to be: a Unicomp Classic with an original Model M case on it, either.
The original project was to screw mod my 'worst' IBM 1391401 (I own 3). I had the idea of maybe doing this exact project at some point; in fact I initiated a request with Unicomp for the parts a few days ago. But when I finished cutting all the tendons (rivets) on the IBM, the barrel plate folded like a wet newspaper. It had quite a few bad cracks, and was not really reusable. So, since I don't actually like my New Model Ms, and because I have two of them so I can use one for reference, I decided I'd set about trying this experiment.
The "Mac" keys (control, option, command, 'Clear', '=' and single unit '+' key), the barrel plate, the six flippers under the upper nav keys, cable, membrane, and control card are off the New Model M. The '< >' key, single unit '\ |' key, and the ISO Enter key are off a Battleship I replaced the keys on. Everything else- the case, keys, flippers, and mounting plate are the 1391401.
The New Model M has a sort of harsh feel to it, I don't like it, after using real IBMs again for a while. I wanted to create a natively Mac compatible keyboard with a fully normal and intuitive Mac layout. Converting it to ISO was a last minute idea, honestly, and I'm not sure I'll keep it that way. Theoretically, all you need to do is plug its USB cable into a Mac and you're off to the races; it even has a function layer that will allow for standard mac Media and Hot keys.
Theoretically, because it doesn't actually work.
I didn't have the energy to resolve that yesterday, but I think it has to do with the connection between the membrane and the new-style Unicomp control card. Unlike every other Model M I have ever seen (including older Unicomps), this doesn't use a pair of ribbon edge connectors (one for the columns, one for the rows); it uses a single connector that gets folded over and the control card placed on top of it, and then screwed down. I have no idea exactly how it does that, since you still have to have two membranes, one for columns, one for rows, that get pushed toegher, and a sheet to seperate them, so there needs to be two streams of data. I'm hoping I don't have to undo the screws to figure it out, but I may need to really take it apart again to figure out how the heck two separate membranes can be combined into one connector.
Fortunately, one of the advantages of screw mods is they are serviceable.
My initial project was... well actually, let me start by showing you the result:
That might not seem like an all day project, unless you realise that IBM never sold 100% Model Ms with more than 102 keys, let alone a Mac version. At which point, I will tell you that his particular keyboard is (mostly) a 1988ish 1391401, which is the NA English ANSI Model M that shipped with the PS/2. Yes, the ANSI one. No, that's not an ANSI layout; it is indeed, ISO.
If you know a lot about this stuff, this is not what it might first appear to be: a Unicomp Classic with an original Model M case on it, either.
The original project was to screw mod my 'worst' IBM 1391401 (I own 3). I had the idea of maybe doing this exact project at some point; in fact I initiated a request with Unicomp for the parts a few days ago. But when I finished cutting all the tendons (rivets) on the IBM, the barrel plate folded like a wet newspaper. It had quite a few bad cracks, and was not really reusable. So, since I don't actually like my New Model Ms, and because I have two of them so I can use one for reference, I decided I'd set about trying this experiment.
The "Mac" keys (control, option, command, 'Clear', '=' and single unit '+' key), the barrel plate, the six flippers under the upper nav keys, cable, membrane, and control card are off the New Model M. The '< >' key, single unit '\ |' key, and the ISO Enter key are off a Battleship I replaced the keys on. Everything else- the case, keys, flippers, and mounting plate are the 1391401.
The New Model M has a sort of harsh feel to it, I don't like it, after using real IBMs again for a while. I wanted to create a natively Mac compatible keyboard with a fully normal and intuitive Mac layout. Converting it to ISO was a last minute idea, honestly, and I'm not sure I'll keep it that way. Theoretically, all you need to do is plug its USB cable into a Mac and you're off to the races; it even has a function layer that will allow for standard mac Media and Hot keys.
Theoretically, because it doesn't actually work.
I didn't have the energy to resolve that yesterday, but I think it has to do with the connection between the membrane and the new-style Unicomp control card. Unlike every other Model M I have ever seen (including older Unicomps), this doesn't use a pair of ribbon edge connectors (one for the columns, one for the rows); it uses a single connector that gets folded over and the control card placed on top of it, and then screwed down. I have no idea exactly how it does that, since you still have to have two membranes, one for columns, one for rows, that get pushed toegher, and a sheet to seperate them, so there needs to be two streams of data. I'm hoping I don't have to undo the screws to figure it out, but I may need to really take it apart again to figure out how the heck two separate membranes can be combined into one connector.Fortunately, one of the advantages of screw mods is they are serviceable.
Green Maned Lion
Der Unverbesserliche.
Update, thing works perfectly now. The new control card does work with one connector, I don't know how, but the problem was that the simply-touch-ribbon-cable-to-the-right-place-on-the-card-and-screw-them-together is a bit of a faff. Once I got it lined up properly, it works just fine. Incidentally, production date for the 1391401 is 10/26/87.
Lagom
Panic in Detroit
Visiting an old friend in Grants Pass before heading across to the high desert. I already fixed her computer, garage door, toilet and dug up all the blackberries along her fence. We were going to leave after breakfast and her microwave started making arcing sounds.
Oh, well, will install new microwave above her stove and leave tomorrow instead.
Oh, well, will install new microwave above her stove and leave tomorrow instead.
ECU
2006 T1n 118 Sprinter
Gotta watch putting metal in there.
Green Maned Lion
Der Unverbesserliche.
You should try to source a vintage microwave. They are better than new ones. They can also produce a warm glow within you.
Lagom
Panic in Detroit
Had all the necessary tools in the van except for a stud finder, borrowed from the new neighbors next door. They have a food truck, and I’ll have to see if they can sell me some tamales when I bring it back.
Green Maned Lion
Der Unverbesserliche.
You could say that I did this to my Sprinter in the sense that I put 292 miles on it on a round trip that went from my house to Carlisle with a stopover in Adamstown, but I didn't really do it to my Sprinter. My wife and I went to the Renninger's Antiques Market in Adamstown, and two antique co-ops in Carlisle, the most productive three antique places still in operation from our long history of buying antiques. The mission was looking for an 8x10 rug for the dining room. We failed.
I got a nice consolation prize, though. My wife got these two vinyl sawdust-stuffed toy animals. And I got one of the camera's I've longed for but couldn't justify the typical trading price for given that it serves no useful purpose. It's a Kodak camera, just about the only Kodak I've really longed to possess. The Speed Graphic, of course. I'm guessing since it's labeled as a Kodak, its from before 1926. In any case, the $150 I paid for it was more than fair:
I got a nice consolation prize, though. My wife got these two vinyl sawdust-stuffed toy animals. And I got one of the camera's I've longed for but couldn't justify the typical trading price for given that it serves no useful purpose. It's a Kodak camera, just about the only Kodak I've really longed to possess. The Speed Graphic, of course. I'm guessing since it's labeled as a Kodak, its from before 1926. In any case, the $150 I paid for it was more than fair:
Green Maned Lion
Der Unverbesserliche.
Last night was lots of fun. We got back from dinner a bit on the late side, and I came up to get to some computer related stuff, like checking this forum. Then my wife remembers, 20 minutes before they close, that we hadn't gone to the store and were, in fact, absolutely out of something we needed this morning. Its about a 15 minute drive, and you know you can't get out of house instantly. If you think GML never speeds, you are mistaken. We got what we needed by the skin of our teeth.
As soon as we got home, we come to the crux of this story. As some of you might know, my wife and I collect antique rugs. We have a lot of similar opinions on buying old stuff. We had a divergence of opinion when it came to the rug in the dining room; I wanted an antique wool rug like all of the others in use in the house. She didn't want a hand-knotted, artisanal, antique rug in that space because we might drop food on it, and that would damage it. However, cleaning up a mess our pet made on the one in the living room, compared to cleaning up a similar mess on the polyethylene rug in the dining room recently made her change her mind thoroughly.
We had been looking for a while for a rug that fit in the dining room, but finding a good 8x10ish rug is not easy (funnily enough, all the rest of our big rugs are either 10x14 or 10x12 or 8x12), and we decided to look for one on ebay because we both realised that us going to an actual vintage rug store would have us blow our budget to hell. We got a good deal on this rug; it cost $1k. One can get a great deal on a rug that costs $10k, and neither of us would be checking the other on actually doing so.
Anyway, between the time we left for the store at 18:40 and got back at 19:20, UPS had dropped off the rug. So we decided, on the spur of the moment, to install it. Something people not familiar with antiques aren't always aware of is something somewhat universal about them: they are heavy. And keep in mind... everything in our dining room, absolutely everything is an antique. I'm not as young as I used to be and carrying a 180lb dining table and a 110lb velocipede, and so on out of the room so we could pull the old rug out and put the new one in was not something I can do so easily at an hour that is, in fact, past my bed time!
But... yeah, we got a good rug:
And speaking of my beloved pet, you know ferrets. Or maybe you don't; once they find a hidden cave somewhere, they will go back to it, even if you have to move a 100-lb Fisher Philharmonic console because the cave they found is inside it, and they can't figure out for the life of them how to get back out of their newly found cave.
And yeah, he found a cave in my Fisher Philharmonic console. Actually, he found two of them: one is under the stereo cabinet, and the other is what I think was intended for record storage, but I actually use to bypass the original receiver/turntable and run an HK receiver and Nakamichi casette and CD player units (and I bypassed the old receiver and still use the BSR turntable that came with the thing). I nailed shut the lower cavity with one piece of 1/8th ply, and used some velcro to cover most of the other cavity:
As soon as we got home, we come to the crux of this story. As some of you might know, my wife and I collect antique rugs. We have a lot of similar opinions on buying old stuff. We had a divergence of opinion when it came to the rug in the dining room; I wanted an antique wool rug like all of the others in use in the house. She didn't want a hand-knotted, artisanal, antique rug in that space because we might drop food on it, and that would damage it. However, cleaning up a mess our pet made on the one in the living room, compared to cleaning up a similar mess on the polyethylene rug in the dining room recently made her change her mind thoroughly.
We had been looking for a while for a rug that fit in the dining room, but finding a good 8x10ish rug is not easy (funnily enough, all the rest of our big rugs are either 10x14 or 10x12 or 8x12), and we decided to look for one on ebay because we both realised that us going to an actual vintage rug store would have us blow our budget to hell. We got a good deal on this rug; it cost $1k. One can get a great deal on a rug that costs $10k, and neither of us would be checking the other on actually doing so.
Anyway, between the time we left for the store at 18:40 and got back at 19:20, UPS had dropped off the rug. So we decided, on the spur of the moment, to install it. Something people not familiar with antiques aren't always aware of is something somewhat universal about them: they are heavy. And keep in mind... everything in our dining room, absolutely everything is an antique. I'm not as young as I used to be and carrying a 180lb dining table and a 110lb velocipede, and so on out of the room so we could pull the old rug out and put the new one in was not something I can do so easily at an hour that is, in fact, past my bed time!
But... yeah, we got a good rug:
And speaking of my beloved pet, you know ferrets. Or maybe you don't; once they find a hidden cave somewhere, they will go back to it, even if you have to move a 100-lb Fisher Philharmonic console because the cave they found is inside it, and they can't figure out for the life of them how to get back out of their newly found cave.
And yeah, he found a cave in my Fisher Philharmonic console. Actually, he found two of them: one is under the stereo cabinet, and the other is what I think was intended for record storage, but I actually use to bypass the original receiver/turntable and run an HK receiver and Nakamichi casette and CD player units (and I bypassed the old receiver and still use the BSR turntable that came with the thing). I nailed shut the lower cavity with one piece of 1/8th ply, and used some velcro to cover most of the other cavity:
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