[VAL] Re: VAL Digest V3 #68/26' 1960

[Uwe Salwender <salwender@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Does the electrical wiring from the battery to the panel run in the 
> floor or
> is it the walls?  Where is it?  Does it have conduit?  Has anyone 
> pulled wires
> to replace the old ones?

No conduit. The wires run primarily inside the walls. They are fed 
through grommets in the vertical and horizontal ribs. Pulling them is 
often not possible.
Interior skins will have to be removed to rewire the trailer. This is 
very easy to do once the furniture is removed, which you will have to 
do to replace the wooden floor.
The wires that run under the floor are the wires for the electric 
brakes, if so equipped, and the 120V supply cable, which enters the 
trailer through the floor on most models.
The wiring for the running lights etc. enter the trailer through the 
floor at the very front, and then run along the street side, under the 
windows, to the rear to power the tailllights, and all marker lights.
Your 1960 will only have a minimal amount of 12V wiring, most of it was 
120V.



The propane regulator has a leak.  Can it be rebuilt or is there a 
source to
> buy a new or refurbished one.  Is it important to keep the original 
> style of
> the regulator?

Gerald already touched this one. Safety goes over originality. You 
might keep the old one somehwere in a box for authenticity sake, but if 
you want to go camping and use the appliances, you will have to replace 
it with a new one.
>

Uwe Salwender
Orange CA ( Where it's going to be 82F today)