Parker Posted November 8, 2020 Share Posted November 8, 2020 So earlier this year I picked up a trick camper from a friend for $500. It's a 99 coachman 085 sd. It was used hard by the original owner so it's a little rough. After my my buddy got it he installed led interior lights solar panel and 2 6v battery witch now are about 2 years old. don't remember how long he had it before tragedy struck. Witch is why I got it for the price I did. He had hooked a set of jumper cables to it to keep spare car battery charged and the wind blew the door closed shorting it to the positive clamp witch cooked the main DC wiring. So here's my project Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watchamakalit Posted November 8, 2020 Share Posted November 8, 2020 I think I would start with a hold open latch of some kind for that door....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete M Posted November 8, 2020 Share Posted November 8, 2020 sweet! besides a re-wire, what are the plans? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiNi Beast Posted November 9, 2020 Share Posted November 9, 2020 nice. well now you can rewire it to how you need it. be good little project with some good plans be a great adventure camper. will be interested in which ideas you implement. thanks for sharing. keep the pics coming. i seek inspiration. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parker Posted November 12, 2020 Author Share Posted November 12, 2020 Well I got it rewired and to my surprise I got everything to work minus one light (which turns out not to have a bulb in it) the carbon monoxide detector (the wires fell down in the wall when removed so I strung a wire as far as I could and insulated it incase I decide to hard wire one later for now battery ones are cheep)and shore power to the fridge that I need to put another pigtail on. I was really stoked I didn't have to track down and replace any circuit boards. As requested more pictures Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parker Posted November 12, 2020 Author Share Posted November 12, 2020 As of right now the plan is replace the running lights because some are broken, reseal everything, add a port to keep my atv battery charged through the winter and use it next summer. One little problem I need to overcome. I need to get a pickup to haul it. I kinda have worked things backwards. You see I have a toyota wheelin rig that I don't want to bum a tow when it breaks anymore. I came a cross a trailer to haul it for the cheep. Now I got this camper so we can stay somewhere with out a tent. The only part of the equation missing is the tow rig for the right price lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete M Posted November 12, 2020 Share Posted November 12, 2020 Just now, Parker said: One little problem I need to overcome. I need to get a pickup to haul it. just a minor issue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parker Posted November 12, 2020 Author Share Posted November 12, 2020 One backwards step at a time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parker Posted May 5, 2021 Author Share Posted May 5, 2021 Well boys I solved the biggest issue I have with the camper. Got a pickup to haul it in!!!! But I thought it might be entertaining to see what the small few that looked at this thread thought I got. Pictures encouraged!!!! So I'll give it a couple days and luts see your guess just for fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Parker Posted May 7, 2021 Author Share Posted May 7, 2021 Allredy had the 92 long box lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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