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Originally Posted by vskid3
I'm typing this from the inside of my 2003 Cougar 278! My wife and I have been living in it full time since March. I don't think you can get much better for the age and size. The rear kitchen is huge compared to similar trailers of the time.
Here's a video of the inside of mine if anyone wants a better idea of the layout.
Your plan for the bathroom sounds interesting, can't wait to see how it turns out. Any chance you could post a couple pics of the belly pan? Mine doesn't have one and it would be nice to see how it was implemented from the factory. Is that an outside shower just ahead of the slide? Mine doesn't have one but there are signs that something could be put there. |
I did not take pictures, but I can describe it. Firstly, it s not coroplast. It is heavy black, I think polyethlene. Very tough!.
They ran light angle steel across, and lapped the panels from rear to front, and attached with 1/4" self drilling 3/8" drive screws. They ran the belly plastic out to the edge of the frame channel, and lapped the side fairings over it. I can easily take down the panels to work above it, and I have.
The slide did not retract in January without some big fellow assistance outside. I got in there and did some testing. 3 volt drop at the switch when attempting to operate it! I found i had one weak battery as well.
The clever folks at the factory ran the #10 wires from the battery in the front, all the way to the back wall, up inside the ceiling back to the middle and down to the switch, and then back again to the back, and forward to the motor located under the doorway. They managed to make an 80' run on 22' of trailer
I cut it off and left all the wire in the lid and had plenty to make a more direct route. Works much better.
The floor in the back was noticeably springy. They had spanned 8' with little 2x stringers running fore and aft. I welded in one 1x2 steel tube brace and fixed that.
They ran the galley grey tank drain line almost flat and right above the axles. A good bump and they got knocked on by the axle. This happened enough that the tank was cracked around the adapter.
I repaired that using ABS cement and fiberglass cloth, and ran the line properly.