Latest Mods ...

Even though it's a holiday, the forest fires in the area have us pretty much hunkered down. So, I thought I'd go ahead and knock out some mods in our 177.

I divided the area under the dinnette seat on the driver's side so that half was for electronics and half was for storage. Added an intake grate for inflow of air and one for outflow on the side of the seat near the top of the seat cabinet. Gave us loads of new storage room.

While I was under the seat and near the electronics    ...I went ahead and added a 12 VDC outlet. Mounted the outlet on the side of the cabinet (seat base) near the current 110V outlet. Wired it directly to the same lines that feed the propane detector, so it's HOT all the time. Stuck a little digital volt meter in the outlet for the time being so that I can monitor battery activity.

Installed a slimline flat panel TV plate to the existing door of the entertainmnent unit cabinet over the bed. Ofset it a bit to one side so that when the 22" TV is mounted and running we can easily see it from the dinnette area. Just to be on the safe side, before I used the new TV mount I took 3 pieces of moulding, liquid nailed it to the ceiling of the Pod (this is all INSIDE of the entertainment center) and then screwed those pieces of moulding to the entertainment center frame. With the TV attached to the mount the entertainment center showed NO sign of sagging or pulling away from the ceiling. Nice thing about mounting it there was that there is power and a cable TV source.

Mounted some of those 3M Organizer trays on the walls around the bed so that the wife and I would have a place for our reading glasses, cell phone and anything else we'd need during the night.

All for now    ...time to light the grill and pour myself (and the wife, of course) a cold adult beverage.

Happy 4th everybody !!

'Slogger

Originally posted by Diamondgirlz Could you post pictures, please?    thanks

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I'll take some pics and post them in the morning    ...

'Slogger

Here are some photos of the latest mods I've made to our 177. Sorry that some of them are out of sequence - had some problems during upload ...

Here's the underseat mod with the lids open/off.





Here's what the 22" flat panel TV looks like in place and ready for viewing from the dinnette area.





This is an "off the shelf (no pun intended) shelf made by Rubbermaid that I got at Ace Hardware. I mounted the shelf upside down so that there would be a "lip" to hold things back. We use small bungees to keep everything in place while traveling.



Here's what that seat cabinet from above looks like with the lids on. The lid over the electronics is screwed down to avoid accidental access.




This is an "off the shelf" cutting board from K-mart. I just added legs with rubber feet that fit tightly around the edges of the cooktop. I also added a towel bar.




In the upper left and lower right (on cabinet surface) are the 3M organizer trays.




Here's the bracket that supports the 22" flat panel TV. I reinforced the entertainment center cabinet with molding that I attached to the ceiling with Liquid Nails and then screwed to the existing frame (all of this was done INSIDE of the cabinet for aesthetic reasons.




This is the side of that seat cabinet where I installed the input/outflow vents and the 12V outlet.

Thanks for the photos Footslogger03!

Awesome job!  Noce mods.