My 2014 172 podmods

I had to cap off this drainpipe. I ended up cutting it right at the hub of the elbow and used a rubber cap to seal it.I had to widen the opening to get the saw in there.

Don't worry, I used a hose clamp to keep it in place. 

I found this matching piece of wall behind the broken refrigerator and carefully cut it to size since I did not have a second chance.

Here's the rubber cap with the hose clamp on it.

After squaring up the hole (a utility knife works really well on this thin stuff), I glued and clamped these pieces of 1 x 3 around the perimeter so that I could glue the new piece in there.

Here it is all glued into place. It doesn't match exactly, but it's good enough for me. I also need to put in some kind of corner molding since the one in there has a big gap.

This is what I used to caulk it. 

Also replaced corroded door and storage locks, step handle, front outside light (bad switch), new safety chains (old ones were very rusty), dual propane tank mounts and cover, propane regulator and hoses, aluminum diamond plate battery box, new end caps on original sewer hose storage tube, new 15' Rynoflex sewer hose and longer second storage tube, new wheels and tires ( it had the original 10 year old tires on corroded rims without a spare, and a spare tire holder on back (it was missing and I had to adapt one off of Amazon). 

https://www.homedepot.com/p/Interbuild-6-ft-L-x-25-in-D-Acacia-Butcher-Block-Standard-Countertop-in-Golden-Teak-with-Square-Edge-675781/317198293

Here's a before and after.

As you can see, I added some flip-up countertop on each side to make the kitchen much more user-friendly and a nice shiny SS sink and stovetop from ebay. Here are some pics of the build process. First I removed the old countertop and added some 1 x 12 pine boards to each side for mounting the flip-up countertops.

Continued on next post.

Do yourself a favour and buy some Eternabond tape from Amazon. Cut some thin strips and tape it along the side rails at on the roof.also use it over the spoiler if you have one and it will most certainly seal the roof from any future leaks. The spoilers are notorious for leaking. I also took all the screws out from the trim that joins the vertical walls to the roof and replaced them with stainless and a bit of sicaflex. Many screws holes were drilled by the manufacturer but didn’t have screws and the trim is like a gutter and causes leaks. One day they may actually come to the conclusion that good manufacturing will create more sales.