1976 RV Renovation - A/C Install - Easy Peasy DIY RecPro 🥶 air conditioner with 🥵 heat pump
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- Опубликовано: 1 июн 2023
- The air conditioner with heat pump (Houghton Bellaire 3800 - AC3800) that we ordered came in a week early! Follow along as we get that bad boy A/C up on the roof of the RV and install. With this installed, we'll be able to renovate the interior of this vintage motorhome in comfort this summer.
AC Unit with Heat Pump - amzn.to/3KSFIpy
Keep in mind that it arrived in two boxes. We didn't know that ahead of time. Luckily, the second box arrived the day we were planning to install it.
This is going to be one HUGE project! We'd love your suggestions on what to do with this RV!!! Please subscribe and follow our progress as we revive this retro camper.
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This took us all weekend, 7 trips back to the house, 1 trip to orielys, & 1 trip to ace hardware. LOL
Isn't that how these projects usually go? 😂
"The Cranker." Hilarious! 🤣😂
Inventing words is the best 😂 Thanks for watching!
Hey Christy, when you do the black tank put your cleaning stuff in down the toilet. Right before you start driving around dump 20 lbs of ice in it. While the rig is moving and shaking the ice will help loosen any particles stuck to the sides and top! Then it melts and goes out the poo chute. Like putting nuts and bolts in an old gas tank to shake around and get the crud out. But the ice is easier to get out! Great progress!!
Hi Nick, that is a good idea; we'll definitely need to try that trick with the ice. Poo chute, lol. Thanks for watching and commenting and it's nice to hear from you :-)
You were always a good friend, I am enjoying watching you and your family fix up your rig! I also have an older camper, and I built one from an enclosed car hauler! It’s fun!!
Great idea Nick
Your movie references are killin me😂 I thought I had some good ones but you go deep. I feel like I need to watch every SNL casts films (cast movies?) to keep up. More!
Oh, yaaay! We didn't realize how many former SNL cast clips we use, lol. Thanks so much for watching!
Can’t wait till you start the rambler!
Yes, we're excited to get started on it. Hoping to get a bit more done before the weather gets too bad. We're trying to put together a plan to work on it indoors this winter too. 🤞🤞
Love “ JOE DIRT”. Love all the lil videos and references! My kids and I do that. Have you watched Blue Streak? It’s soooooo funny. I feel like you’d like it!! “ I’m alive Nick, I’m alive..
Haha, it's fun seeing those clips. We haven't seen Blue Steak but we'll try to check it out. Thanks for the comment!
So funny! I'm glad to now know how to identify an aspen tree!
Our videos are overwhelmingly informational. Thanks for watching 😀
Thank you for the videos I love watching the two of you work together you're so pleasant and a cute couple the kids are okay too I guess LOL keep up the videos I wish they were longer because some people are easy to watch and your videos just seem to go so fast
We really appreciate this comment. We've been trying to keep the videos somewhat short at this point but it's nice to hear that they don't seem to drag on for you. Moving forward we most likely will start to make some longer videos. "The kids are okay too I guess" Lol 😂 Thanks again for watching and commenting!
My wife and I just bought a 1983 Chevy Honey and I'm gonna be doing out AC swap out ASAP!!!
We really didn't find it that difficult. We just did another video adding AC to a travel trailer too. Good luck with your project!
Love watching you guy’s can’t wait to see the finished product.
Thanks, Maryanne! We appreciate you watching and commenting!
"Cold, stinky bathroom." 🤣 Those rims look awesome! I always feel like you can't have enough sealant. Better a little goop than a little leak! You guys made that A/C install look like a cinch.
Thank you and thanks for watching and commenting again! We're excited to get the brakes handled so we can get those new wheels on and test them out. We agree, lots of glooping = less leaking. The whole project really wasn't too bad!
nice video on air conditioner )👍when its hot you need good cool air 👍👍
Thank you! I can't believe we grew up without it at this point. Basically seems like a necessity.
Ok , you guys have got me cracking up. First of all , as a professional freight relocation engineer (truck driver) DIRECTIONS are getting from place to place and INSTRUCTIONS are learning how to get there. Lol😂😂😂😂❤❤❤
Ahhhh! We've never heard that. We'll keep that in mind! On a similar note, if we're eating and someone says they're "done," my dad always says, "You're not done, you're 'finished.' Turkeys get 'done.'" 😂
Great job, guys!
Thanks so much!
Bless you!😊
Thank you! 😁😁❤️
Great DIY video! I can't wait until the next one! Great job!
Thanks for watching, Michael! We're headed out to work on the bathroom now 😱
Well that was fun. This install asking for the sealant is different then most others I've seen. Usually they just tighten down with the foam gasket, but what's a little extra sealant going to hurt, right?? That unit should be enough to pretty much frost you once you have all the walls back together and everything up and running. Good work getting that installed in record time with no prior experience!!
Hello! Yeah, it's weird that it asked for the self-leveling sealant. I almost want to read the directions again in case we got it wrong, lol. Anyway, like you said, can't hurt so hopefully no leaks! We appreciate you watching and commenting!
God bless you
Thank you and may God bless you too.
Almost to a 1,000 subscribers too cool
Thanks, Mike 😁
Love watching you two working together. You really are a great team and make some pretty yucky things turn into fun to watch and you are always pleasant with each other. The motor home is beginning to come together and looking good. I'm learning a LOT watching also. Keep the video's coming!! Can't wait till the next one!!
Thank you so much for the comment and encouragement! We've been working on the bathroom and a bit more on the engine. We're looking forward to getting another video out! Thanks for watching :-)
Hi Christy & Tyler yol Tyler when you gluped around the hole to place your air con unit on the roof what a great job you did glooping I said to myself I bet Tyler has iced and decorated many cakes in the past hehe just joking your learning as you go & you have a great instruction reader in Christy congratulations you are the A team .
Thanks, Clive 😄 We're having fun and, yes, certainly learning as we go. Tyler iced a cake for my birthday about 20 years ago and the cake was just out of the oven so the icing melted everywhere 😂 I think that's the last cake he did. Thanks for watching! Christy
Oh Guys! I was so worried about your ladder while you were heaving the AC up there! I had one of those ladders fold in the middle on me because I had it the wrong way around. Check the intructions on the side of the ladder. I'd hate you to have an accident like I did...
(I wasn't hurt - but I'm still an idiot...)
PS, I learned that self-levelling sealant is really meant to gloop over the top of exterior horizontal screw heads and joints on roof vents etc. Non-self levelling ADHESIVE sealant is the best gloop for joint sealing / sticking down vents and AC etc.. But I'm sure it'll be fine.
PPS, The AC looks great! 🙂
So, funny you should say that about the sealant... The directions specifically said self-leveling (I think) but we've been thinking about that too. For the purpose between gasket and roof, self-leveling doesn't seem like the best idea. We wish we would have used that same ProflexRV stuff that we've been using on the walls and whatnot. Hopefully this doesn't leak but, if it does, we'll have a good idea why. And, we did have the ladder backwards because it was more flat on the back side to side the box... Never occurred to us that it might weaken it, sheesh! Thankfully, we avoided a catastrophe 😵💫. Thanks for watching! Nice to hear from you again.
@@retrorevivals Great to talk to you too, Tyler and Christy.
It's a steep learning curve for anyone taking on a project like this. I used the wrong glue while re-skinning my RV's rear panel (I won't bore you, but I learned....)
And thanks again for sharing! 🙂 But do be careful with that hinged ladder! (I'd rather you think me an interfering old fool than hear of an accident...)
Continuing good luck with it and I'm looking forward to the next episode! 😅 I'm going outside in the rare English sunshine now to work on my own RV's stinky bathroom! 😅
I was painting the wheels on our 5th wheel, had a little rust. Was thinking about you guys and the color of your wheels, I was not that brave. Went back with white. But that will look good on your RV.
Thanks! We're excited to get them put on and hoping everything will work well with the 16" wheels. We appreciate you watching and commenting. Have a great night 😀
@Retro Revivals the original wheels were 16.5" because back then all the 16" truck wheels were split rim bias ply that needed inner tubes. They were dangerous. At some point the tire companies decided to make 16" radial tubeless truck tires for drop center wheels. Then it became difficult and expensive to get 16.5" tires. I remember the 16.5" tires having on them do not mount on 16" rim. When 16" radials came along they and the ones for split rims had warnings to only mount on the proper rim type.
Nice job, you two crack me up
Thanks for watching! We're headed out to start work on the bathroom today 😱🙏😵💫🤢
🫣have a box of disposable gloves and paper towels on hand and LOTS of trash bags( you don’t want to need anything in the house once you start)…I’d say have fun, but that seems very wrong…good luck🥸
How’s the “Poop Pit” coming along?
Metric isn't hard, it's just that imperial measurements are more accurate.
Metric is probably actually easier 😆
you know my brother put up air conditioning for me on time its better then him taking off my barbie doll heads off when he was a kid dont mess with barbie bro ) brothers ) regina laura wishing you happiness good health and smiles 🟨🟪🟪🟨🟡🟨🟪🟡🟡🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟✨🌟🌟🌟✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨
What is it with brothers and removing Barbie doll heads 😂 Thanks for watching!
I would like to do the same thing. The wire that was coming out of the roof to tie in your new AC, where did you find those wires? Were they already in the ceiling?
Yes, since we replaced an existing A/C, the wires were already there. If they weren't, we would have had to run a wire from the breaker box. Thanks for watching!
Доброго времени суток. Республика Карелия. Приношу прощения что в прошлый раз не смог ответить как убрать любой запах. Прежде всего мои поздравления в приобретении кондиционера и установки его на крышу кемпера. И так как быстро и очень просто убрать любой запах в машине. Прежде всего надо соблюдать безопасность. Надо обычную газету \не глянец\ сворачиваете газету в трубочку но так что бы газета могла гореть и поджигаете. Именно поджигаете. Но при этом все двери и окна должны быть закрыты. После того как газета сгорит открываете двери и окна и проветриваете помещение. Если запах еще ощущается то повторить. Повторяю это не шутка. Это проверенный метод. Лично я так делал много раз убирал запах пролитого дизельного топливо и мне помогло. Еще раз мои поздравления в приобретение кондиционера. Ждем продолжения. Здоровья вам и семье.
Hello again! I am hoping that we have the smell corrected now but it might be fun to try your newspaper trick if we need to. Thank you for your comment and for watching. We really appreciate it. Our two oldest children are graduating this week so our next video might be a bit delayed but we're excited to get it out to you as soon as we can. Take care.
So that's one thing I don't understand about Yanks. Your currency is metric, but then you need to work out how much is 3/4 + 3/16. 15/16 by the way
😂 Metric makes so much more sense.
Im 2 min and 55sec in and screaming but yall can't hear.... TURN THE LADDER AROUND....ITS BACKWARDS
So here's the thing, this is Christy. Tyler put it backwards on purpose because that side is flatter to slide the AC. He didn't tell me until after how dangerous it is to have it that way. We'll need a new system next time. Thankfully, everything worked out ok!
I just love your videos!
Thanks so much!
That bathroom is the worst I’ve ever seen! Wear industrial masks when you take it out!
It was mind boggling, really 😆 Check out the first couple videos to see the full scope of the nastiness, lol. Thanks for watching!
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