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Acableguy06 · 06-04-2017, 05:04 PM

Hello from Ohio,
Just purchased a 2013 Cougar 32RBK.

Love the camper, bought it with some work needing done. Have already found some useful information here.

PARAPTOR · 06-04-2017, 05:12 PM

to The Forum From Western PA

Congrats on your new to you rig !! Enjoy !!!

Be Safe and Happy Camping

**chuckster57** · 06-04-2017, 05:13 PM

Welcome to the forum

Congrats on your new to you purchase. As you have already found, there is lots of good information here. Tons of great people too, keep us informed of your progress and we LOVE pictures.

66joej · 06-04-2017, 05:27 PM

Welcome to the forum from Radium Hot Springs BC.
Enjoy that new to you Cougar.

Acableguy06 · 06-05-2017, 04:12 AM

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Originally Posted by chuckster57

Welcome to the forum

keep us informed of your progress and we LOVE pictures.

I've got pics

here are a few. Still lots to do.

With this sandwich style floor it makes it interesting to re do. I am not very confident in the sandwich floor with larger people like myself. So I am adding a little more support in there. I am guessing I am probably adding about 100 lbs to the weight

which is taking from my approx 1500 payload

Acableguy06 · 06-05-2017, 04:23 AM

Is in great shape other than the rotted floor in the middle. Only thing I have found to cause the damage is the toilet flush valve is cracked. Guessing it all ran towards the furnace vent and started migrating up under the linoleum since that area it the heaviest damaged. Also assuming water was left on for a long period unattended, maybe for a week or more and it just kept leaking.

cardinal96ss · 06-05-2017, 06:08 AM

Welcome to the forum. I love DIY-ers. That way I don't feel alone. Your work looks great.

ctbruce · 06-05-2017, 01:33 PM

Welcome to the forum from Kansas City, MO! Glad you're here!

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**sourdough** · 06-05-2017, 01:57 PM

Welcome! Looks like you have some work to do but have already gotten started - looking good.

A couple of thoughts/suggestions; I couldn't tell from the pic but if you don't have an electric tongue jack, get one. And secondly, beware of the cowl that covers the LP tanks. It is very "flexible" and can crack easily. The dealership broke my first one and got a replacement. At that time they were hard to come by and had to be painted the right color.

Some mods for the cover; On the bottom are the retaining screws. They screw down on the plastic cover and they have to be tight or they will vibrate off. If you get them very tight they will crack the cover. I made rubber washers about 1" in diameter and 1/8' thick or so (pretty stiff) to insulate the screws from the plastic. They also help put tension on the screw so it won't vibrate off. The other problem is the thin rolled edge. Just flexing will cause it to crack. I used thin fiberglass strips in a bead of epoxy around the edges to reinforce them. Worked but it was a pain. Talked to the the service manager at the dealership and they use some sort of epoxy that sounded much easier to use so maybe I'll try that if there is a next time. One last thing that came to mind are hooks for the rubber straps at the top of the cover. Someone wasn't paying attention when they attached mine and the rivets were a little loose. I was afraid the slack was going to cause another break in the cover so drilled them out and put in new rivets.

Good luck and hope the repairs go well.

Acableguy06 · 06-06-2017, 04:05 AM

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Originally Posted by sourdough

A couple of thoughts/suggestions; I couldn't tell from the pic but if you don't have an electric tongue jack, get one. And secondly, beware of the cowl that covers the LP tanks. It is very "flexible" and can crack easily.

Some mods for the cover; On the bottom are the retaining screws. They screw down on the plastic cover and they have to be tight or they will vibrate off. If you get them very tight they will crack the cover. I made rubber washers about 1" in diameter and 1/8' thick or so (pretty stiff) to insulate the screws from the plastic. They also help put tension on the screw so it won't vibrate off. The other problem is the thin rolled edge. Just flexing will cause it to crack. I used thin fiberglass strips in a bead of epoxy around the edges to reinforce them.

Thanks, No power tongue jack yet, on my list for future

Great heads up on the lp cover, have kind of been looking at that a little bit wondering. Where my brackets are attached on the cover there are some cracks I have already been thinking reinforcement before the break off.