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12-08-2014, 06:01 PM
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#241
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: Ventura County, California
Trailer: 2015 Escape 17A
Posts: 2,347
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12-08-2014, 06:30 PM
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#242
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: North Van., British Columbia
Trailer: 2014 Escape 19, sold; 2019 Escape 21, Sept. 2019
Posts: 8,806
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Originally Posted by markvt
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It's now open enrollment please sign up before its to later .
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12-11-2014, 12:08 PM
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#243
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Join Date: May 2013
Location: ..., New Mexico
Trailer: 2013 Esc19/'14 Silvrado
Posts: 4,193
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I have no idea how or why this happened. My bathroom door latch stopped catching. Did the door shrink and pull away? Did the framing contract? In any case the spring latch on the door no longer nested into its home on the wall. What a difference a centimeter makes.
Simplest solution: unscrew home base as seen here, add a wood shim to bring it closer to its springed thingo mate on the door.
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"A billion here, a billion there...add it all up and before you know it you're talking real money." Everett Dirkson
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12-11-2014, 02:33 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Oswego, New York
Trailer: 2017 Escape 21C, 2018 Ford F150
Posts: 5,373
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I had the same thing happen to mine. It has been fine for a couple of years with a shim...
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12-11-2014, 02:43 PM
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#245
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: Oak Creek, Wisconsin
Trailer: Escape 19 26/May/2014 Sold New trailer 2016 Bigfoot 25B21FB
Posts: 449
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Originally Posted by MyronL
I have no idea how or why this happened. My bathroom door latch stopped catching. Did the door shrink and pull away? Did the framing contract? .
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Myron,
My guess is a little both shrinking and contracting . Isn't it amazing what it takes to keep a trailer well tuned.
Mark
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12-11-2014, 03:03 PM
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#246
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Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: Portland, Oregon
Trailer: 2002 Escape 13'
Posts: 967
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The problem is in the hinge being a little weak for the door weight. When it gets very slightly tweeked the door changes position. It can also be tweeked back into position so the door latches correctly again.
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12-11-2014, 03:37 PM
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#247
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: North Van., British Columbia
Trailer: 2014 Escape 19, sold; 2019 Escape 21, Sept. 2019
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Quote:
Originally Posted by hotfishtacos
The problem is in the hinge being a little weak for the door weight.
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The problem also is that it's not really designed to be a door hinge. It's a cabinet door hinge. On my long list to to-do's is to replace it with a more suitable hinge, one that allows the door to open 180*. Haven't found a commercial one yet so I might have to fabricate some. Or alternatively, just make a new raised panel door that recesses into the door jamb and uses conventional hinges.
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12-11-2014, 04:16 PM
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#248
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Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Phoenix Metro Area, Arizona
Trailer: 2014 Escape 19
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12-11-2014, 05:14 PM
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Join Date: May 2013
Location: ..., New Mexico
Trailer: 2013 Esc19/'14 Silvrado
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Just went out there to tweak. Couldn't do it.
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12-11-2014, 05:38 PM
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#250
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: North Van., British Columbia
Trailer: 2014 Escape 19, sold; 2019 Escape 21, Sept. 2019
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Originally Posted by MyronL
Just went out there to tweak. Couldn't do it.
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Use a bigger hammer Did you take a close look at the hinges? They deform really easily and could cause the symptoms you described.
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12-11-2014, 06:25 PM
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Join Date: May 2013
Location: ..., New Mexico
Trailer: 2013 Esc19/'14 Silvrado
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Yes I did. Not deformed, screws are tight, not wiggle-able, ...na-da. Seemed the same to me as the day they were installed, and I know hinges.
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"A billion here, a billion there...add it all up and before you know it you're talking real money." Everett Dirkson
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12-11-2014, 06:34 PM
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#252
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Senior Member
Join Date: May 2013
Location: Auburn, Washington
Trailer: 2013 Escape 21 #3
Posts: 385
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I added two more hinges, but not for this reason. I added a mirror to the outside of the door and thought it could use the extra support. I found the exact hinges at Home Depot. So far, so good.
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12-12-2014, 06:15 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Denison, Texas
Trailer: 2015 21'; 2011 19' sold; 4Runner; ph ninezero3 327-27ninefour
Posts: 5,136
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Hi, Myron!!
I have had the rare and distinct privilege of seeing all of Myron's mods up close.
They are so clever. The holders can all be removed with no sign that they were there. The box is impressive. I know one big thing from him: Don't remove the furnace! You will never get it back in there right. The little door he made is very cute. He has good luck, too: needed a structure to cover the Escape and the neighbor had parts of a discarded one that they dug up. Now there is a cover assembly just the right size that Myron put together the way he puts everything together --- very well.
His wife is equally talented, making a beautiful quilt for the bed, and others. Even the dog is smart.
I will go look for shims now! Have to do the bathroom door catch.
Thank you, Myron.
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12-12-2014, 08:28 PM
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Join Date: May 2013
Location: ..., New Mexico
Trailer: 2013 Esc19/'14 Silvrado
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Now listen here my dear, I'm giving you exactly forty-five minutes and then you will simply have to put a lid on that kind of talk.
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12-12-2014, 08:36 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Denison, Texas
Trailer: 2015 21'; 2011 19' sold; 4Runner; ph ninezero3 327-27ninefour
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Okay, Myron, please ask Nancy if your graphics are "teal" or "real teal"!
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06-10-2015, 06:37 PM
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#256
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Join Date: May 2013
Location: ..., New Mexico
Trailer: 2013 Esc19/'14 Silvrado
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That thread on black Formica had me longing for a new look for my dinette. Have been thinking about making a smaller table top anyway. In our trailer we seemed to always avoid using the street side bench. Too lazy to slide the table over to get in there, sit, and lock it down again, I guess. We usually threw our luggage bags on the bench.
Went to the dump, found a nice thick piece of discarded countertop stock, cut it to size, routed the edge. Planned to laminate new Formica. Home DePot don’t sell it by the sheet anymore. Lowes had a damaged $90 4x8’ sheet I offered to buy a third of, but they said no.
So I bought a quart of Rustoleum oil-based gloss black and a quart of Minwax Fast Drying Polyurethane clear gloss (6 coats). Original plan was give the surface a piano gloss black look. But my inner Picasso interrupted me, changing everything. I mixed up other scrap colors off the shelf, grabbed a lamb’s wool pad, began to play.
Next, adding shelves on that wall made sense. A place for maps and notebooks, salt and pepper. It’s back is a panel of salvaged cedar from an old armoire I knew I would need some day.
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"A billion here, a billion there...add it all up and before you know it you're talking real money." Everett Dirkson
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06-10-2015, 06:48 PM
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#257
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: Ventura County, California
Trailer: 2013 19 Escape
Posts: 7,204
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Quote:
Originally Posted by MyronL
That thread on black Formica had me longing for a new look for my dinette. Have been thinking about making a smaller table top anyway. In our trailer we seemed to always avoid using the street side bench. Too lazy to slide the table over to get in there, sit, and lock it down again, I guess. We usually threw our luggage bags on the bench.
Went to the dump, found a nice thick piece of discarded countertop stock, cut it to size, routed the edge. Planned to laminate new Formica. Home DePot don’t sell it by the sheet anymore. Lowes had a damaged $90 4x8’ sheet I offered to buy a third of, but they said no.
So I bought a quart of Rustoleum oil-based gloss black and a quart of Minwax Fast Drying Polyurethane clear gloss (6 coats). Original plan was give the surface a piano gloss black look. But my inner Picasso interrupted me, changing everything. I mixed up other scrap colors off the shelf, grabbed a lamb’s wool pad, began to play.
Next, adding shelves on that wall made sense. A place for maps and notebooks, salt and pepper. It’s back is a panel of salvaged cedar from an old armoire I knew I would need some day.
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Great job Myron ! How inventive ! Pat
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06-10-2015, 06:49 PM
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#258
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Central, Pennsylvania
Trailer: Escape#5 2022 E19
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nice job, Myron, missed you at Osoyoos.
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06-10-2015, 07:13 PM
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#259
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: Portland, Oregon
Trailer: 2015 17B "Tody"
Posts: 129
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Very nice table top! What happen to the original one?
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06-10-2015, 08:31 PM
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#260
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Senior Member
Join Date: May 2015
Location: Seatac, Washington
Trailer: "The Trailer", 2nd Gen 21' & a 2017 Tundra CrewMax in Blazing Blue Pearl
Posts: 2,888
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Quote:
Originally Posted by MyronL
That thread on black Formica had me longing for a new look for my dinette. (snip)
Next, adding shelves on that wall made sense. A place for maps and notebooks, salt and pepper. It’s back is a panel of salvaged cedar from an old armoire I knew I would need some day.
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Wow, that's a stunner of a table! Very impressive!
Is the surface completely smooth? Almost looks like there's some texture to it.
Great shelves! Dang!
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