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As work has shut down until Monday, I have a few absolutely free days so I'm spending them on my bus while the lady in my life patiently waits while I spend time with my big yellow lady. Today between myself and the boyfriend of my lady's sister, we removed the bath. Now it will be possible with the aid of a torx screwdriver to remove thre access panel in order to do so. The bath had been blocking access.

The hot water tank has been removed also. Strangely, it was full to the brim with water. While a hosepipe helped to empty most of it, there was still so much left that after removing it from its location, it had to be held at an angle for a long time in order to fully empty it. As it contained about 30 gallons, it was pretty heavy.

Additionally, most of the 110v system has been removed. The cabling had all been put into steel conduit which looked good and led to a nice-looking top notch breaker box. There were 12 x 110v sockets which was very much overkill for a bus this small. The cabling was all about 1 amp but each cable led individually to a 10 amp breaker. That was a bit strange!

Most of the wiring has been saved for re-use. The rotted floor has been attended to also. It seems that only a section is fully rotten. The plan is to remove the rotted wood and to put down good wood in its place. The vinyl tiles must all come up as the floor of the bus will now be bare wood. The theory is that problems will be easier to spot with bare wood as opposed to wood that's under vinyl etc.

Many of the exterior hooks have been removed and the metal sprayed with rustoleum in the hope of killing rust and preventing future rust. Two large holes remain. One underneath the body where the bath outlet used to be and one on the side of the body where the water inlet used to be. They've been temporarily filled but await a real fix.

Replacing the windows looks to have an added complication in that the bottom of the window has no lip to take advantage of. That means a re-evaluation of the solution.

Meanwhile, some photos from today. The most amusing find was a spent 7mm Remington Magnum cartridge case behind the water heater together with some used plastic cups.