Second post
Just fooling around.
Installing a black tank in a 1967 Aristocrat LoLiner
First, I cut out the metal belly pan a couple inches inside where I was going to cut out the floor. I think I just got under there with tinsnips. Once that was done, I bent the metal down and cut the plywood, being careful not to damage the sheet metal. I saturated the exposed plywood edge with thin epoxy, then added butyl tape. Then I bent the belly pan metal up over the exposed edge. In this picture, I think I was inserting a spacer block into a gap between the floorboard and the frame. Just out of an abundance of caution, I wrapped it with Gorilla Tape. Not sure if there's a long-term benefit, but it's been ten years since I installed it... I didn't really get a good picture of the next step, but if we jump ahead a bit, you can see the white stripe at the bottom of the shot. This is angle iron that bridges the gap and supports a piece of half-inch exterior plywood, which will protect the bottom of the tank. T...
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