It seems that my last post about my trailer repair was 3 weeks ago. Between the weather and other things needing to be done, I had not worked on it for several weeks, but I finally got back to it this last week.
The last thing I had gotten done on the trailer was to get the bottom piece of aluminum fitted to the back of the trailer.
I cut and fitted pieces of plywood to the underside of the trailer floor in the back, behind the wheel wells, to close off that area from underneath. Then I used silicone caulking to seal around the bottom piece of aluminum and mounted it in place permanently.
When I did that, I found that I still had a gap between the end of the aluminum skin and the plywood, due to the aluminum not going far enough under the trailer to cover the space.
I had to cover that space, so I cut a couple of pieces of aluminum from a scrap piece of aluminum flashing that I had scrounged from the city's metal recycling bin. I made 2 pieces to fit the spaces.
Then I installed them in place, using a few screws and the silicone caulking.
After getting that area taken care of, I was able to work on getting the rest of the tin properly mounted on the back of the trailer.I had to remove the two large pieces of the skin on the back so that I could put the silicone caulking in the upper seam, and down both sides of the frame, and then I put the upper piece back on. I used a couple of screws on the edges to hold it in place.
Once that was done, I was able to put the lower piece of the back skin back on, using the caulking on the seam and both edges. I used sheet metal roofing screws to hold this piece on also.
Once I got that done, I had to make a series of cuts on the edges of both sides of that piece of the skin so that I could fold the skin around the corner like the rest of the back skin.
There is a piece of trim that goes over the edge seam on each side of the trailer, following the curve of the back. I have to put the silicone sealer on the overlap seam, and then that piece of trim goes over the seam, and the back will be done. Before I can do that, I have to patch a couple of corrosion holes on the bottom of the sides, behind the wheel wells. I'm going to cut pieces to replace the bottom 4-5 inches of the aluminum on the bottom of the sides, and fit them in. They have to go under the trim also if I want to do it properly, so I haven't put the trim on yet. I'm hoping to get those pieces cut and fitted tomorrow if the weather allows me to work outside. It rained this afternoon, or I would have worked on it. So, this is as far as I've gotten on the project right now.
That's all I have for this post, thanks for stopping by to check it out!
