Aluminum Camper Forum

First, seal the window frame and top of the door to stop the water leak that caused it. The entrance door and compartment doors on certain year Camplites are made by Challenger doors and had lauan plywood in them. That gets wet from leaks and corrodes the aluminum skin. The typical leak is at the bottom of the outside black plastic trim around the door window. There is a small joint there that lets water inside the door. I used clear silicone on the crack after a good cleaning. Once the door no longer leaks it will take weeks, if ever, to dry out even in the hot sun. Once dry, a light sanding and spray painting the door is one possibility. Others on here have replaced the door, but that's expensive. It is a standard size RV door, so do some on-line shopping for a good price.

Edit; on my compartment doors, removing the blisters left holes in the aluminum skin, so I replaced all 3 doors. .

The ugly old beer cooler is perfect! Great theft deterrent.

Thanks for those 2 great links!  Maybe there is hope for air conditioning at my off-grid cabin now that heat pump manufacturers are considering how to run them with solar. 

I do the same thing as Shark24 and it works great. I even use WiFi calling at home. It's called voice over IP (internet protocol) and abbreviated VoIP. It may also be called WiFi assisted calling on some phones. Some phones require both VoIP to be turned on and for cellular calling to be turned off while using VoIP. If you have fast WiFi, it's worth figuring it out because it's much better than a weak or boosted cell signal.

Lots of places carry the Honda brand and it looks like it fits both the 2000 and 2200.

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Another theft deterrent is to spray paint it with an ugly combination of colors and patterns. Thieves are looking make a quick buck on eBay/craigslist/facebook and they are likely to leave an ugly painted one alone.

I have the 1000 for light duty use and my theft deterrent is to never leave it outside when I'm not with it.

I agree with Chappy133 any vehicle mechanic can do it and the grease seals are readily available. You do need to call ahead to make sure the business has room to park and maneuver the camper in their service bay or parking lot.

Thanks so much for the info! That will help many others who lose one.

Hi, What color is it outside and inside. Are the tires original.

Regarding the Pioneer unit...... I have one in my porch and one in my garage and in those locations they are great. The problem is installing a unit designed for residential use in a RV requires significant modifications to many aspects of the RV, including safe routing of wiring, practical routing of the piping, rearrangement of the major items on the tongue, good drainage location, and safely hanging the inside part. I also seriously wonder about residential type component longevity, given that I've heard it said camper equipment has to survive and keeping working for many years while subjected to hurricane force wind and earthquake force shaking. I'm hoping for an RV unit designed and built for that use.

Thanks for all the additional photos and info!

If you remove the roof A/C unit, it would be a great place for an additional vent and fan. All openings in a RV roof are standard 14X14 inches, so any fan/vent would fit fine. A fan would need 12VDC, which may require wiring, depending on what's up there already.

I think if a manufacturer came up with an appropriately sized mini split with the outdoor unit mounted horizontally on the roof and indoor unit on ceiling it would take the RV industry by storm and be extremely profitable with super high sales. Complaints about the noise, vibration, and inefficiency of standard A/C units and their lack of heating are probably one of the most common with RV owners.

I installed an all-in-one heat pump in place of the original A/C unit 2 years ago and love it. It's quiet, efficient by RV standards, and both heats and cools. A mini split would be even better.

Thanks for the youtube link. There's a youtube for just about everything now!

Good to know! Tundra owners are fortunate in having a wide variety of aftermarket suspension components available.

Paul is going to work on it. Stay tuned

I sent a message to Paul about the interest.