I have a 2011 Rockwood 2604. I noticed that the dinette seat has a outside compartment door. On the inside of that seat there is a door to accesss from the inside The other seat has a draw on the inside. When I lifted the top of the seat I noticed that 2/3 of the area was waste unless you took the top of the seat off. I decided I wanted to be able to use that space from the outside.
I bought a new compartment hatch. Then I measured and found the center on the wall in the seat section. I drilled a 1/8" hole to through the wall to the outside. This gave me the center of the cutout on the outside for the hatch.
Now I have storage compartment under both seats. Just thought I would share this with others that need more outside compartment space.
Very nice work. Very brave man to do that kind of mod. Wife looked at me and said "don't even think about it"!
Nice work! I remember the day my DH put that new outside outlet on our TT, which was only 2 days old at the time....I nearly had a heart attack! But it looks great and no one would know it wasn't there from the factory. Can't figure out why there is only one outside outlet on the entire unit....other than to save money.
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2012 Rockwood 8293RKSS
2006 Dodge Ram 2500 5.9L Cummins Turbodiesel 4x4; 2012 Ford Escape 4x4. 3 very pampered cats.
Days camped: 2011: 61; 2012: 66 Days; 2013: 69;2014: 68 2015: 90 Days camped 2016: 34
I got it from Forest River, Parts Depatment 2604 Rockwood UltraLite. Item # 10-D-4003T. That was on my packing slip. It was easy to install. The cutout was 20" wide by 11 " high. The key to instlling it is to find the center of the cutout. If you enlarge the photo of my pic with the blue tape you will see a very small black dot in the center of the blue tape. That is the 1/8" hole I drilled from the inside out. From that hole I measured 10" to the right and left of the hole and 5 1/2" up and down from the hole. With these marks I placed the the door on these marks and used a black china marker to draw around the flange that would slide in to the cutout. You can see my marks if you look closely at my pic with the blue tape. I then drilled a 5/16" hole just below the top line. I then took a jig saw and cut on the black line. After cutting it out I put Silicone 11 White Chauking around the edges on the door. I pushed the door into the cutout so the chauking would squeeze out of the edges. I then drilled and screwed the door with 6 #10 sheet metal screws. Then I took a plastic puddy knife and scrape the excess chauking off. Then I took a damp rag and cleaned the remaining chauk. That made it 100% leak proof. I hope this info helps anyone that wants to try this mod. Make sure that the 1/8" hole you drill from the inside out is in the center of the seat frame in the inside.
Well done!
Regards; Frank
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