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by **Steve** » Wed Nov 26, 2003 3:58 pm

Here is my conversion in progress. It's a Loadstar 1600 with a 345ci IH V8 (5.6 Liter).

by **Rainforest** » Thu Nov 27, 2003 2:51 pm

I love the use of woods in the interior. I'm beginning work on a 75 IHC/Carpenter and that's my plan; lots of wood!

by **Steve** » Mon Dec 08, 2003 3:31 pm

Last night I added two new batteries adding another 270 AmpHrs to my bank. Now I am at a total of 915 AmpHrs of battery capacity. :shock:

by **EldoMike** » Mon Dec 08, 2003 4:01 pm

How are you charging your battery bank?...what are you running off it?

BTW, I really like the color scheme...

EldoMike

by **Steve** » Mon Dec 08, 2003 4:07 pm

EldoMike wrote:How are you charging your battery bank?...what are you running off it?

EldoMike

I have a Heart (Xantrex) 2500 W Inverter/Charger/Transfer Switch. I use it for charging before and after I get back from a trip. The rest of the time the engine does all of the recharging (because I hate to turn on the noisy generator)

Inside my bus I run two refers, microwave, two elec heaters, satelite tv, stereo, and the water faucet pumps.

by **EldoMike** » Mon Dec 08, 2003 4:11 pm

That was quick..:-)

How long do you think you can run those items now without a battery recharge? Why didn't you use the UPS' you talked about in the other post?

EldoMike

by **Steve** » Mon Dec 08, 2003 4:13 pm

EldoMike wrote:That was quick..

How long do you think you can run those items now without a battery recharge? Why didn't you use the UPS' you talked about in the other post?

EldoMike

Because I didn't think of the idea until I had already bought that thing

by **Steve** » Sat Dec 20, 2003 5:17 pm

I drove the bus down to NAPA today and picked up some winter blades. They were kinda expensive but they will be much better than the regular assembly that have been on there forever.

by **Steve** » Mon Jan 12, 2004 11:13 am

I recently installed a new CD player under the dash. I couldn't get the old radio out without completely taking all of the plastic below the windsheild off so I build this u-braket out of sheetmetal and mounted the stereo under the dash.

by **Steve** » Sat Apr 03, 2004 5:01 pm

Someone decided to take on of my interior lamps and smash it on the floor last night. Luckily Lowes carries all kinds of globes, I found one I can kinda get to work as a replacement.

by **Steve** » Sat Apr 10, 2004 10:22 pm

Six of us took the bus camping last night at Ledges State Park. I was really nice went we went to bed about midnight, but this morning it was 34 degrees outside. Luckily I have enough battery power to run the electric heaters for a full 24 hours.

by **Steve** » Sun Apr 18, 2004 9:10 pm

Today I finally got around to starting the refinishing of the stairs.

This is what it looked like before:

After I finally got the old rubber/sheetmetal parts off it didn't look as bad as I was expecting for a 30 year old bus.

Now I need to figure out how to carpet. Should I put down sheetmetal or plywood under the carpet. And I need to figure out how to affix the carpet to the stairwell. I have also decided to take out the stair light since it never worked anyways and I don't know what was supposed to make it turn on. What normaly turns the stairwell light on, the dome light switch?

by **lapeer20m** » Sun Apr 18, 2004 10:17 pm

In my ward bus, the switch that turns the stairwell light on is the switch connected to the door open/close handle. (The same switch that tells the flashing lights to turn off) When the door is open, and the headlights (or parking lights) are on, the light in the stairwell is supposed to light up. In my bus, i noticed people having difficulty seeing the ground when exiting the bus. I installed a white light on the underside of the bus to help illuminate the ground just outside the door. This light also comes on when i open my door.

by **Les Lampman** » Mon Apr 19, 2004 7:32 am

Hi Steve,

I'd say the approach to materials is going to depend a lot on the 'levelness' and clearance you've got on that bottom step when the door swings in. In my Beaver class C motorhome where the door swings out I used some 3/4" pressure-treated plywood for the steps but on the bus I don't think there's that kind of clearance at the bottom of the door.

You've been without for quite awhile on the stairwell light but I still think they're a good idea ('course I'm getting older and no longer see as well at night. There are several nifty LED cockpit and companionway lights (look at West Marine for ideas) that should work well; they recess, look good, and should last practically forever. I also really like Lapeer's idea of getting some light under the bus at the bottom of the stairs; here again I'd consider using a strip of LED's.

by **Steve** » Tue Apr 20, 2004 10:57 pm

I have the rope light mounted in the living area now. I will be putting one in sleeping area, outside under the awning, and maybe in the stairs area.

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