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05-14-2018, 09:50 PM
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#1101
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: May 2017
Location: Chattanooga, TN
Posts: 1,413
Year: 2001
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: Thomas
Engine: CAT 3126
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Finally getting to finishing the bathroom.
Lots of fiddly bits. Hope it turns out...
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05-14-2018, 10:17 PM
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#1102
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Dec 2017
Location: Frisco, Texas
Posts: 829
Year: 1998
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: International 3800
Engine: Dt466e
Rated Cap: 71
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the side walls meaning below the window line. Was curious what color choice you were going with, or some kind of design. I could have explained that better
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05-15-2018, 02:56 AM
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#1103
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Apr 2018
Location: Palmer, AK
Posts: 279
Year: 2004
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: Saf T Liner MVP 11 window 32’
Engine: CAT 3126E
Rated Cap: 72
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Quote:
Originally Posted by david.dgeorge07
Crate #2 in progress...
Attachment 22068
These have been more difficult than I expected...combination of the wheel well and the mesh, bunk above and swinging door all end up giving a lot to consider. |
Seems like all the considering paid off. They look great! We’ve got a couple crate dogs that will be traveling with us too. What’s the distance between the floor and the top of the bunk frame?
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05-15-2018, 10:56 AM
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#1104
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: May 2017
Location: Chattanooga, TN
Posts: 1,413
Year: 2001
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: Thomas
Engine: CAT 3126
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Quote:
Originally Posted by tugboater
Seems like all the considering paid off. They look great! We’ve got a couple crate dogs that will be traveling with us too. What’s the distance between the floor and the top of the bunk frame?
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Two feet tall. Wish it could be more, but will be ok I think.
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05-15-2018, 01:47 PM
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#1105
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New Member
Join Date: Jun 2015
Posts: 3
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Went through all 111 pages in a day and a half. You have done some great work I have almost talked myself in doing a bus. Most of the buses around here are conventional the few that I have seen that are flat fronts are also ft engine. I have a 32 foot 5th wheel that I will gut for most of the conversation stuff.
Again great work
Harland
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05-15-2018, 10:50 PM
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#1106
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: May 2017
Location: Chattanooga, TN
Posts: 1,413
Year: 2001
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: Thomas
Engine: CAT 3126
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Quote:
Originally Posted by jjhwick119
the side walls meaning below the window line. Was curious what color choice you were going with, or some kind of design. I could have explained that better
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We sealed them. They are mostly staying pale tan.
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05-15-2018, 10:52 PM
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#1107
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: May 2017
Location: Chattanooga, TN
Posts: 1,413
Year: 2001
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: Thomas
Engine: CAT 3126
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ifixjets96
Went through all 111 pages in a day and a half. You have done some great work I have almost talked myself in doing a bus. Most of the buses around here are conventional the few that I have seen that are flat fronts are also ft engine. I have a 32 foot 5th wheel that I will gut for most of the conversation stuff.
Again great work
Harland
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Glad you enjoyed! If I’m being honest I’m not in much of a headspace to encourage skoolie building. Depends on your expectations and resources. The travel trailer donor is a good way to go though.
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05-15-2018, 10:53 PM
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#1108
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: May 2017
Location: Chattanooga, TN
Posts: 1,413
Year: 2001
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: Thomas
Engine: CAT 3126
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A bit more bathroom progress. These panels are just support for the finish/waterproof layer that will be glued on.
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05-16-2018, 11:20 PM
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#1109
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: May 2017
Location: Chattanooga, TN
Posts: 1,413
Year: 2001
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: Thomas
Engine: CAT 3126
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Glueing in the panels. This was miserable.
And I think I’ll be in the running for ugliest/most boring bathroom, but hopefully it will at least work ok.
Lots of sealing still to do.
Tip for anyone trying this: first large panel I put the mastic on outside. Not until halfway thru the bus did I realize that I had a 18 square foot open faced sandwich ready to fall all over my nice couches and stuff.
Nothing bad happened, but the next one I buttered in place.
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05-17-2018, 02:36 PM
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#1110
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Feb 2018
Location: Tahoe
Posts: 513
Year: 1997
Coachwork: International
Chassis: 3000RE
Engine: T444E w/ MT643
Rated Cap: 84 pass, 40'
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Quote:
Originally Posted by david.dgeorge07
No I used XPS from Lowe’s. 1/2” to maintain headroom. And no heated floor. It is just steel, rustoleum, XPS, plywood, and “luxury vinyl tile.”
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What luxury vinyl tile is it exactly? Has anyone found one that is rated for a large temperature range? The Shaw stuff I looked at was supposed to be kept between 65-85!!! That's not gonna happen in the mountains as there is OFTEN a 40 degree swing from day to night and we are not going to be full time.
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middle aged mom on a learning adventure
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05-18-2018, 12:43 AM
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#1111
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: May 2017
Location: Chattanooga, TN
Posts: 1,413
Year: 2001
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: Thomas
Engine: CAT 3126
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Quote:
Originally Posted by 2martins
What luxury vinyl tile is it exactly? Has anyone found one that is rated for a large temperature range? The Shaw stuff I looked at was supposed to be kept between 65-85!!! That's not gonna happen in the mountains as there is OFTEN a 40 degree swing from day to night and we are not going to be full time.
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Yeah, I guess I’ll find out. It is Home Depot. I’ll have to look.
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05-18-2018, 12:47 AM
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#1112
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: May 2017
Location: Chattanooga, TN
Posts: 1,413
Year: 2001
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: Thomas
Engine: CAT 3126
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Bunks coming together.
Privacy curtain mount.
Lots of trim yet to do.
Fridge is in.
Homely bathroom is coming along.
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05-19-2018, 11:51 PM
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#1113
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: May 2017
Location: Chattanooga, TN
Posts: 1,413
Year: 2001
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: Thomas
Engine: CAT 3126
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This can make a difference.
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05-20-2018, 11:38 PM
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#1114
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: May 2017
Location: Chattanooga, TN
Posts: 1,413
Year: 2001
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: Thomas
Engine: CAT 3126
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Finally got these mounted. It is my inverter/charger panel, furnace thermostat, and tank monitor system.
Finally enclosed the furnace.
My buddy Wes came and helped finish in this wall.
Don’t have a photo of the final, but I got the generator servo switch installed in its final position as well.
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05-20-2018, 11:43 PM
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#1115
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: May 2017
Location: Chattanooga, TN
Posts: 1,413
Year: 2001
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: Thomas
Engine: CAT 3126
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Took the bus on a dry run, camping at a local campground on Friday night.
Jeep towed well and we learned a bunch of stuff.
Bus fits in tight places more easily than I expected.
Dump station was fine, but should have brought gloves.
Most stuff worked well, but propane detector went off. I replumbed a fitting that I think may have been to blame, but still keeping a close eye on it. Detector has been running for months and no signs of trouble til now. No smell of propane and fittings pass the bubble test.
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05-21-2018, 08:36 AM
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#1116
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Houston, Texas
Posts: 8,462
Year: 1946
Coachwork: Chevrolet/Wayne
Chassis: 1- 1/2 ton
Engine: Cummins 4BT
Rated Cap: 15
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Not sure about propane detectors...but on smoke detectors, if the battery gets low...it starts beeping.
Just a thought.
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05-21-2018, 02:11 PM
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#1117
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: May 2017
Location: Chattanooga, TN
Posts: 1,413
Year: 2001
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: Thomas
Engine: CAT 3126
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Tango
Not sure about propane detectors...but on smoke detectors, if the battery gets low...it starts beeping.
Just a thought.
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It's a good thought. This one is powered by the house batteries though, so I think that isn't the problem. I hate to admit it, but it seems like there could be a leak. I'm going to cap the lines at the manifold one at a time until I find which one keeps the alarm from sounding and go from there...only so many places the problem can be.
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05-21-2018, 02:16 PM
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#1118
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Houston, Texas
Posts: 8,462
Year: 1946
Coachwork: Chevrolet/Wayne
Chassis: 1- 1/2 ton
Engine: Cummins 4BT
Rated Cap: 15
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Best of luck and do be careful.
Also...there are these little doohickeys...
https://www.amazon.com/SGILE-Natural...+sniffer&psc=1
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05-21-2018, 02:31 PM
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#1119
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: May 2017
Location: Chattanooga, TN
Posts: 1,413
Year: 2001
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: Thomas
Engine: CAT 3126
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Tango
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That’s exactly what I need!
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05-21-2018, 05:00 PM
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#1120
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Dec 2017
Location: Frisco, Texas
Posts: 829
Year: 1998
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: International 3800
Engine: Dt466e
Rated Cap: 71
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Looking really good! I'm beginning to put up my wall panels so it's been cool watching your progress since your a bit ahead of me. Your paint job also got me thinking about doing a white to gray fade on my bus as well, not exactly like yours though, not going to completely copy you. How crazy was the prep work with taping all of that off for multiple colors?
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