84 Thomas - The Yankeflyer

[yankeflyer]

The school bus project has a new concrete pad to park on and just-in-time, the airline from the compressor failed on this last move. Moving into a house from the bus after four years on the road and using the bus as my home for that time, has the bus looking a little bit like it went to an earthquake just before it parked here.

I've got the stainless steel and plan for my next big task on the bus will be rebuilding the stairway

A lot of great projects and I sure enjoy looking at everyone's pictures and their progress

[yankeflyer]

air line parts

[yankeflyer]

If I were wanting to frame up storage bays under the bus , these from craigslist " have 16 metal box crates for sale.can be used for many different uses.Also have wooden pallots ,and misc.wood boxes.call or text for more info.405-406-0962make offer for one or all.(anything in between.demensions of steelcrates are 43"long x26"widex20"tall.they are 15'deep " would make a good start if the price was right. can be seen at the link below.



http://oklahomacity.craigslist.org/mat/1733447652.htmlhttp://oklahomacity.craigslist.org/mat/1733447652.html

[yankeflyer]

A hotwire on the back of the alternator, that had been cut and tied off with some small piece of copper still showing, had somehow had intermittent contact with the stainless steel braided airline and eventually burned a hole through the airline.

You could hear it leaking but you couldn't see it, very small hole.

It's all better now.

[yankeflyer]

It takes forever for me to get anything done today on the bus. The new house takes all my time and money but I'm sure that's a good thing. All these new people buying buses, this idea has really caught on with a certain demographic of the population, I would say. A pit would sure be helpful for doing work underneath.

[browncrown]

Have to agree on the idea of a pit in lieu of a lift...the hardest part of working on the bus is trying to fit underneath on a creeper...even when it is drove up on blocks...oh well, the things we do to realize our dreams...don't give up.

[yankeflyer]

Rolled on some paint yesterday. Man has it been a rainy week in Oklahoma

[yankeflyer]

how rainy has it been Miles
when i parked it yesterday it hardly left an imprint in the grass
today it could only spin the wheels

[yankeflyer]

Think out of the box

[M1031]

Love the 3208!

[yankeflyer]

after the axle swap it went from 6 mpg to 9.9mpg

[yankeflyer]

all the work ive done and their is still is a lot of work to do

[yankeflyer]

we few - band of brothers - been their done that !!

[M1031]

Originally Posted by yankeflyer

we few - band of brothers - been their done that !!

Me too.

I was also making a reference to those of us who bleed while deconstructing and re-constructing our skoolies.

[yankeflyer]

its all cool - are skoolie conversions a fun project that everybody loves or what - ???

[yankeflyer]

axle swap http://yankeflyer.com/Mobilestudio.aspx

[yankeflyer]

Just in case there is somebody out there thats needs one more project-My ultralite airplane projects are for sale on craigslist. http://oklahomacity.craigslist.org/for/1841315907.html

Don`t have the time or money for it and the bus could use the resourses.

http://lazair.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=902&st=250


Lots of pictures of the project when assembled. Just go to youtube and type in lazair

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdK0Io4ueXc

[yankeflyer]

fuel tank protection - I use my plasma cutter to cut it off from its mounts on the frame and then used the mounts to hang the new steel, replacing the old bumper

[yankeflyer]

the rebuilding the rear bumper

[keith]

too all my brothers in the brown water navy 67-70 horaw (seal team three)