87 Wayne Lifeguard international S1700 CXXVI - Page 5

proconsul100 · 08-02-2012, 12:30 PM

I'm now plated , registered, and titled as an RV!! whoohoo. no inspections necessary after all. now i need to find a good insurance company for this thing and i will be able to use it.

bansil · 08-02-2012, 02:03 PM

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Originally Posted by proconsul100

I'm now plated , registered, and titled as an RV!! whoohoo. .

Soooo.....when are you getting the bus legal?

proconsul100 · 08-02-2012, 10:36 PM

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Originally Posted by bansil

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Originally Posted by proconsul100

I'm now plated , registered, and titled as an RV!! whoohoo. .

Soooo.....when are you getting the bus legal?

yes, i look silly wearing the license plate

proconsul100 · 08-02-2012, 10:43 PM

well, i purchased a power converter, stove, and 2 fresh water tanks off of craigslist. all are from a class C RV a man was scraping. looks like both fresh tanks had their own fill valves but were connected together, has anyone heard of that. also does the power converter look useful? each tank is 25 gallons.

chev49 · 08-03-2012, 03:47 AM

those tanks were mounted on the end. in my collection of tanks, i got 2 of them that i got out of a 12 foot chassis mount camper, and re cut the fill and vent holes so that they could be mounted on the sides like most other tanks. They look like the 20 gal ones, and mine were not marked for capacity.
I use the same electrical panel in my bus. i connected it to the electrical transfer switch.
you might want to check the stove.. mostly the oven for proper operation before you install it..fwiw

proconsul100 · 08-03-2012, 10:04 AM

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Originally Posted by chev49

those tanks were mounted on the end. in my collection of tanks, i got 2 of them that i got out of a 12 foot chassis mount camper, and re cut the fill and vent holes so that they could be mounted on the sides like most other tanks. They look like the 20 gal ones, and mine were not marked for capacity.
I use the same electrical panel in my bus. i connected it to the electrical transfer switch.
you might want to check the stove.. mostly the oven for proper operation before you install it..fwiw

Thanks Chev49, i wonder if there is a panel i can buy that will allow me to use the fill level indication wires on the tanks, and if they are useful. also the power control center looks like it does AC as well as DC? i will test out the stove before using it.

chev49 · 08-03-2012, 05:06 PM

the rv that the panel was taken out of would work for the levels... or any of that era that use the same sensors. i have two different panels for fluid levels, one is a 1988, and the other is a 1978 taken out of a monico motorhome.. the gauges from both of them work the same on my tanks.. so just get an old panel about the same era as your water tanks from a motorhome is my guess...

Your powr control panel is AC on the left, and DC on the right. An AC breaker also goes to run the converter, which is in there as well. In mine, i put an extra 110V breaker because it had an open slot, and put a 30 amp breaker in place of one of the 20 amp ones because the roof air was occasionally tripping the one i had it on when the AC started. The panel takes standard 110v breakers if one of yours ever goes bad.

With your electrical panel, be sure to balance the electric loads for best operation..fwiw

proconsul100 · 08-03-2012, 09:15 PM

well i hit the stove with some 00 steel wool and ATF fluid, here are the results:
before:

after:

i also washed the knobs, and the pot holders, i tried to use the regulator from my grill to test it, but i was afraid of breaking the grill. also here is the inside of the oven, does this plate go above the burner, or on the floor of the oven?

proconsul100 · 08-07-2012, 05:45 PM

painted the top today. i used rustoleum almond. i rolled it on. i think it looks ok. the rest of the yellow parts of the bus will be painted leather brown, rub rails will remain black i think.

bansil · 08-07-2012, 06:54 PM

Glad you posted!....what "nap" roller did you use? 1/4,3/8??
I think it looks good,hoping to "roll" some on ourbus this weekend if I can find the paint

I a so tired of "we have white,black and red"...argh

proconsul100 · 08-08-2012, 12:29 AM

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Originally Posted by bansil

Glad you posted!....what "nap" roller did you use? 1/4,3/8??
I think it looks good,hoping to "roll" some on ourbus this weekend if I can find the paint

I a so tired of "we have white,black and red"...argh

for the front and back i used a high density foam roller. for the top i used a regular roller, i will get you the type tomorrow when i get out to the bus. for the tight corners i used a foam brush. i thinned the rustoleum with small amount of mineral spirits. i e started the sides in brown, and its really brown!! i might have to name the bus Hershey bar or something

GreyEagle · 08-08-2012, 07:50 AM

You could just name her "Chocolate" or "COCO" or ......... ??? Cocobus ???

Accordion · 08-08-2012, 09:19 AM

Very nice colors.

Diesel Dan · 08-08-2012, 10:46 AM

Those are nice, complementary colors. The bus has a good look to it. The power converter will be very useful - you could run all kinds of 12v stuff off shore power if you decide to make your bus predominantly a 12v DC house system which would be more efficient when you are on the road running off house battery power. I got one of those converters (a smaller, simpler one) used recently and I use it to run a 12v DC waste oil pump off my household 120 AC current when I'm working out in the shop so I don't have to use 6v/12v batteries, which are messy, heavy and need to be charged all the time. It's awesome!

proconsul100 · 08-08-2012, 10:48 AM

thanks guys, the more i look at the brown the more i like it.....brown topped with almond.....kind of like a brownie

proconsul100 · 08-08-2012, 10:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Diesel Dan

Those are nice, complementary colors. The bus has a good look to it. The power converter will be very useful - you could run all kinds of 12v stuff off shore power if you decide to make your bus predominantly a 12v DC house system which would be more efficient when you are on the road running off house battery power. I got one of those converters (a smaller, simpler one) used recently and I use it to run a 12v DC waste oil pump off my household 120 AC current when I'm working out in the shop so I don't have to use 6v/12v batteries, which are messy, heavy and need to be charged all the time. It's awesome!

thanks Dan,
i just need to figure out how to set up the converter. it looks like i can do some AC as well. i know i can charge batteries up with it as well, but i need to fine the correct wires to run.