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Old 07-06-2009, 09:44 AM   #1
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I have been helping Granzow1 with his bus. Here is what he started with.
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All painted up.

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Our trip up to Jakes RV Salvage was ended short when we first blew a coolant hose and then the turbo gave out. We had to limp home dumping massive amounts of oil into the engine.





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Last week we sat down and finally devised a plan for the electrical that meets all of Adam's ideas.

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Its a 1993
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Great job!!
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How come 2 generators? a Honda and a 6.5kw?
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And the Honda is much much quieter when you can get by with it.
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Lookin good! I like the color combo! What year TC is that?
I like those colors too. I'm guessing that color combo is Cardinal and Gold...Go Cyclones!!! (For those of you not from around Iowa or the Big 12 schools, that's Iowa State University...not that "other" Iowa school).

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