Our second bus build, WanderLounge

[cadillackid]

an electronic flasher should take care of the issue..

-Christopher

[brokedown]

My list of crap to buy from the auto parts store is getting longer! Those relays are about $10 on Amazon and I'd expect them to be about the same in a store.

I'm looking for the source of my air leak and I have the sneaking suspicion that it's coming from my pressure gauge....

[brokedown]

I've actually been quite busy with bus work and haven't found the time to update things here. Here's a few updates.

My Autozone blinker relay didn't end up working. At all. No matter what bulbs I had in it. I ended up putting incandescent bulbs in the front and LED in the back, and they flash with the original relay at a slightly faster rate.

So I pulled my heaters out (temporarily, they're in the way while I"m building!) and the next day it became winter. I discovered my dashboard heat's temperature control knob was frozen and went all the way down that rabbit hole. it's a pretty simple mechanism but it's not what I would have expected. The knob on the dashboard turns a gear that rotates a plate that in turn pulls/pushes a cable. The cable runs down the back of the radiator to a valve in the heater hose that regulates the flow of coolant.. And that hose is coming from a valve on the top of the back of the motor and has its own shut off valve there.

Clear as mud, right?

Of course, these are mostly frozen up and the advice of a Bluebird mechanic was to get the valve open and use the valve on the top of the motor instead of the knob. I figure I'll do that short term and put a real fix on the list of stuff to do later.

Photos follow.

[brokedown]

Heater control knob, valve in the heater house, valve on the motor.

[EastCoastCB]

Dang. Typical bus engineering!

IDK why but I never realized yours is a 12v. Pretty cool!

[cadillackid]

Ditch all that and install electric heater valves... if you want true water flow control (which really is so slow acting its a farse to actually regulate temperature with water flow control at a precise level).. then run a pair of parallel 1 inch hoses from the front to the back of the bus.. pull off each heater core in parallel with 5/8" heater hoses and electric valves.. at the rear of the bus your last heater core is looped around but its partially restricted to keep a good pressure differential between supply and return...



i did this on my carpenter.. so I can turn iff the main 1" flow loines in summer.. and in winter i can enable or disable each heater core independently.. it works well and is controllable..
-Christopher

[david.dgeorge07]

Originally Posted by brokedown

So I pulled my heaters out (temporarily, they're in the way while I"m building!) and the next day it became winter.

No joke! And isn’t if funny how petty a little thing like heat sounds when it is summertime? Then you try going for a drive in the cold stuff gets REAL!

I just finished the same project - different design and challenges, but having heat is a sweet reward!

[brokedown]

Heat and air conditioning are key components for us. We hit both extremes last year in our short bus. Our rear heater is HUGE and trust me it's going back in! Also looking at a Planar style diesel air heater sooner than later!

[brokedown]

Originally Posted by cadillackid

Ditch all that and install electric heater valves... if you want true water flow control
-Christopher

Honestly I'm expecting that the valve on the motor and the air duct valve will be more than enough control over temperature. I'm going to just rig that hose valve open for now and when my new 3 speed rotary switch comes in I should have defrost and dash heat again!

[BluesBird]

Hi there, I just got a hold of a 91’ tc2000 handy bus. The throttle cable is no longer attached to the gas pedal. I suspect it might have slipped down into the linkage. Any suggestions on what to do first? Thank you! Wyatt

[brokedown]

Originally Posted by BluesBird

Hi there, I just got a hold of a 91’ tc2000 handy bus. The throttle cable is no longer attached to the gas pedal. I suspect it might have slipped down into the linkage. Any suggestions on what to do first? Thank you! Wyatt

Check the throttle linkage under the engine cover, it's easy to see. It should work if you love it by hand, maybe you will see something wrong there if you move the foot pedal. Yours is a generation before mine so it's a bit different but I bet our pedal are the same. The throttle cable is unlikely to skip unless someone was mucking with it, maybe broken?

[BluesBird]

Ok thanks! The cable either broke or the hardware that fastens it to the pedal just fell off and the cable went down out of sight, which is what I was hoping.

[PNW_Steve]

Originally Posted by brokedown

it's easy to see. It should work if you love it by hand,

Gotta love auto-correct........

[brokedown]

Indeed but that's good enough to leave it!

We are painting today, the weather outside is stormy and humid, good day to be inside a bus!

[EastCoastCB]

Hot today! Feels like summer again.

[PNW_Steve]

It's a lovely 37F and raining here....

I swear CB & Josh ... One of these days we are going to be neighbors!

[brokedown]

I dunno man, it's so humid it's hard to breathe and the whole place here is a puddle, this is not a good weekend for bus work. My 30 minute dry time paint I applied this morning is still wet.

[cadillackid]

we hads 3 inches of rain between friday night and last night.. but today was beautiful.. I probably shouldve done that exhaust muffler bypass under the bus today. but I strung up christmas lights on my house.. cleaned up the yard and washed the bus... its been such a wet fall here.. sounds like ohio isnt the only place its been wet and sloppy
-Christopher

[PNW_Steve]

Originally Posted by brokedown

I dunno man, it's so humid it's hard to breathe and the whole place here is a puddle, this is not a good weekend for bus work. My 30 minute dry time paint I applied this morning is still wet.

I put primer on my floor on Tuesday. It was dry enough to walk on by Friday.

It's warming up a bit though.. 39F and 85% RH.

[BluesBird]

Originally Posted by PNW_Steve

Gotta love auto-correct........

Haha yep, love it by hand is acceptable advice. Can I send a few pics of what it looks like?