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12-02-2014, 08:54 AM
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#181
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: Vacaville, Ca
Posts: 1,634
Year: 1988
Coachwork: Crown / Pusher
Engine: 8.3 Cummins
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Re: Senza Legno, Senza Pontilli
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Originally Posted by M1031
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Thanks, it's a 67 with the drivetrain, running gear & suspension out of a 1970 Ford motorhome with 3000 miles on rebuilt FE390
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12-02-2014, 09:48 AM
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#182
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: Winlcok, WA
Posts: 2,233
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Re: Senza Legno, Senza Pontilli
What did you use at the joints to seal out the water?
I would think butyl tape would work about as well as anything. Although Sikaflex would not only seal but it would also adhere.
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12-02-2014, 10:07 AM
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#183
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: Vacaville, Ca
Posts: 1,634
Year: 1988
Coachwork: Crown / Pusher
Engine: 8.3 Cummins
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Re: Senza Legno, Senza Pontilli
Quote:
Originally Posted by cowlitzcoach
What did you use at the joints to seal out the water?
I would think butyl tape would work about as well as anything. Although Sikaflex would not only seal but it would also adhere.
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I have some 6in wide rubber tape that you use when installing home windows, after cinching down the straps I took a heat gun from the inside to where the flanges start to curve & watched all the light in the gap's disappear so now the flanges are flared really good with the body contour , next step is I'm having some 4in sheet metal straps made that I'll put over the mounting flange so when bolting down the pressure will be more evenly distributed then depending how it looks I may put fiberglass over that & flare it in so you don't see any fasteners
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12-02-2014, 10:27 AM
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#184
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: Vacaville, Ca
Posts: 1,634
Year: 1988
Coachwork: Crown / Pusher
Engine: 8.3 Cummins
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Re: Senza Legno, Senza Pontilli
My advice to others doing roof raises, originally my neighbor who is a sheet metal man offered to make a cap for me unfortunately his wife came down with some serious medical issues so i didn't want to bother him with it so wanting to do as much as possible myself I made it out of fiberglass, I realize now it would probably been cheaper & faster to just have a sheet metal place build it.
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01-19-2015, 07:21 PM
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#185
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: Vacaville, Ca
Posts: 1,634
Year: 1988
Coachwork: Crown / Pusher
Engine: 8.3 Cummins
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Ok it's been awhile but I finally have the cap bolted down, I put 4in sheet metal straps on both flanges & 2 rows of bolts mostly elevator bolts so today I spread 3 gallons of fiberglass filler on the flanges so tomorrow I'll be sandin g away
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02-26-2015, 07:45 PM
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#186
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: Vacaville, Ca
Posts: 1,634
Year: 1988
Coachwork: Crown / Pusher
Engine: 8.3 Cummins
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Not much to report,, I did find some windows on ebay that fit my living room area perfect, there about 5ft 6" long so spent the last 2 days installing them plus an exit window in bedroom area. the fwd window on the right I only put in a few screws so if need be I can pass things thru it
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02-28-2015, 11:03 AM
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#187
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: Vacaville, Ca
Posts: 1,634
Year: 1988
Coachwork: Crown / Pusher
Engine: 8.3 Cummins
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Also started to install thermal break, unfortunately it's back to work for a couple days
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02-28-2015, 12:53 PM
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#188
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: Danville, California
Posts: 345
Year: 1988
Coachwork: Crown
Chassis: Supercoach
Engine: DD6-71T
Rated Cap: 78
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Pesky work and the need to bring in money to pay for our obsessions with our buses. I like the headroom your roof raise has given you. It looks very open in terms of the ceiling area compared to a typical Crown. Obviously, once you put a headliner and ceiling up it will look a little more snug. But, compared to the typical headroom of a Crown, you are styling!!!
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02-28-2015, 04:49 PM
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#189
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: Vacaville, Ca
Posts: 1,634
Year: 1988
Coachwork: Crown / Pusher
Engine: 8.3 Cummins
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Thanks Greg, & just a little off topic, was given a smoker from a friend of ours & this was my first attempt
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02-28-2015, 05:24 PM
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#190
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Dec 2014
Location: Dowdy Lakes, Colorado
Posts: 1,444
Year: 1989
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: Saf-T-Liner ER
Engine: 3208 CAT/MT643 tranny
Rated Cap: 87
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That's NOT enough for ALL of us....... ;) LOL
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02-28-2015, 05:40 PM
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#191
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: Vacaville, Ca
Posts: 1,634
Year: 1988
Coachwork: Crown / Pusher
Engine: 8.3 Cummins
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Quote:
Originally Posted by M1031A1
That's NOT enough for ALL of us....... ;) LOL
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But it was enough for me to bring left overs to work today
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02-28-2015, 05:42 PM
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#192
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: Vacaville, Ca
Posts: 1,634
Year: 1988
Coachwork: Crown / Pusher
Engine: 8.3 Cummins
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Quote:
Originally Posted by allwthrrider
But it was enough for me to bring left overs to work today
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I thinkl some things are off on the site, it show I put in the smiley face but thats not whats showing after I post, plus the posting times are way off
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03-09-2015, 08:29 PM
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#193
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: Vacaville, Ca
Posts: 1,634
Year: 1988
Coachwork: Crown / Pusher
Engine: 8.3 Cummins
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I have been working on glassing the back area to smooth out my metal install, while waiting for glass filler to setup I started fitting second stack on left, it's a 5in piece of tube 3/16 thick aluminum goes all the way thru the interior, I'm planning on running straight off the turbo & run a 4 in pipe inside of it , going to notch the backside & run the exhuast out the notch then install a scoop on the top facing into the wind so I have forced air between the exhuast pipe & outer tube, this should keep soot off my tow behind
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03-09-2015, 08:56 PM
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#194
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: Eustis FLORIDA
Posts: 23,764
Year: 1999
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: Freighliner FS65
Engine: Cat 3126
Rated Cap: 15
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Thats a cool idea.
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03-16-2015, 05:46 PM
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#195
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: Vacaville, Ca
Posts: 1,634
Year: 1988
Coachwork: Crown / Pusher
Engine: 8.3 Cummins
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picked up these 2 propane tanks today, ones a 23.8gal the other is 23.9 gal, just a ruff idea of where i want to mount them,& yes I know about ventaltion
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03-16-2015, 05:49 PM
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#196
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: Vacaville, Ca
Posts: 1,634
Year: 1988
Coachwork: Crown / Pusher
Engine: 8.3 Cummins
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Another shot,, also would anybody know why I can only post 1 pic at a time when it gives me 5 places to add photos
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03-16-2015, 05:50 PM
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#197
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: Vacaville, Ca
Posts: 1,634
Year: 1988
Coachwork: Crown / Pusher
Engine: 8.3 Cummins
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Also picked up a watr tank
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03-16-2015, 06:57 PM
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#198
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: Danville, California
Posts: 345
Year: 1988
Coachwork: Crown
Chassis: Supercoach
Engine: DD6-71T
Rated Cap: 78
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Major finds. Given your great cooking skills, that propane will come in handy.
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05-17-2015, 03:33 PM
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#199
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: Vacaville, Ca
Posts: 1,634
Year: 1988
Coachwork: Crown / Pusher
Engine: 8.3 Cummins
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Thanks go out to my Brother & sister inlaw for keeping watch out for me, scored this PotBelly stove at a farm auction today,, $80.00
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05-17-2015, 04:06 PM
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#200
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Apr 2014
Location: EHT New Jersey
Posts: 1,134
Year: 2003
Coachwork: AmTran
Chassis: International 3000RE
Engine: T444E/AT545
Rated Cap: 75
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Quote:
Originally Posted by allwthrrider
Another shot,, also would anybody know why I can only post 1 pic at a time when it gives me 5 places to add photos
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I usually use a third-party for image hosting like Facebook or imgur, and use the image tags (imgur provides that information). Then you needn't worry about post limits
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