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Old 11-02-2015, 10:35 AM   #21
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Good progress.

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Old 11-09-2015, 10:26 AM   #22
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Got a little more work done on the outside, not much but I have pics!!! It's slowly coming together. Gonna have to put a different door on it sooner rather than later too. We're thinking about one of those full view glass security doors. The opening seems to be 36" x 80"


Just have the corners on the front and rear corners and windows to skin up then the bus will finally be enclosed once again.
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Old 12-04-2015, 04:37 PM   #23
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Bus is fully enclosed, and I was finally able to get enough consecutive sunlight after work to put the door on. Fits like a glove after I trimmed the bottom step back a little.
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Old 12-04-2015, 08:28 PM   #24
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The door looks great!
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Old 12-05-2015, 07:44 AM   #25
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...x2 on the door! Gotta come up with something for my bi fold as well.
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Old 01-11-2016, 09:18 AM   #26
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Little bit of progress. Had some fun finishing the subfloor yesterday when it was 17 degrees here. Got a little propane heater going and it warmed up the inside of the bus real nice. Next I'll be putting in 120v electric service and framing up the walls...
















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Old 01-11-2016, 09:51 AM   #27
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That is a serious volume of floor insulation. What are your plans for the roof & walls? If anything like the floor, you will wind up driving an Igloo cooler that will make it easy to maintain a stable temp come heat or sleet.

Nice work.
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Old 01-11-2016, 09:55 AM   #28
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Yes, nice work!
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Old 01-11-2016, 10:48 AM   #29
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Yeah, Its going to have 1/2" less in the walls and most likely the same as the floor in the ceiling. My old lady gets cold easily and I don't like listening to whining so I'm going overkill to make a nice warm bus for her...
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Old 01-11-2016, 12:25 PM   #30
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My wife says she LOVES your front door!!!! Great work so far!
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Old 01-11-2016, 12:38 PM   #31
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My wife says she LOVES your front door!!!! Great work so far!
Yes! I, too LOVE that door. I'll be totally copying that for sure.
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Old 01-11-2016, 12:57 PM   #32
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Just don't buy the door at Menards. That place is a crap-hole, and their customer service is some of the worst I've ever dealt with. I'll be warrantying the door this week. Some of the glass clips were broken off when I received it and I just fixed it myself, no big deal, just a couple bucks for new clips. This past weekend we got rain that turned into ice and two of the vertical posts on the door grille filled with water and then froze and ripped open. It would appear they didn't finish the welds and water was able to get in. No more Menards for this guy... ever.
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Old 01-12-2016, 09:00 PM   #33
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lookin' good, can someone tell me what this is?

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Old 01-12-2016, 09:46 PM   #34
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The hole

The hole is to access the fuel sending unit in the tank.
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Old 01-13-2016, 06:00 AM   #35
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The hole is to access the fuel sending unit in the tank.
Yep.
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Old 01-13-2016, 09:33 AM   #36
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And...you do NOT want to permanently cover that access port. As sure as you do, something will go wonky with the sender and dropping the tank will be your only option.

Mine did not originally have access but I installed a hatch that is now accessible from the storage area under sofa/sleeper. Since I replaced both the fuel tank and the fill neck, adding access to the sender just made sense.


It is the rectangular area just inside where the fill neck is located.
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Old 01-13-2016, 09:56 AM   #37
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Sage advice, Tango.
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Old 01-13-2016, 10:00 AM   #38
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I see Tango knows how to get his filler neck "in gear" Sorry, can't help the puns sometimes. However, it also shows how resourceful we can be. LOVE the shifter boot idea. I may actually steal that one in my builds......
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Old 01-13-2016, 10:41 AM   #39
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You ID'd it correctly M --- It is indeed a shifter boot. I borrowed a couple of hole punches from a buddy to get the right, tight fit around both the filler neck and the vent hose. Hope it will do the job.

My next sealing challenge will be the steering shaft where it will penetrate the new firewall. Still not quite sure how to address that issue but it will likely be something similar. i.e., re-purposed scrap.
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Old 01-15-2016, 11:17 AM   #40
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Just bought a 42 gallon h2o tank on pplmotorhomes.com. Got it for 80 bucks on sale. If anybody reads this today and needs a smokin' deal on a tank they're running a sale that ends this evening at 7pm...
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