"Thank you, Captain Obvious" - Page 4

family wagon · 05-25-2015, 07:10 PM

EastCoastCB, did you try heat and a scraper/putty knife? I did a small test section with those removing the tar stuff in mine today and it looked promising.

Scooternj · 05-25-2015, 08:05 PM

And what stripper are you using? I may want to add that into my arsenal of anti-fibre & tar products

Scooternj · 05-27-2015, 04:59 PM

Progress! Four rows remaining...then to finish taking down the ceiling and fibreglass, and sweep up before tearing up the floor.

Scooternj · 06-30-2015, 05:05 PM

And then there were three left...

The Nebuchadnezzar · 07-01-2015, 09:01 AM

Looks like we have twin buses, good work so far.

Scooternj · 07-05-2015, 08:50 AM

And the bulk of the ceiling dirt retention system is out. All that's left is to spray and scrape.

EastCoastCB · 07-05-2015, 08:52 AM

Lookin good Scooter!

Scooternj · 07-05-2015, 08:54 AM

And this time, last year, I had maybe three or four seats out and a couple of ceiling panels. Having the right tools, and being able to work on my terms, helped immensely.

EastCoastCB · 07-05-2015, 08:59 AM

I know that feeling

Scooternj · 07-17-2015, 06:45 AM

Pulled out two of the three remaining seats yesterday, unearthing the rear heater in all it's crud-impacted glory.

I'm probably going to have to cut out the last seat and cut the boltheads off or work from below and grind the nuts off.

EastCoastCB · 07-17-2015, 07:26 AM

Yes, the heaters are DISGUSTING!

Scooternj · 07-18-2015, 03:40 PM

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Originally Posted by EastCoastCB

Yes, the heaters are DISGUSTING!

Yes it is-

And all seats, save for the driver's are now OUT

But first-

These were the last two, after pulling the one in the middle out

looking forward

Looking aft

And the scrap pile-

I think there's about 12 bucks worth of scrap steel in there...

EastCoastCB · 07-18-2015, 04:29 PM

NICE!

About as soon as my seats were all out, some really decrepit lookin scrappers came asking about them.
I told em to take em and have a nice 12 pack on me!

That heater looks almost clean compared to mine. ;)

REDD · 07-18-2015, 06:08 PM

Took the foam and covers off 19 seats and got $38.40 for scrap metal, bought me a 28 box of beer, yee haw. The other 5 seats I gave away to people who wanted them.

crazycal · 07-18-2015, 06:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by REDD

Took the foam and covers off 19 seats and got $38.40 for scrap metal, bought me a 28 box of beer, yee haw. The other 5 seats I gave away to people who wanted them.

Expensive beer. I hope it was good beer.

Scooternj · 11-08-2015, 07:26 AM

Bus update...

I've been slowly working on pulling the interior wall panels. Nothing like an hour's work swinging a hammer against a cold chisel breaking tack welds and grinding off stubborn screw heads.

I've also been in something of a planning mode for next season, while waiting for winter to set into attack the Asphalteum™ (If it's as bad as NWS and Farmers' Almanac are predicting, the cold will definitely help). Once the floor's up, I've been thinking would it be worth it to run 4 longitudinal beams of double-stacked 1/2" ply ripped into 4" widths, 1" rigid insulation between them, then more double-stacked 1/2" laterally with 7' spacing and more 1" rigid filling the voids.

The inboard beams would be bolted through the existing mounting with elevator bolts, the outboard screwed in place with wood to metal screws through the floor or angle bracketed to the ribs through the chair rail. This would all be sitting on a layer of acoustical barrier (db3)

EastCoastCB · 11-08-2015, 07:35 AM

The Asphalteum in mine will finally be TOTALLY gone after today.
We are heading out with one last spray can of aircraft stripper, some beers, some friends, etc. The plan is to get off the last of the heavy deposits and start wire wheeling it all down . Finally cooled down a bit last night too, its been in the 80's and even 90's this week.

Post some pics of your removal, if you would please!

REDD · 11-08-2015, 10:36 AM

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Originally Posted by crazycal

Expensive beer. I hope it was good beer.

Nope!, Just regular old beer..."Molson Canadian" ...that's what beer costs here in the great white north.

crazycal · 11-08-2015, 12:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by EastCoastCB

The Asphalteum in mine will finally be TOTALLY gone after today.
We are heading out with one last spray can of aircraft stripper, some beers, some friends, etc. The plan is to get off the last of the heavy deposits and start wire wheeling it all down . Finally cooled down a bit last night too, its been in the 80's and even 90's this week.

Post some pics of your removal, if you would please!

Finally started to get cold here too. Spent the night in Reno a few days ago. It was 17 over night. Good thing I don't live in Reno!

boilerbill · 11-08-2015, 09:31 PM

Hi, first of all i want to say i really enjoy watching your rv's come together. I built some Oilfield equipment that i worked out of for 13 years during the winter months. But these schoolies are works of art compaired to what i hacked up.So kudos to you all as a community and thanks Scooternj for sharing your build. Why are you removing your roof bottom tin? it looks well insulated and maby just needs a good wash or a repaint?
Not quite seeing whats so bad about it?

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