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09-17-2017, 11:34 AM
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#661
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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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Quote:
Originally Posted by Jacob
I'm not sure what your rubber moldings look like but McMaster Carr has a good selection of rubber moldings you may be able to find something that would work for your door there.
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This is a VERY proprietary part. Not generic. Its custom molded.
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09-17-2017, 12:07 PM
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#662
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Skoolie
Join Date: Aug 2016
Location: Kansas
Posts: 224
Year: 1995
Coachwork: Thomas
Engine: 8.3 Cummins, 643
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Quote:
Originally Posted by EastCoastCB
This is a VERY proprietary part. Not generic. Its custom molded.
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Hate it when that happens I wish more manufacturers would use standard parts and pieces. It sounds like you found a better solution anyhow. My bus door is air actuated so there is a "cool" factor but it will get replaced regardless I'm already tired of messing with a bus door again.
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09-17-2017, 03:04 PM
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#663
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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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Quote:
Originally Posted by Jacob
Hate it when that happens I wish more manufacturers would use standard parts and pieces. It sounds like you found a better solution anyhow. My bus door is air actuated so there is a "cool" factor but it will get replaced regardless I'm already tired of messing with a bus door again.
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My service door is air actuated.
We're talking about the wheel chair door here.
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09-17-2017, 03:14 PM
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#664
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Traveling
Join Date: Nov 2015
Location: Midwest
Posts: 2,573
Year: 2003
Coachwork: BlueBird
Chassis: TC2000
Engine: 5.9L Cummins
Rated Cap: '00
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Quote:
Originally Posted by EastCoastCB
This is a VERY proprietary part. Not generic. Its custom molded.
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What about taking 2 different profiles and gluing them together to get the desired seal?
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09-17-2017, 04:00 PM
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#665
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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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Quote:
Originally Posted by Rusty
What about taking 2 different profiles and gluing them together to get the desired seal?
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I'm not going to mess with it anymore. THe WC door is rusty anyhow, so paneling over it and installing an RV door is a no-brainer at this point.
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09-18-2017, 06:54 AM
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#666
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Oct 2016
Location: Essex, MD
Posts: 3,738
Year: 1999
Coachwork: Blue Bird
Chassis: Blue Bird TC RE 3904, Flat Nose, 40', 277" wh base
Engine: 8.3L Cummins ISC 260hp, MT643, 4.44 rear
Rated Cap: 84 pax or 1 RV; 33,000lbs
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Quote:
Originally Posted by EastCoastCB
A 70"x48" rv door with screen would be amazing!
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Amazingly suck!!! Needs to be at least 74" least I'll scalp myself. That's about the perfect height to get thru most days. But that one day when not thinking about it or distracted...
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10-30-2017, 05:42 AM
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#667
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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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Fixed the door!
Starting to get excited about the shorty again. We had it listed on CL but the more I work on it the more I'm convinced that I either need to charge more money for it or quit trying to sell it.
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10-30-2017, 05:43 AM
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#668
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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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Quote:
Originally Posted by Brewerbob
Amazingly suck!!! Needs to be at least 74" least I'll scalp myself. That's about the perfect height to get thru most days. But that one day when not thinking about it or distracted...
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I'm so glad I listened to you an fixed the door!
You were totally right.
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10-30-2017, 07:28 AM
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#669
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Oct 2016
Location: Essex, MD
Posts: 3,738
Year: 1999
Coachwork: Blue Bird
Chassis: Blue Bird TC RE 3904, Flat Nose, 40', 277" wh base
Engine: 8.3L Cummins ISC 260hp, MT643, 4.44 rear
Rated Cap: 84 pax or 1 RV; 33,000lbs
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Quote:
Originally Posted by EastCoastCB
I'm so glad I listened to you an fixed the door!
You were totally right.
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Sweet. The way you made it sound was the only thing holding it together was the rust. When I saw it, ... um where's the rot? Inside maybe. Nope not there either. That little bitty bit of rust is all of 2 inches wide by 5 inches long. Cut that sucker 3x8 and slap a new piece on there!!
I was imagining ... who's video was it where they basically reskinned the bus from the floor up? The dude from Canada that doesn't post any more maybe? Can't remember if it was him or someone else.
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10-30-2017, 07:34 AM
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#670
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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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10-30-2017, 07:54 AM
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#671
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Oct 2016
Location: Essex, MD
Posts: 3,738
Year: 1999
Coachwork: Blue Bird
Chassis: Blue Bird TC RE 3904, Flat Nose, 40', 277" wh base
Engine: 8.3L Cummins ISC 260hp, MT643, 4.44 rear
Rated Cap: 84 pax or 1 RV; 33,000lbs
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Quote:
Originally Posted by EastCoastCB
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Lol, luckily for you I'm terrible at remembering names.
Have I got the right bus tho? Whomever it was basically rebuilt the entire rear of the bus.
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10-30-2017, 07:55 AM
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#672
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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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Quote:
Originally Posted by Brewerbob
Lol, luckily for you I'm terrible at remembering names.
Have I got the right bus tho? Whomever it was basically rebuilt the entire rear of the bus.
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There have actually been at least a few northern folks not willing to travel for their bus who have had to rebuild the entire bus. They more or less "restore" the bus the way one would a classic car that's been rusted to smithereens.
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10-30-2017, 05:10 PM
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#673
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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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10-30-2017, 05:14 PM
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#674
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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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10-30-2017, 05:32 PM
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#675
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Sep 2016
Location: SE Florida
Posts: 1,108
Year: 2003
Coachwork: International
Engine: T444E
Rated Cap: 65 pax
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LOL... that's funny CB
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10-30-2017, 05:48 PM
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#676
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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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Don't laugh too hard, Sandi- yours need it too!
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10-30-2017, 05:57 PM
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#677
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Sep 2016
Location: SE Florida
Posts: 1,108
Year: 2003
Coachwork: International
Engine: T444E
Rated Cap: 65 pax
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Quote:
Originally Posted by EastCoastCB
Don't laugh too hard, Sandi- yours need it too!
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I need it BIG TIME! I was laughing at the "we don't speak his name" meme
I'm doing the tiny house shows 2 weekends apart next month... one on west coast, one on east coast... wanna grind some rust off my bus?
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10-30-2017, 06:07 PM
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#678
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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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Quote:
Originally Posted by WanderWoman
I need it BIG TIME! I was laughing at the "we don't speak his name" meme
I'm doing the tiny house shows 2 weekends apart next month... one on west coast, one on east coast... wanna grind some rust off my bus?
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OH! DERP!
I can probably get some stuff done on your bus if you're in the area!
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10-30-2017, 08:56 PM
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#679
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
Posts: 1,791
Year: 1997
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: B3800 Short bus
Engine: T444E
Rated Cap: 36
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Brewerbob
I was imagining ... who's video was it where they basically reskinned the bus from the floor up? The dude from Canada that doesn't post any more maybe? Can't remember if it was him or someone else.
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I'm a dude from Canada who stripped off all of the bus skin! Didn't make a video, though.. Not that I remember.
I removed the skin so that I could get to the straight pieces of the rib for a roof raise. Thomas slants the windows in a bit so extending at the window openings would require some flexing.
Taking the skin off was easy enough Of course, it took longer to put back together than expected. It turned out to be a good way to fix the rust around the wheel. Not that I'd recommend it as THE way to fix wheel well rust, but I had it all apart anyhow.
That shorty is looking good EB. I hope you keep it
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10-31-2017, 03:26 AM
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#680
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Oct 2016
Location: NY
Posts: 774
Year: 2002
Coachwork: International
Engine: dt466
Rated Cap: 65C-43A
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You do good work CB... That looks fantastic. I can't wait to get back to my bumper. I got a bit of rust on it myself. I put all body work aside to work on the inside
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