87 Wayne Lifeguard international S1700 CXXVI

[chev49]

my heated mirrors are on a switch on the side panel. so is the sand dump...

[GreyEagle]

Might be automatic ....... whenever the heater/defroster is turned on? or not..

[proconsul100]

Hi folks,
i grabbed one of these batteries from work when they were being replaced. have you ever seen one? they are 12v 55AH. i might be able to get more later, could they be useful for a battery bank?




thanks
Eric

[Diesel Dan]

Originally Posted by proconsul100

Hi folks,
i grabbed one of these batteries from work when they were being replaced. have you ever seen one? they are 12v 55AH. i might be able to get more later, could they be useful for a battery bank?

A typical modest RV battery bank stores about 400-500 amp hours. You would need like 8 of your batteries to equal what is typically done with 2 golf cart batteries. I would say that those batteries are not practical for this application. But there are others here who know more about this kind of thing than me...

[proconsul100]

Thanks Dan,
i will look into better batteries

here are some more deconstruction pics from today:




Eric

[chev49]

if they were free, i would put about 16 in the bus... problem is, wiring for battery to copper connector panels might eat up the free profit

[proconsul100]

thats true, they also have pallet trucks that use batteries as well. i will look to see when they replace them

[pipopak]

Originally Posted by proconsul100

thats true, they also have pallet trucks that use batteries as well. i will look to see when they replace them

Probably they have been abused (run into total discharge, partial charges, etc). Maybe they will be just scrap. Check before working to install them.

[proconsul100]

i should probably just buy some new batteries then. also how many folks leave the rear heat exchanger in? im considering just removing it.

[proconsul100]

rubber floor is out:

[chev49]

you want to keep the lines that run to the defroster and back. the remainder can just be blocked off. and if you want to have NO lines inside the bus, you can always run hard lines underneith the bus to the defroster.

[proconsul100]

floor painted with rust protecting primer




better pics after drying:

[crazycal]

Looking gooood.

[proconsul100]

todays progress, i painted the interior with rustoleum gloss white:


compared with the door, its a much more pleasant color



i still need to paint the front.

[lornaschinske]

Originally Posted by proconsul100

todays progress, i painted the interior with rustoleum gloss white...
compared with the door, its a much more pleasant color

Do you mean to say that you don't like "Institutional Green"? I've heard they paint psych wards that colour because it's supposed to be "calming". I think the patients are too nauseated from staring at that colour! One of my high schools was painted that colour for a few months. Attendance dropped (students & teachers), cafeteria sales plummeted, even grades dropped. The head of the local hospital's psych ward had a talk with the school board and the school was repainted "Navajo White".

[proconsul100]

Originally Posted by lornaschinske

Do you mean to say that you don't like "Institutional Green"? I've heard they paint psych wards that colour because it's supposed to be "calming". I think the patients are too nauseated from staring at that colour! One of my high schools was painted that colour for a few months. Attendance dropped (students & teachers), cafeteria sales plummeted, even grades dropped. The head of the local hospital's psych ward had a talk with the school board and the school was repainted "Navajo White".

yes the green definitely has a calming effect. makes you want to give up your will to move forward. doesn't help that it was grungy as well as noxious. it amazing how a new lighter color can make a space much more cheerful.

[crazycal]

My Wayne has that same color. It's an 86. I thought the maintenance guy painted it. I didn't know it came from the factory that way.

[chev49]

i think the double latching assy on the side door is a tad overkill...

guess they were worried about the crum crunchers using their prybars on the main one...

[keith]

is that a postal jeep behined the bus ??? i have a 1/2 ton one

[proconsul100]

Originally Posted by keith

is that a postal jeep behined the bus ??? i have a 1/2 ton one

yes, that was my last project. i love my postal jeep my postal jeep DJ5F will and has been assisting me in the bus conversion. when all is said and done i hope to tow the DJ with the Bus to our camp sites