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05-04-2011, 11:53 AM
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Moodus, Ct.
Posts: 1,062
Year: 1996
Coachwork: Champion
Chassis: Ford e-450
Engine: 7.3 Powerstroke
Rated Cap: 14
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Re: 1994 Ford E-350 Shuttle Bus Conversion
I've found with water, you are better off trying to make it go someplace else-rather than stop it completely. I turned one of my windows upside down (mine came with vent windows at the top) so my pooch could hang her nose out the slider. I just drilled a small hole in each lower corner of the rubber track the window slides in.
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05-13-2011, 11:58 PM
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#22
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Apr 2010
Posts: 1,485
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Re: 1994 Ford E-350 Shuttle Bus Conversion
lol love the plate
and wow you have a leak problem! I just silicone mine. i didnt get leaks around the outside like that!
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05-26-2011, 11:06 AM
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#23
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Apr 2010
Posts: 1,485
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Re: 1994 Ford E-350 Shuttle Bus Conversion
i used that same paint when i re-did my bottom step on my bus. there was a nice metal ] channel along the front of the bottom step. well it screamed there is rust behind it. sure enough there was! grinded it out out a rustoleum to the rescue!
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06-15-2011, 09:41 PM
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#24
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Apr 2010
Posts: 1,485
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Re: 1994 Ford E-350 Shuttle Bus Conversion
you ever get your AC figured out?
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06-16-2011, 02:51 PM
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Apr 2010
Posts: 1,485
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Re: 1994 Ford E-350 Shuttle Bus Conversion
oh so you ditched the rear unit completely? so gonna use it down the road then? id love to do that to mine. heck i even have the gen set cubby in the back of mine!
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06-19-2011, 02:07 PM
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#26
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Apr 2010
Posts: 1,485
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Re: 1994 Ford E-350 Shuttle Bus Conversion
kidna shocked at no insulation up there!
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06-20-2011, 11:52 AM
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#27
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Farmington Hills, Mi (Detroit area)
Posts: 1,968
Year: 2000
Coachwork: Eldorado Aerotech 24'
Chassis: Ford E-450 Cutaway Bus
Engine: 7.3L Powerstroke
Rated Cap: 19
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Re: 1994 Ford E-350 Shuttle Bus Conversion
I've been following your conversion very closely since I'm planning to do something very similar.
Two questions:
1) Did your secondary battery box hold the starting batteries or is it for the wheelchair lift batteries?
2) How big a hassle was it to remove the original roof AC unit. (and does the front unit work properly with the rear unit removed)?
Thanx - Roach
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06-21-2011, 09:11 PM
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#28
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Apr 2010
Posts: 1,485
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Re: 1994 Ford E-350 Shuttle Bus Conversion
tsk tsk. Al Gore would be mad lol
im looking at the roof of mine and thinking "wow that would be nice" but not too sure yet what i want to do..
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06-21-2011, 09:27 PM
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#29
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Moodus, Ct.
Posts: 1,062
Year: 1996
Coachwork: Champion
Chassis: Ford e-450
Engine: 7.3 Powerstroke
Rated Cap: 14
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Re: 1994 Ford E-350 Shuttle Bus Conversion
Where mine was-and since I planned on being able to walk thru, the main question would have been "how'd you get that nasty bump on your forehead?"
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06-21-2011, 11:17 PM
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#30
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Farmington Hills, Mi (Detroit area)
Posts: 1,968
Year: 2000
Coachwork: Eldorado Aerotech 24'
Chassis: Ford E-450 Cutaway Bus
Engine: 7.3L Powerstroke
Rated Cap: 19
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Re: 1994 Ford E-350 Shuttle Bus Conversion
If it'll piss of Al Gore then hand me that tubing cutter Seems there's always something that's going to end civilization as we know it. I've heard so many bogus warnings that I pretty much tune them out now.
Used to be that you couldn't buy refrigerant (freon) unless you were certified. These days freon's history and the new refrigerants are ozone friendly or at least not as nasty as freon was, but you don't want to breathe the stuff. The new stuff won't end civilization as we know it, but it could blind you if splashed in your eyes or kill you outright if you breathe enough of it. That said, when the time comes I'll be reaching for that tubing cutter.
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06-22-2011, 12:01 PM
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#31
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Apr 2010
Posts: 1,485
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Re: 1994 Ford E-350 Shuttle Bus Conversion
lol well ya, if its poison gas i aint cutting the line. never heard of anyone dieing from freon (yet). I have to deal with that on a daily basis it seems. I work scale operator at the landfill and every day i get someone that "oh i cut the lines so there is no freon" and tries to get the appliances in for free..
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06-22-2011, 12:53 PM
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#32
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Farmington Hills, Mi (Detroit area)
Posts: 1,968
Year: 2000
Coachwork: Eldorado Aerotech 24'
Chassis: Ford E-450 Cutaway Bus
Engine: 7.3L Powerstroke
Rated Cap: 19
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Re: 1994 Ford E-350 Shuttle Bus Conversion
Yeah, the warning labels would have you believe that one whiff will cook your goose - I don't buy that at all. When the time comes to disconnect mine I just won't have my face *right there* when it's venting (lol) and a few open windows probably wouldn't hurt either.
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06-23-2011, 07:17 PM
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#33
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Apr 2010
Posts: 1,485
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Re: 1994 Ford E-350 Shuttle Bus Conversion
i wish my TT had that plugin. parents does. very nice yet your cable can walk off easier...
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06-24-2011, 07:53 AM
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#34
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Andrews,Indiana
Posts: 2,458
Year: 1991
Coachwork: Bluebird
Chassis: AARE
Engine: 3116 Cat 250hp
Rated Cap: Just the two of us.
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Re: 1994 Ford E-350 Shuttle Bus Conversion
Freon itself isn't poisonous, however if it gets next to an open flame, it turns in to phosgene gas which is deadly. IE: don't open the line while smoking.
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06-24-2011, 02:49 PM
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#35
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Apr 2010
Posts: 1,485
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Re: 1994 Ford E-350 Shuttle Bus Conversion
ha! that would be a way to die! "what got him?" 'i dunno, he was just having a smoke while working on his AC and then he croaked something bout poison gas and fell over'
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07-10-2011, 08:27 PM
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#36
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Apr 2010
Posts: 1,485
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Re: 1994 Ford E-350 Shuttle Bus Conversion
so now you can have your genset in the back and cool inside!! very neat
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07-12-2011, 10:56 AM
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#37
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Apr 2010
Posts: 1,485
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Re: 1994 Ford E-350 Shuttle Bus Conversion
progress!
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07-31-2011, 11:50 PM
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#38
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New Member
Join Date: May 2011
Posts: 4
Year: 1993
Coachwork: ElDorado
Chassis: E350
Engine: 460ci Gas
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Re: 1994 Ford E-350 Shuttle Bus Conversion
Keep up the good work!
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08-06-2011, 01:51 AM
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#39
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Apr 2010
Posts: 1,485
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Re: 1994 Ford E-350 Shuttle Bus Conversion
wow that is insane!!
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08-11-2011, 08:24 PM
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#40
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Mini-Skoolie
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: New Milford, Connecticut
Posts: 27
Year: 2000
Coachwork: Goshen
Rated Cap: 12
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Re: 1994 Ford E-350 Shuttle Bus Conversion
What inverter are you using to power the A/C?
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