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Forum: Cummins Drivetrain 12-09-2020, 03:55 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 4,968
Posted By oleman
The simplest way to ensure that if the engine is...

The simplest way to ensure that if the engine is off the auxiliary loads are off is to add a voltage sensitive relay for the auxiliary loads. Also known as a charge relay because it only closes when...
Forum: Electrical, Charging and Solar 11-22-2020, 01:53 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 2,483
Posted By oleman
For several years I have used an 3 KW modified...

For several years I have used an 3 KW modified sine wave inverter running from a single group 31 bat to run the basic power tools I require for cutting and grinding. The hassle is that the battery...
Forum: Conversion General Discussions 09-05-2020, 04:21 PM
Replies: 21
Views: 4,904
Posted By oleman
I purchased a brand name pillow top queen sized...

I purchased a brand name pillow top queen sized normal interspring with a box spring lower for less than $1000. from COSTCO 2 years ago.
This bed is for a 340# patient that spends many hours in bed....
Forum: New Member Intros - Say Hello! 08-09-2020, 01:45 PM
Replies: 34
Views: 3,160
Posted By oleman
There is a big connection between Detroit Diesel...

There is a big connection between Detroit Diesel and International/Navistar in that prior to Detroit being sold off to Daimler. Detroit was re-badging the DT466 as a Detroit 40 series that was used...
Forum: Everything Else | General Skoolie Discussions 07-26-2020, 03:15 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 1,420
Posted By oleman
Mileage

For some unknown reason many folks tend to exaggerate their fuel mileage.

We just made a trip from Pueblo Co to Key west FL in our 36 foot Cummins all mechanical 300 HP 8.3 powered motor home....
Forum: On the Road | Travel, Trips, Camp Sites, Tailgates 07-19-2020, 02:21 PM
Replies: 52
Views: 4,762
Posted By oleman
Gentle slope all the way to Dallas

We took our well worn 1984 Ramcharger from Dallas to YellowStone NP in 2012. From Denver to Dallas is a gentle down slope all the way Southeast on US 287 to Dallas. The worst hills are behind you...
Forum: Electrical, Charging and Solar 06-25-2020, 10:45 AM
Replies: 14
Views: 4,849
Posted By oleman
Attached is the electrical schematic for a...

Attached is the electrical schematic for a commercial bus. It uses industry standard nomenclature and symbology. This is what I would be striving for!
Forum: Conversion General Discussions 05-09-2020, 03:46 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 11,011
Posted By oleman
Where in the world did you get this overheating...

Where in the world did you get this overheating crap? As a young man fresh into the military in 1963 my primary source of transportation was Greyhound and Trailways. I made multiple trips from...
Forum: Conversion General Discussions 01-19-2020, 01:26 PM
Replies: 38
Views: 9,181
Posted By oleman
Our RV conversion has a hydraulic retarder as...

Our RV conversion has a hydraulic retarder as part of the transmission. It always works unless you turn the retarder switch to OFF. A set of brake lights come on with the automatic retarder operation...
Forum: Mechanical and Drivetrains 10-19-2019, 03:42 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 2,663
Posted By oleman
Yes, but ours (GILLIG) has a 300A 24 V alternator...

Yes, but ours (GILLIG) has a 300A 24 V alternator to carry the 100A idle load on the 2 group 8 batteries in series. Engine fan runs off a hydraulic motor driven by a pump that also runs the power...
Forum: Everything Else | General Skoolie Discussions 09-21-2019, 09:33 PM
Replies: 33
Views: 4,234
Posted By oleman
They can simply use an angle grinder with...

They can simply use an angle grinder with cutting disk and cut the lock or a chain or make a door wherever they like. Only total security is a 24 hour guard!! I haven't found anything that I can...
Forum: Conversion General Discussions 09-04-2019, 04:40 PM
Replies: 28
Views: 4,871
Posted By oleman
Simply, use your engine hoist to remove the wheel...

Simply, use your engine hoist to remove the wheel chair ramp.
Forum: Everything Else | General Skoolie Discussions 08-31-2019, 08:33 PM
Replies: 91
Views: 10,660
Posted By oleman
A work of art is never completed

I see a bus to motor home conversion as a project and a work in progress.

We set goals and attempt to meet those goals. I am currently not sure what the final goal would be. We are still at...
Forum: Everything Else | General Skoolie Discussions 08-22-2019, 10:22 AM
Replies: 34
Views: 10,857
Posted By oleman
Almost all truck stops have a truck scale. Since...

Almost all truck stops have a truck scale. Since trucks are weight charged by the axle their scales are set up to weigh by the axle. BUT NOT LEFT TO RIGHT. We had to have our utility trailer have a...
Forum: Heating, Cooling and Appliances 08-10-2019, 06:42 PM
Replies: 26
Views: 3,236
Posted By oleman
anyone on here have any service information on a...

anyone on here have any service information on a thermo-king T11-M40 serices system on a 2001 Gillig pusher 30' transit bus. Appears to operate I want to get ahead of the curve.
Forum: Conversion Tutorials and How-to's 08-10-2019, 06:37 PM
Replies: 109
Views: 37,912
Posted By oleman
Many Forrestry service fire trucks are all wheel...

Many Forrestry service fire trucks are all wheel drive and many times are medium duty trucks, sometimes exmilitary. I have seen them fiarly cheap on purplewave auctions. Look for government auctions...
Forum: Conversion General Discussions 08-08-2019, 10:04 AM
Replies: 46
Views: 5,344
Posted By oleman
You had better check the zoning where ever the...

You had better check the zoning where ever the new land is to be located because there are not many areas of the US where where you can create a junkyard on your property without some type of permit....
Forum: Cummins Drivetrain 07-27-2019, 09:20 PM
Replies: 36
Views: 4,105
Posted By oleman
Most garages that service commercial trucks will...

Most garages that service commercial trucks will have the ability to make up simple hoses or will know a shop that can. There also franchise businesses that do nothing but make commercial hoses. ...
Forum: Conversion General Discussions 07-25-2019, 10:46 AM
Replies: 23
Views: 7,563
Posted By oleman
You probably stripped the threads out of the...

You probably stripped the threads out of the sheet metal when you installed the screw. That type of fastener is basically a single use screw. Sort of a self drilling pop rivet widly used on gutters...
Forum: Conversion General Discussions 07-25-2019, 10:27 AM
Replies: 26
Views: 6,896
Posted By oleman
Good Vendor in Indiana USA

I located a NSF ANSI STD61 certified water tank at classAcustoms.com. 42 gal that fits my location, $99. US shipped to my door in Texas USA. I would assume they would ship to a more northern state....
Forum: Electrical, Charging and Solar 07-20-2019, 07:59 PM
Replies: 34
Views: 4,334
Posted By oleman
KWH meter

The AC power monitor modules are fairly cheap on ebay less than $30. The real cost would be the connectors for the pass through cable which are not really required. I am in the process of converting...
Forum: Conversion General Discussions 06-26-2019, 07:22 PM
Replies: 51
Views: 5,257
Posted By oleman
Move the bus to to local storage.

We purchased an out of state bus that required a CDL. The Transit Authority selling the bus was willing to move it off their lot to a local RV storage facility that I rented a space in as part of...
Forum: Everything Else | General Skoolie Discussions 05-19-2019, 11:40 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 4,298
Posted By oleman
Air tank drains

Tech sheet says to drain air brake tanks daily. On our low floor transit bus the tanks are in the bus overhead?? but lines go to the battery compartment where there is a tank-drain-door to allow...
Forum: Skoolie Conversion Projects 05-19-2019, 11:19 AM
Replies: 39
Views: 5,128
Posted By oleman
Watched a youtube video the other day. One...

Watched a youtube video the other day. One scrawly little guy changed 4 ea wheels and tires on an old grey hound bus before I got bored with the video. HE USED a 1" impact wrench and 2 ea cheap...
Forum: Mechanical and Drivetrains 05-15-2019, 03:45 PM
Replies: 88
Views: 8,615
Posted By oleman
Top exhaust mount

Ours is an ex-transit bus with a rear engine, the stack from the diesel blows up out of the top of the bus at the rear. Very little exhaust residue gets on the rear.
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