Bus Updates

The table was missing one thing. A place to set my beer. So I cut out some holes and dropped …

Time to update the look of the table to match the kitchen counter. I bought a Formica laminate sheet at …

Next bus project. Replace the bench seats I built with a pair of the original seats retrofitted with seat belts. …

Quick project today. New ignition switch, the old one was sloppy and wouldn’t start the bus over half the time. …

It took longer to rebuild than anticipated. They said they’d have it back around July 8th, got it back July …

Welp, I removed the steering gear box from the bus. 2 miserable hours underneath. Dang those big ass bolts were …

So I’m guessing this is too much shaft play in the steering gear. I’m just twisting the steering shaft back …

I finally found someone to help me bleed the brakes. Took all of 10 minutes. Afterwards I couldn’t get the …

Since my neighbor is on vacation, kids are out of town and I can’t find anyone to help bleed my …

After a trip to O’Reilly’s almost every day for the last week and a half I think I finally have …

Jacked the pass rear up and pulled off the dually tires. Thankful that the torque multiplier came with the socket …

Caliper Sunday Funday. Jacked up the front of the bus, installed wooden cribbing to prevent death. Tested out the new …

Decided to get adventurous and take the bus for a drive. The rotors are caked in rust so I’ll just …

Finally got a break in the rain. Did some bus stuff. I got the brake master cylinder back in after …

Spent nearly all day covered in bus grease. I got the exhaust manifold and turbo back on and torqued down. …

Since the weather has been nice it’s given me a reason to be motivated. I completed the turbo re-assembly and …

Sorry for not posting anything in awhile. It was a long and cold winter and I had zero motivation to …

I finally got around to finishing up the hydraulic line replacement. I found a local shop that made me an …

Separated the Turbo from the manifold. There wasn’t much left of that original gasket. Turbo rebuilding in progress. Cleaned up …

The last few days I’ve been disassembling the turbo/manifold assembly and getting it cleaned up. About 4 blocks from my …

Being as it’s only 82 degrees out and 8000% humidity I decided it would be as good a day as …

Decided to fire up the bus tonight and run it for awhile. First the ignition takes about 20 cycles on …

Today I received the replacement air tank. It was the cheapest option I could find that would fit. I got …

I ordered a Diesel heater pickup tube from China and it finally arrived today. I currently have the tank mounted …

Well right after I finished washing the bus I heard a loud pop and the sound of air gushing out …

Bus cleaning day. I had dirty greasy finger prints everywhere plus the black streaks and a years worth of dirt …

Today was figure out why my stupid Chinese Diesel heater refuses to run. I pop in the fuse and after …

Tappet Cover re-assembly Part 2! I finished up the re-assembly of the Tappet cover gasket and put the Injector pump …

For the first time in 2 years I took the bus for a short 10 miles trek around the neighborhood. …

Well I’m back at it. I took a break from Bus stuff for awhile, mainly the entire winter. Lots of …

More plumbing. I need to get the blank tank situation squared away before the snow flies. It will not be …

Worked on a couple things today. Wired up some lights and 12v sockets for the kids bunk beds, the lights …

I bought a domain and a hosted wordpress site to create this site! I’m familiar with GoDaddy for work so …

Maxxfan day. I’ve had this thing sitting in the basement for a year and a half now. It’s bout time …

Spent the last couple days under the bus. I found these sweet threaded rod self tapping anchors at Menards. I …

Cut holes for the shower drain and Toilet Flange. I went with a 3″ hole for the shower drain. For …

Decided it was time to upgrade the solar charge controller. The old cheap one worked very well but since the …

Got quite a bit done this weekend. I cut in the latches for the drawers. That was stupid hard to …

I started on the electrical closet the last few days. I’m going with a fixed panel on top to mount …

Started on the shower walls. I put some 1×2’s in the corners and some more horizontal bracing. I’m forgoing the …

Cut some 3/4″ ply and used that as slats for the mattresses. I then painted it with some left over …

Fastened down the countertop. Now it’s time to cut in the sink. This sink has no template and the directions …

Cut in the City water hookup. Finished painting the drawers and re-installed.

With working AC, it sure is nice working in the bus. It’s hot out but not in the bus! It’s …

Built up a frame under the water tank, but I realized I built it up to high so I had …

I got tanked today. I picked up a pair cheaper than buying just one. 30gal and 21gal, from Amazon and …

I fixed the AC Lineset. The Ac unit came with a 11ft lineset, but I purchased a new 25′ line …

I was able to finish running the AC Linesets……but I messed up. One wrong bend and I kinked the line, …

Built and framed out the area above the dash. Mounted the speakers. Then I mounted the bracket to hold the …

Ran to Menards to get threaded rod, unistrut and some way to mount the AC Compressor under the bus. I …