Friday evening, I started removing all of the now-unused parts of the ceiling wiring harness. This included wires for the flasher lights (both front and rear), speakers, dome lights, emergency exit sensors, and a button in the back of the bus that required the driver to walk all the way back and push it when [...]
Posted on March 16th, 2008 by tony
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Yesterday, the kids and I got the dumpster loaded. I was thinking we’d have some extra space but it’s completely full.
I removed the rear heater finally. It made a mess but I caught most of the coolant from it in a tub. The area under the floor there is the most rusted [...]
Posted on March 2nd, 2008 by tony
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This week we had a 10 yard dumpster brought out to haul away the bits I’ve removed from the bus.
I started putting some stuff into it last night and will finish loading it up on Saturday I hope.
I am keeping some of the more choice metal for future use, but the piles in the yard [...]
Posted on February 29th, 2008 by tony
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Today I removed the remaining side wall panels, including the worst of all - the left rear one. It was a small piece (about 3 sq ft) but had no fewer than 53 rivets holding it in place - many in corners and difficult to get at. I also took off the folding [...]
Posted on February 23rd, 2008 by tony
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Last night I got all but one of the wall panels and insulation below the windows on the right side out.
Update: tonight I removed the remaining right side panel and the front half (in front of the emergency exit) of the panels from the left side.
Posted on February 19th, 2008 by tony
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The entire ceiling is now out along with the inner skin over the windshield and rear window. It looks really bare over the driver’s seat now. I’m going to miss the huge bus driver mirror. It was fun to scowl at the kids in while driving…
I also removed one small [...]
Posted on February 14th, 2008 by tony
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This evening I got out all the ceiling panels except for the front two. I’ll post more pics when I get the rest out.
Posted on February 9th, 2008 by tony
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Tonight I finally got serious about drilling out ceiling rivets. I removed four of the ceiling panels and insulation.
Once you get the hang of it, the rivets go pretty fast.
I am removing the ceiling so that I can add in much better insulation (both thermal and acoustic) than the little fiberglass that is [...]
Posted on February 9th, 2008 by tony
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Tonight I removed the rest of the floor except for under the driver’s seat and the rear heater. I uncovered more spots of rust, rotting plywood, and places where there was moisture present but not too much.
Posted on February 5th, 2008 by tony
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This evening I was able to get a lot more subfloor out. I now have about 2/3 of it all out and it’s going much faster now. I found more areas of surface rust and some plywood that was actually still slightly wet. The tricky parts that remain will be the driver’s [...]
Posted on February 5th, 2008 by tony
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