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Ha. I'll bet a lot of my neighbors wished I didn't live near them what with all the pounding and grinding I do in my garage.
Thanks all for the compliments. Jack

Hello All. The walls on my pop top are canvas and let heat out of the bus like an open window. The rest of the bus is insulated with 2" thick foam--top, bottom and sides and the windows are dual glazed. I've been toying with insulating the pop top and today I finished up a snap in liner that st...

Hello All. I just finished up the repair of the burst hot water line in my bus. Once I'd cut an access hole in the side of the body I figured I might as well replace the entire hot water line and install a new shower/sink faucet since I can now get at it all. I added a thermostatic control to the Ec...

Hi Jim. You've got a spirit of steel to stay so upbeat about what all the rest of us would be anything but upbeat. I look forward to your updates and wish you 110% success at your repair! Jack

Gotta tell somebody. An ancient mincemeat colored cat found it's way to my yard about 1 1/2 years ago. When I took it in it was on its 9 th life and I didn't expect it to live but a few days. Somehow, it managed to survive and capture my tough old heart. I had to put her down today and I am sad. Fun...

Hey Tango. Look at pages 15 and 16 to see pics of the water heater install. The heater gets its combustion air from under the bus and exhausts through louvers where the left rear 1/4 window was on the back of the bus. Jack

Hey Tango. I went with the Ecotemp L5 heater. I am completely satisfied with its quality and ability to do what it is touted to do -- with these caveats: First, the unit is very sensitive to pressure and will shut off if it drops below 20#. By using the Ecotemp recommended pump that problem is taken...

Hey Dick, those accent lamps really add a finished touch. As always, your project was well thought out and beautifully executed. Two words of warning though. You'll want to avoid showing off your work while you are parked in the parking lot of the steak house where the dip cups came from--just kiddi...

Hello All. From the "Should Have, Would have, Could have" file, or the "If it works, don't fix it " file comes today's tale. As I got to the end of my build, I got tired of waiting to start using my bus. Therefore, I cut a couple of corners. There is a small space in the right re...

I took the bus and the toad on a test drive today to see if the Blue Ox actually worked. It works as advertised with the toad brakes applying along with the bus brakes above 35 mph. The toad brakes stay applied as long as the bus brakes are applied all the way to a stop. The transmitter lights the s...

Thanks Mark and all good points. I don't have air brakes so all the compressor serves is the door actuator and now the toad's brake buddy. Both the door actuator and the brake buddy have their own tanks with one way valves. You can see the tank for the brake buddy in the first picture above. I'm toy...

Hello All. Breaking news! Well, not really, just brake news. While Honeysuckle Rose stops on a dime when fully loaded, she is a bit hard pressed to preform when attached to Clarence the nearly 3000# Toad. Would the exhaust brake work all the way to a complete stop, all would be well. Unfortunately, ...

Very nicely done. My drop shower required a separate holding tank (7 gal) and a lift pump to the grey tank. How does yours drain? Jack

Nice find Dennis. I don't know much about solar but I like the peel and stick idea. Are they less fragile than the standard ones? Jack

Hello All. We spent an enjoyable weekend at a private camp ground called East Shore RV Park. The rv park is adjacent to Puddingstone reservoir in Southern California and is comprised of about 200 camp sites well spaced over rolling grassy hills with the lake as the backdrop. The lake is used for fis...