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by asavage
Thu May 27, 2010 2:47 pm
Forum: Housebuses & Housetrucks
Topic: 1973 Blue Bird
Replies: 864
Views: 350372

A report on the waste tank. It is under the bus. It got frozen this winter, making it impossible to dump. Lesson learned: mount your tanks (all of them) inside the bus. It can be problematic to get the shit to flow downhill, if you mount the waste tank inside the bus. A common solution to this comm...
by asavage
Sat May 22, 2010 8:46 am
Forum: Housebuses & Housetrucks
Topic: 6 volt to 8 volt conversion
Replies: 8
Views: 3868

Back in the '70s, I worked a shop that had a '53 GM 3100 flatbed as a shop truck, and I had to drive it a lot. It had an 8v battery as a patch for other problems. After a few months, I got sick & tired of changing out lamps that were always burning out. I spent a weekend and cleaned up all the c...
by asavage
Sat May 22, 2010 8:29 am
Forum: Housebuses & Housetrucks
Topic: road friendly
Replies: 16
Views: 10172

Ginger, I think it's more likely that the buses you've driven were geared for 60 MPH max, rather than governed for that speed. School buses do more stop-n-start than cruise, need to get out of and into traffic quickly (as do urban buses), and don't "need" to run at highway speeds much, so ...
by asavage
Sat May 22, 2010 5:04 am
Forum: Housebuses & Housetrucks
Topic: road friendly
Replies: 16
Views: 10172

Terry, this is serious thread hijack, but here goes . . . Rufus, the IH 6.9's Stanadyne DB2 IP is not a "VE" design or variant. It's got it's own weaknesses, but I don't think its advance mechanism requires a comparable level of housing pressurisation as does the VE design. It's also got a...
by asavage
Sat May 22, 2010 4:16 am
Forum: Housebuses & Housetrucks
Topic: 1957 Crown Atomic Energy Coach
Replies: 101
Views: 48892

Let me add my vote for Interstate batteries. While I'm not completely satisfied with the life of their dry cells, the lead-acid Interstates are the best I've tried. Additionally, back when I used to sell them, I almost never had to warranty them. Exides are the worst. Costco's . . . I've had about e...