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The shut down process of the Cat 3208 is normal as your described--they don't shut off so much as wind down. The door with nothing behind it has always puzzled me as well. Every AAFC I have ever seen has had the same compartment door without a compartment except for one that did have a compartment (...

Before you go to all of the trouble of swapping tires around, first verify the rear tires are not recaps. You really do not want to put recaps, particularly old recaps, on the steer axle of something as big as your bus. You also do not want to have different sized tires on your drive axle. Two short...

I may be mistaken but I think the bus body was built by Carpenter Body Works. Carpenter used that particular light green/blue color on the interior of their bus bodies next to forever.

It definitely is not a Blue Bird, Thomas, Wayne, or Superior.

That looks like a Skyview Crown with the roof top windows--fairly rare breed and most likely built before 1973 (rounded fenders) but after 1968 (tail lights in the corners). The stainless steel belting was typical of tour buses. As far as the school bus over head lights, that is a puzzler. The bus m...

Well, fast forward several months and the digital change has changed our television watchin habits. Before the switch we were able to watch ABC, CBS, and one PBS station. Now, after the switch we are no longer able to watch ABC, and CBS. We are now able to watch NBC, two different PBS stations with ...

I am going to be really interested in what you discover in regards to antenna choices. Since I am at the ragged edge of both the Seattle and Portland market reception area, whatever I do it is going to have to be able to receive relatively weak signals. The fact Congress pushed back the implementati...

Been There, Done That

I am glad I am not the only one who is struggling with trying to make a convertor box work. I had a long conversation with an engineer from KATU in Portland, OR. Basically my problem is distance--I am at the edge of both the Seattle and Portland service areas. As a consequence, whatever I receive is...

This Old House just completed a new house that included a lot of "green" technology. The solar array they used was a new type of system that uses vacuum tubes to collect heat. The theory sounds fine but the price was more than a little steep. I am thinking at the cost of our local PUD rate...

That would explain why sometimes when I can't get channel 15-1 I can get channel 15 but it is sort of fuzzy. I am beginning to wonder if I should purchase a better signal amplifier. The Radio Shack unit I have doesn't seem to be doing the job any longer. I am thinking a Channel Master or Archer unit...

Hi Sharkey, I posted here because I thought you might be the go-to person to find out what exactly I need to be able to receive broadcast tv once the system goes all digital. Currently I have a two new Emerson HDTV sets. The newest one has a line on the bottom of the screen that says digital televis...

I would also think that keeping the factory roof more or less intact like Elliot's Millicent will make roof leaks less of a problem.

If your TC2000 is a rear engine it would be very possible to install a Road Ranger. If your TC2000 is a front engine it is not only going to be difficult to fabricate the clutch linkage but the shifter is going to require a Rube Goldberg arrangement in order to fit around the dog house. If your TC20...

Perhaps I am doing something wrong but I am able to log on to the new site but all I get is the index. I am not able to access any of the pictures or whatever.

I still wonder what they used for the base. Making something like that out of whole cloth would be prohibitively expensive and virtually impossible to ever get licensed to drive on public streets. I would agree that it has some of the earmarks of the Neoplan -liner series of buses. Specifically, it ...