Spent a month up in Canada, but I am back now.\u00a0 All seats are now officially unbolted.\u00a0 Have a little bit of a problem now with figuring out where I am going to store them.\u00a0 Considering building a quick shed just for them.<\/p>\n
Have some paperwork to do on the bus, but it requires me driving it to a weight station… which ain’t going to happen until I get in and fix the engine.\u00a0 I believe the thermostat, radiator fluid, oil, and oil filter needs replacing, along with the o-rings on the cylinder sleeves.\u00a0 During that, I will be able to inspect the sleeves for damage and replace as necessary.<\/p>\n
Outside the bus, I need to remove the motorized (pneumatic?) stop sign and crossing guard arms.\u00a0 Stickers need removing as well as anything that doesn’t belong.\u00a0 Then it gets a good pressure washing and the whole thing is blocked off as needed and painted\/detailed.\u00a0 Going to hold off on the fancy roof coat until all the work is done.<\/p>\n
Internal, I need to store the seats and then rip up and dispose of the floor entirely.\u00a0 Wall panels get opened up and stored for time being as well.\u00a0 All insulation found at this time will be disposed of.\u00a0 With the bare metal exposed, I insure that all is structurally sound, fixing what isn’t.\u00a0 All steel gets wire brushed, pressure washed, treated with rust remover, pressure washed again, primered, and painted with two coats.\u00a0 I will be holding off on installing the new flooring until after structural modifications and layout is done as it is likely to take some welding on various installations of brackets.\u00a0 None of this bolt-to-plywood nonsense.<\/p>\n
Sometime during all that, I am likely to be doing the rewire job for the actual bus side of things.\u00a0 I’m actually looking forward to this part as the wiring box looks very well built despite its years of add-ons and fiddling by mechanics.\u00a0 Once cleaned up and documented, it is likely to stay more or less how it is.\u00a0 All wiring is going to be installed in channels and junction boxes as the bus is to be insulated after structural modifications with urethane foam.\u00a0 This should cut down on noise severely.\u00a0 Most likely to install further outdoor safety and courtesty lights after I look into what exactly is legal, suggested, and available.<\/p>\n
While a rough idea of the floorplan is figured on, I am waiting on getting the seats out to really get into that part.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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