That wouldn't be a box of vine juice would it.:confused: :eek:
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That wouldn't be a box of vine juice would it.:confused: :eek:
Wouldn't be working on some Cruise Airs?
Well I found something else to do on the bus. Since I had oil leaking somewhere, when I got
home from Kerrville, I had started checking it out. I had to get under the bus, over on top of the
transmission with the engine on high idle, I could see a couple of leaky hoses.
It didn't take long to figure out I didn't have 1 ½ wrenches, so I ordered a set of Crowfeet
wrenches. Now I could get in the tight space and undo the hoses, the little one was easy but the
big transmission line was a bit hard to get to.
Then looking around I had noticed black exhaust around the exhaust manifold on the right hand
side, so there I go taking it off so I can get parts tomorrow.
I guess its not unusual for part of the gasket to burn up, didn't know this.
I had just finished putting in a new Bendix air dryer kit. I had put the new tag axle brake return
springs in.
I had told Jan that I don’t think I can work anymore, since all my time is spent maintaining our
bus.
Here are some photos from the day.
Dale, you are my idol!! I need to move to Nebraska and get some property with a barn!
Your manifold looks pretty chewed up. You may need to send it to a machine shop and have the ports ground flat again (there's a proper term for this, but I don't remember it.)
If not, you might just burn another gasket pretty quickly.
This man isn't afraid of tackling any job.
Nice work.
Mango
Dale it will never end but if you continue as you are you will for sure in a reasonably short period of time, get caught up and back ahead of the curve.
You folks have had that thing for what 10 yr now? Thats were we plan on taking ours and further. You are very realisticly, rapidly setting yourselfs up for another 10 years if you so choose. This is where you find real value.
I have a question about the manifold. Where the gasket went bad were the bolts loose? I have found a couple loose. I wonder what the tork ratings are for them, I just cranked them tight as I could.
Anyone with a decent surfacing machine can clean up that thing real quick.
I also had a major leak on the large elbow that comes out of the bell housing that one of the lines that goes to the external trans filter hooks up. I was able to get, with the floor panel removed from above, a large pry bar wedged right and put just enough of a twist on it to stop the leak.
It was already extreemly tight when I discovered the leak and I was barly able to tighten it further. Just enough and completly fixed now.
Joe, you are right on. We don't see trading or TWO BUS'N within the next five years. In Nebraska it a Classic after 25 year, so We might have classic plates soon.
You know we work with people all the time so to go out and work on the old gal in the barn, it's great therapy.
Yes therapy.
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Repairs, like some people, often disagree and give a hard time, but in the end I usually seem to have much better results from the repairs.:rolleyes:
Mabye I should work on that some , Ya think;)
Hey you do it your self POGGERS any idea what I'm up to now? When I was working on this, I thought, think any would know.
PS...this is going on the bus!
I know, its a three port high volume turbo driven black tank dumper, for when the taco crew comes to visit!