Tuesday, December 01, 2009
If you notice I've installed the dash and steering wheel........they actually fit!!!!
Another view. I have to say this was a difficult job, I tried to install these by myself and ended up breaking 2 (two) windshields, need I say more? Ok! When I installed the new cap and raised the roof evidently I closed up the opening about a 1/4" inch in the width. I also built a new center post that was 1/2" wider taking up even more window clearance.......after fixing these two dimensions by opening them both up and having my son Joe help me, it took about 15 minutes to install each windshield! The only thing left on the windows now is the passenger side front slider, somehow I cut this window out of square where the window on the front edge is low enough to make the opening to big......I'm in the process of fixing that screw up now! I guess dragging this out the way I have is tough on remembering everything!
Front windshields are finally in plus the new electric wipers from Autex, these were perfect!
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
This is the fuel lines coming from the block that I made many months ago! Line on the left is the supply to the fuel pump for the generator and hurricane heater, the other two lines.....are returns from generator and hurricane heater!
Fuel tank all ready for fuel, I have new fuel lines for generator and hurricane heater orders the lines are 1/2" stainless tubing!
Inside the water compartment looking from the passenger side. I have a total of 160 gallons of fresh water capacity!
This was the first water tank that i built, it is 2 inches to tall, I will cut the top off and shorten the tank! All of the others are the right height!
Inside the engine compartment, the duct at the top is the air coming into the 8V92TA, the duct is stainless!
Rear control panel, Has a remote start switch in the engine compartment!
Flex with wiring from the front control panel to the rear control panel! Wire is all pulled!
Closeup of automative valves. Then exhaust for the Hurricane heater, I'm going to wrap it with heat wrap.
Looking down on the drain outlet and manual valve for opening and closing drains. Small valve will have a water line to flush hose and lines when finished.
Water compartment everything is permanent, a few more lines to run! The black lines are drains for water tanks, and the automatic valves.
Friday, August 07, 2009
The captain and copilot seats are assembled and wired they aren't fastened down but I needed to place them to find where the finally position will be! They are coming back out, my couches are here too!
Looking rear I'm moving along........not fast but not slow either. My youngest son Joe and I shaved all of the roof rivets only thing left on the roof is the Kool seal roof paint! Hopefully that will be either next week or the following week! I'm going to put the floor down and wire the running lights on the outside of the bus, when that is finished the guy can come and insulate the bus!
More electrical, I used self tapping screws to secure the flex. Using flex is probably more expensive but it allows later access if I need to change or fix something!
This is the front wall of the bathroom, I drilled the header to allow the flex access and routing!
I used two different types of flex and I'm not sure why! They are all clamped to the chassis and will be covered with foam insulation when I'm finished!
These rolled up carlon sealtight will go behind the kitchen cabinets and counters down into the electrical compartment and panels below!
A better view of the return duct! There is a 15"x 15" cover for the bottom of this cavity!
This is the middle roof top heat pump! Those two pieces of carlon sealtight run from Zone 2 and Zone 3 there is a 4 conductor cable that ties these two and the front heat pump together, they all run off of one digital thermostat which is in Zone 
1, Zone 2 and 3 have individual temperature senors that control their Zones seperately! This system will also control my Hurricane Heat system!
1, Zone 2 and 3 have individual temperature senors that control their Zones seperately! This system will also control my Hurricane Heat system!
Just incase I didn't mention, I've Rustbulleted the chassis. Rustbullet is a rust proofing paint and does an excellant job! 
I brought the dinette benches in and measured from the wall to find out where to place a multi-media outlet just above the table, a computer and receptacle!
I've placed the toilet here to check for clearances, how the tile will be positioned. I will have to cut a support chassis beam to make the toilet drain work. I'll take some pictures when I get it finished! Yep that is a nice porceline toilet! The drop to the black tank is short and sweet!
This is the shower base for tile its made especially for this bus and application, it is fiberglass and composite construction! The drain was positioned so as it was in line with the grey tank! All I need to do is spread tile adhesive, tile and grout.....this wasn't cheap but it should work just fine!
There are 9 can lights in the living room and kitchen these are all 120 vac LED's I purchased the fixtures from Lowe's and the bulbs from ebay, the fixtures came with GU 10 Halogen bulbs, they were 50 watt and produced a large amount of heat the fixtures with the Halogen bulbs reached a temperature of around 140 to 150F and I decided two things they were dangerous and that was way to much heat that would add extra load to the air conditioning! The LED's barely raised above ambient temperature when they were on and they are 1.5 watt, a big difference! I also removed the top connection box and punched a hole through the side to allow for the head clearance that I needed!
The electrical for the living room and kitchen ceiling! Yes there is wire in there! I'm running 14 awg stranded thwn! Those are carlon boxes, connectors and flex, I'm running a ground wire with each circuit! I'm actually just about finished!
This is the transition piece from the heat pump to the supply duct on the drivers side!
Well, I've finally started taking pictures again! It has taken awhile to get back into the swing of things, 2 surgeries for my youngest son, and another catherization for me. We are healthy! This photo is the front roof top heat pump and how the supply and return ducts have been assembled. The divider in the middle isolates the returns and supplies! The return is the left duct and the one the right is the supply going to the passenger side distribution ducts!
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Well now its time to continue on with building the front bathroom wall! Then the entertainment center over the dash area!
Thursday, January 08, 2009
These rubber gaskets are a bear in cold weather, I used soapy water as a lubricant, and put a 1/4" rope in the groove to help pull the gasket out and around the window edge. 
Inside view. The suction tools from Harbor Freight came in handy, we probably couldn't have accomplished putting the windows without them!
Another view down the drivers side. The first window has the locking cord installed, it makes a very good seal, nice and tight!
Two solid windows and one slider in! The scaffold had ice on it when we started. My son Joe was a terrific helper, installing these window, its not a one man job!
Bedroom slider, these I really like Peninsula did an excellant job making them! Now I have to clean the duct tape mess off of the siding!
It was way to cold out for this. The learning curve in the cold isn't my idea of having fun!
First Windows installed its Jan 8 and its 32F outside we are getting about 1 window a day in this weather and the drivers side is complete with the exception of the locking cords.
Saturday, November 29, 2008
I edited this post that is the reason for the date change! It's still the thanksgiving weekend and not much going on!
Friday, November 14, 2008
Passenger side all finished except windows, windows come after insulation!
I better view of the right rear! The Dometic Heat Pumps are permanently attached! I did some research on sealing the roof and I believe "Koolseal" will be used this coming spring.........its actually a rubber coating that is white, which will serve two purposes, to form a weather seal, and to reflect the sun (thermal heating) the advertisement says it cuts the sun's effect by almost 40%! 5 gallons of Koolseal will form 3 good coatings!
The passenger side rear door! The line where the rear cap, top curved siding and flat sides come together is going to be a pain in the butt to make it look like something! I'm not exactly sure what I will do here! I may fiberglass the top adding on the the bottom of the rear cap to make the lines..........line up or I could cut a trim piece of aluminum to cover this..........the aluminum trim will come out to the 90 degree angle for sure!
This door is two pieces, I'm going to change that to just one single piece it will look better! The dog is my UPS guys worse dream!
This door is two pieces, I'm going to change that to just one single piece it will look better! The dog is my UPS guys worse dream!
Passenger side top sealed! Lots of rivets here, the top corner of the passenger side uses blind shave head rivets and lots of Sika! This angle piece goes underneath the top roof sections then is riveted and sika used to form a weather seal! The angle covers the top rivet line of the curved siding this is well sealed! (The rain will tell me how well sealed)
A better view of the bed support, the plywood is actually the floor that I have removed not the bed!
The rear cabinet base is finished, the bed support and engine access is finished, also the door plate, sill and door opening in progress. I know I haven't painted the steel yet.........after Thanksgiving painting will be inline! After painting some rough wiring, and insulation!
