Recent content by joeblack5

More interior rough work. Can't put the final countertop in because the rear entrance door has to be modified from dual to a single.. and that creates more space, hence a longer countertop nevertheless it shows proof of concept. Put a a shelf above. Will have to make sliding plexiglass door to...

The weather is cooperating..finally found energy to weld the remaining section of the rear wheel well and add steel to the inner skin around the rear wheel to beef things up a little. Then closed the holes in the floor. Now we needed some moral support so moved on to interior work, just to see...

Spring has started so we got out and tried to remember what was on the agenda. Decided to tackle some insulation, more as an experiment and to get back in the groove. Then we drilled holes and screwed the skin with ss screws and 1/8" thick nylon washer of the bus framing to reduce with thermal...

Going up the 9% climb on way to camp means 2 nd gear at wot . I love it but not sure about the folks behind me... My wife loves it even more, in fact it is her car... The dogs love it because it means w.a.l.k. Om616 4 speed manual. 3 door , soft top. Danish army. Good luck Johan

Howdy folks. Got myself a mep-25a 28 vdc generator for charging batteries in my 24v vehicles. Looks new and reading thru the manuals. Here I find the diagram of the alternator. Normally alternators are 3 phase but this seems to be wired into phase and 90 degrees?? Besides the voltage regulator...

After my restless night an early start. Got the forklift set up to take the image of the dragging tire. That axle still would be able to go up so indeed the 3" cab lift is required. Removed the stainless cab corners and undoing whatever held the cab to the bus body. Raised cab. Cab got stuck on...

We want to prepare to drive this project from our barn to our home downtown. Winter is coming and it will be easier to do interior projects where we have electricity available. Time to start working on the dragging brakes. Since brakes are universal I felt that our oldest daughter should have...

Thanks folks. I have data but not enough and what I had did not make me real happy A bit of a restless night, thinking about how to go about it raising the cab another 1-3/4" to get to the 3". Forgetful me did not take a picture of the offending front wheel and see if I was on the bump stop or...

Over at benzworld someone motivated me to do a wheel clearance test. Better be safe then sorry, haha I loaded 5 Mercedes w124 rims and tires, all what I easily had laying around as weight. Waited till late afternoon with the highest temp to give my forklift a fighting chance of starting. Lifted...

Hi BELinNC, yes I am fortunate that she is willing to brake away from the phone.. this whole project is partially for her in the hope that some of the hands on she gets exposed to will stick.. Took the mock up apart, to mock up a bit more accurate.. here is the wheel well and frame a bit more...

The curves of this bus body are a bit of a challenge. First cardboard. then old roof decking to make a template..we used a 4 drawer steel cabinet. This one is 15" wide and 18" deep. On top it is bolted to a reinforcement purlin in the bus body. We like steel cabinets, light , strong, mouse proof...

Already 3 weeks ago, the weather is changing. Cold early in the morning and daylight savings don't help. Cut more of the floor for the wheel well out. Made some more solar panel clamps. Tanya had to "readjust" them using hoe/sledge. Cut another section out of my stainless scrap cabinets to be...

I want to make some bulkhead on the inside but now first I have to address the rear wheel well.. dreaded this a bit because there are a lot of variables that are hard to understand without experimenting. So first I cut some inside floor away and then the old bus wheel well had to come out. I...

My adventure is not over yet. The intake valve came in, cleaned cylinder head , assembled .. there is some compression, it feels smooth. Next step is the broken intake manifold. The PO and maybe the army had fixed this with an army green / black devcon . Not sure if that is existing but it came...

They say that luck is with the dumb, of course you all know that I engineered and modeled this in 3d cad, haha. It clears with a 1/4". Now the welding can be finished. As luck has it tomorrow rains here in state college.. hope I can make the passenger side window frame as well. It is getting...