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So I called Sam Caylor, and he said he can replace the beams for us. He price seemed decent and he is really close to us. We have had great experience's purchasing things from him. Do I assume that his work is also good? Anybody know? He would be our first choice now, and since he does quite a few of them.

Who was it that had their bus wrecked by the old caddy down south (Matt somebody?), and had Sam repair it?

Oh yes. Parts from MCI are 2,700 alone .

Clifford, thoughts?

Thanks,

John

One thing I forgot - sometimes when the black tank is very full and then emptied it sucks all the water out of all the traps.

Probably because the vent is smaller than the drain.

When this happens we have to fill all the traps with water again.

Technomadia's trials and tribulations with their engine has got me seriously thinking about how my engine's coolant temperature gauge works.   I recently moved it to front and center of my instrument cluster  -  to me, it's the most critical gauge of all.   My understanding is that DDEC sensors are entirely separate from the gauges' senders, so does this mean there are two temperature senders already, one for DDEC and one for the gauge?   Am I correct?

I would like to have two sensors for the gauge and two for the DDEC, one for each bank for each application.   Is this feasible?   If so, can both senders just feed together, or do they have to kept separate.   Obviously I want whichever sender gets hotter to override the other.   Where should senders ideally be located  -  the thermostat housings, the heads, where?

Sorry for all these questions  -  I just want to have as much warning as possible if something's beginning to go bad.   For this reason I've also installed a brake application force dual pressure gauge (to tell me if my brakes are fading, or if there's a leak in either system), and I'm now putting in a turbo boost gauge (to know if the turbo's showing signs of failure).   I just don't want surprises down the road!

Thanks, John  

Harleyman,
Ten years ago I was in this same situation.  I wanted an rv, not necessarily a bus, but something with a diesel engine.  I didn't even know enough to ask a sensible question.  There wasn't near as much info on the net as there is now.  I read everything I could find.  Also there weren't near as many buses for sale then and the prices for decent appearing ones started at $70k to well over a $100k.  This was way over my budget.

After about a year of research, I ended up with the Wanderlodge that I currently own.  (1985 PT36/6V92 pusher).  At the time it seemed like the BEST FIT FOR ME.
My point is that you have to decide what is the best fit for you.  The trick for a newby is knowing which bus will be a good fit.

It appears that we could be close neighbors on the economic ladder.  If this is true, you cannot afford that $100k Wanderlodge.  That is what you will have in it after you pay all the taxes, fees, insurance, and bring the maintance up to date.  While not a big deal for someone with near or above a six figure income WL's of this vintage can have some problems:  ball joints, the pto drive for the hydraulic pump, the vertical exhaust rust, are some.

Now back to fit.  Some questions you need to answer for yourself.  Are you a large person?  Will you travel alone or with another person?  How big is the other person?
Are you tall?  Still own the Big Harley and want to take it with you?  Do you also want to take the jeep and a large tool box?  You will need 10k# tow cap.  I am just trying to get your thinking headed in a direction that you won't have regrets.

May be best to get a $10k bus at first, to see if you like the lifestyle before you spend more money.

looks like it is going to the scrapper.  Ashame that someone does not even want it as a parts bus......they will kick themselves when they need something off it down the road 

Gordie, did you find your rubber?

if not email me
tekebird@yahoo.com

I know this doesn't help much, but you can buy a very nice bus here for $10k. Here are some examples from a website I look at from time-to-time:

1989 Daf Plaxton for £5,000 ($7,800)
http://www.usedcoachsales.co.uk/coach.ihtml?coach=884

1986 Volvo Van Hool for £4,200 ($6,600)
http://www.usedcoachsales.co.uk/coach.ihtml?coach=999

1988/9 Volvo Plaxtons for £4,500 - £5,500 ($7,000 - $8,600)
http://www.usedcoachsales.co.uk/coach.ihtml?coach=1018

1991 MAN Jonkheere (and the sought-after shortwheelbase version) for £6,500 ($10,100)
http://www.usedcoachsales.co.uk/coach.ihtml?coach=1099

1989 Volvo Van Hool for £5,500 ($8,600):
http://www.usedcoachsales.co.uk/coach.ihtml?coach=1104


And I think it would be fair to say there's a lot of negotiation headroom built into those dealer prices too - I bought my bus (1987 Bedford Plaxton) directly from the operator and straight out of service - and paid £2,500 ($3,900) for it, about five years ago

Jeremy

Owner Dave (mcibustalk.com,

You should have a lot of fun work camping. Florida sounds like a good choice. Congrats on the new grandson!

How is the bus? I didn't know it was done yet.....

John

Thanks, Brian. Good idea. We will certainly be calling them to chat about the project.

Ed the wife and I went through NASA years ago and AIR it was free or very cheap. It was a 3 or 4 hour tour. Pretty neat. There is also a boat in tarpon springs that takes you out to see the.dolfins and dive for sponges .They dive and you watch although we thought they actually had them inside the suit and pulled them out. It was a couple of bucks was all.

Dave5Cs from Galaxy S III