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mandraks
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Location: Lawrenceville, Ga
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 Posted: Mon Mar 28, 2016 8:38 am Post subject: Re: What did you do for your Bus today? |
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casey & the cricketes
congrats, 60, nice licenseplate, 36er, and the all important cab divider. It is much quieter, and it is warmer, too.
enjoy!
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Joined: May 03, 2013
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Location: Running willy-nilly with scissors in So Cal
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| Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2016 9:58 am Post subject: Re: What did you do for your Bus today? |
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Yesterday....
I finished grinding remnants of the old nose off and test fit the new nose skin and removed my headlight buckets from the old nose.
Today.... I will cut the turn signal holes and strip/prime the headlight buckets and do more fitting work. I hope to have it cleco'd and clamped in place by the end of the day. |
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srfndoc
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Location: SoCal
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| Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2016 9:40 pm Post subject: Re: What did you do for your Bus today? |
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Finally found an affordable/quality crimper to make factory style open barrel non-insulated connections:
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wcfvw69 
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Location: Arizona
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| Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2016 9:52 pm Post subject: Re: What did you do for your Bus today? |
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| srfndoc wrote: |
Finally found an affordable/quality crimper to make factory style open barrel non-insulated connections:
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Which tool did you go with and which source for the open barrel connectors?
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SkooobaSteve
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cdennisg
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Location: Sandpoint, ID
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| Posted: Sat Apr 02, 2016 9:05 am Post subject: Re: What did you do for your Bus today? |
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| YOUBUGME2 wrote: |
| No kidding would be interested as well. |
Same here. I have found sources, but could not pay the dough for something I will only use a few times a year.
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Stocknazi
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| Posted: Sat Apr 02, 2016 12:27 pm Post subject: Re: What did you do for your Bus today? |
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| srfndoc wrote: |
Finally found an affordable/quality crimper to make factory style open barrel non-insulated connections:
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That looks great. I hate the connectors they sell in the parts stores that do not have the support for the wire.
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srfndoc
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Location: SoCal
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| Posted: Sat Apr 02, 2016 12:28 pm Post subject: Re: What did you do for your Bus today? |
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This is the tool I bought (although it was $27.46 when I bought it):
http://www.amazon.com/Eclipse-300-005-Ratcheted-No...ge_o02_s00
Here are the connectors I bought (great price):
http://www.amazon.com/Speaker-6-4mm-Female-Termina...ge_o00_s00
The selection of connectors on Amazon.com is not great but you cant beat the price. I've used the crimper about 10 times now and so far it works great. It's ratcheted so you can insert the connector and then ratchet it down slightly so it will hold it in place. Then you can use your other hand to insert the stripped wire and then crimp until the handle releases and your done. The crimp strength is adjustable as well and I've heard this crimper will use Paladin die sets but have not confirmed that.
I got crazy and started re-crimping a bunch of the connectors on my bus and these are certainly much cleaner/stronger crimps. The one crimp that looks sloppy here actually has two wires in it (cold start and choke) but its still way better than it was. I'll need to look around for some other connectors including some small ring terminals.
Hope this helps.
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wcfvw69
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| Posted: Sat Apr 02, 2016 12:33 pm Post subject: Re: What did you do for your Bus today? |
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Wow.. great info. Thanks for sharing. Those prices are awesome, especially for the connectors.
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Stevo Wide 5
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| Posted: Sun Apr 03, 2016 6:07 am Post subject: Re: What did you do for your Bus today? |
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Gave the mouse burner a coat of Owatrol to preserve the patina
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crukab
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Location: Vermont
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| Posted: Sun Apr 03, 2016 1:56 pm Post subject: Re: What did you do for your Bus today? |
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After pulling the gas heater this winter, I need to close up the holes....
The heater will be stored until I find a '67 12 Volt one, or get this one rebuilt 12 V
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Ratt
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Location: Puyallup, Wa
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| Posted: Sun Apr 03, 2016 10:36 pm Post subject: Re: What did you do for your Bus today? |
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Fixed a pin hole leak in a tube today. It was nice to find that the tube was pinched and the pushrod rubbed a hole through it. Got it all buttoned up and realized I didn't have any new oil... |
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robin.richard
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Location: V. Beach VA
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| Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2016 5:33 pm Post subject: Re: What did you do for your Bus today? |
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Ratt,
How long did it take to get it fixed, start to finish? Did you do it in one day?
-Rich |
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robin.richard
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| Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2016 5:39 pm Post subject: Re: What did you do for your Bus today? |
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| casey & the cricketes wrote: |
I drove my bus to the gas station for the first time. This was the first time i have driven a bus EVER!!! Wow busses are awesome!
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Stopped by to meet Casey and check out his nice 60 DD Panel. Very cool bus and very nice guy. Let me know when you get the rear brakes done, I'd love to see it on the road.
-Rich |
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Ratt
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| Posted: Tue Apr 05, 2016 7:54 pm Post subject: Re: What did you do for your Bus today? |
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| robin.richard wrote: |
Ratt,
How long did it take to get it fixed, start to finish? Did you do it in one day?
-Rich |
Started about 10am had to run to a friends house about 11:30 to get a new tube. Then lunch. Back out front around 1:30 and wrapped up at 4ish. Didn't realize that I didn't have oil until that. So I filled her with oil today, and purrs like a kitten. And as an added bonus I fixed the sound short of the muffler through the bumper. The drive is so much quieter now!
In all took about 4 hours of real wrenching. Would have been faster if I had my own part and if the wife didn't care enough about me to make me come eat. |
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casey & the cricketes
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Location: in the middle of damn california
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| Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2016 5:55 pm Post subject: Re: What did you do for your Bus today? |
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Rich I got em in and bleed. Then an adjustment was in order for all four and the hand brake.
stuffed the "super balloon" tires on and I'm rolling safe and sound!
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| Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2016 10:42 pm Post subject: Re: What did you do for your Bus today? |
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fudging the funk on my 13plus8. looking for a heavier fabric and tighter weave with similiar pattern as the mexi blanket/serape then ill get it stiched up for better fit. |
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rodgersbadassbus64
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Location: Ortonville, Minnesota
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| Posted: Sun Apr 17, 2016 1:35 pm Post subject: Re: What did you do for your Bus today? |
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Just completed my daughter's 1971 deluxe so I brought my splitty back home after being gone for 8 month's while I did the restoration.
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Pinetops
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| Posted: Sun Apr 17, 2016 3:25 pm Post subject: Re: What did you do for your Bus today? |
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A matching Father-Daughter split and bay, very cool.
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rodgersbadassbus64
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Location: Ortonville, Minnesota
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| Posted: Sun Apr 17, 2016 10:00 pm Post subject: Re: What did you do for your Bus today? |
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| Thanks, my son didn't want a vw....his loss but I also have a Daddy's Girl. She's graduating from Cal Lutheran University and off to Grad School in the Midwest Case Western. I'm very proud of her. So I built her a fat Chick for Graduation:) |
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