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  1. c_hasbeen

    Anyone know of a conversion company?

    Sometimes you got to think out side the bus...er? van...box truck? nonono I MEAN think out side the box :) I do not know your current situation, but if you had a place for one of the members on this forum to park their van, plug in to an extension cord and maybe work with you to come up with...
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    What do you think of old skoolies?

    I am building my bus now, and after doing a year of research and looking at a ton of other peoples conversions, in person and pictures I decided on build my own. insurance is easy, you insure as a bus, it will be a commercial policy but it really is not that bad cost wise because the bus is old...
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    49 yr old student starting M-F van dwelling!

    While you are thinking about additional schooling you may wish to look around this website. http://www.overfiftyandoutofwork.com/ The company I work for announced three days ago it was laying off 10,000 folks nationally;  I dodged that bullet. (they have 60 days till the last check) Eight...
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    new here

    welcome
  5. c_hasbeen

    What’s wrong with this picture?

    this quiz requires that new math they tried teaching back in the late 70's...I missed that day at school
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    Carry a Spare or not?

    I had a spare on the side of an old jeep once, it was quite narrow but on two occasions I bumped it into something just because I forgot it was on the side.
  7. c_hasbeen

    Our mountain bus

    I have completed getting the insulation down and floor sheeting in. Wednesday I got insurance as a bus and then Thursday got it register as a rv. I am not getting as much progress as I would like, but I guess the process is what I like, not a hurry up hurry up type of deal so all is good.
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    Torture test of the Solar A/C

    was it a torture test for you or the AC/Solar? LOL
  9. c_hasbeen

    pet peeves

    I laughed when I saw the title of this post because we used to have a cat named Peeve!
  10. c_hasbeen

    Diagnostics

    Interesting about the carb, I had a 89 dodge pickup and so did my dad, both had carbs, I suppose these may have been swapped in at some point before we became the owners. when did they go to fuel injection ?
  11. c_hasbeen

    Why?

    Thanks for this book title, I did find it in PDF at the link below. I plan on reading it later http://playpen.icomtek.csir.co.za/~acdc/education/Dr_Anvind_Gupa/Learners_Library_7_March_2007/Resources/books/designvictor.pdf
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    Diagnostics

    If you are getting hesitation when accelerating like from a stop sign or what ever but can kind of ease into the gas pedal and gently and slowly get the engine to accelerate you may have an accelerator pump gone bad on your carburetor. if so turn off the engine so is not running take off the air...
  13. c_hasbeen

    Removing roof AC unit? What to install in its place?

    I vote for a robotic arm like the space shuttle has.
  14. c_hasbeen

    Looking for Hard to find Onan Generator Part 205-0199-s0

    try over at yesterdaystractors.com or http://www.smokstak.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=1 these folks are really good at old part finding and someone may even have what you need, or have a work around plan already figured out. good luck
  15. c_hasbeen

    How I patch my jeans

    This is how I patch my jeans, I got a nice deal on a heavy sewing machine for 35 BUCKS a while back  First I turn the jeans inside out and cut out a bigger area than just the hole, usual the hole is in the knee area and I make the patch bigger so I am not sewing in the thinnest areas of the...
  16. c_hasbeen

    How I patch my jeans

    This is how I patch my jeans, I got a nice deal on a heavy sewing machine for 35 BUCKS a while back  First I turn the jeans inside out and cut out a bigger area than just the hole, usual the hole is in the knee area and I make the patch bigger so I am not sewing in the thinnest areas of the...
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    New Member

    hello
  18. c_hasbeen

    Super cheap LED lights

    Great tip!
  19. c_hasbeen

    A different kind of stealth approach

    HAHA! I got that one DaDa DaDa DaDa DaDa RATVAN!!!! flashback
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