| Author |
Message |
TShallow (24.128.84.173)
Rating: N/A
Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, March 14, 2004 - 6:24 pm: | |
90 Neoplan cityliner. After some ajustments to my floor plan it appears that I must put some holes in the rear bulk head. THe question is how big can I go without damage to the integrity of the coach. Any help or opion is helpful.
THanx
TVDAD |
Jayjay (152.163.252.163)
Rating: N/A
Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, March 14, 2004 - 7:13 pm: | |
How many?
How large? (in.X in.) or (dia.)
Where? (high, low, near outside or center?)
Close together?
...JJ |
Sean Welsh (Sean) (64.81.73.194)
Rating: N/A
Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, March 14, 2004 - 7:44 pm: | |
tvdad,
The Cityliner has a fiberglass rear cap. There is some metal framework just inside of that.
The cap is non-structural -- you can make as many holes as you want, as large as you want. Just don't cut any of the tubes in the framework (unless you're going to add different tubes to account for it).
Each coach is a little bit different, and my Neoplan is a Spaceliner, but your coach should be similar. Here is a photo of the rear framing under the cap:
http://odyssey.smugmug.com/gallery/63923/1/2229733
-Sean |
tvdad (24.128.84.173)
Rating: N/A
Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, March 14, 2004 - 8:13 pm: | |
THe holes would be 1 1/2 inches in diameter maybe two three at most. The bulk head is between the wheels and the bays. |
Sean Welsh (Sean) (64.81.73.194)
Rating: N/A
Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, March 14, 2004 - 8:34 pm: | |
OK, between the wheels and the bay is sheet metal over steel tube framing on the wheel side. The bay side should be just plywood.
Here again, the sheet metal is not structural. Just don't cut through any tubes.
I have a fuel tank between my drive wheels and the bays, but this picture
http://odyssey.smugmug.com/gallery/63923/1/2229730
should give you a sense of what the structural tubing looks like when the bays are stripped.
-Sean |
Jayjay (152.163.252.163)
Rating: N/A
Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, March 17, 2004 - 9:04 pm: | |
Several 1 1/2 inch holes pose no threat to the structural integrity of your coach. Larger ones should be square (easier to build around) and have a "rim" of angle iron or aluminum securely fastened around the perimeter of the hole. ...JJ |