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Busfool (Chuck)
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Username: Chuck
Post Number: 61
Registered: 12-2004
Posted From: 206.172.106.3
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, October 01, 2006 - 11:08 am: | |
Do I remove the floor from the mci9 I have or just cover it up? What is the thought here does everybody remove the floor or is this not necessary all the time? If you do remove the floor do you replace it with ship plywood or something else? |
Bob greenwood (Bob_greenwood)
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Username: Bob_greenwood
Post Number: 190
Registered: 7-2006
Posted From: 4.226.105.106
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, October 01, 2006 - 12:27 pm: | |
is your floor rotten...weak/ spongey places ?? |
David Dulmage (Daved)
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Post Number: 140
Registered: 12-2003
Posted From: 66.78.123.247
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, October 01, 2006 - 2:04 pm: | |
If the floor is in good shape you shouldn't have to remove it. You should remove the linoleum and also will need to cut around the washroom floor pan, if the bus had a washroom. Once you have the washroom floor pan out you will need to put in new plywood where it sat. I added another layer of luan over top of the existing plywood, bringing the surface even with the floor rails which I left exposed. These were used to fasten things down and covered with carpet underlay in carpeted areas and another layer of luan as a subfloor in the bath area and with parquet hardwood in the galley area.
FWIW
Dave D |
JR Lynch (Njt5047)
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Username: Njt5047
Post Number: 78
Registered: 7-2006
Posted From: 69.132.238.127
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, October 01, 2006 - 2:28 pm: | |
I left the OEM plywood in place...removed the linoleum. The linoleum stinks in warm weather.
You'll want to get rid of the ramp too. It unscrews and comes out as a unit. Once the ramp is removed, you create another air intake at the front of the floor. It'll suffice if you keep the OEM heat/AC.
I laid new plywood over the OEM flooring that corrected the seat rail problem. The seat rails are difficult to remove, and cannot be removed unless the OEM flooring is removed.
As Dave and Bob have indicated, if you have any soft places (look along the edge under the windows and air intakes), the floor should be removed. You could probably pull the affected area such as between the side and the seat rails. But once you start pulling flooring, probably pull the whole thing.
Any good quality plywood is satisfactory for the floor. You don't need marine grade. It isn't exposed to water...or shouldn't be. If you have leaks, they gotta be repaired. Check the bus right after a big rain and see if you have any damp flooring...after the linoleum is removed. You cannot tell with the lino in place.
JR
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Marc Bourget
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Posted From: 64.142.42.176
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, October 01, 2006 - 7:26 pm: | |
Having stripped two MCI-9s, prompted by the scenes portrayed in Gumpydog's site, I pulled up both floors and was glad I did. I also pulled the seat rails.
There's a tremendous amount of grunge below the floor and the fiberglas "roofs" to the wheel wells get micro-holes from slung rocks, They let the dirty spray off the tires into the interior. This super fine silt packs up in the non-ssteel areas, acts like a sponge, holds water which rusts the heck out of everything.
There's no way I would convert a MCI without lifting the floor. You can lay it back down if you wish, but clean it out and fix the grunge.
YMMV |