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| carolina houndog (162.39.83.29) Rating: N/A |
I tried tightning the linkage a bit. It helped a little but still too noisy for me. I would like to get it totally quiet, if possible. Is there a seal or something available for this? Any tricks or tips? Miss Kitty has sensitve ears. | ||
| RJ Long (24.127.74.29) Rating: N/A |
Might help if we knew what kind of bus you've got. . . You're still going to have some wind noise, these bricks aren't the most aerodynamic, you know! LOL RJ PD4106-2784 Fresno CA | ||
| carolina houndog (162.39.83.29) Rating: N/A |
sorry bout that RJ, its an old 72 model mc7. Got two of em and the door leaks on both of em. | ||
| RJ Long (24.127.74.29) Rating: N/A |
~ First - is the air lock assembly working? That's the clam-shell like thing that grips the door and pulls it tight. Mounted about waist high on the body of the bus in the entryway, and the receiving bracket's on the door. It's controlled by the little red-knobbed valve handle on the underside of the dash directly above the throttle, and a micro-switch on the door closing mechanism under the dash. Make sure the red knob is pulled back toward the driver's seat all the way. ~ Second - is the leather bellows between the body and the front edge of the door in good shape? ~ Third - How's the weatherstrip around the door? Maybe it's time to have it replaced. . . ~ Fourth - is the door bent? If so, straighten it. These are four basic things to check, others will undoubtedly come up with more. But check the air lock first, having it turned off is not uncommon. HTH, RJ PD4106-2784 Fresno CA | ||
| carolina houndog (166.102.117.56) Rating: N/A |
Well lets see....the airlock does work, and the leather bellows appears to be in pretty good shape. But the weather strip, I think may need replacing. seems like the air noise is coming from the outside edges of the door. It also may need some staightning/twisting, adjusting of some sorts. I know about the adjustment on the closer, but are there any other adjustment points on it? The door is not bent, just not seated very well. I watched an old airline pilot buddy of mine repair (and repair is being kind here) a door seal on his Beech dutchess one time. He squeezed out some silicone on his old door seal, then put some wax paper over it and slammed the door. Said he would return the next day, remove the wax paper and have a new door seal. couldn't wait to check this one out. Anyhow he returned the next day and did as he said. That door seal looked like crap, but you know, it didn't leak anymore. Kinda surprised to see something like that outta someone as anal as he was. And no I won't consider doing that to me old bus. These ol boys over here never cease to amaze me. The most useful things in there toolbox is a couple of cinder blocks and a roll of duct tape. I have discovered that around here duct tape makes a good stocking stuffer. Nothing gives them that "warm fuzzy feeling" like having a roll of duct tape close at hand.......LOL | ||
| Erich (216.132.61.162) Rating: N/A |
Nothing says QUALITY like wrinkle free duct tape. Erich | ||
| Johnny (67.241.224.246)
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Duct tape.......the roadside repair's best friend. I patched a radiator hose on my old Fairmont with it once........it held for the 3 days it took to get a new hose. Fortunately, the only duct tape on my conversion is a temporary label for the many otherwise-unlabeled switches next to the driver's seat, since I have the panel with their labels out at the moment (running wires). After the "trial and error" method of trying to get the wipers to work in the pouring rain, I decided there had to be a better way. | ||
| Mike Stabler (Docdezl) (64.255.99.227)
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The best I ever did with wind noise at this very high velocity/high vacume area. Was to fill the gap flush with a black neopreen foam seal and coat the outer face with the vinyl I use to coat my hand tool handels. Did you ever notice that a strip of duck tape you forgot to take off will out live the metal its stuck to! Smoke,rattle &,stink | ||
| carolina houndog (162.39.83.53) Rating: N/A |
I suppose the greatest promotion for duct tape is NASCAR. Those guys bang up a car and duct tape the body panels back together, then go racing. I guess I can come up with something to stop the wind noise. Thanks for the suggestions guys. Any others done anything unique to quiet your bus door? Anything that doen't end up looking like the stuff that comes from the south end of a north bound cow. | ||
| dick phillips (64.90.76.55)
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hound dog your pilot buddy gave you the answer if you put wax papper on the frame of the door and on the door it self with duct tape then put silicone betwen them and close the door tight let stand over night now you have a templet of your air leek have fun rep | ||
| Dale Fleener (64.66.199.86)
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A little trick to prevent the ugly's while doing silicone work is to use a spray bottle of water. Put down the bead of silicone, spray it with water, spray your index finger with water and use it to trowel down the bead to the right shape. Let set over night and the overslop will roll right off using your finger, it won't have stuck down where the water was. HTH Dale MC8 | ||
| R.C.Bishop (128.123.221.228)
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Thanx for the tip, Dale! Worth a good effort.  Assume it works the same no matter the material. RCB | ||
| carolina houndog (166.102.117.126) Rating: N/A |
I think I may look into one of these inflatable door seals like are used on airplane doors. Got a good supply of air to inflate it with. If the door is latched before it is inflated it should work fine. hmmmmm.......... | ||
| ChineseElite (24.68.144.216) Rating: N/A |
We once just bought normal weather stripping from home depot and used it to close up the door... Mind, it was a mini bus (35' on a ford chassis), and a commercial bus, so looks didnt really matter (to us anyway). Problem being Vancouver companies dont know how to winterize thier buses... Gets real cold in alberta. |