| Author | Message | ||
| thomas flocks (Taflocks)
Registered Member Username: Taflocks Post Number: 203 Registered: 9-2009 Posted From: 74.76.246.165 Rating: N/A |
my new friend John Montgomery and his lovely wife stoped by this morning to pick up a couch i was giving away, he asked me if i had found my spare tire, i said i dont have a spare tier,he said yes you do. i said then where in the hell is it. h brought me around to the front of the bus and showed me the 2 bolts with chain attached to them, i said what are those for? he said your spare tire is behind the fold down bumper....am i the only one that didin't know this? i feel like a fool! | ||
| Buswarrior (Buswarrior)
Registered Member Username: Buswarrior Post Number: 1838 Registered: 12-2000 Posted From: 76.71.102.47  Rating: N/A |
Nobody knows this until they find out. So, do you wonder what other secrets your coach has? happy coaching! buswarrior | ||
| Glenn Williams (Glenn)
Registered Member Username: Glenn Post Number: 264 Registered: 6-2006 Posted From: 216.163.57.219  Rating: N/A |
Wait until you pull up the bathroom!! :-0 Glenn | ||
| marvin pack (Gomer)
Registered Member Username: Gomer Post Number: 852 Registered: 3-2007 Posted From: 71.53.153.91  Rating: N/A |
Oh MY Gosh!! That is awful but, wait untill the watchamacallit is located on the woobly shaft> I can hardley wait!! No TOM!! you ain't by yourself on finding little secret places. I have found them everywhere on a coach. The step well,any compartment and have fake walls in and they forgot where they were too. gomer | ||
| R.C.Bishop (Chuckllb)
Registered Member Username: Chuckllb Post Number: 1186 Registered: 7-2006 Posted From: 75.245.156.180 Rating: N/A |
Busn' 101.... search the coach!.  Best wishes!!! RCB | ||
| Bill Holstein (Billmoocow)
Registered Member Username: Billmoocow Post Number: 63 Registered: 5-2009 Posted From: 98.232.207.25  Rating: N/A |
I still havent figured out that box thing bolted in first compartment because i havent unbolted it yet. Sometimes da book doesnt tell you anything. Hell, ive been trying to find a schematic of the duct systems fo a while. It is the only thing i can think its part of. | ||
| thomas flocks (Taflocks)
Registered Member Username: Taflocks Post Number: 204 Registered: 9-2009 Posted From: 74.76.246.165 Rating: N/A |
i have most everything done on mine. i just installed puck lights over the passenger seats and dinette and 2 licence plate l.e.d lights from walmart right over my head as driver lights so i can read if i need to withought turning on the ugly light that is there now. then i hooked up a sony dvd player under the microwave shelf so the wife and kid have something to watch barney on. any-one have a idea for a cheap screen to hook on to a seat back/front? i burnt the other one up somehow so there is a red line down the center of it. | ||
| Glenn Williams (Glenn)
Registered Member Username: Glenn Post Number: 265 Registered: 6-2006 Posted From: 216.163.57.219 Rating: N/A |
Bill - Is the "box" in the center of the bay, against the rear bulkhead and about as wide as the mechanical tunnel above? If so, that's your auxiliary fuel tank. | ||
| Jim Wilke (Jim Bob) (Pd41044039)
Registered Member Username: Pd41044039 Post Number: 461 Registered: 2-2001 Posted From: 184.0.3.170 Rating: |
Your loved ones should be watching the big, never ending picture out the big front and side screens with you. That's why you travel, to bring your family together away from daily life. If you make it so they can watch movies en route, you will become the chauffeur and they will be the bored passengers who's only care will be "are we there yet?" When our son got to the point where he would only play video games and wouldn't interact, I left him home. (We made the mistake of letting him get that far.) | ||
| thomas flocks (Taflocks)
Registered Member Username: Taflocks Post Number: 205 Registered: 9-2009 Posted From: 74.76.246.165 Rating: N/A |
my boy is 14 month old and needs some distraction of barney to get him through his cranky moods. a 10 hour trip in a car seat can be trying on a small child. and the wife hates my guts for buying the bus in the first place... | ||
| R.C.Bishop (Chuckllb)
Registered Member Username: Chuckllb Post Number: 1189 Registered: 7-2006 Posted From: 75.244.132.62 Rating: N/A |
Great thoughts, Jim Bob! Amen! RCB | ||
| Ralph Peters (Ralph7)
Registered Member Username: Ralph7 Post Number: 107 Registered: 3-2004 Posted From: 75.245.210.175 Rating: N/A |
Bill that thing in the front bay bloted to the rear bulkhead, please read the plackards on top of the left of the sterring wheel! One tells how to release emg. (parking brake) the other is size of fuel tank or tanks, open fuel door and there is/was a plackard stating gallons/liters. IF yours states 179gallons the THING is the 35 gallon fuel tank, large lines under bus for fuel flow to/from tank, also when you look at the top of fuel tank the vent for said tank is connected. I did not drill or screw anything to the shield/guard of that tank. Normal fuel size 144gallons, some had 35gallon aux/added so two sizes. If you have 179 check guards under bus for damage from road hazzards. This bus adventure is a fun diversion from the mondaine. | ||
| Jim Wilke (Jim Bob) (Pd41044039)
Registered Member Username: Pd41044039 Post Number: 462 Registered: 2-2001 Posted From: 184.0.3.170 Rating: N/A |
Ah, sorry Thomas. I did not realize how young your son is. Mine is 23. You are on the good end of the time line. From 5 to 14 should be good years. Then most become people you don;t want near you for about 7 years. I hope your wife will come to love going on trips in time. It grows on you and you miss it when you have a "tripless period". | ||
| Gus Causbie (Gusc)
Registered Member Username: Gusc Post Number: 1137 Registered: 11-2005 Posted From: 75.121.203.23  Rating: N/A |
This is one of the very good things about having a manual for your bus, it has all kinds of interesting information!! | ||
| thomas flocks (Taflocks)
Registered Member Username: Taflocks Post Number: 206 Registered: 9-2009 Posted From: 74.76.246.165 Rating: N/A |
i have the manual, i just never thought to look for a spare tire in it. | ||
| Dave Walker (Chrome_dome)
Registered Member Username: Chrome_dome Post Number: 1 Registered: 3-2010 Posted From: 67.174.144.159 Rating: N/A |
Hey Guys I am new here and just wanted to say hey. So how many of us actually have a tire in the spare tire bay up front? Dave (Message edited by Chrome Dome on March 30, 2010) | ||
| thomas flocks (Taflocks)
Registered Member Username: Taflocks Post Number: 208 Registered: 9-2009 Posted From: 74.76.246.165 Rating: N/A |
there is one in mine 90% tread | ||
| Jim Wallin (Powderseeker01)
Registered Member Username: Powderseeker01 Post Number: 70 Registered: 10-2008 Posted From: 208.68.48.77  Rating: N/A |
Mine had a tire int here when I got it. Plenty of tread, but a 1974 date code as well. For now I carry air in that compartment. | ||
| L James Jones Jr (Jamo)
Registered Member Username: Jamo Post Number: 137 Registered: 11-2007 Posted From: 24.59.114.207  Rating: N/A |
Have one in mine, never checked the date of mfg, but it does hold air. I have 12/22.5 on the bus, so the spare might be smaller? I remember reading here once that the bigger tires won't fit the bay?? Guess I'll have to check sometime this summer... | ||
| Jack Conrad (Jackconrad)
Registered Member Username: Jackconrad Post Number: 1256 Registered: 12-2000 Posted From: 173.151.29.199  Rating: N/A |
We removed ours. We put in a slide out tray for our power cords and water hoses. In case of a flat while on the road, we call road service and if neccessary, can use a tag wheel to limp in to a tire shop. Just "Our Way", YMMV Jack | ||
| Edward J. Sommers (Sommersed)
Registered Member Username: Sommersed Post Number: 54 Registered: 10-2004 Posted From: 148.63.161.138 Rating: N/A |
I carry a 32 gallon blue boy and two lengths of hose for my poop pump there now. Ed | ||
| Dave Walker (Chrome_dome)
Registered Member Username: Chrome_dome Post Number: 2 Registered: 3-2010 Posted From: 67.174.144.159  Rating: N/A |
We have the 12/22.5 in ours and it is new but not on a rim yet. I like Jack's idea with the slide tray. Dave 1979 MCI MC5CS | ||
| ED Hackenbruch (Shadowman)
Registered Member Username: Shadowman Post Number: 266 Registered: 11-2003 Posted From: 75.244.45.107 Rating: N/A |
I have a spare tire that was not mounted on a rim. Since i replaced all of my other wheels this winter i also bought a rim for it. | ||
| Larry Baird (Airhog)
Registered Member Username: Airhog Post Number: 188 Registered: 1-2001 Posted From: 12.144.222.19  Rating: N/A |
12 years and never carried a spare, 11R24.5's will not fit anyway. Makes a great storage area and I have 8 tires that will crack befor they wear out and i don't need another. | ||
| Gus Causbie (Gusc)
Registered Member Username: Gusc Post Number: 1139 Registered: 11-2005 Posted From: 173.202.9.56 Rating: N/A |
I have a spare and wheel now but plan to get rid of the wheel. Good Sam road service will mount the tire for me if I ever need it. If I need to get into the spare compartment it won't be so much work hustling that heavy wheel and all that compressed air. | ||
| Tom Christman (Tchristman)
Registered Member Username: Tchristman Post Number: 202 Registered: 1-2006 Posted From: 66.218.33.156 Rating: N/A |
My AMGeneral transit bus was from Portland, Or and did not have A/C in it. I discovered an enclosed compartment behind the right rear wheel with no access to it. So I cut the aluminum skin out and low and behold there was a compartment that is about 14" wide x 22" tall x 24" deep. What is the kicker is that it had the air conditioning receiver/dryer in it (rather large) that had never been used! Then when I was removing the heater, the air conditioning evaporator was also installed, but never used! Imagine the extra cost of the receiver/dryer and the evaporator being installed and not used? Needless to say, I have a nice compartment for my oils and coolants. Good Luck, TomC | ||
| marvin pack (Gomer)
Registered Member Username: Gomer Post Number: 855 Registered: 3-2007 Posted From: 71.53.153.91 Rating: N/A |
I told ya there was some of them thar hidden holes and you don't know what they were!! Gomer |
