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A Bose system for the outside entertainment bay.. Whooo Hooo!!


Nick-

An oil change and a new to it driver side steer tire (to replace the one that a bad shock damaged last year).

A new Drill index, and the parts and peices for the new Air Throttle , and anti freeze injetion system for the air lines. Now if I could get some warm weather ::)

Remote control for my inverter, it just came in today.

Ray D

We got a new fridge and lots of snow today! ;)

Paul

A webasto from St.Nick

a DVD home theater system for inside the bus.

Richard

Four new group 31 batteries for my run down to Jacks Arcadia Bus Rally Bussin 2010

It got a new engine last spring and a transmission leak repair for Christmas. A clean DRY shop floor is a wonderful thing!!  Jack

A wash job with snow on the ground!!  Getting ready for the trip to Arcadia, hope to arrive Monday afternoon.
Tom & Karen Hamrick

All new rolling lobe air bags. I got the fronts done (pretty easy) a lot sooner than I expected and would start on the rears but 1 bag was back ordered from Mohawk.

Our bus and I gave Dallas just what he deserves......a hard time! 

I got a Voodoo doll with extra pins to keep the rust demons away on my Eagle hope it helps LOL


Merry Christmas

My iggle will have to wait for better times.

I gave mine a winter vacation in warm sunny Yuma AZ.

A new to it engine, a box of rocks ;D, a case of rust inhibitor?, Oh well maybe next year! ;)

Six (6) new tires which were over due..........

Merry Christmas to all !!!

 4 new frame bumpers.  When i called and ordered them from Luke, he just laughed and said " oh boy".  I did not even bother to ask what he meant by that, because i had already figured it is going to be a pain to do.  They don't look like much. A half ball 4 inches across and 2 inches tall with a 1 1/4 inch long  threaded rod coming out of it. Whole thing fits in the palm of my hand.  To put them in i already know that i am going to have to pull all of the wheels.  I am assuming that these have never been changed before , so the ones that are there are 42 years old. I am going to have to use a lot of penetrating oil and maybe some heat to get the old ones out. I have to be careful  also not to screw up the threads of the hole when getting them out.  At least when i get done i should never have to do it again. ;D

A Xantrex ProSine 2.0.  The bus wanted the 3.0, but I could not pass up $750.00 for the brand new 2.0!

I Got A NEW (Used) 1972 Silver Eagle (Trailways) :o
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WOW !! Is About All I Can Say At This Point.
I Left For Arizona On Monday Got There On Tuesday Morning Then Left Driving The Bus. I Drove Through Every Time Of Weather Known To Man. Froze My A%% Off. The Real Bad Weather Didnt Come Until I Hit Colorado Springs Wednesday At 5 PM RUSH HOUR...WOW !!!  What A Ride. Solid ICE All The Way To My Home 20 In Denver....... BURRR.....

Im Happy To Report .... The Eagle Ran Like New.

3 Days With NO Sleep Could Kill An Old Guy Like Me ::) Well Not That Old Yet...

MERRY CHRISTMAS To All Of My Bus Nutts Friends...

JOHN 8)

Congrads, that looks like a beauty.

A new set of wheel covers! I have to go help sew them right now LOL ;D
Happy Holidays to all, Will and Wife

How about a big ole' pile of snow? :D :'(

We're snowed in BIG time here in Oklahoma, so poor TempBus is stuck in the garage. . . well, I guess TempBus is probably pretty happy to be stuck in a nice, warm garage.

Me, well, I guess my biggest Christmas gift was surviving an attempt to drive two miles to get my Mom and bring her back to our place yesterday.  That was the longest 1/4 mile of my life, and although I grew up and cut my driving teeth in Minnesota, having been out in 48 below zero weather and surviving 98 below windchills in the past, I can truthfully say that I fell pretty lucky to be alive today, having gone through what now is the 'scariest moment of my life'. :P  Merry Christmas to everyone!  ;D  Christy Hicks

We're glad you made it ok, it doesn't matter where the storm is, it's still a storm, we've been very lucky so far most of the storms have gone south of us and we've only got a slight touch of the bad stuff.

Great John a younger sister for the other and from the same country no less, has someone added power steering 




good luck

Our first bus didn't get nothing more than a sister, this is the one we tried to purchase in 2008 and we flyed to Reno NV just two or three days prior to the first storm to pick it up, now is waiting at the border to be imported to our country but I don't know when we will do that because is a lot expensive. I would like an automatic transmission, power steering and more power in the engine like in the first one, but that, will be another story.

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QuoteWe're glad you made it ok, it doesn't matter where the storm is, it's still a storm,

Thanks Cody.  Yeah, this IS one for the record books in Oklahoma, but truthfully, after having lived most of my life in places with WAY worse Winter storms, it's one for my own personal record book!  

Boy, at one point I thought to myself, "This can't be Oklahoma.  This feels like a blizzard in Siberia or the North Pole or something.  This is bad and now what do I do? :-\"  

I've driven treacherous roads, driving in such thick fog you had to open your door and look for while lines on the road, been stuck out on the interstate and run into glare ice that made your hair stand on end, but never actually thought I could die out there.  Last night, well, it wasn't such an abstract thought, it was a real possibility, and I sure am glad I made it back!!! :P  I can't even really explain it well enough for anyone to see it like I saw it through my own eyes. . there just aren't words to describe what I experienced. . .I've never been through that bad of a situation before I guess.  

Anyway, yippee, I made it, we're all fine, everyone's fine, it'll be a great Christmas.  Christy Hicks

Strangely enough, I fully understand what your saying, I've been in some storms that you had to try to see the snow banks out the side windows to see if you were on the road, so I can totally understand the feeling of your knees going weak and thinking you will never get home alive that it's over, we've seen some beauties over the years, thank fully we've made it thru them.  I'm just glad I wasn't heading for jacks when it hit, I seem to get the blame for any storm that pops up while I'm on the road lol.

WOW !  Do I feel low  >:(    All you nice people bought something for your bus  :)
All I did was park mine on a consignment lot for sale.  At least it's sitting beside another MCI-9. ;D

Merry Christmas Big Blue Kwaj Diver Bus.

Now I feel better that I got that off my chest.

Bill

Our bus got a second chance. We moved to GreenValley Az. in April and had the bus up for sale in Oklahoma. At the end of summer we were still the owners. We had not used it much for the last 5 years due to a family situation. That changed so we went back to get it in October. Had a great trip back with a stop at the TBN rally in Texas. We made it home with no problems. The 8V92ta used a whole quart of oil in 1300 miles. We are now loading up for the trip to Indio for the FMCA rally then 10 days south of Quartzite setting in the desert.  We will end up at joint bus rally in Quartzite before heading back to the golf course.

A couple of 6000RTBA Fantastic Roof Vent Fans, Remote for the inverter, Telescopic ladder (jury is still out on this one), other little things to tinker with. Happy Happy :D :D

Well my bus didn't get anything for Christmas! It's been a bad, bad bus this year! It's had 3 very expensive rear end differentials (think like $11,000) in it in less than a year! The first one was new to it when we bought the bus, the second we bought and drove to Greensboro, NC and picked up personally from Setra last year Thanksgiving weekend (lasted less than 25,000 miles before making horrible noise), and the last one Setra sent home with me as a warranty unit and started making noises at less than 5,000 miles. So it has been sitting since September until I can get the time & $ to have someone who knows rear ends figure out why it is going through them so fast! (unless they aren't properly set up from Setra when we get them and install them!)

One of the "new" buses the drivers share got a new b500 transmission (still in the shop until Monday!)
And it used up all the Christmas $ for all the rest of the buses this year!  :'(
;D  BK  ;D

This is how our day went yesterday!

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It's almost all gone now! Not as much as Christy, but they shut down I-20 east of Abilene to Dallas until late this afternoon, it was a skating rink last night.

Merry Christmas!

Paul

Hello:   Well the bus did get substantial presents this year.    New front rolling lobes from mohawk and a leveling system from Pete . The repairs to the front radius rod pin are complete so the front leg is a new weldment . The repair was time consuming because the pin required a jig to locate the pin properly before  fabrication could begin. 
      THe bus has new shocks and radius rod bushings.  I do need to find 2 lower rear rods and replace the existing as they are wearing away.   Check and adjust the brakes and grease and a coat of por 15 and paint on the beams completed the low end rehab.
    We will be going to Alaska next may so I wanted the coach to be in A-1 condition.   Mounted the front tires this AM and now we need to pack the tools and the coach for Jacks rally.  Hope to leave sunday PM or monday AM
    Regards and Happy new year to all and to all  good night.
      happy bussin
        mike

Ours got a permit to install the electricity in the little shop building it sits next to!
Jack

Mine got a new pair of steer tires. The old ones went to the tags and the tags went to the history books - and I might add none too soon. It also got a new Guest 2611A battery tender to keep them warm on a cold winter's night. Tomorrow it gets replacement bulbs for the roof clearance/marker lights. Then there is a new curb side rub rail - yeah a blonde from East Stroudsburg changed lanes into the bus in New Jersey. My wife is a blonde so nothing else can be said on that score here. The big project is coming up before spring - that is to get the Galley/Bedroom OTR from the converter back in operation. I also plan on fixing my toad running lights - brake and turns work.

Geez, that way more than I got this Christmas. I guess I know the answer to the question, Who loves ya baby?

Hope everyone had a great day today and I wish you all a Happy, Healthy and Prosperous New Year. Keep the wheels turning and the diesel burning and maybe I'll see some of you on down the road next year.

This could have been me last night, as it is actually on the westbound lane of the highway by us, about 100' past where I turned around and headed back home. :o  There were three other cars and a semi jammed into drifts in this same general vicinity.  

They haven't cleared the snow yet on that lane, so my son snapped this picture as we were all on our way out to my mom's.  I'm glad I turned around when I did, but you can see how hard it was to determine where the road was and where the ditch was. .. now imagine it with 60 mph blizzard conditions.  IN OKLAHOMA??????  Christy

Got hubby tire pressure monitoring from Jim. Ken is a happy camper. ;D

We gave our MC8, and ourselves, a trip to Quartzsite, Arizona from La Crescent, Minnesota this year. We arrived yesterday afternoon after a 4 day trip trying to stay ahead of the storms others have talked about. We encountered snow and fog between Des Moines, Iowa and Kansas City, Missouri on Monday and the same conditions between Albuquerque and Gallup, New Mexico on Wednesday. Otherwise we stayed ahead of the worst weather. We had 25 degrees last night but it warmed up into the 50s today.
The park we are at had a pot luck meal today with the park hosts supplying prime rib and pork tenderloin and as with every pot luck I've attended there was plenty of good food. We also got to meet some of the people staying here. We felt very welcome and thankful to be here.
We had a couple of glitches with the bus and fortunately I was able to figure them out without calling for help. We stopped at Logan, New Mexico to buy a few groceries and parked on a slope, with the left side of the bus a good bit lower than the right. When we tried to restart the engine it would crank but not start. Having read on this board about the safety features incorporated into the DDEC II that we have I checked the oil and found it low since the dipstick is on the right side of the engine. I added 1/2 a gallon of oil and it started right up. Then yesterday morning when I started the engine the air pressure came up to about 60 psi and would rise no further no matter how fast I reved the engine. I have read here that tapping on the air governor may fix that problem and it did. I guess I will replace the air governor before we head back home if I can find one in the area.So reading the board for several years saved the day in both cases. Thanks to all that contribute to this board. We hope everyone had a great Christmas, Sam & Char Sperbeck

We gave our bus, two new drive axle seals, a brand spankin new air compressor (it was bad), and a new air dryer rebuild. I am gonna get it a new shock too (I shouldn't have to replace that shock, since we replaced it two years ago, but it is leaking).

Merry Christmas to all. We have been digging our way out of the snow today...lol

God bless,

John

Christy,

Where are you in Oklahoma? We live just east of Tulsa about 20 minutes and we got it pretty good last night as well. Lucky you were not the car in the picture. We saw allot of them today. Here is a picture just west of Claremore, OK on Route 66.

Bryan

So, how do you like global warming so far lol.

I can't even imagine the mess in OK with 14+ inches of snow. Here in Nebraska we are used to the conditions and have snow removal equipment. No offense but I have seen southern drivers on ice and snow and lets just say they are lacking in the experience department for those types of conditions. Hope everyone just stays in the house and waits until it gets better.

We're in Mustang, a suburb on the very southwest corner of Oklahoma City.  

I actually was going to try to drive the mile west and a mile south to get my Mom and bring her back to our place, and based on the condition of our road, which is a north/south, I felt I could make it ok.  We were snow covered, icy, but passable.  I dropped Larry up at the office to get his four wheel drive pickup as a backup in case I got in trouble, I dressed extremely warmly with head, hand and foot protection, tried to be prepared as much as possible.

With the Jeep in four wheel low, I had no problem traversing the road, but the problem was when I got about 1/4 mile west, I came up onto the higher elevation of that roadway, and I was immediately enveloped in a total whiteout.  The wind and snow were blowing so strong, that I was down to a crawl, forced onto the eastbound lane, and I could only get a partial glimpse of the road every few minutes.  I was forced to get out of the car and clear my windshield and side window, and to determine where I was on the road.  

I didn't know that they had closed down the highway, so I was really fearful of turning the car around, as a white jeep, crossways in the road, during a whiteout, well, even a slow moving vehcile surely would broadside me before they saw me.  Plus, since there was only one passable lane, it was a foot forward, a foot back, a foot forward, a foot back, get out and see where the edge of the road was, trying to get turned around without getting wheels into a drift or off the edge of the pavement.  

When I finally did get turned around, I couldn't open the drivers door anymore to see the road, because it would immediately fill the car with a swirling snow storm, so I repeatedly would get out and see where the road was and how I was positioned, because I knew if I got off the edge or even too far into a drift, things would get really hairy.  By now, it ws dark, and I just couldn't believe this was Oklahoma. . it felt like I was in the farthest reaches of the world.  

Yesterday, we were able to get out to Mother's and dig her out.  They had a front end loader on the highway and he was piling snow 15' or more high on the sides of the road, and in that one mile stretch I had tried to traverse,  he had exposed at least three or four cars and one semi tractor that had evidently driven into the drifts and gotten stranded.  At least two of the cars were totally buried in the snow.  I grew up in MN, lived in Nebraska too, started sneaking my car out when I was 15 to do donuts and "play" on the snowy streets and lake, and I lived out in the country up there more than I ever lived in town, so I've been in some pretty wicked weather and on some rough roads, but I've never seen anything like this.  

I'm just glad that for the most part, everyone came thru it ok, like I said in a past thread, busnuts are probably the best prepared of anyone to survive a session of bad weather, with the self contained idea of a bus, for many these storms are more of an inconvience unless a person has to venture out into them, then they can become life threatening.  Cranky people like me have a hard to making friends and I really don't want to loose any of the few I have, so be careful.

Cody you still have friends? I thought you lost all of us when you quit making the payments! ;D        ;D
;D  BK  ;D

I still have payments? I thought those were finihsed up with that last batch of bad checks lol.  Did you guys get hit with the storm?

Just some stupid old rain ande freezing temps! No purty snow or ice!  >:(
26.3* this am when I got up, up to 30.1 now!(woohooo! heat wave I tell ya!)
Just gimme the snow and I'd be happier than with these temps! If it's gotta be so frigg'n cold it oughta have the purty's to go with it! ;D
;D  BK  ;D

Our bus got one heck of a christmas. She got new drive wheel seals, bearings, brakes, 5 gal of gear oil, 26 qts. of oil, 15 qts. of trans fluid, and a trip to Maggie Valley, NC christmas day. They had 18" of snow a few days ago. Not the warmest with only dash heat and one electric heater, but exciting. The second trip out after 9 years in dry dock. 3 mile steep grade and everything worked great!! She was hoping to be one of those unplanned visitors to Arcadia but just couldn't get everything done in time. Always next year!!!

We only got maybe 7" or 8" of snow out of a storm that was supposed to dump up to 2 feet.  The main reason was above freezing temps so the snow was very heavy.  Had it been 10 degrees colder we would have had nearly 20" of snow instead.  We are well prepared for snow here so no issues getting around.

The snow was so heavy that my 7.5 HP snow blower almost stalled removing 3" of slushy snow off my driveway.  I spent 2 and a half hours removing snow Christmas morning as I did a neighbor's driveway so it wouldn't freeze into a layer of ice by the time they got home.  I was a bit late for Christmas dinner because of the snow removal.

I guess you could say that our bus is getting a replacement engine during the Christmas season.  Don't know if that qualifies or not.

I certainly had planned for the bus to be running way before Christmas, but that was not to be.

I hope "SHE" appreciates what all I have done to try to do the job correctly (and in terrible weather conditions I might add), and returns the "gift" by running down the road for many years without a problem. 

Do you call that "giving" with an expectation of "getting" ;)?

We sure had a nice Christmas with our daughter and their spouses and the eight grandkids.  It sure is quite today ;D

Jim

Quote from: rv_safetyman on December 26, 2009, 08:53:34 AM
Do you call that "giving" with an expectation of "getting" ;)?

Sure it is.  It is practiced by many millions of couples at every gift giving holiday.  Anyone doubting, just try not giving your spouse a gift after they gave you yours and watch what happens.  (But for your health and that of your relationship, have the actual gift handy and make sure it is a really good one  ;D )

Christy, and all who had to deal with the hard winter weather, I am very thankful that y'all made it through ok.

Brian, you are an outstanding neighbor and a great person for taking care of your neighbor's driveway like that.

I didn't get or give a single gift this holiday except stuff I bought for myself.  My siblings, my parents, and I all agreed we would give money to charity instead of buying exchanging gifts.  We are all old enough to just buy something if we want it.

My bus got a a Big Buddy heater, a netbook and a Silverleaf VMSpc.  I'm heading outside in a minute to try out the Silverleaf VMSpc now that the heater has run for a few hours.

New headlight for me to see my way to the barn, in the barn and into the bus....Fenix HP 10 it's called,,,LED...4 AA batteries , 225 lumen max and 3 lower settings plus a strobe feature,, $70  ...I've bought about 5 headlights over the years and this one takes the cake,   best price and service is ....Theflashlightguy.com 's Ebay store   ...as this LED technology improves I am ready to throw out the 5 or 6  D cell Maglights I own-- big, bulky, roll on the floor or counter, bulb burn out etc... and buy all headlights,, why do we walk in the dark with one free hand??? .....Hey,   Simple Minds( like mine) Are Easily Amused.....Happy Healthy New Year to everyone

Hi Eric, I wish you could have stopped at the hot spot at exit 10. I would have loved to see your Eagle. The last time I saw it, she was parked beside your shop with most of the skin removed. Good luck and I am glad your first trip went well.