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#51

Bus Topics ( click here for quick start! ) / Re: Alaska 6

Last post by rancher - May 22, 2026, 12:13:35 PM

Walter thankyou for the Fast Eddies gift certificate again!
Made it to our AK destination in 9 days from Florida. Averaging 489 miles per day. Rig ran superb. Worked it's @$# off on steep 1st & 2nd gear Alcan grades. Used two gallons of engine oil in 4400 miles and cost a dollar a mile for fuel.

You sure didn't let any grass grow under your feet on the way to Alaska. Have a great summer up there. Always wanted to go up there but I don't think my health is ready for those kind of trips.

#52

Bus Topics ( click here for quick start! ) / Re: Alaska 6

Last post by dtcerrato - May 21, 2026, 08:55:54 PM

Don't forget to check in at Fast Eddy's in Tok. 

Walter thankyou for the Fast Eddies gift certificate again!
Made it to our AK destination in 9 days from Florida. Averaging 489 miles per day. Rig ran superb. Worked it's @$# off on steep 1st & 2nd gear Alcan grades. Used two gallons of engine oil in 4400 miles and cost a dollar a mile for fuel.

#53

Bus Topics ( click here for quick start! ) / Re: Windows in a Bus Conversio...

Last post by Jim Blackwood - May 20, 2026, 07:11:26 AM

Dunno, what's EV again? I expect while the glass is hot they can hit it with a tinting agent of some kind. Maybe a spray. That would sort of explain the band of tint at the top of the old windshields.

Jim

#54

Bus Topics ( click here for quick start! ) / This 1977 MCI MC-8 Bus Convers...

Last post by Gary Hatt - Publisher BCM - May 19, 2026, 10:13:42 AM

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#55

Bus Topics ( click here for quick start! ) / Re: Windows in a Bus Conversio...

Last post by luvrbus - May 19, 2026, 06:51:15 AM

I wonder how they put the EV and tint in the tempered glass the one the glass company cut to send off is just clear but he says it will come back with the same tint and EV as the other lol in 2 to 3 weeks

#56

Bus Topics ( click here for quick start! ) / Re: Windows in a Bus Conversio...

Last post by Jim Blackwood - May 19, 2026, 05:28:56 AM

Sounds pretty crazy to me.

Decades ago I bought glass for a table top, cut to size, edges beveled, and tempered. A local glass shop supplied it, I never got to see how they did it. A quick search reveals it's a heating and quenching process, I'm frankly anazed that a local glass shop could do that. But maybe they special ordered it.

Which means of course, the existing glass could only be cut by extremely careful abrasive methods with a high risk of shattering. It appears it can be cut by annealing it first so a shop that can temper it can also cut it. That would be the preferred method. Don't think that could be used if there is any lamination or film.

Jim

#57

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#58

Bus Topics ( click here for quick start! ) / 1984 mc9 fuel tank...will NOT ...

Last post by Seann - May 18, 2026, 11:16:01 AM

Hi All,
Well, if cleaning up the mess from the new leak in the driveway wasn't enough fun, pumped the tank out, now can't get the tank to come out. Large cradle hold down was rusted away to almost nothing, literally fell out (Canadian winters), don't see any other hold down at the back (driver side). I've tried the thin board underneath to ease going past "the bump", even tried pressure with a come a long. Nothing. It's sitting rattly loose but is so tight at the top it won't budge. Any other tips before I cut the floor??
Thanks,
Seann

#59

Bus Topics ( click here for quick start! ) / Re: Alaska 6

Last post by DoubleEagle - May 18, 2026, 09:02:22 AM

Don't forget to check in at Fast Eddy's in Tok. 

#60

Bus Topics ( click here for quick start! ) / Re: Alaska 6

Last post by luvrbus - May 18, 2026, 08:39:36 AM

We started our sixth run to Alaska with the bus pulling a trailer a week ago tomorrow. Last night we pulled off in Whitecourt AB CA. We've covered 2927 miles and have 1589 miles to go. The rig has been running great. At just over 7mpg the trip is about a buck a mile! How's it go? Can't take it with us nor come back and get it. We're doing this run solo as the new to come grand baby is holding out (in) & wild horses couldn't pull wifey away. Life is good.

You are right about money you can't take it with you but sure as hell not going any place without it