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#91
Bus Topics ( click here for quick start! ) / Re: Sure is slow on the board
Last post by Dave5Cs - May 06, 2026, 07:38:33 AMYep me too Dan. Tried to get into BNO for a few days and will not open. I even tried to get into and open an account on Facebook so I could get into marketplace to look at a used car the wife may want but was told I had an account (which I never have had any there) and it has been closed permanantly and will never be opened again? I have never used FB before and tried all of my three emails and same thing happened. Oh well guess I don't need it still, LOL
#92
Bus Topics ( click here for quick start! ) / Re: Sure is slow on the board
Last post by dtcerrato - May 06, 2026, 06:43:14 AMThe BNO board must be down.haven't been able to open it for a couple days now.
I readily check the BCM, BGM, & the BNO forums daily.
I have to admit, I see some forum members surfacing on other social media sites that don't frequent the three forums I mentioned above compared to earlier times.
I readily check the BCM, BGM, & the BNO forums daily.
I have to admit, I see some forum members surfacing on other social media sites that don't frequent the three forums I mentioned above compared to earlier times.
#93
Bus Topics ( click here for quick start! ) / Re: Windows in a Bus Conversio...
Last post by Jim Blackwood - May 06, 2026, 06:42:37 AMOK, That's what I was thinking of. Thanks. I'll have to look up their phone numbers or email. Probably should start with one or two windows so I can evaluate the quality but I do think this is the way I want to go on this. It's a pretty big outlay but done a couple at a time is manageable. I doubt I'd want to deal with a more intense install anyway.
My frame of reference is decades old RV and travel trailers so it's not a particularly high bar, and presently I'm using sticks to hold the windows tilted out and no screens. Can't see that gaining spousal approval.
Shipping is going to be costly, that's clear enough. Being at opposite ends of the country sorta does that.
I have posted a sticky note with the LA In-Motion number and the names.
Jim
My frame of reference is decades old RV and travel trailers so it's not a particularly high bar, and presently I'm using sticks to hold the windows tilted out and no screens. Can't see that gaining spousal approval.
Shipping is going to be costly, that's clear enough. Being at opposite ends of the country sorta does that.
I have posted a sticky note with the LA In-Motion number and the names.
Jim
#94
Bus Topics ( click here for quick start! ) / Re: charging lithium-ion batte...
Last post by buswarrior - May 05, 2026, 11:06:35 AMThe correct Balmar regulator to control the big 50DN to charge the LiFePO4 batteries would be a sweet busnut install, so many of us with the large loads removed.
Otherwise, the correct DC to DC charger.
The alternator must be protected from the voracious current flow the LiFePo4 batteries are able to consume.
With house battery sets the sizes they are today, we need to reverse the old thinking, the start batteries are the auxiliary, the house are the mains. Adding a small alternator for the starts, etc, everything backwards.
happy coaching!
buswarrior
Otherwise, the correct DC to DC charger.
The alternator must be protected from the voracious current flow the LiFePo4 batteries are able to consume.
With house battery sets the sizes they are today, we need to reverse the old thinking, the start batteries are the auxiliary, the house are the mains. Adding a small alternator for the starts, etc, everything backwards.
happy coaching!
buswarrior
#95
Bus Topics ( click here for quick start! ) / Re: Weird air system issue
Last post by buswarrior - May 05, 2026, 10:56:28 AMWhen were the wheel ends disaasembled on that coach last?
Stuck brakes and leaking axle seals are part of that. Others will follow?
S-cam tubes taken apart, hard grease all chipped out and fresh lube, NEW axles seals all the way around.
One thing leads to another...
happy coaching!
buswarrior
Stuck brakes and leaking axle seals are part of that. Others will follow?
S-cam tubes taken apart, hard grease all chipped out and fresh lube, NEW axles seals all the way around.
One thing leads to another...
happy coaching!
buswarrior
#96
Bus Topics ( click here for quick start! ) / Re: Where does squirrel black ...
Last post by Dave5Cs - May 05, 2026, 10:52:39 AM #97
Bus Topics ( click here for quick start! ) / Re: Where does squirrel black ...
Last post by buswarrior - May 05, 2026, 10:33:19 AMGo find Fred Hobe's write ups on the web someplace, Google will do it.
He advocated metal cone replacements, lots of forces in there with all that wind.
Maybe some pictures with his articles? IIRC, He had them made, not bought, so it cant be that complicated?
happy coaching!
buswarrior
He advocated metal cone replacements, lots of forces in there with all that wind.
Maybe some pictures with his articles? IIRC, He had them made, not bought, so it cant be that complicated?
happy coaching!
buswarrior
#98
Bus Topics ( click here for quick start! ) / Re: Jakes, Automatic Downshift...
Last post by buswarrior - May 05, 2026, 10:27:58 AMI absolutely despised that MCI forced downshift to 4th along with Jake or retarder application.
No way to make it all work without rough operation to the passengers and often, too much slowing for the situation.
The period correct Prevost did NOT behave like this,driver decided what to deploy and in what measure.
Imagine just dragging the jakes a little in 6th gear... lovely fine control.
Amongst your problems, I'd be getting that programming all cancelled out.
What makes you think anything is wrong with your pads after one stop? They all make noises out in the revenue service world?
happy coaching!
buswarrior
No way to make it all work without rough operation to the passengers and often, too much slowing for the situation.
The period correct Prevost did NOT behave like this,driver decided what to deploy and in what measure.
Imagine just dragging the jakes a little in 6th gear... lovely fine control.
Amongst your problems, I'd be getting that programming all cancelled out.
What makes you think anything is wrong with your pads after one stop? They all make noises out in the revenue service world?
happy coaching!
buswarrior
#99
Bus Topics ( click here for quick start! ) / Re: Windows in a Bus Conversio...
Last post by luvrbus - May 05, 2026, 07:31:31 AMQuote from: Jim Blackwood on May 05, 2026, 06:16:28 AMNope, not doing that. Somebody does make them, I was in communication with them last year, I'll just have to do a bit more research. Swapping out the cartridges is pretty easy, we did one last year that had a cracked window. I'm absolutely not messing with reframing the windows. I'd modify my own cartridges first.
A person has to do what funding allows but drop in for your frames you only can buy from Peninsula or In Motion and they are the same company Tom owns both. I had In Motion in my DL and Eagle but they were more $ 500.00 ea ( I bet shipping is over $200 now alone) and to me they were not that good, the spacing between the 2 glasses was so close they would still heat over time on a hot day and the screens sucked with the plastic clips breaking. At one time years ago Storm Tite out of Canada was a better choice but they stopped making the windows years ago. There is a Motion Window in LA Ca 328-293-9993 that make windows for RV and Marine use ,but the last time I checked they only sold the complete window made to your drawing ,you could call ask anyway I think they are both own by the same owners though since Tom sold part of the company for year you delt with Tom Kemp or his son Jeff
good luck
Jim
#100
Bus Topics ( click here for quick start! ) / Re: Sure is slow on the board
Last post by luvrbus - May 05, 2026, 06:52:14 AMQuote from: David Anderson on May 04, 2026, 06:29:50 PMHey guys,
I haven't posted in a while, but there sure isn't much traffic on the forum these days. I had difficulty logging in. I finally got my username and password string correct and back on. The password recovery did not recognize my username or email. I went to the home page and I searched high and low for the forum icon button. I never found it there, but I'm sure it's there.
I had to find the BCM forum on a google search, enter there, and I had success logging in that way. The forum icon on the home page needs to be big, loud, and gaudy so people will click on it and read the forum threads, and hopefully join the group. We need new busnuts. We old farts are aging out. I've been here 27 years, and I think I'm still younger than most.
Anyway, I am still flying my 1985 Houston Metro eagle, her 26th year as a conversion. Got a trip to Hawk Spring Wyoming in a month to build a new church with my volunteer group. I hope diesel will come down some before then.
Cheers,
David
The bus conversion crowd is fading it is sad to see it 20 years ago you could have a rally a 100 buses would show up, not happening any longer you see the same buses now setting in field rotting down, the BCM is doing better than the BNO I still check every day. Gary works hard to keep the BCM going he never makes a dime from the board he is always spending his own money to keep it going.It's nice to see younger people give it try, but the cost now of owning a bus takes a toll on the newcomers and the older crowd. I have friend that is selling his bus he told me a set of 315/22.5 Michelin tires just set him back $9600.00 and 4-8D AGM batteries was another $4800.00 installed with a new Vanner so he said it is time to let go